- Sania slips to 44th in singles rankings By : Sport News
Following her first round exit from last week’s Stanford Open, Sania Mirza has slipped a further two places to 44th spot in the latest WTA rankings released today. - Sania drops two places to 44th in WTA rankings By : Sport News
A first round exit at Stanford pushed Sania Mirza down two places to 44th on the latest WTA Tour singles charts released today.
A return to her favourite hardcourt surface did not give Sania's ranking the lift she desired as she continued her slide after losing two spots last week. - Davydenko wins twice at Austria event By : Sport News
Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia Thursday advanced to the semifinals of the Hypo Group Tennis International Tennis Tournament in Austria. - Defending champ advances at Strasbourg By : Sport News
Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic and Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain Thursday advanced at the Strasbourg International Tennis Tournament in France. - Myskina makes the semifinals at Istanbul By : Sport News
Top-seeded Anastasia Myskina of Russia was among Thursday's quarterfinal winners at the Istanbul Cup Tennis Tournament in Turkey. - Sania in second round of San Diego tennis By : Sport News
Indian ace Sania Mirza made a fine start in the $1.3 million Acura Classic Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour event in San Diego, California, as she defeated former world No. 11 Meghan Shaunessy.... - Sania enters third round of Acura Classic By : Sport News
India's Sania Mirza defeated 15th seed Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) in the second round of the Acura Classic WTA Tour event in San Diego, California. - Sania loses in singles, advances in doubles By : Sport News
Sania Mirza lost to Russian fourth seed Elena Dementieva to bow out of the women's singles in the 1.3-million-dollar Acura Classic WTA Tour tennis event in San Diego, California. - Roddick's mum hates his racy fan mails! By : Sport News
Over the years tennis ace Andy Roddick has received a number of bizarre fan mails, but the one that tops his list is the underwear he received from an ardent female admirer. - Sania steady at 44 in WTA rankings By : Sport News
The third round exit at the Acura Classic tournament last week in San Diego did not affect Sania Mirza as the Indian tennis ace remained steady at 44th spot in the latest WTA rankings. - Sania can break into top 10: Amritraj By : Sport News
Indian ace tennis star Sania Mirza has the potential to break into the top 10 in the women's global rankings, the legendary Vijay Amritraj said here Tuesday. - Sania bow out in doubles By : Sport News
Sania Mirza, partnering South Africa's Liezel Huber, crashed out of doubles at the J P Morgan Chase Open women's tennis event in Los Angeles after a first round loss to Ana Ivanovic of Serbia and Russia's Maria Kirilenko in straight sets today. - Amritraj fears void after Paes, Bhupathi By : Sport News
Former Davis Cup captain Vijay Amritraj today lamented the dearth of serious world-beating talent in Indian men's tennis circuit and feared a void once Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi left the scene. - Sania makes first round exit By : More Sport News
Sania Mirza charged up late against Jelena Jankovic but was forced out in straight sets in the singles first round of the USD 600,000 JP Morgan Chase Open tennis tournement at Los Angeles. - Paes in quarters, Bhupathi ousted By : Sport News
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi met with contrasting results alongside their respective partners in the men's doubles event of the USD 2.45 million Cincinnati Open tennis tournament at Ohio, USA. - Bhupathi-Gimelstob face third seeds in Pilot Penn first round By : More Sport News
Mahesh Bhupathi and his American partner Justin Gimelstob will open their campaign at the USD 675,000 Pilot Penn Tennis tournament against the third-seeded Polish pair of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski at New Haven, Connecticut. - Sania holds on to 44th spot despite forgettable week By : Sport News
Despite a first round elimination at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, Sania Mirza managed to hold on to 44th place in the latest WTA world rankings. - Hingis back in top 10 By : Sport News
Former world number one Martina Hingis of Switzerland returned to the top 10 in women's tennis Tuesday since her comeback to the game. - Rains interrupt Mirza-Lino match By : Sport News
Sania Mirza will have to wait to know her fate against fourth seed Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain as the rains interrupted their singles second round match at the Forest Hill Women's Tennis Classic tournament at New York. - Sania falls out of top-50 By : Sport News
Sania Mirza's fortunes hit a new low today as she dropped out of the top-50 in world rankings for the first time in more than a year. - Paes, Sania get seeding in doubles at US Open By : More Sport News
