London, July 13 (IANS) Spaniard Garbine Muguruza and American veteran Venus Williams set up the women’s singles final clash of the Wimbledon tennis championships eliminating Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova and local favourite Johanna Konta, respectively, here on Thursday. Muguruza outplayed Rybarikova 6-1, 6-1 in the first semi-final as she advanced into the Wimbledon final for the second […]
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Kenya To Use Global Athletics Event To Promote Sports Tourism
Nairobi, June 21 (IANS) Kenya will use the World Under 18 Athletics Championships scheduled from July 12 to 16 to promote the country as a tourist destination. The CEO of the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB), Betty Radier, said sports tourism is gradually gaining momentum in Kenya and it has already positioned itself to receive athletes […]
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Germany’s Kerber Continues To Lead WTA Ranking
Madrid, June 12 (IANS) German tennis player Angelique Kerber continues to lead the Women’s Tennis Association rankings released on Monday. Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, who recently clinched the French Open title, is at the gateway to the top 10 after rocketing 35 places to 12th, reports Efe. Meanwhile, Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza fell out of the top […]
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Bacsinszky, Ostapenko Advance To French Open Semis
Paris, June 7 (IANS) Switzerland’s Timea Bacsinszky and Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko advanced to the women’s singles semi-finals in the French Open tennis championships. The 27-year-old Bacsinszky on Tuesday defeated Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic 6-4, 6-4 in one hour and 49 minutes in a quarterfinal match, reports Efe. In the other match, teenager Ostapenko, playing at Roland […]
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Azarenka To Compete In Mallorca Open In First Appearance After Birth Of Son
Mallorca (Spain), May 24 (IANS) Belarusian woman tennis player Victoria Azarenka is set to play in the Mallorca Open in her first appearance after a maternity break, the tournament organisers confirmed on Wednesday. Azarenka, former world No.1, said on Monday that she was ready to participate in a tournament on grass before Wimbledon, after giving […]
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Romania’s Halep Defends Her Madrid Open Crown
Madrid, May 14 (IANS) Romania’s Simona Halep successfully defended her Madrid Open title by downing France’s Kristina Mladenovic 7-5, 6-7 (5-7) and 6-2, in a hard-fought final. In her third final in this premier mandatory event on Saturday(finalist in 2014, champion in 2016), Halep took her first title this year and the 15th in her […]
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Sharapova, Venus, Wawrinka Ready For Italian Open
Rome, May 12 (IANS) Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova, American Venus Williams and Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka started practice on Friday at the Foro Italico clay courts here for the Italian Open. Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro, Americans John Insner, Sam Querrey and Madison Keys are in Rome where the draw is set to be held […]
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Wimbledon Increases Prize Money To $40.8 Million
London, May 4 (IANS) The All England Lawn Tennis Club, host of the Wimbledon Grand Slam tournament, announced on Wednesday that this year’s edition will pay out 31.6 million pound sterling ($40.8 million) in prize money, 12.5 per cent more than last year. In addition, organisers of the tournament reported that the winners of the […]
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Rising Tennis Sensation Karman Sets Sights On Top-350
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Rising tennis sensation Karman Kaur Thandi, who had trained under women’s World No.1 Serena Williams’s French coach Patrick Mouratoglou, has set her eyes on breaking into the top-350 of the WTA rankings by the end of the first quarter in 2017. The 18-year-old lanky Delhi girl had already made it […]
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Kerber, Wozniacki Advance At Indian Wells
Indian Wells (California), March 12 (IANS) Second-seeded German Angelique Kerber notched one of her most convincing wins of the season at the BNP Paribas Open hard-court tennis tournament, cruising to a 6-2, 6-1 second-round victory over compatriot Andrea Petkovic in less than an hour. Kerber will return to No. 1 spot ahead of American Serena […]