Sania Mirza makes winning return, enters women's doubles Q-Fs at Hobart International
January 14, 2020 11:48 ISTReturning to the sport after two years, Sania Mirza won with her partner Nadia Kichenok at the Hobart International.
Returning to the sport after two years, Sania Mirza won with her partner Nadia Kichenok at the Hobart International.
Dalila Jakupovic was forced to quit her Australian Open qualifying match after taking a lead, as she suffered a coughing fit due to thick smoke.
Ashleigh Barty survived a late collapse to win her second-round match at the Adelaide International against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Serena Williams won her first title since 2017 on Sunday after she won the ASB Classic in Auckland.
The 29-year-old Dane has announced she will retire after the Australian Open, where in 2018 she won her only Grand Slam title.
Top-seed Alex de Minaur was forced out of Adelaide Open with abdominal strain.
After extending his lead to 29-26 in career head-to-heads with Nadal and extending his supremacy over the Spaniard on hardcourts, he combined with Victor Troicki in a 6-3, 6-4 win over Pablo Carreno Busta and Feliciano Lopez
Nadal urged the men's tour and the sport's international governing body to form one major team tournament.
Second-ranked Djokovic leveled the final for Serbia with a 6-2, 7-6 (4) win over top-ranked Nadal on Sunday night, increasing his lead to 29-26 in their career head-to-heads.
The second-ranked Pliskova is the first player, male or female, to win the Brisbane-based event three times after wins here in 2017 and last year.
Sania Mirza and her partner Nadiia Kichenok have been drawn to meet Oksana Kalashnikova of Georgia and Miyu Kato of Japan in their opening round at the Hobart International, the first tournament the Indian ace will compete in her comeback bid.
It was Williams' first tournament victory since 2017 -- and her first as a mother -- as she had won the Australian Open while pregnant.
Serena Williams hadn't won a title since the Australian Open singles in January 2017, and not since she became a mother to her daughter Olympia, who was court-side to see the victory.
World No.1 Rafael Nadal and No.2 Novak Djokovic are set up for a blockbuster finale at the Ken Rosewall Arena for the inaugural ATP Cup, just a week before the year's first Grand Slam - the Australian Open 2020.
Rafael Nadal weathered an early barrage before beating Alex de Minaur 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 to clinch Spain's semifinal win over Australia and secure a spot in the inaugural ATP Cup decider against Serbia.
Australian Open organizers said Saturday that U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu, Juan Martin del Potro and Richard Gasquet have withdrawn due to knee injuries.
Jessica Pegula upset former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki on Saturday to set up a final at the ASB Classic against top-seeded Serena Williams.
The American won nine of 10 games in her mid-match recovery against the tournament's 2011 champion to beat Kvitova 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
With the win, the Serbian ended a two-match losing streak against the 23-year-old Russian, who had beaten Djokovic twice in three games in 2019 (Monte-Carlo, Cincinnati).
The 31-year-old Argentinian has played just one Australian Open since 2015, reaching the third round two years ago.
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