Paris, July 16 (IANS) Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli, who dramatically lost 20kg after picking up a mystery virus, said on Saturday she is on the way to recovery. The 2013 champion from France, who has shocked fans with her skeletal appearance, was barred from playing in an invitational event at Wimbledon this week after […]
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After ‘Champion’, DJ Bravo is back with another song
As promised Dj Bravo is back with another song. The West Indian promised his fans that he will start working on another song as soon as he gets back to West Indies and he has not disappointed. The all-rounder took to Instagram to inform the fans about his latest song and one can say that […]
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Stars to watch at Wimbledon women’s singles
London, June 22 (IANS) The following are the women’s singles stars to watch out for at the Wimbledon tennis championships starting on Monday, according to Xinhua: Serena Williams, United States World ranking: 1 Age: 34 (26/09/1981) Career titles in total: 70 Grand Slam titles: 21 — Australian Open: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015; French […]
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French Open 2016 to see 4 mn euro hike in total prize money
The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has announced that the total prize money of this year’s French Open will see a raise of four million euros ($4.49 million) compared to that of last year. “The 2016 Roland Garros tournament will award prize money of 32,017,500 euros in total — a 14 percent increase compared with last […]
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Azarenka lifts Miami Open crown
Two-time Grand Slam winner Victoria Azarenka of Belarus won the Miami Open, beating Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 6-3, 6-2. The error-filled final here on Saturday opened with eight breaks in the first nine games. Azarenka, seeded 13th, turned out to be the steadier side, leaving Russian Kuznetsova, seeded 15th, doing most of the running, reports […]
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Goffin rallies to top Simon, reaches Miami Open semis
Belgium’s David Goffin lost the first set but stormed back to rout Frenchman Gilles Simon the rest of the way for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory in the Miami Open tennis quarter-finals. Next up for the 15th-seeded Goffin in Friday’s semifinals of this hard-court tournament, one of the biggest on the men’s and women’s tennis […]
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Tennis: Indian Wells CEO Raymond Moore quits after ‘sexist’ comment
Indian Wells tournament chief executive Raymond Moore on Tuesday resigned after his controversial comments about women’s tennis. Moore, 69, said the women’s game “rides on the coat-tails” of the men — a view described as “sexist” by the United States Tennis Association (USTA), reports Efe. Indian Wells owner Larry Ellison said in a statement on […]
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Male tennis players should earn more than females: Djokovic
Tennis World No.1 Novak Djokovic believes that male tennis players should earn more money than their female counterparts, considering the fact that more people watch their matches. Earlier, Raymond Moore chief executive of the Indian Wells tournament, said the women’s WTA Tour “ride on the coat-tails of the men”. “If I was a lady player, […]
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Sharapova slams media, goes defensive on Facebook
New York, March 12 (IANS) Ace player Maria Sharapova, who sent the tennis fraternity into a spin by announcing that she failed a dope test at the Australian Open and was provisionally suspended, has blamed media for distorting the facts and failing to accurately report about what actually happened. In a lengthy Facebook post addressed […]
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Failed drugs test at Australian Open: Sharapova
New York, March 8 (IANS) Russian tennis ace Maria Sharapova on Monday admitted to failing a drug test at the Australian Open in January, an act that will get her suspended from tennis, BBC reported . Sharapova, in a press conference in Los Angeles on Monday, said she had been taking the drug, meldonium, ever […]