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Melbourne, Jan 20: Spain’s Rafael Nadal on Sunday complimented Tomas Berdych, whom he defeated earlier in the day to make it to his 11th quarterfinal at the Australian Open, and said he was in favour of equal prize money for men and women tennis players, at a post-match press conference. He said Berdych was a tough […]

Kuala Lumpur, Jan 19: India’s campaign in the Malaysia Masters 2019 ended after London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal went down in straight games 16-21, 13-21 to reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain, in the women’s singles semi-finals here on Sturday. The Indian started on an aggressive note, racing to a 5-2 lead before the […]

Melbourne, Jan 19: Spain’s Rafael Nadal (2), after defeating Australia’s Alex De Minaur (27) in the third round of the Australian Open here, said that tennis has skipped a few generations in Spain and it is probable that it will not be so successful in the coming years. After his 250th Grand Slam win on Friday, […]

Melbourne, Jan 17:  Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut on Wednesday won a marathon five-set duel against home-favourite John Millman 6-3, 6-1, 3-6, 6-7 (6), 6-4 to reach the third round of the Australian Open in Melbourne Park. This was the second five-setter in a row for the 22nd seed Bautista Agut after he beat Britain’s Andy Murray, […]

Melbourne, Jan 16: World No 1 Novak Djokovic downed Mitchell Krueger of the US 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in the first round of the Australian Open here on Tuesday. The Serbian cruised into the second round, following in the footsteps of his chief rivals, world No 2 Rafael Nadal and Swiss legend and world No 3 Roger […]

Melbourne, Jan 15:  Andy Murray fought hard for more than four hours on Monday at round 1 of the Australian Open but lost to Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-2. No. 22 seed Bautista Agut cut short what was being billed as one of the greatest tennis comebacks after he rediscovered […]

Melbourne, Jan 14: Spain’s Rafael Nadal defeated Australian wild card entry James Duckworth 6-4, 6-3, 7-5, in the first round of the Australian Open here on Monday. Nadal, who won the title in 2009, completed the match against the 238th-ranked Duckworth, four months after his last official match against Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro in last […]