New York, Aug 7 (IANS) World No.5 Elina Svitolina and No.7 Kiki Bertens on Friday became the latest tennis stars to pull out of this year's US Open citing COVID-19 concerns. Earlier, World No.1 Ashleigh Barty too had withdrawn from the Grand Slam in New York.The US Open is currently scheduled to be ...
Readmore Sydney, Aug 7 (IANS) The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has offered to host the 2021 edition of the Australian Open alongwith other sporting events that are usually held in neighbouring Victoria.The Australian Open is first of the four Grand Slams during the season and usually starts in l...
Readmore Washington, Aug 7 (IANS) Former US Open champions and world No. 1 players Kim Clijsters and Andy Murray have received wild cards for the 2020 US Open, which is slated to begin from August 31.Belgium's Clijsters will be looking to repeat her magic from the 2009 US Open, when she famously won the sing...
Readmore New York, Aug 6 (IANS) The US Open has slashed its prize money for the singles title winner for the 2020 edition of the tournament by $850,000. This is, however, accompanied by an increase in prize money for the first round which starts on August 31.Both the men's and women's singles champion will e...
Readmore Canberra, Aug 6 (IANS) Just days after opting against participating in this year's US Open, Australia tennis star Nick Kyrgios has hinted that he will not be taking part in the French Open either.Apart from Kyrgios, defending champion Rafael Nadal also pulled out of the US Open citing COVID-19 conce...
Readmore London, Aug 5 (IANS) Bulgarian tennis star Grigor Dimitrov remains uncertain over his participation at this year's US Open as he tries to regain his full fitness after battling past COVID-19 recently.Dmitrov was one of the few players who had tested positive for the deadly virus after taking part in...
Readmore Zurich, Aug 5 (IANS) Swiss great Roger Federer has said that he hasn't been home for this long in 25 years as he has been during the coronavirus enforced lockdown. Federer last played at the 2020 Australian Open in January following which a knee surgery forced him to call off the rest of his 2020 se...
Readmore Kunming, Aug 5 (IANS) China's top female tennis player Wang Qiang crashed out of the Chinese Tennis Association (CTA) Tour after losing in a three-set thriller 6-4, 4-6, 6-10 against Yang Ziyi in the round of 16 on Wednesday.Wang, world No. 29 and top seed of the tournament in southwest China's city...
Readmore New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): Indian tennis star Sumit Nagal has received a direct entry into the men's singles main-draw of the US Open 2020.The 2020 US Open main-draw entry list was announced on Tuesday. The competition is scheduled to be played from August 31 to September 13 at New York, Uni...
Readmore New York, Aug 5 (IANS) India tennis star Sumit Nagal has gained direct entry into this year's US Open men's singles draw after a string a top-ranked players pulled out of the competition citing coronavirus concerns.Nagal sneaked through as top 128 ranked ATP players made the cut with the 22-year-old...
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