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Saba Aziz wins Federal Cup women title

Saba Aziz wins Federal Cup women title

Babar Malik October 9, 2011 0

Top seed Saba Aziz won the ladies title in 27th Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championships 2011 by beating second seed Sara Manzoor at PTF Tennis Complex on Saturday

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Petkovic, Radwanska to fight for China Open title

Petkovic, Radwanska to fight for China Open title

Lim Yamaguchi October 9, 2011 0

German ninth seed Andrea Petkovic brushed aside Romanian Monica Niculescu 6-2 6-0 to set up a final against Agnieszka Radwanska, who defeated Italian Flavia Pennetta 6-2, 6-4 in the China Open here Saturday

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China Open: Berdych faces Cilic challenge for title

China Open: Berdych faces Cilic challenge for title

Lim Yamaguchi October 9, 2011 0

Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic overpowered top seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4 4-6 6-1 Saturday to set up a Beijing showdown against Marin Cilic in the final of China Open

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Nadal powers into Japan Open Semifinal

Nadal powers into Japan Open Semifinal

Lim Yamaguchi October 8, 2011 0

Defending champion Rafael Nadal fought off a spirited challenge from Colombia's Santiago Giraldo to reach the semi-finals of the Japan Open on Friday

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Wozniacki crashes out of China Open

Wozniacki crashes out of China Open

Lim Yamaguchi October 8, 2011 0

Italian Flavia Pennetta stunned world number one Caroline Wozniacki with a fierce 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (7/2) comeback in the quarter-finals of the China Open on Friday

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Injury-prone Dinara Safina calls it quits

Injury-prone Dinara Safina calls it quits

Alexia Krause October 8, 2011 0

Former world number one Dinara Safina has retired from professional tennis, her elder brother Marat told media Friday

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Federal Cup Tennis C’ship enters knockout stage

Federal Cup Tennis C’ship enters knockout stage

Babar Malik October 7, 2011 0

Top seed Aqeel Khan, Shahzad Khan, Muhammad Abid, Asim Shafik, Imaran Shaukar , Yasir Khan, Hamid-ul-Haq and Jalil Khan moved into the quarterfinals by winning their respective matches in straight sets in the 27th

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Subh-e-Nau Tennis: Omer, Vinod into 2nd round

Subh-e-Nau Tennis: Omer, Vinod into 2nd round

Ubaid-ur-Rehman Awan September 29, 2011 0

Omer Shahid and Vinod Das among others advanced to next round of men's singles in the 4th Subh-e-Nau Ranking Tennis Championship here at CDGK Sports Complex courts on Wednesday

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ATP Malaysian Open: Melzer gets off to commanding victory

ATP Malaysian Open: Melzer gets off to commanding victory

Fathima Zanaida September 28, 2011 0

Fourth seed Jurgen Melzer began his week at the ATP Malaysian Open in perfect form, with the Austrian crushing South Africa's Rik De Voest 6-0, 6-4 to power into the quarter-finals

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Murray starts Thailand Open campaign tomorrow

Murray starts Thailand Open campaign tomorrow

Fathima Zanaida September 25, 2011 0

Andy Murray headlines the ATP Thailand Open starting on Monday, little more than a week on from the end of draining US Open and Davis Cup commitments and after saying top players could

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Guangzhou Open 2011: Scheepers clinches maiden WTA title

Guangzhou Open 2011: Scheepers clinches maiden WTA title

Lim Yamaguchi September 25, 2011 0

South African Chanelle Scheepers won her first WTA title yesterday, beating Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-2, 6-2 in the final of the Guangzhou Open in south China's Guangdong Province

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Martinez Sanchez, Voskoboeva lock horns in Hansol Korea Open final

Martinez Sanchez, Voskoboeva lock horns in Hansol Korea Open final

Lim Yamaguchi September 25, 2011 0

Unseeded Galina Voskoboeva reached her first WTA final after she battled back in the second set to record a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Slovakia's fifth seed Polona Hercog in the Hansol Korea Open

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Injured Federer withdraws from Shanghai Masters

Injured Federer withdraws from Shanghai Masters

Salman Zahoor September 24, 2011 0

Roger Federer pulled out of next month's Shanghai Masters on Friday because of injury with the former world number one insisting he needs to rest after a gruelling year

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US Open: Wozniacki warms up with New Haven title

US Open: Wozniacki warms up with New Haven title

Lindy Rumer August 28, 2011 0

Caroline Wozniacki proved her mettle at New Haven ahead of the US Open 2011 here Saturday when she defeated Petra Cetkovska of Russia in straight sets to lift the New Haven WTA title for

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Fish stuns Nadal in Cincinnati Masters Quarterfinal

Fish stuns Nadal in Cincinnati Masters Quarterfinal

Lindy Rumer August 20, 2011 0

Mardy Fish wrote a new page in his career book on Friday when he hunted his biggest scalp of ATP career Rafael Nadal in straight sets by 6-3 6-4 at Cincinnati Masters in Ohio

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Petra Kvitova regains fitness for US Open

Petra Kvitova regains fitness for US Open

Salman Zahoor August 8, 2011 0

Petra Kvitova now has a Grand Slam title, the one she snatched from Maria Sharapova in July at a packed Wimbledon, but despite of hefty celebrations in recent times, the Czech champion finds no

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US Open: 3-Pronged Men Battle vs Wide Open Women Field

US Open: 3-Pronged Men Battle vs Wide Open Women Field

Benjamin Parker August 7, 2011 2

The US Open for Tennis starts in only a few weeks starting at the End of August going 2 weeks ending in early September

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Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova to play Hopman Cup

Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova to play Hopman Cup

Salman Zahoor August 5, 2011 0

World Number 7 woman tennis player Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic will exhibit her sheer class in company of compatriot Tomas Berdych as the duo will team up for the Hopman Cup at the

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Sharapova earns most in women sports world: Forbes

Sharapova earns most in women sports world: Forbes

Raleigh Mcpherson August 3, 2011 1

Russian tennis queen Maria Sharapova has become an attraction for money as despite of not winning even a single grand slam title since 2008, she still is the world’s highest paid woman in professional

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Safina and her back strain

Safina and her back strain

Lindy Rumer August 3, 2011 1

Former world number one Dinara Safina has revealed that she will not play again this year because of constant back pain

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Gulbis beats Fish to claim LA International

Gulbis beats Fish to claim LA International

Lindy Rumer August 3, 2011 0

Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis survived a few anxious moments in the final set to upset top-seeded American Mardy Fish 5-7 6-4 6-4 to win the Los Angeles International

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