Tennis

Daria Kasatkina beat US Open champion Sloane Stephens in the third round at Indian Wells  Indian Wells:-World number two Caroline Wozniacki was beaten by Russia’s Daria Kasatkina in the fourth round at Indian Wells. The Dane, who could have reclaimed the top ranking by winning the tournament, was beaten 6-4 7-5 by the Russian. Romania’s Simona Halep, who moved into ...

INDIAN WELLS: World number one Roger Federer stepped up his bid for a sixth Indian Wells Masters title with a 6-2, 6-1 demolition of Filip Krajinovic on Monday. The 36-year-old marvel continues to defy the ageing process as he needed just 58 minutes to overpower the Serb with a brilliant display of Swiss timing. “I was feeling like he was ...

 Indian Wells:Simona Halep survived a scare to reach the BNP Paribas Open fourth round at Indian Wells but French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko was beaten. Romanian top seed Halep lost the first set against 19-year-old American Caroline Dolehide, the world number 165, but won 1-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-2. Ostapenko, 20, lost 6-3 6-3 to Croatia’s Petra Martic. American Amanda Anisimova, ...

Indian Wells:-Novak Djokovic suffered a shock defeat by world number 109 Taro Daniel of Japan as he was knocked out of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. The 30-year-old lost 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-1 in the second-round tie on his first appearance since an injury ended his Australian Open challenge in January. Djokovic had further surgery on a persistent ...

By Abdullah Asjad ISLAMABAD-The 1st Chairman Joint Chiefs Staff Committee (JCSC) Open Tennis Championship 2008 started here at PTF Complex, as Salim Saifullah Khan, the President of Pakistan Tennis Federation ( PTF) and the executive committee members witnessed the matches.  Results (Day-1): Men’s Singles: Muhammad Abid (1) beat Farhan Ullah: 6-0, 6-0; Abbas Khan beat Shahid Afridi: 6-3, 7-5; Huzaifa Abdul Rehman ...

Halep continued to lead the Women’s Tennis Association rankings released for the second consecutive week, ahead of Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki. Wozniacki, who maintained the first position for four weeks following her victory at the Australian Open, exchanged places with Halep on February 26, after losing points due to her defeat by Czech Petra Kvitova in the Qatar Open semi-final, reports ...

Switzerland legend Roger Federer remained at the number one spot with 10,060 points, exactly 600 points ahead of World No.2 Rafael Nadal of Spain, in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals world singles rankings released on Monday while Simona Halep led the women’s ranking chart. Last month, the 20-time Grand Slam champion reclaimed the top spot for the first time ...

DUBAI: – Roberto Bautista Agut came from a break down in the second set to win his second title of the season on Saturday, beating Lucas Pouille, 6-3, 6-4, at the Dubai Championships. The Spaniard claimed the eighth trophy of his career with an 81-minute victory over the French second seed. The loss prevents number 15 Pouille climbing into the ...

Mexico:Rafael Nadal was a late withdrawal from the ATP 500 Acapulco after suffering an injury setback. The World No 2 has not featured since injury ended his Australian Open bid at the quarter-final stage against Marin Cilic. He was due to make his comeback against fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez on Tuesday night, live on Sky Sports Action, but was forced ...

ISLAMABAD  – Young Pakistani tennis player Nauman Aftab and his partner, Hong Kong’s Matthew Yee, lifted the doubles trophy in the on-going Syed Tajammul Abbas International Tennis Federation (ITF) Pakistan Juniors Tournament, here at PTF Complex on Friday afternoon. In a convincing victory, the fourth seeded duo upset the second seeded Thai-Malaysian pair of Siritaworachan and Suresh, by the score ...