4 Indians short-listed for this year�s ICC Awards

In tennis, 18-year-old British sensation Emma Raducanu reached the US Open women's semi-finals after beating Tokyo Olympic champion Swiss Belinda Bencic 6-3, 6-4 in New York last night. World No. 150, will now play 17th seed Greek Maria Sakkari in the semi final. Sakkari beat Karolína Plisková 6-4, 6-4 in the quarter final.<br />''<br />''In the other semifinal, 19-year Canadian Leylah Fernandez will meet No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka o...

US Open tennis: Leylah Fernandez enters Women's Singles semi-finals and Daniil Medvedev reaches in Men's Singles semifinal

In US Open Tennis, Canadian teenage sensation Leylah Fernandez produced another fearless performance by defeating fifth seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7-5) to reach the Women's Singles semi-finals. In her run to her first major semi-final, unseeded Fernandez has beaten Defending Champion Naomi Osaka, 2016 winner Angelique Kerber and now Olympic bronze medallist Svitolina. Fernandez has set up the Last-Four clash with second seed Aryna Sabalenka on Friday. The Belarusian, S...

US Open: Line judges to be replaced by technology on all courts this year

US Open men's doubles: Divij Sharan, his Serbian partner Nikola Cacic loses to Mektic, Koolhof

India's Divij Sharan and his Serbian partner Nikola Cacic fought hard before going down in three sets to eighth seeds Nikola Mektic and Wesley Koolhof in the first round of the US Open men's doubles event in NewYork.   Sharan and Cacic lost 4-6 6-3 3-6 against Croatia's Mektic and Koolhof of the Netherlands in a tough contest that lasted one hour and 46 minutes yesterday. The winners will next play Italy's Simone Bolelli and Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina.   The...

Serena Williams reaches 2nd round of US Open

In US Open, Serena Williams began her quest for a 24th Grand Slam singles crown by crushing five-time major winner Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-1 today to reach the second round. Williams needed only 59 minutes to rout her Russian rival, improving to 20-2 all-time against Sharapova with her 19th consecutive victory in the rivalry. The 37-year-old American, seeking her seventh US Open title, is also chasing the all-time record of 24 Slam singles titles won by Margaret Court. 

US Open: Lakshya Sen stuns P Kashyap to enter second round

In Badminton, Lakshya Sen stunned senior compatriot Parupalli Kashyap to enter the second round, while HS Prannoy and Sourabh Verma also advanced in the men's singles competition of the US Open in Fullerton, USA today.     Apart from Kashyap, it was curtains for some of the other Indians in fray as well -- Ajay Jayaram, Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli and Aruna Prabhudesai.   Lakshya posted a 21-11, 21-18 win over Kashyap and will next take on another Indian Sourabh, who prevailed over En...

Novak Djokovic wins men't title in US open Tennis

In the US Open Tennis, Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the Men's singles final. He defeated Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 in straight sets. It was Djokovic's 14th Grand Slam title and the third US Open title. With this win, he has equalled Pete Sampras's mark of 14 Grand Slams. He is now just three Slams behind Rafael Nadal and six back from the record 20 held by Roger Federer. Argentine third seed Del Potro had been seeking first Grand Slam title since...

Naomi Osaka of Japan beat Serena Williams to lift Women's singles title of US Open

In tennis, Naomi Osaka of Japan has lifted the Women's singles title of US Open 2018. She won the Grand Slam defeating Serena Williams of US in straight sets 6-2, 6-4.  The match saw some dramatic scenes at the Grand Slam final after an angry Serena Williams accused the umpire of being a "thief". Williams was given a game penalty for her outburst, which also followed racquet smashing and another code violation as Osaka kept her focus to become the first Japanese to win...