Chennai Open: Raonic starts season on winning note

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 22:03

Fourth seed Canadian Milos Raonic won his first round match of the season beginning Chennai Open with utmost ease.

Hanescu fined 15,000 dollars for spitting

Last Updated: Sunday, June 27, 2010, 00:37

Romanian tennis player Victor Hanescu was fined 15,000 dollars today after he spat at the Wimbledon crowd and stormed out of a match.

Serena on track as spit probe starts

Last Updated: Sunday, June 27, 2010, 00:24

Serena Williams remains on course to successfully defend her title after moving into the fourth round with a 6-0, 7-5 win over Dominika Cibulkova, while officials start to probe the Victor Hanescu spitting row.

Romanian Hanescu storms off court after spitting incident

Last Updated: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 09:18

Romania`s Victor Hanescu stormed out of his Wimbledon third-round match after appearing to spit at the crowd in chaotic scenes on Friday.

Second seed Djokovic prevails in Beijing

Last Updated: Monday, October 5, 2009, 14:49

Novak Djokovic was the first men’s seed into the second round of the USD 6.6 million (4 million pound) China Open on Monday after an absorbing if not high quality 6-3, 7-5 victory over Victor Hanescu.