Dhaka – Borna Coric beat Jack Sock 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to give Croatia a 3-2 comeback victory over the United States on Sunday in their Davis Cup quarterfinal match.Marin Cilic set up the deciding fifth match by beating John…
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Britain, Argentina, France edge closer to Davis Cup semi-finals
Dhaka – Defending champions Great Britain, Argentina and France gatecrashed their hosts’ Davis Cup parties to edge closer to the semi-finals on Saturday.Britain, playing without Wimbledon champion and world number two Andy Murray, took a 2-1 lead over 2010 winners…
Cilic steps up in doubles as Croatia stay alive against USA
Dhaka – Ivan Dodig and Marin Cilic dealt Bob and Mike Bryan a rare doubles defeat on Saturday to keep Croatia alive in their Davis Cup World Group quarter-final against the United States.World number 12 Cilic stepped in at the…
Rafael Nadal on final entry list for Rio Olympics
Dhaka – Rafael Nadal is on the final entry list for the Rio Olympics.The 14-time major champion hasn’t played since pulling out of the French Open because of an injured left wrist and needed the International Tennis Federation’s Olympic Committee…
Tennis star Azarenka pregnant, plans to resume career
Dhaka -Two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka says she is pregnant and plans to resume her career after the baby is born.The 26-year-old Azarenka posted a letter on her Twitter account Friday saying that when she was recovering from the…
US Open singles champs to earn record $3.5 million
Dhaka – This year’s U.S. Open men’s and women’s singles champions will each earn a record $3.5 million, up from $3.3 million in 2015.The U.S. Tennis Association announced Tuesday the total tournament purse will be $46.3 million, a $4 million…
2-trophy day for Serena, wins win doubles with Venus
Dhaka – Serena Williams is leaving Wimbledon with two trophies, teaming with her older sister Venus to win a women’s doubles final that began a little more than 3 hours after the singles final ended Saturday.The American siblings won their…
13 Wimbledon champ Murray faces new foe in 11th Slam final
Dhaka – The 11th Grand Slam final of Andy Murray’s career will be unlike any of the others in at least one way: The opponent will not be Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic. Murray, the 2013 champion at Wimbledon, reached…
3 years after winning Wimbledon, Bartoli says she is ill
Dhaka – Three years after winning the title at Wimbledon, Marion Bartoli said she has contracted an unknown virus and her life is an “absolute nightmare.”The 31-year-old Frenchwoman is now extremely thin and said it’s because she is ill.”My life…
Serena, Venus brace for family fortunes at Wimbledon
London (BSS/AFP) – Serena Williams admits she is shocked to be on the verge of meeting sister Venus in the Wimbledon final seven years after they last slugged it out for a Grand Slam title. For the first time since…
Federer, Murray both play for spot in Wimbledon semifinals
Dhaka – Roger Federer and Andy Murray are closing in on another Wimbledon final.Federer, a seven-time champion from Switzerland, is 34 and still looking to make history at the All England Club by winning a record eighth title.The 29-year-old Murray…
Djokovic conqueror Querrey reaches 1st Slam QF at Wimbledon
Dhaka – One match after a stunning victory over two-time reigning champion Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon, there was no letdown for Sam Querrey.And Querrey was all too aware people might have wondered whether he could follow that up with another…
Nearly perfect, Williams gets 300th Slam win at Wimbledon
Dhaka – Serena Williams has won so many Grand Slam matches that she’s lost count.Then again, as she noted Sunday, it’s her losses that get a lot more attention nowadays.Looking much more ready for Week 2 at Wimbledon than she…
Wimbledon to play on middle Sunday for 4th time in history
Dhaka- There will be 22,000 fans with fast fingers on the grounds at Wimbledon on Sunday.Because of a rainy first week, the All England Club was forced to schedule matches on the middle Sunday of the tournament for only the…
Serena survives at Wimbledon, racket doesn’t; Djokovic down
London – Dismayed at dropping the first set after being a single point from taking it, Serena Williams sat in her Centre Court sideline chair and cracked her racket against the turf once, twice, three times, four.Then she casually flung…