Leander Paes and Sania Mirza were today seeded sixth and seventh in the men's and women's doubles respectively at the US Open Grand Slam tennis. - Hingis, Sania top seeded for Kolkata Open tennis By : Sport News
Former world No. 1 Martina Hingis and current No. 54 Sania Mirza will be the star attraction at the $175,000 Sunfeast Open tennis tournament starting here Sep 18, it was announced here Thursday. - Sania crashes out of US Open By : More Sport News
India's Sania Mirza crashed out of the $5,690,000 US Open after giving Italian 14th seed Francesca Schiavone a tough three-set fight in the second round here Thursday. - Sania crashes out of US Open women's singles By : More Sport News
Sania Mirza flattered to deceive once again as she bowed out of the US Open women's singles with a three-set loss to Fransesco Schiavone of Italy in the second round here today. - Out of singles, Sania enters doubles round 2 By : More Sport News
Though India's Sania Mirza crashed out of the women's singles of the US Open after giving Italian 14th seed Francesca Schiavone a tough battle, she made it to the second round of the doubles event. - 'Roddapova' pair deny love affair By : Sport News
The hottest gossip couple in the tennis world, Maria Sharapova and Andy Roddick, say they are unaware of anything more than friendly feelings between them. - A Perfect Match By : Sport News
Their race and religion made them outcasts. Their game made them champions. - Sania ousted from US Open By : Sport News
India's teenage tennis star Sania Mirza was ousted from the US Open, when she and her South African partner Liezel Huber were defeated in the third round of the women's doubles event. - Sania may not be among top three seeds at Sunfeast By : Sport News
Sania Mirza may not receive a top three seeding in the forthcoming Sunfeast Open here due to her indifferent form, tournament director Jaidip Mukherjea said Friday. - Stylish Sharapova aims to conquer Saturday night By : More Sport News
Paparazzi-magnet Maria Sharapova will don her stylish black tennis dress one more time in New York when she faces Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne in Saturday night's final at the US Open. - Sania's downhill journey sore point for Sunfeast Open By : Sport News
Sania Mirza's lacklustre display and plumetting rankings may act as a dampener for the USD 175, 000 WTA Sunfeast Open that begins here on September 18. - Optimistic Sania unfazed by steep slide in rankings By : Sport News
India's top woman tennis player Sania Mirza did not sound too concerned about the sudden steep decline in her world rankings and felt optimistic about her future in the game at the international level. - Don't write me off, says Sania By : Sport News
Tennis star Sania Mirza on Thursday said she was optimistic about her career despite her singles ranking plummeting to a lowly 70. - Sania has Liezel Huber as partner for Sunfeast Open By : More Sport News
Sania Mirza, currently enjoying a career-high doubles ranking as World No.28 would have top doubles player Liezel Huber from South Africa as her partner in the doubles event of the Sunfeast Open Tennis tournament to be held in Kolkata from September 18-24. - Argentina names Davis Cup team for Australia tie By : Sport News
Argentina will field an unchanged team for its Davis Cup semi-final tie against Australia in Buenos Aires that starts next Friday. - Hingis arrives amid warm welcome By : Sport News
Former World No 1 Martina Hingis and six other tennis divas arrived here Friday to a rousing welcome for the second edition of the $175,000 WTA Sunfeast Open Tournament beginning Sep 18. - Agassi and Graf turn luxury ski resort magnates By : More Sport News
Tennis legends Andre Agassi and his wife Steffi Graf are getting ready to conquer another turf together this time. The sporting couple have finalized plans to build a new luxury ski resort property at Idaho's Tamarack Resort which is to be managed by the Fairmont hotel group. - Battle of pride for Sanis, Hingis at Sunfeast Open By : Sport News
The Sunfeast Open that gets underway Monday will be marked as a comeback battle for Indian ace Sania Mirza and world No. 9 Martina Hingis, who is top seeded here. - Sania to begin campaign against Rushmi By : Sport News
India's numero uno player Sania Mirza would begin her campaign at the USD 175,000 WTA Sunfeast Open by taking on qualifier Rushmi Chakravarthi in the first round. - Sanaa, Rushmi join Iroda, Chuang in Sunfeast mains By : Sport News
Sanaa Bhambri of India continued her good run entering the mains of Sunfeast Open along with her compatriot Rushmi Chakravarthi winning handsomely in final qualifying matches here Sunday. - Sunfeast tennis divas tour Kolkata By : Sport News
Sunfeast Open provided an opportunity to international players to discover the charm of old world Kolkata through a unique float ride that took them around the popular spots in the city. - An artificial 'Sania Mania'? By : Sport News
