The champion of US open Serena Williams has decided to pull out from the forth-coming Kremlin Cup in Moscow. The ace tennis star has taken this decision because she is suffering from ankle injury. The injury seems to be serious as she will not be available until Masters in Doha starting in late ...

The Czech-Indian duo Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy won the Thailand Open on September 28, 2008 at Bangkok. The doubles pair lifted the title by defeating Americans Scott Lipsky and David Martin by 6-4, 7-6(4). This is the first ATP title of Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy playing together. ...

The domination of United States in the Davis Cup ended on Sunday, September 21, 2008 after an unwell Rafael Nadal defeated Andy Roddick to propel Spain to the finals the sixth time. The World Number 1 defeated the American tennis ace by 6-4, 6-0, 6-4 on a clay court at the Las Ventas bullfighting ...

Dinara Safina has won Pan Pacific Open after defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in straight set by 6-1, 6-3. After winning the championship she said that she played the best tennis this week and in consequence to it she would reach to No. 3 in the world rankings in women category.
 
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21st win in the Davis Cup match by India's Paes-Bhupathi over Cruciat-Tecau of Romania by 6-4, 7-6(0), 6-4 has kept India's Davis Cup hopes alive. The match as expected lasted for two and a half hours at the Bucuresti Stadium was a typical doubles encounter with a lot of thrills and ...

India will meet host Romania for a place in the Davis Cup World Group. India last played in the World Group in 1998. Earlier, India defeated Japan in the Asia/Oceania Group semi-finals and rushed in to play in the World Group play-off. On the other hand, Romania after losing the match ...

Russia has maintained its supremacy in Federation cup by defeating Spain 3-1; fourth win in last five years. Russian player Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 consequently making Russia win over Spain. Earlier, Olympic Games bronze medalist Vera Zvonareva and former ...

If there were any skepticism initially about Roger Federer triumphing at this year's US Open, the Swiss tennis champ has squashed it all. On Monday, September 8, he defeated Britain's Andy Murray in the final of the men's singles of US Open by 6-2 7-5 6-2. This is Roger Federer's fifth straight US ...

It was like a dream come true for the sixth-seeded Andy Murray of Scotland who ousted the current World Number 1, Spanish Rafael Nadal on Sunday, September 7, 2008 to enter the final of US Open. This was Murray's first-time entry into a Grand Slam final after defeating Nadal 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, ...

It was a euphoric moment for top American tennis star Serena Williams who reclaimed her Number 1 position on Sunday, September 7, 2008 by defeating Serbian Jelena Jankovic 6-4 7-5 at the US Open women's final event. While this win brought her Serena Williams her ninth grand slam title, it was the ...

Roger Federer has reached fifth time consecutively into the final of US Open by defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in four sets by 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2. The Swiss player till now has won 13 Grand Slams, including four US Open titles. He will be plying the final to win the US title and equal Pete ...

Serena defeated Dinara Safina by 6-3, 6-2, and Jelena Jankovic defeated Elena Dementieva by 6-4, 6-4 in their respective semi final matches to reach into final of US Open. Williams and Dinara Safina match lasted for one hour, 29 minutes, but latter could not stop earlier to reach into the final of ...

Leander Paes, in partnership with Czech Lukas Dlouhy, failed to create magic a second time at the ongoing US Open on Friday, September 5, 2008 as they lost to America's Bryan brothers in the final of men's doubles. It is the second time that the American twins Bob and Mike Bryan have won the US ...

The year 2008 has proved to be incredibly favorable for Indian sportspersons, who have been winning one medal after another in international sports events. The latest Indian to do his country proud is Leander Paes, who along with Zimbabwe's Cara Black, has won the mixed doubles event of the 2008 US ...

Rafael Nadal, this year, for the very first time has managed to enter the semifinal round of the US Open. For the new World number 1, the journey till this semi-final has been exciting but definitely not as smooth as anticipated. Rafael Nadal on Wednesday, September 3, defeated Mardy Fish in the ...

Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus by 7-6 (8/6) 7-6 (9/7) to enter the semi-final of the US Open 2008. Serena will play against Dinara Safina in the semi-final. Dinara of Russia defeated Flavia Pennetta in straight sets by 6-2 6-3, and reached into semi-final of the grand slam. For ...

Pair of Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy defeated Argentines Maximo Gonzalez and Juan Monaco by 6-2, 6-0 and stormed into final of US Open. Reaching into doubles final of US Open is double delight for this Indian ace player. He has already reached into the final of mixed doubles. For Paes, this is ...

Roger Federer has reached into quarter finals of US Open 2008 by defeating Igor Andreev 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. The match stretched into five sets took everything from Federer to defeat 23rd seed Russian. The match was so consuming that during the game Federer often threw his head back in ...

India's Leander Paes has continued with an outstanding performance at the ongoing US Open championship. Though he put up a disappointing show with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi at the recently concluded Beijing Olympics, this time around he has fought back furiously.
 
Leander Paes has managed ...

After the initial snag, it was hoped that new World number one Rafael Nadal's journey in the 2008 US Open will be a smooth one. But that was not to happen as American Sam Querrey put up a stiff competition against the Spaniard pro on Monday, September 1 before the 55th ranked player finally let ...

Williams sisters are all set to meet in the quarter-final of the US Open 2008. It would be 17th clash of two sisters. Earlier, the seventh seed Venus defeated 9th seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in straight set by 6-1, 6-3, and bumped into quarter-finals. Similarly, her sister, Serena, ranking ...

The fifth seeded Elena Dementieva continued her consistent performance as she defeated Li Na on Sunday, August 31 to enter the quarterfinal round of the 2008 US Open. 
 
Eight years back, Elena Dementieva had succeeded in reaching the semifinal round of the US Open. She was then an ...

An easy victory over the rival team comprising South African Rik De Voest and Australia's Ashley Fisher has propelled Leander Paes of India and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy into the quarterfinals of the men's doubles at the ongoing US Open.
 
The Indo-Czech partners defeated their ...

Four-time defending champion Roger Federer has advanced to the fourth round of the ongoing US Open by defeating Czech Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday, August 31. This was the 30th consecutive US Open match which the Swiss tennis champion won. Just two more Grand Slam title crowns for Roger ...

Indian tennis champion Mahesh Bhupathi's stint at the ongoing US Open has come to an end at least as far as the mixed doubles event is concerned. Bhupathi and his Australian partner Samantha Stosur got defeated in the first round by Swede Robert Lindstedt and Australian Rennae Stubbs.
 
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Top seed Rafael Nadal of Spain has won third round match defeating Viktor Troicki of Serbia by 6-4, 6-3, 6-0. The year so far has been productive for this 22 year player. This year he has won French Open and Wimbledon Open defeating Roger Federer in the finals, and toppling him down. Also, he won ...

Luck is clearly and strongly on the side of America's Williams sisters who have smoothly moved into the fourth round of the ongoing US Open, while other top seeds have crashed out. But this can go on for only one more match. In the third round of the 2008 US Open on Saturday, August 30, both Venus ...

Indian tennis aces Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have both, with their respective partners, reached the third round of this year's US Open doubles. The seventh seeded Leander Paes along with his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy were successful in ousting Argentinean Eduardo Schwank and Italian Potito ...

India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles easily moved on to the second round of the men's doubles event of the ongoing US Open on Thursday, August 28, by defeating Sweden’s Johan Brunstrom and Thomas Johansson 6-3, 6-4. They will next be playing against ...

The latest among the biggies to get surprisingly ousted from the ongoing US Open championship is Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova. A former champion, Kuznetsova lost 6-3 6-7 (1/7) 6-3 to Slovenia's Katarina Srebotnik in the third round.
 
This was for the third time that Kuznetsova and Srebotnik ...