Indian Wells, March 12 (IANS) Jack Draper earned one of the best wins of his career at the Indian Wells Open as he overcame five-time champion Novak Djokovic to enter the quarterfinals of the ATP Masters 1000 event.Draper absorbed all of the five-time champion’s punches and threw a flurry of his own to rally past Djokovic in one of the matches of the tournament, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5).Draper, now riding a nine-match winning streak in the California desert, will face two-time finalist Daniil Medvedev…
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Indian Wells, March 10 (IANS) World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz staged a strong comeback to defeat France’s Arthur Rinderknech and moved into the next round of the Indian Wells Open, overcoming an early setback to secure a 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-2 victory. The Spaniard faced a tough challenge early in the contest, dropping the opening set and falling behind by a break in the second as Rinderknech’s powerful serve and aggressive approach put him under sustained pressure. However, Alcaraz gradually wrested c…
Doha, Feb 19 (IANS) Carlos Alcaraz progressed to Qatar Open quarterfinal with a straight sets 6-2, 7-5 win over Valentin Royer.Alcaraz reeled off five consecutive games from 2-5 in the second set, raising his level in typically classy fashion to round out a 96-minute second-round triumph.”There were some moments when I thought about a third set, I’m not going to lie, but obviously it was just a small place in my mind that was thinking that. The rest was working to find solutions, to find the r…
Doha, Feb 18 (IANS) In his first outing since becoming the youngest man to complete the Career Grand Slam at the Australian Open, Carlos Alcaraz battled past Arthur Rinderknech 6-4, 7-6 (5) in Qatar Open.The 22-year-old saved two set points on serve in a tense second set before prevailing in the tie-break to secure his 150th tour-level hard-court win and extending his flawless start to the 2026 season to 8-0, ATP reports.”It was really difficult. Arthur is a really dangerous player. Nobody wants…
Doha, Feb 17 (IANS) Two weeks after his five-set defeat to Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of the Australian Open, Jannik Sinner returned to winning ways on his Qatar Open debut with a solid 6-1, 6-4 win over Tomas Machac at the hard-court ATP 500 event.With his 70-minute victory, the second seed extended his winning streak at this level to 11 matches, having won titles in Beijing and Vienna last October.During his dominant first-set win, Sinner lost only six points on serve and calmly dealt w…
Buenos Aires, Feb 10 (IANS) Argentine seventh seed Tomas Etcheverry progressed to the Argentina Open round of 16 with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Italian qualifier Andrea Pellegrino.The Argentine, competing in the main draw in Buenos Aires for the fifth consecutive time, won 85 percent of points on his first serve and hit seven aces to take the match in an hour and 39 minutes on the outdoor clay of the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club.World No. 145 Pellegrino struggled for rhythm on his serve and committed…
Melbourne, Jan 31 (IANS) The 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal has reached the city on Saturday for a special appearance at the Australian Open’s Night of Legends on Sunday, the same day as the men’s singles final between 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic and World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz.Roland Garros posted a video of Nadal’s arrival in the sporting arena. ‘A very familiar face made an appearance at the Australian Open,’ they wrote on X.The 39-year-old tennis great will be joi…
Melbourne, Jan 27 (IANS) Alexander Zverev moved into his third straight Australian Open semifinal on Tuesday, halting the breakthrough run of American youngster Learner Tien with a victory under the closed roof of Rod Laver Arena. The German reached his 10th Grand Slam semifinal at the 25th seed’s expense 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-1, 7-6(3) to set a high-profile clash against either world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz or Australia’s Alex de Minaur.The world No. 3 leaned heavily on his serve to secure a win, firi…
Melbourne, Jan 25 (IANS) Daniil Medvedev’s Australian Open campaign came to a shocking end on Sunday as the world No. 11 was knocked out in the fourth round by 25th seed Learner Tien in straight sets. The Russian struggled to find his rhythm throughout the contest and went down 4-6, 0-6, 3-6 in a one-sided encounter that lasted just over an hour. It marked one of Medvedev’s earliest exits at the season’s first Grand Slam in recent years.After posing some challenge to Tien in the first set,…
Melbourne, Jan 23 (IANS) Top seeds Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka surged to contrasting wins in the third round, while former finalist Daniil Medvedev dug deep to keep his Australian Open title hopes alive at the tennis courts of Melbourne Park on Friday.Third round action started on Day Six with Sabalenka surviving a scare to beat Anastasia Potapova 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7) in just over two hours in Melbourne. The 27-year-old has reached the second week in Melbourne for the sixth straight year. “Sh…