Out of contention in singles, Sania Mirza was off to a winning start in women’s doubles event as the Indian and her Dane partner Caroline Wozniacki notched up a straight-set victory to enter the second round of the Wimbledon. Sania, who lost in the very first round of the singles event, and Wozniacki beat local [...]
Somdev Devvarman rose a rung to career-best 108 while Yuki Bhambri returned to top-400 after a seven place jump to 397th spot in the latest ATP rankings. Somdev on Sunday lost his French Open first round match, a marathon five-setter, to Marco Chiudinelli of Switzerland. Vishnu Vardhan also jumped seven places to be at 355. [...]
Newly-wed star couple Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza, hounded by fans and the media since their arrival in Pakistan last week, have appealed to journalists looking for “masala” to respect their privacy and lessen the hype about their marriage. In an apparent bid to address the Pakistani media’s contention that the couple were not making [...]
India has won this match convincingly to gain the number 1 position in the ICC Test Rankings. Sehwag was named the Man of the Match and the Player of the Series for his suberb knocks including the 293 which he scored in the first innings of the final test that also helped India reach a [...]
New Zealand v. Pakistan New Zealand won by 5 wickets ICC Champions Trophy Johannesburg: Saturday 3 October 2009 13:30 (50-over match) (1-day match) Result: New Zealand won by 5 wickets Points: New Zealand 2 (match:2, bonus:0), Pakistan 0 (match:0, bonus:0) Toss: Pakistan Umpires: I J Gould, S J A Taufel D J Harper Match Referee: [...]
Twin victories by Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna put India in a commanding position in the Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against South Africa on Friday. Somdev put India ahead by overwhelming Izak Van der Merwe 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-4 in the first singles and then Bopanna staged a stunning comeback to upset Rik [...]
Sania Mirza tamed world number 51 Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the ladies singles event of the Wimbledon championships on Monday. Sania will next face the winner of an all Romanian match between Edina Gallovits and Sorana Cirster. With this win, Sania, ranked 78, has now taken a [...]
ICC World Twenty20, 2009 New Zealand vs South Africa, 10th Match, Group D Lords, London, June 9, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) & Daryl Harper (Aus) Third Umpire: Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Match Referee: Alan Hurst (Aus) Toss: New Zealand (Elected to field) Match Status: South Africa won by 1 run Man of the [...]
ICC World Twenty20, 2009 India vs Bangladesh, 4th Match, Group A Trent Bridge, Nottingham, June 6, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) & Simon Taufel (Aus) Third Umpire: Nigel Llong (Eng) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: India (Elected to bat) Match Status: India won by 25 runs Batting: India Innings Batsmen India (180/5 [...]
ICC World Twenty20, 2009 England vs Netherlands, 1st Match, Group B Lords, London, June 5, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Stephen Davis (Aus) & Asoka De Silva (SL) Third Umpire: Tony Hill (NZ) Match Referee: Alan Hurst (Aus) Toss: Netherlands (Elected to field) Match Status: Netherlands won by 4 wkts Man of the Match: Tom de [...]
Indian Premier League, 2009 Deccan Chargers vs Bangalore Royal Challengers, Final The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, May 24, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) & Simon Taufel (Aus) Third Umpire: Daryl Harper (Aus) Match Referee: Javagal Srinath (Ind) Toss: Bangalore Royal Challengers (Elected to field) Match Status: Deccan Chargers won by 6 runs Also see [...]
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi quelled a late challenge from Tsung-Hua Yang and Chu-Huan Yi to carve out a hard fought 6-4, 7-6, 6-7(2), 6-2 win in the doubles rubber of the second round Davis Cup tie against Chinese Taipei to hand India a 2-1 advantage here on Friday. Paes-Bhupathi were cruising along comfortably after [...]
Indian ace Leander Paes replaced his estranged partner Mahesh Bhupathi at number six position in the ATP doubles rankings, released on Monday. Paes now has 6940 ranking points, just 15 more than seventh placed Bhupathi. Rohan Bopanna moved to 72 with 1705 points after gaining three spots. In the singles, Somdev continued to be India’s [...]
In the women’s rankings, Sania Mirza continued her climb up the ladder as the Indian moved up 12th places to 75th in singles list, issued by the WTA. Sania, who had lost in the second round at the Dubai Tennis Championship last week, has 806 points in her kitty. In the doubles though she remained [...]
A vintage Sania Mirza steamrolled Russian qualifier Vitalia Diatchenko 6-4, 6-0 to storm into the quarterfinals of the $220,000 Pattaya Open tennis tournament on Thursday. Sania will next play six seeded Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand who beat Neuza Silva of Portugal 6-3, 6-2 in another second round match. Partnering Italian Mara Santangelo, Sania had also [...]
Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza registered their first Grand Slam title together, crushing Andy Ram and Natalie Dechy in straight sets in the mixed doubles final of the Australian Open here on Sunday. The Indian wild card pair proved too good for the Israeli-French duo, thrashing them 6-3, 6-1 in 55 minutes. The win also [...]
Yuki Bhambri created history, becoming only the fourth Indian to win a junior Grand Slam singles title following his emphatic straight-set win over Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas of Germany in the boys’ final at the Melbourne Park on Saturday. Top seed Yuki swept aside unseeded Georgousdas 6-3, 6-1 in 57 minutes to pocket his first Grand Slam [...]
Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi overcame a sluggish start to sail into the Australian Open mixed doubles finals for second consecutive year as they beat Czechs Iveta Benesova and Lukas Dlouhy in straight sets on Friday. The Indians, who were runner-up at the Melbourne Park last year, trailed 1-3 in the opening set before storming [...]
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles thrashed Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach 6-3, 6-1 to reach the final of the men’s doubles event of the Australian Open on Thursday. The third seed Indo-Bahamian pair proved too good for their unseeded Polish-Austrian opponents as it took them just 58 minutes to win the semi-final encounter. In the [...]
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi advanced to the men’s doubles quarterfinals with their respective partners after facile wins in the third round of the Australian Open on Monday. While Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles defeated Nicolas Lapentti and Tommy Robredo 6-3, 6-4, Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy, seeded fourth, beat locals [...]