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20Jan

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Teenager Linda Noskova stuns top seed Iga Swiatek in Australian Open third round | Tennis News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Top seed and world number one Iga Swiatek tumbled out of the Australian Open on Saturday, losing 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Czech teenager Linda Noskova in the third round as her bid for a maiden title at Melbourne Park and fifth Grand Slam trophy fell apart.With the shock third round exit, Swiatek's 18-match winning run came to a shuddering halt. The Polish top seed appeared en route to the last 16 afer taking the first set but lost her way amid a stunning comeback from world number 50 Noskova in a contest that lasted two hours and 20 minutes.Just three of the top 10 women's seeds remain in the draw in Melbourne at the end of the first week."I'm speechless," said Noskova, who is at her first Australian Open. "I knew it was going to be an amazing match, but I didn't really think ...

18Jan

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Daniil Medvedev wins Australian Open match at 03:40 in morning | Tennis News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: World no.3 Daniil Medvedev battled back from the brink of defeat to make the Australian Open third round in a contest which finished at 03:40 on Friday. Two-time runner-up Medvedev advanced to the next round after a thrilling five-set win over Emil Ruusuvuori.Battling back from two sets down, Medvedev triumphed 3-6, 6-7 (1/7), 6-4, 7-6 (7/1), 6-0 in a contest that lasted more than four hours and 20 minutes on court.Medvedev had been just two points from defeat when trailing his 53rd-ranked Finnish opponent 4-5 in the fourth set.However, he recovered to sprint through the tie-break to level at two sets all and then swept the decider as Ruusuvuori struggled with a right shoulder injury.Medvedev, the 2021 and 2022 finalist, will face Canadian 27th seed Felix Auger-Aliassim...

16Jan

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Sumit Nagal ends 34-year wait: From Rs 80,000 in the bank at start of last year to becoming the first Indian after Ramesh Krishnan to beat a seeded player in a Grand Slam

[ad_1] Late last year, India’s top-ranked singles player Sumit Nagal lamented being in the position that many on the brutal, unequal professional tennis tour were backed into after a few tough years. Making ends meet, training at the highest level, playing more matches, travelling with coaches, had all been a financial impossibility.“If I look at my bank balance, I have what I had at the beginning of the year. It is 900 euros (around Rs 80,000),” he told PTI in September. “The funding needed to break into the top 100 is around one crore.” On Tuesday, after becoming the first Indian since Ramesh Krishnan in 1989 to beat a seeded player in the singles main draw of a Grand Slam, Nagal will get closer to that amount. Even if he loses his next match, after beating 27th seed Alexander Bublik 6...

14Jan

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Australian Open: Can anyone stop Novak Djokovic in Melbourne? | Tennis News – Times of India

[ad_1] MELBOURNE: The 2024 tennis season opened to a busy note – comebacks after maternity breaks and injury enforced stoppages, momentum shifts and the chatter of an Elite Tour that has gone flat at the onset of the opening Grand Slam of the year – the Australian Open, starting on Sunday.Rafael Nadal’s return is stalled, but Naomi Osaka is pushing through.And there are questions only some of which will be answered at Melbourne Park this fortnight. Novak Djokovic, 24 going on 25? Who can stop the Serb? And how ready is defending champion Aryna Sabalenka for the big stage, where fans can be fickle? TOI looks at the talking points. Novak DjokovicThe 36-year-old has swept everything and everyone before him, records and opponents. In 2023 the Serb took home three majors from four finals, his...

13Jan

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Australian Open 2024: Novak Djokovic remains comfortably on top Down Under

[ad_1] Last month, at the end of yet another record-breaking season, Novak Djokovic appeared on the American television program ‘60 Minutes.’ Even though most of these pre-planned athlete appearances tend to be neatly managed PR exercises, it ended up being a fascinating show, in most part due to the openness with which Djokovic reveals the most intricate details of his thought process.It was not just the revelations – the emotional toil of playing against crowds that have mostly rooted against him, the way he uses eye contact during changeovers and notices minute details about his opponents to wear them down, the work that goes behind building his famed mental resilience, among others – but the comfort with which he offers up these details himself. Even if briefly, the host, veteran ten...

7Jan

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Rafael Nadal pulls out of Australian Open due to injury | Tennis News – Times of India

[ad_1] The TOI Sports Desk excels in a myriad of roles that capture the essence of live sporting events and deliver compelling content to readers worldwide. From running live blogs for India and non-India cricket matches to global spectacles featuring Indian talents, like the Chess World Cup final featuring Praggnanandhaa and the Badminton World Championships semifinal featuring HS Prannoy, our live coverage extends to all mega sporting events. We extensively cover events like the Olympics, Asian Games, Cricket World Cups, FIFA World Cups, and more. The desk is also adept at writing comprehensive match reports and insightful post-match commentary, complemented by stats-based articles that provide an in-depth analysis of player performances and team dynamics. We track news wires for key s...

27Jan

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Australian Open: Sania Mirza ends her Grand Slam career with 6 titles, finishes as runner-up in Mixed Doubles | Tennis News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India's tennis ace Sania Mirza signed off her career with six Grand Slam titles after failing to win the Australian Open mixed doubles trophy with compatriot Rohan Bopanna at the Rod Laver Arna in Melbourne on Friday.Bopanna and Sania lost 6-7(2) 2-6 to Brazilian pair of Luisa Stefani and Rafael Mataos in the title clash.Their first Grand Slam as a team and certainly not the last!🇧🇷 Rafael Matos • @Luisa__Stefani • #AusOpen • #AO2023 https://t.co/2G82TDQQDB— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) 1674790022000Coming into her final Major tournament, Sania had six Grand Slam titles - three women's doubles and as many mixed doubles - in her cabinet. The 42-year-old Bopanna has one French Open mixed doubles title to his credit.Sania was in tears in the post-match presentation ceremony....

26Jan

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Aryna Sabalenka on cusp of Australian Open crown and all-Belarusian final | Tennis News – Times of India

[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Victoria Azarenka and Aryna Sabalenka will attempt on Thursday to set up an all-Belarusian final at the Australian Open, and in doing so give organisers a headache.Two-time Melbourne champion Azarenka faces Elena Rybakina in the first women's semi-final on Rod Laver Arena, with Sabalenka up against Poland's unseeded Magda Linette after that.Should Azarenka and Sabalenka progress to Saturday's final, it will be the first time two Belarusian players have contested the championship match at a tennis major."I really want it to happen," said Sabalenka, the fifth seed who is yet to drop a set in 2023 after winning the Adelaide International earlier this month."I know that Vika will do everything she can to make it happen. I will do everything I can to make it happen. That's g...