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Feb 24 2023 17:02pm
For Sania Mirza, it was more than her Grand Slam wins or rise to No.1 in doubles. It’s the belief she instilled to aspiring Indian women’s athletes that will have an impact for years to come. Sania Mirza played her final professional match Tuesday, ending her career at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, a tournament she considered her home
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Feb 20 2023 18:02pm
The Indo-Aussie pair, Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden went down to the 3rd seed Croatian – American pair of Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek in the doubles final after an epic encounter that ended in a super tie-breaker 6-7(5) 6-2 (10-12) at the ATP 500 ABN AMRO Open in the Netherlands. Dodig and Krajicek faced a championship point at 9/10 in the
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Feb 20 2023 15:02pm
Zeel Desai claimed a hard-fought victory in the ITF $15,000 Women’s tennis tournament, held at the Joygaon tennis academy in Jhajjar. After dropping the first set to qualifier Sandeepti Singh Rao, Desai surged back to take the match 1-6 6-1 6-4. Singh Rao had an impressive run in the tournament, taking down the top seed Diana Marcinkevica in round two
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Feb 09 2023 13:02pm
The year 2022 will be remembered as a turning point in the Indian tennis doubles division. Several Indian doubles teams made their impact on the world stage during the year. Purav Raja and Divij Sharan had a successful year on the ATP Challenger Tour, reaching multiple finals and winning two in Istanbul and Helsinki Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Sriram Balaji also
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Feb 07 2023 17:02pm
Denmark proved to be too good for the Men in Blue as team India relegated to World Group II for the first time after suffering a 3-2 loss against the Holger Rune-led Danish team in its Davis Cup World Group 1 Playoff Tie. In the first singles, Yuki Bhambri had no clue against the world no 9 Holger Rune as
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Feb 02 2023 18:02pm
DD SPORTS will broadcast LIVE Davis Cup World Group – I Playoff, between India and Denmark scheduled to be played on 3rd and 4th Feb. The Davis Cup tie between India & Denmark will be live on DD Sport.🇮🇳 3rd February: 1600 hrs local time onwards (1500 hrs GMT) (2 singles matches) 4th February: 1200 hrs local time onwards (1100
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Feb 02 2023 17:02pm
From winning all the Grand Slams to registering her own name four times as an Olympian, the achievements of Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza not only registered her as the most accomplished Women’s tennis player in the country but also gave her the status of a National Sporting icon. Coming into her final major tournament, Sania had six Grand Slam
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Feb 02 2023 17:02pm
Top-seeded Tatjana Maria of Germany, and Indian pair Ankita Raina – Prarthana Thombare won the singles and doubles titles respectively at the 22nd edition of the NECC Deccan ITF $40000 Women’s Tennis Tournament organised under the auspices of the ITF, AITA and MSLTA by Deccan Gymkhana and sponsored by National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) at the Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts,
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Feb 01 2023 17:02pm
The Dutch tennis star Tallon Griekspoor dropped the first set but pulled off a stunning come from-behind 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win against the World No. 60 Benjamin Bonzi in a thrilling singles final to clinch the 5th edition of the Tata Open Maharashtra as well as his maiden ATP Tour title at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune. The blockbuster summit
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Feb 01 2023 17:02pm
In a first-of-its-kind initiative in Tennis in India that a 20-member All Women’s Officiating team worked at the NECC ITF 40K Tennis Championships event that was being held at the Deccan Gymkhana courts, from 23rd to 29th January 2023 in Pune. The All Women’s led by Asia’s Gold Badge Referee Sheetal Iyer, who officiated her 100th plus ITF event had
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Jan 31 2023 17:01pm
Prajnesh Gunneswaran beat Khumoyun Sultanov of Uzbekistan 6-2, 7-6(5) in the final of the $25,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament in Al Zahra, Kuwait, on Sunday. After racing away with the first set, Prajnesh was cruising at 4-1 in the second, when the Uzbek showed his fighting qualities. The 33-year-old Prajnesh was in a spot of trouble as he faced a
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Jan 07 2023 12:01pm
Indian pair of N. Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan pulled off one of the major upsets of the fifth edition of the Tata Open Maharashtra, beating the No. 2 seed American duo 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5) in the doubles quarter-finals at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune on Thursday. Balaji and Jeevan, who entered the tournament as an alternative entry, put
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Jan 05 2023 12:01pm
Marin Cilic made his way into the singles quarter-finals at the fifth edition of the Tata Open Maharashtra after beating Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in an exciting contest at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune on Wednesday. The 2014 US Open champion Cilic, who received a bye in the opening round, made a dominating start in the match and
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Jan 04 2023 12:01pm
Ramkumar Ramanathan made his way into the doubles quarter-finals along with Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela at the fifth edition of the Tata Open Maharashtra after defeating the pair of Rohan Bopanna and Botic van de Zandschulp 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 11-9 at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune on Tuesday. The Indo-Mexican duo put up a brilliant performance against the strong opposition
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Jan 02 2023 12:01pm
The Indian duo Ankita Raina and Prarthana G Thombare has won the Solapur Open ITF $25k doubles, defeating Priska Nugroho and Ekatarina Yashina. It was Ankita’s 5th doubles title this year and Prarthana’s 3rd. It was an easy straight sets victory by the Indian pair 6-1, 6-2. In the singles event, Ankita Raina was the only Indian to reach the
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Jan 01 2023 12:01pm
Rising India star Manas Dhamne will be competing alongside the World No. 17 Marin Cilic and other global stars at the fifth edition of Tata Open Maharashtra as the 15-year-old tennis prodigy has been given a wildcard in the singles main draw of South Asia’s only ATP 250 event, taking place at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune from December 31
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Jan 01 2023 12:01pm
Second seed Vaidehi Chaudhari was at her fighting best as she beat the top seed Ksenia Laskutova 7-5, 6-4 to clinch the title in the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the City Centre Tennis Complex in Gwalior on Sunday. Watched by an appreciative audience which came alive as the match hotted up, Vaidehi bounced back from 1-4 down and
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Jan 01 2023 12:01pm
This New year is going to be a delightful one for Indian tennis enthusiasts as the 5th edition of the Tata Open Maharashtra is knocking at the door. It is the only ATP 250 event in the South East Asian region, scheduled from 31st December to 7th January. It is a special one because last year the tournament was held
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Dec 26 2022 11:12am
Indian tennis is seeing a change in its top spot in both men’s and women’s circuits. Recently Mukund Sasikumar has become the top Indian male tennis player with a 342 ATP ranking surpassing Ramkumar Ramanathan, who currently holds the 3rd spot, while the 2nd spot is being held by Prajnesh Gunneswaran. The 25-year-old, Chennai lad won his sole title of
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Dec 05 2022 11:12am
The top seed in the men’s draw, Vladyslav Orlov came out victorious in the men’s final in Bhilai. The hard-court ITF M15 tournament, scheduled from the 21st to the 27th of November, ended with heartbreak for Indian fans. The hope was high around the 27-year-old, Niki Kaliyanda Pooncha, who hadn’t lost a single set so far in the tournament. The
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