Australian Open: Sharapova, Venus to face-off in Round 3

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 19:25

Two big names of women’s tennis, Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova, will meet each other in Round Three of the Australian Open after both won their respective matches in straight sets.

Majeric completes a double with first singles title

Last Updated: Saturday, December 29, 2012, 16:08

Slovenia`s Tadeja Majeric presented herself a New Year gift by winning her maiden singles title with a hard-fought win over Turkey`s Basak Eraydin in the final of the NECC ITF Women`s USD 25,000 tennis tournament, here today.

War breaks out over ‘gender pay equality’ spat in tennis

Last Updated: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 12:57

The head of the Women`s Tennis Association (WTA), Stacey Allaster has hit back at comments made by French star Gilles Simon.

Natasha settles for runner-up finish at ITF Women`s Tennis

Last Updated: Sunday, May 13, 2012, 18:31

Natasha Palha suffered a straight-set defeat against Chinese Taipei`s Lee Pei-Chi to settle for a runner-up finish at the ITF Women`s Tennis Tournament.

Indians bow out in first round of QNet women`s championship

Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2012, 20:37

Wild card Prerna Bhambri, qualifiers Rishika Sunkara, Nidhi Chilmula and Ankita Raina ended up on the losing side as all four home players lost their first round matches in the QNet Open women`s tennis championship at the KSLTA Stadium here Monday.

Tough draw for Indians at ITF women`s tennis championship

Last Updated: Saturday, March 17, 2012, 20:38

The four Indian wild card entries drew tough opponents in the USD 25,000 ITF Open women`s tennis championship which gets underway with main draw matches Monday at the KSLTA Stadium here.

Teen Seda upsets seeded rival Wannasuk

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 20:10

Turkish teenager Aantekin Seda on Tuesday shocked sixth seed Nungnindda Wannasuk of Thailand 6-2 6-4 to enter the second round of the Endurance-MSLTA USD 10000 ITF women`s tennis championships.

Prerna knocked out in first round of ITF meet

Last Updated: Monday, March 5, 2012, 21:18

Eighth seeded Prerna Bhambri, India`s main hope, was dumped unceremoniously out of the Endurance-MSLTA USD 10,000 ITF women`s tennis championships on Monday by Germany`s Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic.

Sania-Vesnina move up into finals in Dubai

Last Updated: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 12:10

Sania Mirza and her partner Elena Vesnina move into doubles final of the Dubai Duty Free Women`s Tennis Championships.

Rutuja shocks Italian Clerico to sail into second round

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 20, 2011, 21:45

Wild-card entrant Rutuja Bhosale shocked Italian Nicole Clerico 6-1, 7-5 to storm into the second round of the NECC-ITF USD 25,000 Women`s tennis tournament on Tuesday.

Rushmi fights her way into main draw of ITF meet

Last Updated: Monday, December 19, 2011, 21:47

Despite ill health, experienced campaigner Rushmi Chakravathi managed to beat her Vietnami opponent to enter into the main draw of the USD 25,000 NECC-ITF Women`s tennis tournament at the Deccan Gymkhana courts on Monday.