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Austrias Dominic Thiem celebrates after winning the first set during the semifinal against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the ATP World Finals at the O2 arena in London on Saturday. AP

Thiem beats Djokovic in thriller to reach title match at ATP Finals

Thiem won 7-5, 6-7 (10/12), 7-6 (7/5) and will face either Rafael Nadal or Daniil Medvedev in Sunday-'s final at the...

22 Nov 2020 1:35 AM IST

Serbias Novak Djokovic returns to Germanys Alexander Zverev during their mens singles round-robin match on day six of the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament at the O2 Arena in London on Friday. AFP

Djokovic beats Zverev, advances to semifinals at ATP Finals

The top-ranked Djokovic set up a match against Dominic Thiem post beating Alexander Zverev at the ATP Finals-' quarters

21 Nov 2020 1:31 AM IST

Japans Naomi Osaka kisses the trophy in celebration after winning her Womens Singles final match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus at the US Open in New York. AFP photo

Naomi Osaka wins second US Open title after beating Azarenka

-"I wasn-'t really thinking about winning. I was just thinking about competing,-" Osaka said

14 Sept 2020 1:21 AM IST

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, checks a linesman after hitting her with a ball in reaction to losing a point to Pablo Carreno Busta, of Spain, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, in New York. Djokovic defaulted the match. (AP)

So sorry: Djokovic disqualified from US Open for striking judge

The world number one apologized for hitting the ball in disgust after losing his serve to go 6-5 down in the first set...

7 Sept 2020 12:12 PM IST

The William sisters during a tennis match (file AP photo)

Serena-Venus match heralds return of tennis

The siblings meet each other for the 31st time when they take the court at a WTA tournament in Kentucky on Thursday

13 Aug 2020 1:13 PM IST

Novak Djokovic and his wife. (AP)

Novak Djokovic, wife test positive for coronavirus

He is the fourth player to test positive for the illness after participating in the matches held in Belgrade and Zadar,...

1 July 2020 12:06 PM IST

Britains Andy Murray leaves the practice courts at the end of a practice session on the fourth day of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 6, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE

ATP-WTA merger has the support of many top male players: Andy Murray

20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer renewed the call for merger of the men's and women's governing bodies

2 May 2020 10:25 AM IST

Germanys tennis player Dustin Brown wears a face mask as he walks by a poster at a pro-tennis tournament at a local base tennis academy in Hoehr-Grenzhausen, Western Germany, on Friday. AP Photo

Dustin Brown's masked men bring tennis back to sound of silence

There were no fans, no ball boys or girls and no line judges. Only a chair umpire

2 May 2020 8:33 AM IST

Rafael Nadal embraces countryman Pablo Andujar after their match in the opening round of the Mexican Open. AP Photo

No shaking, no sharing, no showering: Welcome to post-virus tennis

ITF issued a set of guidelines which include arriving at a venue already dressed and leaving immediately after the...

2 May 2020 8:09 AM IST

Former German tennis player Boris Becker at the German Tennis Federation DTB in Frankfurt, Germany. AFP Photo

Boris Becker urges tennis bodies to come together in the hour of...

'A lot of smaller tournaments that couldn't take place are struggling to come back financially, having lost a lot of...

1 May 2020 3:01 PM IST

Sania Mirza with her son Izhaan. DC File Photo

Sania Mirza nominated for Fed Cup Heart Award

Returning to Fed Cup after four years, with her 18-month son in the stands, Sania helped India qualify for the Play-offs...

30 April 2020 7:11 PM IST

Dustin Brown of Germany returns the ball to David Ferrer of Spain. AP Photo

Dustin Brown heads cast as tennis makes a quiet return in Germany

Each event will last four days and feature an eight-man round-robin format with each player contesting two matches per...

30 April 2020 6:28 PM IST