Tag: Wimbledon
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Prajnesh Gunneswaran enters Australian Open main draw, may run into Djokovic in 2nd round
Last year also, Prajnesh Gunneswaran had come through the qualifiers in Melbourne but made the cut at Wimbledon, French Open and the US Open.
January 18, 2020 -
Rajkot Stadium to get a Wimbledon like roof to become weather proof?
The idea to make a weather proof stadium has taken shape after quite a few matches were washed out due to erratic monsoon pattern not only in India but across the world.
January 17, 2020 -
Find out the most searched sports events of 2019
Let us have a look at which sporting events have been searched the most in India this year.
December 24, 2019 -
Not confident enough to win Wimbledon now, says Andy Murray
"If I can play a five-set match and get through and have no ill effects on the hip then that is success," says Murray.
November 27, 2019 -
Svitolina beats Halep in Shenzhen WTA Finals group stage
Their head-to-head coming into the match was equally split, with four wins each in eight meetings, and the Romanian having won their two most recent clashes at Wimbledon and in Doha.
October 30, 2019 -
I could’ve played better: Serena Williams post US Open final defeat
The Canadian teen clinched the first set 6-3. Although Serena Williams put up a better show in the second set, Andreescu eventually bagged the set 7-5.
September 8, 2019 -
Sumit Nagal reaches main draw of US Open 2019, to play Roger Federer in first round
At one point, Sumit was trailing 1-4 even in the second set and it looked like he might have to wait for his turn to feature in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.
August 24, 2019 -
Former World number 1 reveals when Roger Federer might retire
Federer is determined to do well in the US Open and add another Grand Slam title to his trophy-laden career.
August 23, 2019 -
Andreescu wins Rogers Cup title as Serena Williams retires from match owing to back spasms
Andreescu, who had won her first WTA title playing at the Indian Wells earlier in the year, became the first Canadian to lift the Rogers Cup women’s singles victory since 1969.
August 12, 2019 -
Former Australian tennis star Peter McNamara dies at 64
McNamara reached a career-high world number 7 in singles, winning five titles. As a singles player in Grand Slams, McNamara reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open in 1980, the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in 1981 and the French Open last eight in 1982.
July 22, 2019 -
Federer rues ‘missed opportunity’ to win ninth Wimbledon title
Federer, who during Wimbledon set two new landmarks in winning his 100th match at the championships and his 350th match at a Grand Slam, said setting the record was not what motivated him as a player.
July 15, 2019 -
Hsieh and Strycova win women’s doubles at Wimbledon
The 33-year-old Strycova, who lost to Serena Williams in the singles, secured her first Grand Slam title in her long career as she and Hsieh beat China's Xu Yifan and Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada 6-2, 6-4.
July 15, 2019 -
Ashleigh Barty stays at number one in spite of Wimbledon upset
The top three of Barty, Naomi Osaka and Karolina Pliskova remains unchanged although none of them reached the quarter-finals.
July 15, 2019 -
Wimbledon 2019 final: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic set up enthralling clash
It does not come as a surprise that the top two seeded players of Wimbledon 2019 will be up against each other at the Wimbledon finals and will sweat it out to create history pertaining to their respective profiles.
July 14, 2019 -
Halep thwarts Serena’s historical bid with Wimbledon final triumph
Williams may have kept Halep waiting to go on court but if she hoped that would upset her opponent it did quite the opposite.
July 14, 2019 -
Serena Williams vs Simona Halep: Lot more than trophy at stake in historic Wimbledon final
Irrespective of the winner of this titular clash, it is sure to be a historic one.
July 13, 2019 -
Federer feels ‘strange’ being in Wimbledon final, 16 years after first
On Sunday, he will face world number one Novak Djokovic where he hopes to capture a ninth Wimbledon and record-extending 21st Grand Slam crown.
July 13, 2019