Sania Mirza had a tough time against Canada's Rebecca Marino before Sania defeated her in the quarter-final match of the $75,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament in Vancouver.
 
Sania defeated the 18-year-old Marino in a 7-6 (2), 6-7 (3), 6-4 match on Friday night. ...

The Indian presence in the $10,000 women's International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament came to an on Friday with Isha Lakhani and Sanaa Bhambri being defeated in the semi-finals.
 
The third-seeded Isha lost 3-6, 4-6 to top-seed Emily Webley-Smith of Britain where as the fifth-seeded ...

Andy Roddick cracked his 500th match victory with his win over American compatriot Sam Querrey by  7-6 (4), 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.
 
The three-time champion holds 27 career titles and, with his Thursday's victory, improved to 27-4 in ...

Somdev Devvarman's dream run at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic ended with his defeat to Croat Ivo Karlovic .The Chennai Open winner lost to his opponent by 5-7, 1-6.
 
The back-to-back US college champion, had knocked out sixth-seeded Marin Cilic in the second round. He  had beaten ...

Sania Mirza moved into the women's singles second round of $175,000 Oldum Brown Vancouver Open.She defeated American qualifier Mallory Cecil in straight sets by 6-4,7-5.
 
Sania will face American Laura Granville in the second round.Laura came through a tight three-setter against Japanese ...

Andy Roddick made a winning return to tennis defeating German Benjamin Becker in straight sets. He made it to the third round of Legg Mason Classic with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over the German.
 
The top seed and world number five, Roddick, lost a third Wimbledon final to Federer a month ...

India's Somdev Devvarman made it to the third round of  Legg Mason Tennis Classic beating  sixth seed Marin Cilic .He won in straight sets by  7-5, 6-4 in the second round on Tuesday.
 
Devvarman had lost to Cilic in the final of the Chennai Open in January. He avenged his ...

Third seed Isha Lakhani made it to the  second round of $10,000 women's International Tennis Federation (ITF) .She beat  wildcard Shweta Rana by 6-4, 6-2 in the match  played at the DLTA complex on  Tuesday.
 
Isha, who is making a comeback after a shoulder injury, will ...

Lleyton Hewitt made a flying start to the run-up for the US Open with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Donald Young for a place in the second round of the Legg Mason Classic.
 
The 2004 champion in the US capital on Monday hammered the serve of Young with five consecutive breaks to make his winning ...

Rafael Nadal will make a return to tennis at next week's Montreal Masters after more than two months gap. This was told by Nadal's uncle and coach, Toni, to the Spanish radio.
 
The world number 2 is expected to play for the first time since May 31 in the Francophile Canadian city. He was ...

Japan’s Anastasia Malhotra made it to the second round of the $10,000 women's International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament .She had a 6-2, 6-3 win over Indian wildcard Nova Patel at the DLTA complex in Delhi on  Monday.
 
Anastasia, who was in the semi-final of the last ITF in ...

India's Somdev Devvarman made it to the  main draw of the $1,402,000 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, beating French Jousselin Ouanna by  2-6, 6-1, 7-5.
 
Somdev, who started his pro-career last year, won the final qualifying round on Sunday. He was trailing 3-4 in the decider but fought ...

According to Union Sports Minister, M S Gill, World Anti-Doping Agency should be adopted by all the sporting bodies.
 
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Sunday had rejected WADA's anti-doping code due to the controversial "whereabouts" clause that mandates players ...

Sam Querrey lifted the second title of his career, winning the Los Angeles Open tennis tourney. He defeated Australian Carsten Ball by 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.
 
The number 32 American from the LA area found his winning touch on Sunday after missing out in title shots in Newport and last weekend in ...

Top seed Tommy Haas entered the Los Angeles Open semi-finals on Saturday defeating Marat Safin by 7-6 (7-3), 6-2. 
The German with two titles at UCLA from 2004 and 2006 overcame 24 unforced errors in the 64-minute opener, hanging on after saving three set points for the soon-to-retire ...

