North American pair topple third seeds in Auckland tennis final

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 19:00

North American duo Sharon Fichman and Maria Sanchez staged an upset by turning around an early losing streak and taking the women`s doubles championship at the ASB Classic tennis tournament in Auckland Saturday.

ITF juniors circuit Tennis tournament at Chandigarh

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 18:44

The ITF Juniors Circuit (Grade-3) for U-18 boys and girls will be conducted by Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) here from January 6 to 11.

Ramanathan advances in ATP Chennai Open

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 00:35

Ramkumar Ramanathan kept his chances of making the main draw alive defeating Mikhail Elgin of Russia 6-3, 7-5 in the qualifying rounds of the Aircel ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament here Sunday.

Injured Janko Tipsarevic pulls out of Chennai Open

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 15:46

Defending champion Janko Tipsarevic from Serbia has withdrawn from the Aircel ATP Chennai Open Tennis tournament due to a rupture on the heel tendon he sustained in Valencia in October this year.

Somdev Devvarman gets Chennai Open main draw berth

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 16:27

India’s Somdev Devvarman was included in the main draw of the Aircel ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament to be held here from Dec 30 Jan 5 after Estonia’s Jurgen Zopp pulled out with a back injury.

Nikshep, Abhinikka emerge champions

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 18:48

B.R. Nikshep of Karnataka and R. Abhinikka of Tamil Nadu emerged champions in the boys and girls singles, respectively on the concluding day of the RT Narayan Memorial AITA National Series Under-16 Tennis Tournament here Sunday.

Fujiwara bags ITF title, stunning Linette

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 20:57

Qualifier Rika Fujiwara saved two match points to stun top seeded Magda Linette of Poland to win the singles finals at the Ganesh Naik USD 25000 ITF Women’s tennis tournament here Saturday.

Nikshep, Pandole make final in AITA tennis

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 19:11

Top seed BR Nikshep shrugged off an upset stomach to overcome Vignesh Subramanyam 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 here Friday and set up a title clash with Rian Pandole of Maharashtra in the boys singles final of the R.T.Narayan Memorial AITA National Series Under-16 tennis tournament.

CCI-ITF Junior Tennis: Kamran to meet Nidhi in semis

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 23:27

Sixth seed Kamran Kaur on thursday stormed into the girls` semi-finals of the CCI-ITF junior tennis tournament, ousting third seed Nermeet Shawky in straight sets here.

Ankita ends runner-up at Uzbeksitan ITF event

Last Updated: Saturday, June 8, 2013, 15:05

Indian qualifier Ankita Raina`s splendid run at the USD 25000 ITF Women tennis tournament in Karshi, Uzbekistan ended with a runners-up finish.

Ankita upsets third seed to reach semis of USD 25000 ITF meet

Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2013, 19:22

Ankita Raina continued her dream run by beating third seed Nigina Abdurakhimova of Uzbekistan to reach the semifinals of the USD 25,000 ITF Women`s tennis tournament in Karshi, Uzbekistan on Thursday.

Paramveer, Akshara clinch titles in contrasting fashions

Last Updated: Saturday, May 25, 2013, 20:45

Paramveer Singh Bajwa and Akshara Iska bagged the boys and girls under-16 titles in the 7th Ramesh Desai Memorial All India Ranking tennis tournament in contrasting style here on Saturday.