New York: Germany’s Andrea Petkovic was overcome with emotion after her tennis career effectively ended on Tuesday in a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 defeat against Swiss Olympic champion Belinda Bencic at the US Open. Former top 10 player and French Open semi-finalist Petkovic had announced last week that the New York grand slam would be her […]
New Delhi: The Indian tennis star Sania Mirza on Tuesday pulled out of the US Open 2022 due to a tendon injury in her forearm and hinted about some change in her retirement plans. The 35-year-old picked up the injury while competing at the Canadian Open earlier this month. She played at last week’s Cincinnati Open […]
Charlotte: India’s Anirban Lahiri settled for a share of sixth place at the Wells Fargo Championship as two late bogeys dented his hopes of a maiden PGA Tour victory. Lahiri, who began the day in tied-third place at TPC Potomac on Sunday, signed off with a 1-over 71 to finish the week on 3-under 277, […]
New York: Emma Raducanu defeated Canada’s Leylah Fernandez in the US Open women’s singles final on Saturday (local time) to become the first British woman to win the title in 53 years. She is also the first British woman in 44 years to win a Grand Slam singles title. The 18-year-old Emma Raducanu defeated her […]
The 18-year-old British teenager had a perfect three weeks in New York. She made it through three rounds of qualifying without the loss of a set, was equally composed in her main-draw debut, where she also did not drop a set in seven matches.
The 26-year-old is the first Greek woman to reach the US Open singles semi-finals. She will take on Britain's Emma Raducanu on Thursday for a spot in her first major final.
In a battle of left-handers, world No.73 Fernandez fought back from a set and a break down to stun No.16 seed and 2016 US Open winner Kerber, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2, in 2 hours and 15 minutes, one day before her 19th birthday on Sunday evening.
When other grand slam tournaments, such as the US Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon were named after the respective countries and city, do you wonder why French Open is officially called Roland Garros