Even as the Kolkatans have shown little interest towards the Sunfeast Open this year so far, the tournament organisers played a cat-and-mouse game with the journos regarding the arrival time of Indian favourite Sania Mirza. - Tennis players get a taste of Kolkata By : Sport News
Students of city schools here today got an opportunity to mingle with some participants at the Sunfeast Open who participated in a float that revisited the charm of old Kolkata today. - Bhupathi-Ancic pair wins Beijing title By : Sport News
Mahesh Bhupathi and his Croatian partner Mario Ancic routed Michael Berrer of Germany and Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark 6-4, 6-3 to win the doubles title at the USD 475,000 Beijing Open here tonight. - Sania will benefit by pairing with Paes: Bob Brett By : Sport News
Sania Mirza's decision to pair with Leander Paes in mixed doubles at December's Asian Games will bring the best out of her and lift her ranking, says renowned tennis coach Bob Brett. - Sunitha Rao aiming to be India's number-two tennis player By : More Sport News
US-based Sunitha Rao wants to be India's second-ranked player after Sania Mirza for the next edition of the Federation Cup. - An 'if' or 'but' from my lips can create national crisis: Sania By : Sport News
Apart from battling a form downslide and plummeting rankings, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza also has to be on her guard while speaking as one loose statement from her could lead to "a national crisis". - Bhupathi to partner Ancic in Mumbai Open By : Sport News
Having broken the losing streak with the title triumph at China Open, Mahesh Bhupathi is all set to rework his winning partnership with Mario Ancic at the Mumbai Open next week. - China Open win improves Bhupathi's ranking By : More Sport News
The title victory at the China Open in Beijing last night has given a boost to Indian ace Mahesh Bhupathi, who has gone up by four places in the ATP doubles ranking to be at the 25th spot. - Sania Mirza censors herself to avoid controversy By : More Sport News
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza says she needs to be tight-lipped and carefully measure her words since any slip of tongue can trigger a "national crisis". - Hingis breezes past Czink in Sunfeast Open By : Sport News
Swiss Martina Hingis gave an awesome display of aggressive tennis to bulldoze past Hungarian Melinda Czink in the opening round of the USD 175,000 WTA Sunfast Open here today. - Sunfeast Open inaugurated By : Sport News
The USD 175,000 Sunfeast Open was formally inaugurated jointly by West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee and the ITC Chairman Y C Deveshwar at a sparsely-attended gathering at the Netaji Indoor stadium here tonight. - Sania Mirza's Lotto campaign sparks off protests in Hyderabad By : Sport News
An advertising campaign featuring India's rising tennis star Sania Mirza sparked off protests in her hometown Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. - Hingis pays 'inspirational' visit to Mother Teresa's house By : Sport News
Swiss tennis star Martina Hingis spent time Tuesday with the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity saying it was "important and inspirational". - Sania wins as other seeds topple By : Sport News
Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza Tuesday displayed her silken touch combined with raw power to move into the second round of the Sunfeast Open here even as three seeded players were shown the door. - China to meet Pakistan in Davis Cup By : Sport News
China will look to avoid relegation when it takes on Pakistan in the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone rubber here from September 22-24. - Bhupathi surprised over Sania's pairing with Paes for Asiad By : Sport News
Sania Mirza's pairing with Leander Paes for the Doha Asian Games has upset Mahesh Bhupathi who said he was not consulted when the decision was made. - Sania to rely on aggression for wins By : Sport News
Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza believes she will have to depend on her aggressive stroke play in international matches since fitness is not her forte. - Ancic feels playing doubles has benefited his game By : Sport News
Mario Ancic feels that his decision to play in men's doubles events has benefited him by improving his game as well as helping him in his recovery process from a recent knee injury. - World badminton: Kurian-Gutta falter in third round By : Sport News
India's Shruti Kurian and Jwala Gutta lost in the women doubles' third round of the World Badminton Championship here. - Rastogi looks forward to ATP event By : Sport News
India No 3 Karan Rastogi is geared up to take part as a wild card entrant in next week's USD 3,80,000 Kingfisher Airlines ATP Tennis Open here and is thrilled to be rubbing shoulders with several big names in the tennis world during the event. - Women tennis stars walk the ramp By : Sport News
