Uzbeks race to 2-0 Davis Cup lead over N Zealand
Uzbekistan's Davis Cup team took an early stranglehold in its tie against New Zealand in Tauranga on Friday, convincingly winning the first two rubbers to open up a 2-0 lead.
Croatia will field a relatively inexperienced team when they take on Japan in the first round of the Davis Cup tennis World Group this weekend.
Rafa Nadal has hit out at what he called a "general campaign" in France to discredit Spanish athletes by implying their success is due to the use of illegal drugs.
Sania Mirza dug deep into her reserves to overcome a fighting Anne Keothavong 6-4 7-5 to progress to the singles quarter-finals of the $220,000 Pattaya Open in Pattaya today.
Spain's tennis federation said on Wednesday it will sue French TV broadcaster Canal+ over a sketch which implied that Rafael Nadal and other Spanish athletes use performance-enhancing drugs.
In the decade's first leap year, focus is firmly on the Olympics and the possible tussle over who will be the best pair to represent India's hopes.
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"I dare to dream about becoming the best player. Now I have this special award and I think everything is possible," said Serbian tennis giant Novak Djokovic, who has been named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year.
The French Open title and an Olympic gold medal are the only major prizes in tennis to have eluded Novak Djokovic, and for the Serb, there is no point discussing which he would rather win this year.
Home favourite Sauram Sakul began his campaign in style, thrashing Saurabh Patil 6-2, 6-1 in the opening round of the men's singles of the AITA National grasscourt tennis here.
Former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone rallied to beat 89th-ranked Kateryna Bondarenko 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-4 today and give Italy a 2-1 lead over Ukraine in the first round of the Fed Cup.
Kvitova and Co take 3-1 lead in Fed Cup, Russia also advance.
Tennis star Leander Paes, who completed a career Grand Slam at the Australian Open last week, says that the London Games is probably his "best" but not the "last" chance to win a second Olympic medal.
Top seed Tomas Berdych set up a meeting with third-seeded defending champion Gael Monfils of France in tomorrow's final of the ATP event in Montpellier.
Sania defeated Ling Zhang 5-7, 6-0, 6-1 to level the tie and then paired up with Isha Lakhani to get the better of Wing-Yau Venise Chan and Zhang 6-7(7), 6-1, 7-5 at the Shenzhen Luohu Tennis Centre on Saturday.
Sharmistha Chaudhuri reports.
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