Tennis Archives - Page 12 of 13

March 10, 2025 1:11 PM

Tsitsipas sinks Berrettini to reach Rd-4, Medvedev advances with Michelsen retirement

Stefanos Tsitsipas extended his win streak to seven matches at the Paribas Open in Indian Wells, where he defeated Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 6-3. The eighth seed Greek, using the slower conditions to his advantage, outplayed Berrettini for the second t...

March 10, 2025 12:24 PM

Swiatek and Rybakina serve up bagels en route to victories at Indian Wells

Defending champion Iga Swiatek crushed Dayana Yastremska 6-0 6-2 and 2023 champion Elena Rybakina powered past Britain's Katie Boulter 6-0 7-5 to reach the fourth round of Indian Wells on Sunday with displays of dominance. Swiatek, seeded second, is...

March 7, 2025 10:10 AM

Tennis-Fonseca delivers on Indian Wells debut, Kyrgios exits with injury

Highly touted Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca rallied from a break down in the third set to beat Britain's Jacob Fearnley 6-2 1-6 6-3 on his Indian Wells debut on Thursday while Nick Kyrgios was in tears as he retired injured from his first-round mat...

March 6, 2025 11:54 AM

Osaka crashes out of Indian Wells first round

Former champion Naomi Osaka was sent packing from Indian Wells after a 6-4 6-4 first-round defeat by Colombia's Camila Osorio on Wednesday. The Japanese four-time Grand Slam champion never looked comfortable against Osorio's dynamic shotmaking and p...

March 5, 2025 10:21 AM

Tennis-Sabalenka swoons over new, faster Indian Wells court surfaces

World number one Aryna Sabalenka is enamored with the new surfaces at Indian Wells, the Belarusian believing the faster courts will play into her powerful game, while Carlos Alcaraz said he did not understand the reason for the change. Indian Wells,...

February 28, 2025 11:05 AM

Raducanu to return at Indian Wells after Dubai security incident, media report

Former U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu will compete at Indian Wells next week in her first Tour appearance since Dubai, where a man exhibited "fixated behaviour" towards her and was removed from the stands during her match, British media reported. ...

February 24, 2025 11:24 AM

Venus Williams will not play Indian Wells, despite wild card invite

Former world number one Venus Williams will not compete at next month's Indian Wells tournament despite the WTA 1000 event giving the 44-year-old American a wild card. Williams, who played only two tournaments last season, said at a speaking event i...

February 21, 2025 11:34 AM

Tennis: Alcaraz rues error that turned the match in shock loss to Lehecka

World number three Carlos Alcaraz was left ruing a mistake that let Jiri Lehecka off the hook in the third set and allowed the Czech to fight back and claim a 6-3 3-6 6-4 victory in the Qatar Open quarter-finals on Thursday. Four-time Grand Slam win...

February 20, 2025 2:12 PM

Venus Williams given wildcard for Indian Wells tournament

Former world number one Venus Williams has been given a wildcard for this year's Indian Wells tournament, organisers said on Wednesday, allowing the 44-year-old American to compete at the WTA 1000-level event for the 10th time. The seven-times Grand...

February 18, 2025 11:27 AM

Djokovic claims the majority of players feel ‘favouritism’ in Sinner’s doping ban

Serbian tennis great Novak Djokovic has claimed that the majority of players are not happy with the way the whole process is handled in the case of world no.1 Jannik Sinner's three-month doping ban. Sinner has reached a settlement with the World Ant...