International tennis players participating in the Sunfeast Open tennis tournament walked the ramp as Pakistani band 'Fuzon' provided the background score. - Sania bts Kloesel to enter Sunfeast Open quarters By : Sport News
An erratic Sania Mirza managed to edge out Germany's Sandra Kloesel in straight sets to move into the quarterfinal of the USD 175,000 WTA Sunfeast Open here today. - World badminton: Rupesh-Thomas bow out in pre-quarters By : Sport News
India's Rupesh Kumar and Thomas Sanave lost their men's doubles pre-quarterfinal match in the World Badminton Championship in Madrid. - Sania beats Rezai to enter semis of Sunfeast By : Sport News
Sania Mirza booked a place in the semifinals of Sunfeast Open Friday powering past Aravane Rezai 6-4, 7-5. - Sania to clash with Martina in Sunfeast semis By : Sport News
Kolkata, Sep 22: India's Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis of Switzerland won their respective quarterfinal matches at the Sunfeast Open Friday to set up a semi-final showdown. - Sania Mirza to meet Aravane Rezai Sunfeast Open quarter-finals By : Sport News
Teen tennis sensation Sania Mirza will meet fourth seed Aravane Rezai in theSunfeast Open quarter-finals today, a day after she toppled Germany's hard-hitting Sandra Kloesel 7-5 6-3. - Hingis eases past Tamarine for SF clash with Sania By : Sport News
World number nine Martina Hingis showed her class as she overcame initial hiccups to decimate Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn in straight sets to set up a mouth-watering semifinal clash with home favourite Sania Mirza in the USD 175,000 WTA Sunfeast Open here today. - Sania Mirza's partner admires Leander, Dhoni By : Sport News
Liezel Huber, the current doubles partner of Indian ace Sania Mirza, is a great admirer of cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni and tennis star Leander Paes. - Sania will now be on her way up: Hingis By : Sport News
Sania Mirza may have lost comprehensively to Martina hingis at the Sunfeast Open today, but the Swiss Miss feels that the Indian would now be back on her way up after a good performance at the USD 175,000 WTA Tour event here. - Hingis beats Sania, enters final By : Sport News
Top seed Martina Hingis gave some tennis lessons to Sania Mirza as she outclassed the Indian ace 6-1, 6-0 in 58 minutes Saturday to move into the finals of the Sunfeast Open here. - World badminton: Bao ensures all-Chinese final By : Sport News
Bao Chunlai beat gritty Lee Hyun Ii of South Korea 21-15, 21-19 here Saturday to make sure of an all-Chinese final in the men's singles of the World Badminton Championships. - Sania jumps up 11 places to be 59th By : Sport News
Sania Mirza received a major boost today when she jumped up 11 places to be at 59th spot in the latest WTA world rankings by virtue of reaching the semifinals of the Sunfeast Open tournament in Kolkata. - Sania climbs to 59 in WTA singles rankings By : Sport News
Sania Mirza has risen a creditable 11 places in singles rankings after her semi-final appearance in the Sunfeast Open here. - Playing in India, a wonderful experience By : More Sport News
Former women's world number one, Martina Hingis has said that she would love to play in India again in the near future while describing her participation in the Sunfeast Open in Kolkata as a wonderful experience. - Tursunov predicts tough Davis Cup final against Argentina By : More Sport News
Russian Davis Cup hero Dmitry Tursunov said today that Argentina would be tough to beat in the Cup final in December as the South Americans had the players good enough to play on all courts. - Paes plays common hand in two tennis gold By : Sport News
Celebrated tennis ace Leander Paes combined with Mahesh Bhupathi and later with Sania Mirza to win the men's doubles and mixed doubles gold medals and help India regain the sixth place in the medals tally of the 15th Asian Games here Wednesday. - Tennis star Sania returns with Gold and Silver from Doha By : Sport News
India's ace women tennis player Sania Mirza returned home on Thursday after winning Gold and Silver medals in the mixed doubles and women's singles categories respectively at the Doha Asiad, which concluded today. - Ahamed claims he is India's lucky mascot By : Sport News
Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed claimed today he was proving to be a lucky mascot for India at the Asian Games here. - After 'gold-rush' Leander joins youth for social cause By : Sport News
Fresh from his gold winning streak at the recently concluded Doha Asian Games, Indian Tennis team captain Leander Paes has joined forces with the country's youth to contribute towards social causes. - Pooja Sahasrabudhe claims double crown By : Sport News
Maharashtra girl Pooja Sahasrabudhe clinched a double crown - winning the youth and junior girls' titles - in the Western India Table Tennis Championships here today. - Rastogi moves into ITF Futures final By : Sport News
