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  • australian open sania cara advance under baking heat

    Australian Open: Sania-Cara advance under baking heat

    January 17, 2014 10:04 IST

    Melbourne: The sixth seeded Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black began their campaign with a fluent 6-1, 6-4 win over Australian combo of Tammi Patterson and Arina Rodionova to enter the second round

  • australian open serena williams sets tournament mark with

    Australian Open: Serena Williams sets tournament mark with 3rd round win

    January 17, 2014 8:44 IST

    Melbourne, Australia: Five-time champion Serena Williams has now won more matches at the Australian Open than any other woman, notching career win No. 61 on Friday as she advanced to the fourth round with a

  • australian open angelique kerber becomes first woman to

    Australian Open: Angelique Kerber becomes first woman to enter 4th round

    January 17, 2014 7:36 IST

    Melbourne, Australia: Angelique Kerber of Germany became the first woman to advance to the fourth round at the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-4 win over American Alison Riske on Friday.   No. 9 Kerber clinched

  • national grasscourt tennis ashwin scalps top seed prashanth

    National grasscourt tennis: Ashwin scalps top seed Prashanth

    January 17, 2014 6:53 IST

    Kolkata: Wild card Ashwin Vijayaraghavan from Andhra Pradesh continued his great run to shock top seed Tamil Nadu's Vijay Sundar Prashanth and storm into the semi-final of the national grasscourt tennis championship here Thursday.Prashanth took

  • australian open murray through to 3rd round

    Australian Open: Murray through to 3rd round

    January 16, 2014 19:11 IST

    Melbourne, Australia: Three-time Australian Open finalist Andy Murray won the last 23 consecutive points to come from 5-1 down in the third set for a 6-2, 6-2, 7-5 second-round win over French qualifier Vincent Millot

  • australian open donald young hoping for turnaround

    Australian Open: Donald Young hoping for turnaround

    January 16, 2014 18:45 IST

    Melbourne, Australia: Big things were once predicted for Donald Young, the former tennis prodigy who turned pro at 14, had a Nike contract at 15 and played in his first U.S. Open at 16.   Young's

  • australian open federer wins in unfamiliar territory

    Australian Open: Federer wins in unfamiliar territory

    January 16, 2014 17:52 IST

    Melbourne, Australia: Roger Federer joked that he left the locker room early on Thursday to make sure he could find the way to an unfamiliar court.   It was the first time in a decade that

  • australian open results day 4

    Australian Open: Results, day 4

    January 16, 2014 16:34 IST

    Melbourne, Australia: Results Thursday from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):Men's SinglesSecond Round Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. Roger Federer (6), Switzerland, def. Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, 6-2, 6-1,

  • australian open a tale of two situations

    Australian Open: A tale of two situations

    January 16, 2014 15:55 IST

    Melbourne, Australia: Maria Sharapova toiled in 43-degree Celsius (109 F) temperatures for more than 3 1/2 hours on Rod Laver Arena. Next up, Caroline Wozniacki played in what she considered "pleasant" and nearly room-temperature conditions

  • australian open rafael nadal advances to 3rd round

    Australian Open: Rafael Nadal advances to 3rd round

    January 16, 2014 14:06 IST

    Melbourne, Australia: Top-seeded Rafael Nadal advanced to the third round at the Australian Open with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 win over Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis on Thursday.   Nadal won the match in 1 hour, 53 minutes

  • australian open maria sharapova survives heat to beat knapp

    Australian Open: Maria Sharapova survives heat to beat Knapp

    January 16, 2014 13:50 IST

    Melbourne: Defending champion and two-time runner-up Maria Sharapova of Russia rallied to beat Italian Karin Knapp 6-3, 4-6, 10-8 in Thursday's second-round women's singles match of the Australian Open tennis at the Melbourne Park here.The

  • australian open extreme heat brings play to a halt

    Australian Open: Extreme heat brings play to a halt

    January 16, 2014 13:31 IST

    Melbourne, Australia: The scorching weather finally brought play to a halt on the fourth day of the Australian Open when the temperature topped 43F (109F), but not soon enough for some players who criticized officials

  • australian open caroline wozniacki advances to 3rd round

    Australian Open: Caroline Wozniacki advances to 3rd round

    January 16, 2014 11:50 IST

    Melbourne, Australia: Former No. 1-ranked Caroline Wozniacki has advanced to the third round of the Australian Open in the relatively comfortable confines of a roof-covered Rod Laver Arena, beating American Christina McHale 6-0, 1-6, 6-2

  • australian open match schedule day 4

    Australian Open: match schedule, day 4

    January 16, 2014 11:25 IST

    Karin Knapp (Ita) v (3) Maria Sharapova (Rus), Christina McHale (USA) v (10) Caroline Wozniacki (Den), (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) v Thanasi Kokkinakis (Aus)Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) v (2) Victoria Azarenka (Blr), (4) Andy Murray

  • australian open jo wilfried tsonga enters third round

    Australian Open: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga enters third round

    January 16, 2014 10:49 IST

    Melbourne, Australia: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga started his match under the blazing sun and finished it with a roof over the court in beating Thomaz Bellucci 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-4 Thursday on a chaotic day of searing

  • australian open extreme heat policy implemented

    Australian Open: Extreme Heat Policy implemented

    January 16, 2014 10:42 IST

    Melbourne, Australia: The scorching weather at the Australian Open finally brought play to a halt on Thursday afternoon when the temperature topped 42 Celsius (108 Fahrenheit) and the Extreme Heat Policy was enforced.   Matches on

  • australian open kei nishikori advances to 3rd round

    Australian Open: Kei Nishikori advances to 3rd round

    January 16, 2014 8:00 IST

    Melbourne, Australia: Kei Nishikori advanced to the third round at the Australian Open after starting and finishing quickly in the heat at Melbourne Park in a 6-1, 6-1, 7-6 (3) win Thursday over Dusan Lajovic

  • heat giving williams other players nightmares

    Heat giving Williams, other players nightmares

    January 16, 2014 6:31 IST

    Melbourne, Australia: Just the thought of playing in the sweltering heat at the Australian Open is keeping Serena Williams up at night.   So to combat the soaring temperatures, the 17-time Grand Slam champion is doing

  • autralian open pat rafter makes doubles comeback

    Autralian Open: Pat Rafter makes doubles comeback

    January 15, 2014 19:05 IST

    Melbourne, Australia: The stars of yesterday keep popping up at the Australian Open. Most of the familiar faces are old players back in action as new coaches.      After a decade of retirement, the Australian

  • australian open results day 3

    Australian Open: Results, day 3

    January 15, 2014 19:28 IST

    Melbourne, Australia: Results Wednesday from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):Men's SinglesSecond RoundNovak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 6-0, 6-4, 6-4. David Ferrer (3), Spain, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 7-6

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