Wimbledon

Pael-Dlouhy fall to Nestor-Zimonjic in Wimbledon semis

The Indo-Czech pair of Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy lost to Canadian-Serb second seeds pair of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic in an exciting men’s doubles semi-final Wimbledon match, that was spread over 2 days due to rain and bad light (Read more). The playing time lasted over 3 hours but Paes-Dlouhy lost out on […]

Paes’ semifinal match stopped due to bad light

Ninth seed Indo-Czech pair, Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy were tied 3-3 games all in the fourth set after trailing 1-2 against second seeded Canadian-Serbian pair of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic before play was suspended for the day due to bad light in the semi-final of the Wimbledon men’s doubles.
The final scoreline when match […]

Sania out of Wimbledon

Sania Mirza’s bid for a Wimbledon title ended on Wednesday after she and her doubles partner Bethanie Mattek lost to Williams sisters Venus and Serena in straight sets in the quarterfinals. This quarterfinal appearance was Sania’s best performance in Wimbledon.

The 13th seeded Indo-American pair lost 4-6, 3-6 to their more fancied 11th seeded opponents. Sania […]

Paes-Dlouhy in Wimbledon semis

Leander Paes kept Indian hopes alive at the All England club  as he and his partner Lukas Dlouhy pulled off an impressive straight sets win over third seeds Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich to book a semi-final berth in the men’s doubles event at Wimbledon Championships on Tuesday.
The ninth seeded Indo-Czech pair took one hour […]

Sania-Bethanie to play Williams sisters in Wimbledon quarters

The third round women’s doubles round turned good for the Indian-American pair of Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek as they beat the Uzbek-Belarussian pair of Akgul Amanmuradova and Darya Kustova. The 13th seeded Indo-American pair was leading 4-6, 6-4, 2-0 when their opponents forfeit the match.
Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek will now play American sisters […]

Paes in Wimbledon quarters

Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy advanced to the men’s doubles quarter-finals of the Wimbledon lawn tennis Championships, beating American Travis Parrot and Slovak Filip Polasek in the third round on Monday.
The ninth seeded pair was given a stiff resistance by Parrot-Polasek before staving them off 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6), 6-4 in a […]

Sania in women’s doubles third round

Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek sailed into the third round of women’s doubles event after a comfortable straight-set win over Russian-Italian pair of Maria Kirilenko and Flavia Pennetta on Saturday.
Seeded 13th, Sania and Mattek handed a 6-3 6-4 thrashing to their unseeded rivals in little over an hour. In a lopsided encounter, […]

Indian mixed doubles hopes dashed

India’s hope to win a mixed doubles title at the ongoing Wimbledon has ended with all the Indian contenders facing a second round exit.
India’s Leander Paes teamed with Australia’s Rennae Stubbs lost in the second round of the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon on Saturday night. The Indo-Australian 10th seeded pair were beaten by the […]

Sachin enjoys Wimbledon action

Sachin Tendulkar created a buzz at the All-England Club as he joined distinguished guests that included soccer legends like Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir Geoff Hurst, Sir Bobby Robson and Niall Quinn at Centre Court here on Saturday.
Traditionally, the first Saturday of the Championships is usually described as ‘Sporting Saturday’ since a select few British sports […]

Paes, Sania advance; Bhupathi out

Leander Paes and Sania Mirza won their respective Wimbledon doubles matches but it was curtains for Mahesh Bhupathi, who was sent packing in the first round itself.
Paes, partnering Czech Lukas Dlouhy, advanced to the third round with a 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-3 win over the combination of American Eric Butorac and Australian Ashley Fisher on […]

Bopanna-Qureshi out of Wimbledon

The India-Pakistan combo of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi crashed out of the Wimbledon men’s doubles event, losing their second round encounter in straight sets.
Bopanna and Qureshi duo were thrashed 2-6 4-6 2-6 by Spaniards Marcel Granollers Pujol and Santiago Ventura in 97 minutes. The Indo-Pakistani pair had earlier upset 10th seed Polish combination of […]

Paes, Bopanna win respective matches

Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy had to play a five set match in their first round itself in order to beat local favourites James Auckland and Jamie Delgado and advance to the men’s doubles second round in the Wimbledon championships in London.
The ninth seeded Indo-Czech pair rallied to clinch a hard fought […]

Sania in 2nd round

Sania Mirza played through the pain barrier to reach the Wimbledon second round with a 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 6-4 win over Catalina Castano of Colombia on Tuesday. Mirza, the 32nd seed, had only returned to action two weeks ago after missing the last three months following surgery on a right wrist injury.
She twice needed […]

Sania seeded 32nd at Wimbledon

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has been seeded 32nd for the Wimbledon grass court championship starting Monday.
The Indian ace, who returned to the court only a week ago after missing the entire clay court season due to a wrist injury which required surgery, did not experience any major dip in her WTA rankings during the […]

Marcin-Cara too good for Bhupathi-Sania

Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza went down tamely in the second round of the mixed doubles at Wimbledon on Thursday.
The Indian pair was beaten by ninth seeds Marcin Matkowski of Poland and Cara Black of Zimbabwe 6-4, 6-4.
The defeat ended both Sania and Bhupathi’s campaign in the grass court Grand Slam.

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Sania-Shahar through to 3rd round

Sania Mirza and Shahar Peer eased into the women’s doubles third round, scoring a straight-set victory over Agnes Szavay of Hungary and Vladimira Uhlirova of Czech Republic at Wimbledon on Tuesday. The Indo-Israeli pair, who were a set up when play was suspended by rain on Monday, came through 6-4, 6-3.
The duo next face top […]

Paes-Damm enter second round

India’s Leander Paes and partner Martin Damm of the Czech Republic stormed into the second round of the doubles event at Wimbledon, scoring a straight-set victory over South Africa’s Chris Haggard and Marcin Matkowski of Poland on Thursday.
The fifth seeds won the first round match on Court 16, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 7-5.

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Is Sania a one round wonder ?

Sania Mirza crashed out of the singles competition at Wimbledon after being thrashed by Russia’s Nadia Petrova in a second round match on Thursday.
The 20-year-old Indian ace was outplayed by the 11th seeded Russian, losing 2-6, 2-6.
The victory was revenge of sorts for Petrova, who was shocked by Sania two years back in a WTA […]

Sania through to Wimbledon second round

Sania Mirza beat Russian Yaroslava Shvedova in straight sets to reach the second round of women’s singles in Wimbledon tennis championship here on Tuesday.
The Indian needed less than an hour to trounce her rival 6-0, 6-3.
Sania now faces a tough task in the second round where the Hyderabadi is pitted against another Russian, 11th seed […]