Tennis

Switzerland’s Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic beat Germany’s Alexander Zverev and Angelique Kerber to win the Hopman Cup for the first time since 2001. Federer went a set down to Zverev in the opener, but the 19-time Grand Slam champion recovered to win 6-7 (4-7) 6-0 6-2 and give Switzerland a 1-0 lead. Kerber then beat Bencic 6-4 6-1 to ...

LAHORE: Provincial Sports Minister Jahangir Khanzada inaugurated the first ever Sports Board Punjab Tennis Academy at the newly-constructed state of the art Tennis Complex here at Nishtar Park on Wednesday. Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir jan, Director Sports Anis Sheikh, Deputy Director Mohammad Hafeez Bhatti, Secretary Punjab Lawn Tennis Association Rasheed Malik and a large number of junior tennis players ...

BRISBANE: Former world number one Andy Murray has withdrawn from the season-opening Brisbane International in a major setback to his Australian Open preparations. He suffered a right hip injury in 2017 and has not played on the ATP tour since losing a tough five-setter to American Sam Querrey in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon. Murray said on Sunday he felt in ...

SHENZHEN, China – Maria Sharapova rang in the New Year with a decisive victory over an in-form Mihaela Buzarnescu, 6-3, 6-0, at the Shenzhen Open. “It’s quite remarkable to see a full stadium for a first round,” Sharapova said during her on-court interview. “It’s my first time here, so I didn’t know what to expect!” Sharapova made the best of her Shenzhen ...

ABU DHABI: Kevin Anderson won the 10th edition of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship on Saturday, joining a roll of honour that includes Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray as its only previous winners. The South African world number 14 was in imperious form once again, beating Spain´s world number 20 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 7-6 (7/0) in the ...

Rafa Nadal has withdrawn from next week’s season-opening exhibition event in Abu Dhabi due to ongoing fitness problems, the world number one has said. The 16-time grand slam champion, who won the French and U.S. Opens earlier this year, withdrew from the ATP Finals in November after struggling with a knee injury during his round-robin defeat by Belgian David Goffin. ...