Novak Djokovic shrugged off sweltering 30-degree heat to breeze past Adam Pavlasek 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 and reach the Wimbledon third round yesterday. The three-time champion brushed aside the 136rd-ranked Czech on Court One to make the last-32 for the ninth year in succession. Djokovic, the second seed, whose shock third round loss to Sam Querrey…
Wimbledon Championships 2017: Nadal beats Young to reach Round 3
July 6, 2017Two-time champion Rafael Nadal marked his return to Centre Court with a 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 victory over Donald Young to reach the third round at Wimbledon. The 31-year-old Spaniard, who missed last year’s tournament through injury, looked to be easing to victory until he was broken by the aggressive American when serving for the match….
Sri Lanka ITF Men’s Tennis Tournament: City’s Prajwal Dev enters main draw
June 29, 2017Mysuru lad S.D. Prajwal Dev entered the main draw of Sri Lanka F2 Futures $15,000 ITF Men’s Tennis Tournament 2017 at Colombo by winning his final qualifying singles match yesterday. Prajwal defeated Pakistan’s Heera Ashiq 6-2, 6-2 to enter the main draw. Earlier in the first round Prajwal Dev beat Vibuda Wijebandara (SL) 6-1, 6-1.
Dhruthi Venugopal selected for Indian women’s tennis team
June 29, 2017Mysuru girl Dhruthi T. Venugopal has been selected to represent India in the Asian Indoor Games in Turkmenistan. The women’s team will have Ankita Raina, Riya Bhatia, Dhruthi Venugopal and Prarthana Thombare. The Indian tennis players will get another platform to make an impact in the fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Art Games to be…
Sri Lanka F2 Futures Men’s Tennis: Prajwal Dev advances
June 28, 2017Mysuru lad S.D. Prajwal Dev, representing India in the Sri Lanka F2 Futures Men’s Tennis Tournament in Colombo won his first round singles match in the qualifying round yesterday. Prajwal Dev beat Vibuda Wijebandara (SL) 6-1, 6-2. He will meet Pakistan’s Heera Ashiq in the next round. In another first round match, Suraj R. Prabodh,…
Uzbekistan 25,000$ ITF Women’s Tennis: Dhruthi, Karman duo enter semi-finals
June 23, 2017Mysuru-based Dhruthi T. Venugopal teaming up with Arman Kaur Thandi combined well and won their quarter-final women’s doubles tie in the 25,000$ ITF women’s tennis tournament at Uzbekistan on Thursday. Dhruthi Venugopal and Karman Kaur Thandi beat Varvara Kuznetsova and Diana Shevehenko 6-1, 6-0 and sailed into the semi-finals in the women’s doubles event. In…
15,000$ Sri Lanka ITF Men’s Tennis: City’s Prajwal Dev bows out in quarter-finals
June 23, 2017Mysuru lad S.D.Prajwal Dev taking part in the 15,000$ ITF men’s tennis tournament at Colombo on Thursday lost his quarter-final men’s singles tie and bowed out of the tournament proper. Spain’s second-seeded Carlos Boluda-Purkiss beat qualifier Prajwal Dev 2-6, 7-5, 2-1 (retd) and entered the semi-finals in the men’s singles event.
Inauguration of Tennis Court
June 23, 2017Mysuru SP Ravi D. Channannavar and Institute of Education Trust Chairman & Managing Trustee H.N. Nagaraj will inaugurate the new Tennis Court of Mysore Tennis Wing at Onkarmal Somani College, near Kamakshi Hospital, Kuvempungar, here on June 24 at 10 am. Mysore Tennis Wing will be conducting open tennis tournament singles and doubles for boys…
Sri Lanka ITF 15,000$ Men’s Tennis: City’s Prajwal Dev enters quarter-finals
June 22, 2017Mysuru lad S. D. Prajwal Dev, representing India and taking part in 15,000$ ITF men’s tennis tournament in Colombo, Sri Lanka, entered the quarter-finals in the men’s singles event on Wednesday. Prajwal Dev, playing some consistent tennis, came back from behind to beat seventh seed Peter Goldsteiner 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 and entered the quarter-finals.
ITF 25,000$ Women’s Tennis: Dhruthi, Karman duo enter quarter-finals
June 22, 2017Mysuru based Dhruthi T. Venugopal and Karman Kaur Thandi combined well and beat Polina Mevenkova & Ekaterina Yashina 6-3, 6-1 and entered the quarter-finals in the women’s doubles event in 25,000$ ITF women’s tennis in Uzbekistan on Wednesday. In the women’s singles first round, Dhruthi got the better of Valeriya Zeleva 6-4, 5-7, 6-2.












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