Fourth seed Karan Rastogi stormed into the final with a facile win against Todor Enev of Bulgaria in semifinals of the ITF Men's Futures tennis tournament here today. - A year that brought more tears than cheers By : More Sport News
The public spat between India's two tennis stalwarts -- Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi -- and their heart-breaking decision not to play together for the country again overshadowed the few success stories that Indian tennis witnessed in the year gone by. - Time has come to revamp tennis system: ATF President By : Sport News
Amanpreet Singh, New Delhi, Dec 31: A top tennis official has blamed the current ATP-dominated system for the plight of low ranked players and called for a revamp, including an exclusive circuit for Asian competitors. - Galaxy of tennis stars in Chennai showdown By : Sport News
World No. 2 Nadal, French Open champion in 2005 and 2006, will be playing in Chennai for the second time. He played here in 2004 and lifted the doubles title with Tommy Robredo - his first ATP tour title - at the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT) Stadium at Nungambakam here. - India beat Czech Republic in Hopman Cup By : Sport News
Perth, Dec 31: India defeated the Czech Republic 2-1 in an exciting first-round Group B encounter of the Hopman Cup tennis tournament here Sunday. - Vijayant gains sweet revenge against Prajnesh, in final By : Sport News
Fourth seed Vijayant Malik defeated eighth seed Prajnesh Gunneswaran in straight sets 6-4, 7-6 (3) to reach the boys' singles semi-finals of the ITF Junior World Ranking Tennis Tournament at the CLTA Stadium here today. - Rafel Nadal beats David Sanguinetti, reaches semifinals By : Sport News
Top seed Rafel Nadal of Spain kept alive his hopes of winning the singles title with a clinical 6-3 6-2 win inside one hour over David Sauguinetti of Italy to make the semifinals of the ATP Tour Chennai Open Tennis championship here tonight. - Foreign coaches needed to train young talent By : More Sport News
Former Indian Davis Cup captain Vijay Amritraj today advocated appointment of foreign coaches to train the country's young talents for their progressive uptrend in the world tennis. - Chris Evert and Greg Norman seem more than just friends! By : Sport News
Former women tennis star Chris Evert, who has divorced twice, is reportedly going steady with 51-year-old Australian golfer Greg Norman . . . . - Paes-Damm advance to second round in Qatar Open By : Sport News
Leander Paes and Czech Republic's Martin Damm launched their 2007 season on a winning note recording an easy victory over Morocco's Younes El Aynaoui . . . . - Chennai Open: Nadal maintains winning run By : More Sport News
Spaniard Rafael Nadal again stamped his authority on the second day of the Chennai Open ATP tournament . . . . - Six seeds stunned in ITF junior tennis By : More Sport News
Six seeded players, including two girls, made their exit from the ITF junior world ranking tennis (grade 3) tournament at the CLTA stadium here today. - Philippoussis diagnosed with serious knee injury By : More Sport News
The career of Australian tennis player Mark Philippoussis hung in the balance after a scan Wednesday revealed a torn meniscus ligament in his right knee. - Moya sails into third round of Chennai Open By : Sport News
Spaniard Carlos Moya sailed into the third round of the Chennai Open tennis tournament after he trounced Kevin Kim of the US 6-4, 6-3 here Wednesday. - Yuki Bhambri cruises into ITF junior quarterfinals By : Sport News
Yuki Bhambri shocked ninth seed Ronak Manuja to storm into the boys' singles quarterfinals of the ITF Junior World Ranking (Grade 3) tennis tournament at the CLTA Stadium here today. - Peya/Phau and Srichaphan/ratwatana in Quarterfinals By : Sport News
The fourth seeded combine of Alexander Peya of Austrla and Bjorn Phau of Germany and lucky loser pair of Paradorn Srichaphan of and S Ratwatana of Thailand scored hard fought victories to enter the quarterfinals in the Chennai Open ATP tournament here tonight. - Injured Henman to miss Australian Open By : Sport News
British veteran Tim Henman has been ruled out of the year opening Australian Open due to a knee injury that aggravated during pre-Christmas training. - Sania loses to Anabel in Hopman Cup By : Sport News
India's hopes to make it to final of Hopman Cup received a jolt when Sania Mirza lost to world number 27 Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3 1-6 3-6 in the women's singles match of the Group B tie against Spain here today. - Paes-Damm reach semifinals of Qatar Open By : Sport News
Leander Paes and his Czech Republic partner Martin Damm stormed into the semifinals of the Qatar Open after thrashing the Belgian pair of Christophe Rochus and Kristof Vliegen in straight sets.
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