Osaka beats Rogers to reach US Open semis NEW YORK: Naomi Osaka's sharp serving and superior return game helped her past American Shelby Rogers 6-3 6-4 and into the semi-finals of the US Open on Tuesday as the Japanese continues her quest for a second title at Flushing Meadows. Osaka,... 09 Sep, 2020
Osaka restores order after champions exit US Open NEW YORK: Naomi Osaka stood firm after a parade of champions exited the US Open on Sunday, blasting her way into the quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-4 win over Anett Kontaveit. On a dramatic day seven, three-times champion Novak Djokovic was... 08 Sep, 2020
Wimbledon: Federer and Djokovic take centre stage again LONDON: Centre Court fans at Wimbledon will be hoping to see a bit more of Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer on Saturday when they play back-to-back third round matches. The last time Djokovic and Federer played successive matches on tennis' most... 08 Jul, 2017
Holder Muguruza stamps some star-appeal on Paris PARIS: Roland Garros breathed a sigh of Gallic relief on Friday when defending champion Garbine Muguruza navigated her way through a draw bereft of star appeal to reach the French Open fourth round. With pregnant Serena Williams absent, Maria... 02 Jun, 2017
3-time champ Venus Williams reaches 4th round at Miami Open KEY BISCAYNE: The oldest player in the women's draw at the Miami Open, Venus Williams is looking forward to the next round. And next year. And the year after that. "Yeah, 2020 here I come," she said. Williams earned her latest win in this... 27 Mar, 2017
Federer returns with a win, joins Murray in 2nd round MELBOURNE: Roger Federer returned from a six-month layoff to beat fellow 35-year-old Jurgen Melzer just before midnight on day one of the Australian Open, agreeing it felt a bit like coming home. The 17-time major winner hadn't played at tour... 16 Jan, 2017
Americans off to quick start at Australian Open MELBOURNE: Shelby Rogers thoroughly dominated the No. 4 player in the world, Simona Halep. A teary-eyed CoCo Vandeweghe battled nausea to outlast another top-20 veteran, Roberta Vinci. And the grande dame of the women's tour, 36-year-old Venus... 16 Jan, 2017
Murray wins in straight sets in 1st major match as No. 1 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: In his first Grand Slam match with the elevated status of having a knighthood and the No. 1 ranking, Andy Murray berated himself when he made mistakes and frequently yelled during his 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-2 win over Illya... 16 Jan, 2017
Konta advances to Sydney International final vs Radwanska SYDNEY: Johanna Konta ended the strong run of wild-card entry Eugenie Bouchard at the Sydney International on Thursday, beating the Canadian 6-2, 6-2 to advance to Friday's final against Agnieszka Radwanska. The Sydney-born British player, a... 12 Jan, 2017
Pliskova into QFs, Destanee sets milestone with Brisbane win BRISBANE: Karolina Pliskova and Elina Svitolina, who both had career-highlight victories over Serena Williams last season, are already through to the Brisbane International quarter-finals. A 16-year-old high school student, who was inspired to take... 03 Jan, 2017
Djokovic enters $100 million dollar club, Serena plays catch-up PARIS: Novak Djokovic had 100 million reasons to celebrate reaching the French Open quarter-finals on Wednesday -- albeit two days later than expected -- as players finally cleared the fourth-round backlog created by the fickle Parisian... 02 Jun, 2016
'You belong': Shelby Rogers of US in 1st Slam QF in Paris PARIS: When Shelby Rogers finished last season at No. 146, she set a rather modest goal for 2016: boosting her ranking enough to gain direct entry into Grand Slam tournaments so she wouldn't need to go through qualifying rounds. She managed to... 30 May, 2016
