January 25, 2024 2:02 PM

Tennis: India's Rohan Bopanna and his partner Matthew Ebden storm into Men's Doubles final of Australian Open

In Tennis, India's Rohan Bopanna and his partner Matthew Ebden have advanced to the Men's Doubles final of the Australian Open. The second-seed duo defeated the unseeded Chinese-Czech pair of Zhang Zhizhen and Tomas Machac 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 in the semifinal at the Rod Laver Arena.  It comes a day after Indian tennis sensation Bopanna and Australia's Ebden were assured of the number 1 position in Men's Doubles ranking following the pair's victory in the qu...

August 3, 2023 12:42 PM

Indian Badminton players Kidambi Srikanth & PV Sindhu progresses into Singles quarter-finals of Australian Open

In Badminton, ace Indian players Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu progressed into the Singles quarter-finals of the Australian Open today, August 3. Kidambi registered a win over Chinese Taipei’s Su Li Yang, 21-10, 21-17 in the second round of Men's Singles.  In Women's Singles, Fifth seed Sindhu defeated compatriot Aakarshi Kashyap 21-14, 21-10 in pre-quarterfinals. Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu will take on World No. 12 Beiwen Zhang of the United States tomorrow for ...

January 27, 2023 9:20 PM

Ace Tennis player Sania Mirza bids adieu to her Grand Slam career after finishing runners-up in the Mixed Doubles final of the Australian Open

Indian duo Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna came second to Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos of Brazil in the Australian Open mixed doubles final today at Melbourne Park as the Brazillian pair clinched their maiden Grand Slam. Sania Mirza was competing in her final Grand Slam with Rohan Bopanna where the duo was defeated 7-6, 6-2 by Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos. Rohan Bopanna, who will turn 43 in March, and Sania Mirza, 36, had a difficult beginning because the latter was broken on his first serve. ...

January 26, 2023 6:29 PM

Australian Open: Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza to take on Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos in mixed doubles final tomorrow

In the Australian Open Tennis, Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza will take on  Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos in the mixed doubles final tomorrow. The match will begin at 6.30 a.m. Sania and Bopanna defeated Desirae Krawczyk and Neal Skupski 7-6, 6-7, 10-6 in the semifinal yesterday. In the Women's Singles, Elena Rybakina stormed to her first Australian Open final with a 7-6, 6-3 win over Victoria Azarenka today. In the Men's Singles semifinal tomorrow, Novak Djokovic will face Tom...

January 18, 2023 4:28 PM

Australian Open: World number one Iga ?wi?tek advances to third round of Women's Singles

World number one Iga ?wi?tek has advanced to the third round of Women's Singles in the Australian Open. The reigning French Open and U.S. Open champion defeated Camila Osorio of Colombia 6-2, 6-3 in the second round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Third-seeded Jessica Pegula also progressed to the 3rd round beating Aliaksandra Sasnovich  6-2, 7-6. However two-time major champion Petra Kvitová made an early exit from the Australian Open. She went down in straights sets to unseeded Anhelina Ka...

January 31, 2022 8:34 AM

Australian Open Tennis: Rafael Nadal creates history by winning record 21st grand slam title

In Tennis, Rafael Nadal created history by becoming the only player to win the most grand slam titles.  The Spaniard defeated World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev in a thrilling 5-set Australian Open men's singles final last night. After being two sets down, Nadal made an incredible comeback in a pulsating match which lasted five hours and 24 minutes and emerged victorious by 2-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. This was his first Grand Slam major since the 2020 French Op...

January 25, 2022 9:38 PM

Australian Open: Ashleigh Barty beats Jessica Pegula in straight set of series

In Australian Open tennis tournament, Ashleigh Barty accelerated her march towards a maiden title today in the women's category with a straight-set masterclass 6-2, 6-0 against Jessica Pegula. She will face the unseeded  Madison Keys for a place in Saturday's final. American, Madison Keys ranked 51 earlier upset French Open champion and fourth seed Barbora Krejcikova 6-3, 6-2.