Madrid, May 6 (Ians) Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden fell short of winning the Madrid Open men’s doubles title, crashing to the Russian pair of Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev in a hard-fought final here on Saturday.
Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden, who were seeded seventh here, went down to the unseeded Russian pair of Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev 6-3, 3-6, 10-3 in their second Atp Masters 1000 final of the season.
The Indian-Australian pair lost the first set after they were broken in the eighth game (5-3). In the second set, Bopanna and Ebden broke their Russian opponent’s serve in the fourth game for a 3-1 lead and went on to win the set 6-3. The Super Tiebreaker belonged to the Russians as they won it 10-3, after taking an early 6-0 lead.
Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden were aiming to win...
Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden, who were seeded seventh here, went down to the unseeded Russian pair of Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev 6-3, 3-6, 10-3 in their second Atp Masters 1000 final of the season.
The Indian-Australian pair lost the first set after they were broken in the eighth game (5-3). In the second set, Bopanna and Ebden broke their Russian opponent’s serve in the fourth game for a 3-1 lead and went on to win the set 6-3. The Super Tiebreaker belonged to the Russians as they won it 10-3, after taking an early 6-0 lead.
Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden were aiming to win...
- 5/6/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Turin (Italy), Nov 10 (Ians) Tennis legends Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will not be in the same Atp Finals group, it was revealed at the draw on Thursday.
Nadal is the top seed at the year-end championships for the fifth time. The Spaniard, this year’s Australian Open and Roland Garros champion, will try to lift the season finale trophy for the first time. The lefty leads Green Group alongside Casper Ruud, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Taylor Fritz.
Seventh seed Novak Djokovic will try to make history at the Pala Alpitour. The five-time champion can tie Roger Federer’s record of six Atp Finals titles. Stefanos Tsitsipas tops the Red Group with Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev.
Three former Atp Finals titlists are in the field: Djokovic, Medvedev and Tsitsipas. The draw was held at Intesa Sanpaolo Headquarters in Turin.
The doubles draw was also revealed Thursday. Top seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski,...
Nadal is the top seed at the year-end championships for the fifth time. The Spaniard, this year’s Australian Open and Roland Garros champion, will try to lift the season finale trophy for the first time. The lefty leads Green Group alongside Casper Ruud, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Taylor Fritz.
Seventh seed Novak Djokovic will try to make history at the Pala Alpitour. The five-time champion can tie Roger Federer’s record of six Atp Finals titles. Stefanos Tsitsipas tops the Red Group with Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev.
Three former Atp Finals titlists are in the field: Djokovic, Medvedev and Tsitsipas. The draw was held at Intesa Sanpaolo Headquarters in Turin.
The doubles draw was also revealed Thursday. Top seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski,...
- 11/10/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
New York, Sep 8 (Ians) Frances Tiafoe sent the home crowd into a frenzy after beating ninth seed Russian Andrey Rublev 7-6(3), 7-6(0), 6-4, becoming the first American to advance to the US Open men’s singles semifinals since 2006.
The 24-year-old No. 22 seed continued his good form on Wednesday after he ousted 22-time Grand Slam champion, Rafael Nadal, in the fourth round.
“This is wild. This is crazy. Having the biggest win in my life 24 hours ago [then] come back and back it up,” Tiafoe said. “It’s huge growth. It’s tough to turn the page.”
Tiafoe’s first career Grand Slam semifinal will come on Friday against 19-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who had a marathon duel that lasted more than five hours to beat Italy’s Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-7(0), 7-5, 6-3 in five sets.
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland advanced to her first US Open semifinals after eliminating No.
The 24-year-old No. 22 seed continued his good form on Wednesday after he ousted 22-time Grand Slam champion, Rafael Nadal, in the fourth round.
“This is wild. This is crazy. Having the biggest win in my life 24 hours ago [then] come back and back it up,” Tiafoe said. “It’s huge growth. It’s tough to turn the page.”
Tiafoe’s first career Grand Slam semifinal will come on Friday against 19-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who had a marathon duel that lasted more than five hours to beat Italy’s Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-7(0), 7-5, 6-3 in five sets.
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland advanced to her first US Open semifinals after eliminating No.
- 9/8/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
New York, Sep 5 (Ians) Norway’s Casper Ruud overcame lucky loser Corentin Moutet of France to book a berth in the US Open men’s quarterfinals, while American 12th seed Coco Gauff battled hard to edge out Chinese veteran Zhang Shuai to reach the women’s singles last eight.
According to ‘Xinhua’, World No. 7 Ruud, who has a much higher ranking than Moutet, notched up the 6-1, 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-2 win to set up a meeting with 13th seed Matteo Berrettini of Italy, who scraped past Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Moutet has had the best run of his career at a major tournament, becoming the first lucky loser to reach the US Open men’s singles fourth round. He lost to China’s Wu Yibing in the qualifying round but still made the main draw.