The double Grand Slam champion and former number one tennis star Marat Safin holds no regrets on ending his tennis career in November despite reaching the quarter-finals of the Los Angeles Open for a third consecutive year. He entered the quarter finals with a stunning win over Latvian Ernests ...

Marat Safin and Marcos Baghdatis reached the second round of Los Angeles Open tennis after lengthy dry spells on the court.
 
Eighth-seed Safin, the former number one and two-time Grand Slam champion is set to retire at age 29 in November. He put out last week's Indianapolis winner Robby ...

Rafael Nadal confessed that he is doubtful about his chances of making a successful return to tennis in August after missing two months with knee pain.
 
"I'm in a sea of doubt," said the world number two, who lost his top ranking after crashing out of the French Open in the fourth ...

India's Somdev Devvarman failed to make headway after reaching the main draw of the LA Tennis Open and lost to fifth-seeded Russian Igor Kunitsyn 5-7, 2-6 in the first round.
 
Devvarman, who turned pro a year ago, should have won the first set, having broken the Russian's service twice, but ...

Indians had a mixed day in the qualifiers at the LA Tennis Open as Somdev Devvarman made it to the main draw while his US-based compatriot Prakash Amritraj lost out in a tight contest.
 
Somdev, ranked second in the qualifiers, won his final qualifying round on Monday against fifth-seeded ...

India's Somdev Devvarman and Prakash Amritraj have entered the final round of the $630,500 LA Tennis Open qualifiers.
 
The 152nd-ranked Somdev overcame a late challenge from 175th-ranked Slovak Luka Gregorc, 6-1, 7-6(1), while 263rd-ranked Prakash beat German Frank Moser 6-0, 7-6(3) to ...

Somdev Devevarman, India's No.1 tennis player has dropped 25 places to 152nd position in the recent Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings, released on Monday.
 
Somdev, who is playing in the LA Tennis Open qualifiers, had touched his career best ranking of 127 last week. ...

Sania Mirza, India’s tennis player who is seeded second, continued her good show as she upset top-seed Frenchwoman Julie Coin 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 to secure the ITF Lexington Challenger title.
 
Sania kept herself cool in the dazzling final in front of sizeable Indian community as she ...

Robby Ginepri on Sunday turned the formbook on its head again with a second career title at the Indianapolis Tennis Championships 2009. He is seeded 95.
 
Ginepri, a one-time top 20 player set to advance back into the top 60 as a result of his third trophy, achieved a 6-2, 6-4 victory over ...

Indian female tennis player, Sania Mirza has moved into the final of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Lexington Challenger with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 win over Chinese Yuan Meng.
 
In Sunday's final of the $50,000 event, second seeded Sania will clash with top seed Julie Coin of France, ...

World's top tennis player Roger Federer and wife Mirka have become proud parents of twin girls on Thursday night.
 
Federer called it the best day of his life.
 
In a statement released on his personal website he announced the girls had been named Charlene Riva and Myla ...

Rafael Nadal pronounced himself quite pleased with his return to the court after a month and a half ,due to the knee tendinitis that forced him to miss Wimbledon after losing his French Open crown.
 
"I'm happy to be back on court doing what I like with a racket in my hand," said ...

India will be the host of the next Davis Cup tie between India and Australia. This information was given by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) on Thursday.
 
The decision has been taken by the ITF Board of Directors at its meeting in Madrid on Wednesday after hearing an appeal by ...

The Spanish tennis player, Rafael Nadal is all set to return to action in the Montreal Masters next month to defend his title. He lost his World No. 1 to The Swiss roger Federer, after he developed tendinitis in his knees and was unable to be the part of Wimbledon 2009.
 
Roger Federer won ...

Wimbledon champion Roger Federer stayed ahead of Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray at the top of the men's tennis rankings, issued by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) on Monday.
 
The leading ten positions were largely unchanged, with losing Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick of the ...