Dhaka – A vintage Venus Williams powered past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and into her third Australian Open semi-final Tuesday, becoming the oldest woman to make a Grand Slam last four in 23 years.The 36-year-old overcame the Russian 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) and…
Dhaka — Serena Williams scrapped her way into the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, working around a misfiring serve and a rash of unforced errors to beat Barbora Strycova as the heat intensified on Monday.She had a little bit of…
Dhaka – Rafael Nadal’s ageing legs outlasted German teenager Alexander Zverev in an epic five sets as Serena Williams sailed into the last 16 at the Australian Open on Saturday.Nadal needed all his trademark grit against Zverev, 19, dubbed “the…
Dhaka – Former coach Boris Becker claimed Novak Djokovic has lost his aura of invincibility and his era of dominance is over after his seismic early exit at the Australian Open.The tennis world was abuzz over six-time champion Djokovic’s stunning…
Dhaka — U.S. Open finalist Karolina Pliskova has carried her title-winning form in the warmup tournament into the season’s first major, dropping just four games en route to the third round at the Australian Open.Pliskova was leading 6-0, 4-0 against…
Dhaka – Karolina Pliskova and Johanna Konta had their Grand Slam breakthroughs last year, and both prepared for the season’s first major with title runs in Australia.They both won their first-round matches at the Australian Open in straight sets on…
Dhaka – Novak Djokovic said he wasn’t planning to replace Boric Becker in his coaching team and deflected criticism from the German about his work-rate as he prepared to defend his Australian Open title on Saturday.Djokovic, seeking a record seventh…
Dhaka – The Victory Day Tennis competition was inaugurated today (Saturday) at national tennis court complex in the city’s Ramna.State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, MP also president of Bangladesh Tennis Federation formally inaugurated the six-day meet as chief…
Dhaka – Seedings released Thursday for the Australian Open which begins on Monday:Men’s singles 1. Andy Murray (GBR), 2. Novak Djokovic (SRB), 3. Milos Raonic (CAN), 4. Stan Wawrinka (SUI), 5. Kei Nishikori (JPN), 6. Gael Monfils (FRA), 7. Marin…
Dhaka – Andy Murray dismissed the idea that his defeat by arch-rival Novak Djokovic in the Qatar Open will have any impact on his attempts to win the Australian Open for the first time.The world number one lost 6-3, 5-7,…
Dhaka – Roger Federer makes his long-awaited return to tennis after six months out with a knee injury in Sunday’s mixed teams Hopman Cup in Perth ahead of next month’s Australian Open.The Swiss 17-time Grand Slam champion has not played…
Dhaka – Australia’s Nick Kyrgios said Saturday he was ready for scrutiny at next month’s Australian Open, as the volatile star prepares for his comeback after a playing ban.The controversial 21-year-old said his forced hiatus from tennis — when a…
Dhaka – Andy Murray has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for a record third time after winning the Wimbledon and Olympic singles titles in 2016 and also finishing the season as the world’s top-ranked player.Murray won the…
Dhaka- Former top 10 player Kathy Rinaldi has been named the new captain of the United States Fed Cup women’s tennis team,taking over from Mary Joe Fernandez who stepped down in October.Rinaldi takes over the American team that hasn’t won…
Dhaka – Every player in the world’s top 99 bar pregnant Victoria Azarenka has confirmed for the Australian Open, including Roger Federer and Serena Williams as they return from injury, organisers said Thursday.The all-star field for the opening Grand Slam…
Dhaka – All the four events of the Bengal Plastic Asian Under-14 Series Tennis Tournament advanced to the finals on the 4th day of the five-day meet at the Ramna National Tennis Complex here on Thursday.The boys’ singles and girls’…
Dhaka – Serena Williams has penned an open letter calling out what she sees as double standards faced by women in sports.The 22-time Grand Slam champion writes that women “are constantly reminded” they aren’t men. She says people call her…
Dhaka – Andy Murray and Kei Nishikori tend to linger when they get together. Their latest matchup set a record.Murray survived the longest three-set match in ATP Finals history when he prevailed against Nishikori 6-7 (9), 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday.They…
Dhaka – Gardnar Mulloy, a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame who won 129 U.S. national titles and played competitively into his 90s, has died at age 102.The longtime Miami resident died Monday night, said his wife, Jackie.Mulloy…
Dhaka – Taking the court as the No. 1-ranked player for the first time, Andy Murray got the job done.The Wimbledon champion was tested for much of his opening match at the ATP finals but still came out on top,…
Dhaka – Novak Djokovic survived an early setback,and then made it look all too easy.The second-ranked Serb, who has a chance to reclaim the No. 1 ranking at the O2 Arena next weekend, rallied to beat Dominic Thiem 6-7 (10),…
Dhaka – Rishabh Sharda of India clinched the boys’ singles crown of the Walton 30th Bangladesh ITF Junior Tennis Championship beating Chan Woo Park of South Korea by 6-4, 7-6 games in the final at the Ramna National Tennis Complex…
Dhaka – The boys singles, girls singles, boys doubles and girls doubles competitions of the Walton 30th Bangladesh ITF Junior Tennis Championship advanced to the semifinal stages on the 4th day at the Ramna National Tennis Complex here on Thursday.In…
Dhaka – Afrana Islam Preeti of Bangladesh advanced to the girls singles pre-quarterfinal of the Walton 30th Bangladesh ITF Junior Tennis Tournament beating Gouri Agarwal of India in straight sets, 7-5, 7-5 at the Ramna National Tennis Complex here on…
Dhaka – If Andy Murray is to take Novak Djokovic’s No. 1 ranking at the Paris Masters this week, he must play significantly better than he did in a scrappy win against Fernando Verdasco in the second round on Wednesday.Murray…
Dhaka – Andy Murray closed in on the No. 1 ranking by winning his third straight ATP title at the Erste Bank Open on Sunday.The Scot can overtake Novak Djokovic atop the ATP rankings next week if he wins the…
Dhaka – Novak Djokovic heads into the Paris Masters with his No. 1 ranking under serious threat from Andy Murray, and in the rare position of being second favorite.Djokovic is looking to win the tournament for the fourth straight year…
Dhaka – Afrana Islam Prity and Popy Akter of BKSP advanced to the women’s singles semifinals of the Euro Group-UCL National and Inter-Club Tennis Tournament eliminating their rivals here on Thursday.In the day’s quarterfinals, Afrana Islam Prity beat Rinvi Akter…
Dhaka – Lucas Pouille clinched his first career title on Sunday, beating top-seeded Dominic Thiem of Austria 7-6 (5), 6-2 to win the Moselle Open final.The third-seeded Frenchman, a U.S. Open quarterfinalist earlier this month, clipped a neat volley for…
Dhaka – After considering skipping the U.S. Open because of injury concerns, Novak Djokovic made it all the way to the final for the sixth time in the past seven years.He came up short of the title, though, settling for…