Gauff edged out Zhang 7-5, 7-5 for a spot...
According to ‘Xinhua’, World No. 7 Ruud, who has a much higher ranking than Moutet, notched up the 6-1, 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-2 win to set up a meeting with 13th seed Matteo Berrettini of Italy, who scraped past Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Moutet has had the best run of his career at a major tournament, becoming the first lucky loser to reach the US Open men’s singles fourth round. He lost to China’s Wu Yibing in the qualifying round but still made the main draw.
Gauff edged out Zhang 7-5, 7-5 for a spot...
- 9/5/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Aug 24 (Ians) The Indian tennis star Sania Mirza on Tuesday pulled out of the US Open 2022 due to a tendon injury in her forearm and hinted about some change in her retirement plans.
The 35-year-old picked up the injury while competing at the Canadian Open earlier this month. She played at last week’s Cincinnati Open before reaching the semifinals of the women’s doubles in Toronto with partner Madison Keys.
Earlier this year, Sania had declared that 2022 would be her last season in professional tennis but the six-time Grand Slam champion hinted that the latest developments may change her plans to retire.
“I have some not-so-great news. I hurt my forearm/elbow while playing in Canada two weeks ago and obviously didn’t realise how bad it was until I got my scans yesterday. I have torn a little bit of my tendon,” Sania Mirza said in a statement on Instagram.
The 35-year-old picked up the injury while competing at the Canadian Open earlier this month. She played at last week’s Cincinnati Open before reaching the semifinals of the women’s doubles in Toronto with partner Madison Keys.
Earlier this year, Sania had declared that 2022 would be her last season in professional tennis but the six-time Grand Slam champion hinted that the latest developments may change her plans to retire.
“I have some not-so-great news. I hurt my forearm/elbow while playing in Canada two weeks ago and obviously didn’t realise how bad it was until I got my scans yesterday. I have torn a little bit of my tendon,” Sania Mirza said in a statement on Instagram.
- 8/23/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Rome, May 17 (Ians) World No. 3 and Spaniard Rafael Nadal on Sunday won his 10th Italian Open title, after overcoming a second set comeback from No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the final to triumph 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 in two hours and 50 minutes.
The victory gave second seeded Nadal the 36th Atp Masters 1000 crown, equalling top seeded Djokovic's all-time record, since the series was established in 1990.
In the 57th meeting of the Atp Tour's one of the most prolific rivalries, Djokovic was facing second seed Nadal, winner of 20 Grand Slam singles title winner, for the ninth time at the Foro Italico.
Nadal improved to 4-2 in Rome finals against Djokovic with the victory, and brought his Atp head-to-head record against the Serbian to 28-29 overall.
In the men's doubles final, second-seeded Croats Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic powered their way to their sixth Italian Open trophy, overcoming a tough challenge from fifth-seeded Rajeev Ram...
The victory gave second seeded Nadal the 36th Atp Masters 1000 crown, equalling top seeded Djokovic's all-time record, since the series was established in 1990.
In the 57th meeting of the Atp Tour's one of the most prolific rivalries, Djokovic was facing second seed Nadal, winner of 20 Grand Slam singles title winner, for the ninth time at the Foro Italico.
Nadal improved to 4-2 in Rome finals against Djokovic with the victory, and brought his Atp head-to-head record against the Serbian to 28-29 overall.
In the men's doubles final, second-seeded Croats Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic powered their way to their sixth Italian Open trophy, overcoming a tough challenge from fifth-seeded Rajeev Ram...
- 5/16/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Rome, May 16 (Ians) The second-seeded Croats Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic on Sunday powered their way to their sixth Italian Open trophy, overcoming a tough challenge from fifth-seeded Rajeev Ram of the USA and Briton Joe Salisbury before winning the men's doubles final 6-4, 7-6(4).
This was the Croatians' third Atp Masters 1000 crown of the season, won in 84 minutes.
"It feels great and we're very happy with the way we played the whole tournament," said Pavic.
"We didn't drop a set, so it showed how well we played throughout the week. It was a tough match. There were only a couple of chances in the first set before it became tighter in the second set from 6-0 to 6-4 [in the tie-break]. I hope we can keep going," he said.
Mektic praised partner Pavic.
"Pavic hit some good returns in the tie-break. It was a tough second set and we struggled with the return,...
This was the Croatians' third Atp Masters 1000 crown of the season, won in 84 minutes.
"It feels great and we're very happy with the way we played the whole tournament," said Pavic.
"We didn't drop a set, so it showed how well we played throughout the week. It was a tough match. There were only a couple of chances in the first set before it became tighter in the second set from 6-0 to 6-4 [in the tie-break]. I hope we can keep going," he said.
Mektic praised partner Pavic.
"Pavic hit some good returns in the tie-break. It was a tough second set and we struggled with the return,...
- 5/16/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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