French Open washed out for 1st time in 16 years
Dhaka – Not so much the French Open as the French closed.For the first time in 16 years, unrelenting rain Monday washed out a full day of play at the only Grand Slam tennis venue without a retractable roof over…
Sister Act: Serena, Venus Williams both win 6-2, 6-1 at Open
Dhaka – First it was Serena Williams’ turn to overpower an opponent 6-2, 6-1 on Court Suzanne Lenglen.Shortly after that was over Thursday, her older sister Venus entered the very same French Open arena and won by the very same…
What to watch Friday at French Open: Murray vs Karlovic
– It’s hard to say who will be in better shape Friday when Andy Murray plays Ivo Karlovic in the third round of the French Open.The second-seeded Murray already has been pushed to five sets twice in Paris. Karlovic, seeded…
Nadal wins 200th Grand Slam match
Dhaka – Nine-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal on Thursday became just the eighth man to win 200 Grand Slam matches when he defeated Argentina’s Facundo Bagnis to reach the last 32 at Roland Garros.Nadal, 29, dropped the first two…
French Open Lookahead: Raonic’s serve could be ‘painful’
Dhaka – Milos Raonic’s second-round opponent at the French Open knows what he’s in for: a real challenge when it comes to returning serve.Canada’s Raonic has won 90 percent of his service games in 2016,which ranks second on the ATP…
Federer out of French Open; 1st Slam he’ll miss since 1999
Dhaka – Roger Federer pulled out of the French Open on Thursday, ending his record streak of appearing in 65 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments – every one since the start of 2000.The 17-time major champion, who had a knee operation…
Federer not the least bit concerned after loss in Rome
Dhaka – Roger Federer was not concerned about losing to 15th-ranked Dominic Thiem 7-6 (2), 6-4 in the third round of the Italian Open on Thursday.After withdrawing from last week’s Madrid Open with lower back pain, Federer was just glad…
Federer wins comfortably after last-minute decision to play
Dhaka – Roger Federer put his full array of shots on display in a 6-3, 7-5 win over Alexander Zverev on Wednesday in the second round of the Italian Open, an encouraging performance considering he only decided to play moments…
Djokovic beats Murray to win record 29th Masters title
Dhaka – A decade after their first match, when they were a couple of promising teenagers, Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray again in Madrid, this time to win a record 29th career Masters title.The top-ranked Djokovic defeated the second-ranked Murray…
Novak Djokovic won’t stay in Village for Rio Olympics
Dhaka – Novak Djokovic says he wants to win gold at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and will not be staying at the athletes’ village during the games.Djokovic lost to subsequent champion Andy Murray in the semifinals of the…
Nadal in Barcelona semifinals after avenging loss to Fognini
Dhaka – Eight-time winner Rafael Nadal beat 12th-seeded Fabio Fognini 6-2, 7-6 (1) to advance to the semifinals of the Barcelona Open on Friday, avenging a loss to the Italian at the tournament last year.The top-seeded Spaniard broke Fognini three…
Rafael Nadal glad he won 9th Monte Carlo title the hard way
Dhaka – Rafael Nadal is glad he won a ninth Monte Carlo Masters title the hard way, after defeating Frenchman Gael Monfils 7-5, 5-7, 6-0 in an error-strewn final Sunday.Normally, having to face 47 break points in five matches to…
Nadal, Federer, Murray reach Monte Carlo Masters quarters
Dhaka – Rafael Nadal was prepared for pain. Roger Federer hoped to avoid pain.They got what they wished for and reached the Monte Carlo Masters quarterfinals on Thursday.Eight-time champion Nadal saved 15 of 17 break points, scampering all over the…
I-Day Tennis: Dipu Lal earns double crown, Prity singles title
Dhaka – Dipu Lal of Nordic Club earned the double crown in the Independence Day Runner Open Tennis Tournament clinching the men’s singles and doubles titles beating their opponents in the finals at Ramna National Tennis Complex here on Monday.Deputy…
I-Day Tennis: 4 players advance to semis of Men’s single event
Dhaka – Four players — Amol, Ranjan, Dipu and Anwar — moved in the Men’s single event semifinals of the Independence Day Runner Open Tennis Tournament eliminating their rivals at Ramna Tennis Complex on Saturday.In the day’s matches, Amol Roy…