London, July 2 (IANS) With the Indian team’s campaign in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup coming to an end, all-rounder Deepti Sharma visited Wimbledon, the world’s most prestigious Grand Slam, and watched some of the top tennis players plying their trade at the All-England Club in London.One of the world’s top all-rounders, Deepti, who did well for the Indian team in the T20 World Cup before their campaign came unstuck in the league stage against five-time champions Australia, was welcomed by the …
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London, July 2 (IANS) Alexandra Eala of the Philippines continued her onward march at Wimbledon, scoring a fine comeback victory over Maya Joint to secure a maiden entry into the third round at the All England Club in London on Thursday.In the opening stages of the match, Australia’s Joint took an early lead, looking as sharp as she did during her win against Serena Williams a couple of days back. But Eala clawed her way back, buoyed by vocal support from fans bearing the Filipino flag. In the d…
London, July 2 (IANS) Marie Bouzkova and Emma Navarro, who met in the final of the Nottingham Open two weeks ago, advanced to the Ladies’ Singles third round of Wimbledon 2026 with contrasting victories at the All-England Club in London on Thursday.While Bouzkova overcame Italian qualifier Tyra Caterina Grant in straight sets, Navarro rallied past Oksana Selekhmeteva in three sets as both advanced to the next stage.No. 21 seed Bouzkova recovered from an early break in the opening set to defeat G…
Paris, May 24 (IANS) Marta Kostyuk battled through emotions and reached a straight-sets victory over Oksana Selekhmeteva at Roland Garros on Sunday, but her 6-2, 6-3 triumph came mere hours after learning a missile strike had landed just 100m from her family home in Kyiv.Her first-round match at the French Open lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes, though the tennis was secondary given the situation that has surrounded her in recent weeks and months, and in recent hours too. She only discovered earlier …
Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) American stars Madison Keys and Jessica Pegula set up an all-USA Round of 16 clash at the Australian Open after cruising through their third-round matches in straight sets on Saturday.Keys’ run toward successfully defending her title continued with an emphatic straight-sets victory—6-3, 6-3 against former World No. 1 Karolína Pliskova—extending her winning streak to ten matches at Melbourne Park (with each match played in under three hours).The American served unrel…
Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) World No. 2 Iga Swiatek registered a 6-2, 6-3 straight-set victory at the Australian Open on Thursday, reaching the third round in her 24th consecutive Grand Slam.On Monday, Swiatek became the first woman to reach the second round in 25 consecutive Grand Slams, since Svetlana Kuznetsova (26, from 2006-12). She is now the only woman in the Open Era to advance to the third round of any decade’s first 24 majors. Her previous second-round exit came at the 2019 US Open, whe…