New York: India’s tennis star Sania Mirza bagged her second consecutive Grand Slam title of the season, and fifth overall, as she won the US Open women’s doubles with Swiss partner Martina Hingis on Sunday. The top-seeded Indo-Swiss team outplayed the fourth seed team of Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 6-3 in the final, which never rose to great heights.
» Read moreNew York: Novak Djokovic clinched his third Grand Slam title of 2015 and 10th career major with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 triumph over sentimental favorite Roger Federer in the US Open final on Sunday.
» Read moreThe International Cricket Council has given its clearance to the three-match T20 series promoted by Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne in the United States. The ICC nod came after talks with the two legends. It needed Tendulkar’s persuasive skills to get the clearance from the world body, it is learnt. “It will be held in November and the ICC doesn’t […]
» Read moreNew York: Flavia Pennetta claimed a first grand slam singles title with a 7-6(4) 6-2 win over Roberta Vinci in an improbable all-Italian US Open final on Saturday.
» Read moreNew York: Frenchmen Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert won the US Open men’s doubles crown on Saturday with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Britain’s Jamie Murray and Australian John Peers. Mahut and Herbert became the first all-French duo to capture a US Open men’s doubles title. It was also their first Grand Slam men’s doubles crown.
» Read moreNew York: Serena Williams saw her dream of a calendar year Grand Slam title sweep destroyed Friday as Italy’s Roberta Vinci shocked the world number one to reach the US Open final against compatriot Flavia Pennetta. Vinci battled back to stun the three-time defending champion 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, ending Williams’ 33-match US Open win streak and 27-match Grand Slam win […]
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