Mysuru based Dhruthi T. Venugopal, who took part in the ITF Women’s Futures Tennis tournament held at Namangan, Uzbekistan yesterday, lost her Women’s Singles second round tie against Russia’s Ksenia Lykina. Ksenia beat Dhruthi 7-6 (3), 6-3 and entered quarter-finals in the Women’s Singles event. In the Women’s Doubles, Sabina Sharipova & Valeria Strakhova of…
World number one Andy Murray advanced to his fifth French Open semi-final yesterday, defeating Japanese eighth seed Kei Nishikori 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/0), 6-1. Murray, who was runner-up to Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros last year, will meet 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka for a spot in Sunday’s final. Nishikori out-dueled Murray in a five-set classic…
Mysuru lad Suraj R. Prabodh taking part in the Singapore F3 Futures $10,000 Men’s Tennis Tournament lost in the final qualifying round in the men’s singles event yesterday. In the final qualifying round, Spain’s Bruno Mardones beat Suraj 6-3, 6-1 to sail into the main draw of the event. In the first round, Suraj had…
Mysuru-based Dhruthi T. Venugopal taking part in the $25,000 ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament being held in Uzbekistan, won her first round women’s singles tie against Kazakhstan’s qualifier Ksenia Palkina 6-1, 6-2 yesterday. Partnering Kyra Shroff, Dhruthi scored a good win over V. Shleya and T. Shakhsiya 6-2, 6-1 and entered the quarter-finals in the women’s…
Third seed Stan Wawrinka booked a place in the quarter-finals of the French Open for the fourth time with a comfortable 7-5, 7-6 (9/7), 6-2 win over Gael Monfils yesterday. Marin Cilic completed the quarter-final line-up when South Africa’s Kevin Anderson retired with a thigh injury trailing 6-3, 3-0. It is Cilic’s first Roland Garros…
Mysuru-based M. Raghu sailed into the final in men’s singles in the Malnad State Ranking Badminton Tournament on Saturday. In the men’s singles semi-finals, Raghu scored an upset win over fifth seed Abhilash 21-14, 2-18 and set up a title clash with K. Sai Prateek. Earlier, Raghu scored a good 21-11, 21-15 win over Priyanshu…
Defending champion Novak Djokovic struggled into the French Open last 16 on Friday, downing battling Diego Schwartzman of Argentina 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1. The second seed endured a roller-coaster of an afternoon on Philippe Chatrier court, picking up warnings for his behaviour as his mindset became as gloomy as the weather. The 30-year-old, almost…
World number one Andy Murray’s struggle, this season on clay, came back to plague him at the French Open yesterday as he ground out an unconvincing 6-7(3) 6-2 6-2 7-6(3) win against Slovakian power-hitter Martin Klizan. Out-hit and more surprisingly often out-thought in the first set by a player he had described as unpredictable, the…
Mysuru based Dhruthi T Venugopal taking part in the $25,000 ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament in Andijan, Uzbekistan, lost in the first round in the women’s singles event on Tuesday. Komola Umarova of Uzbekistan beat Dhruthi 6-4, 7-6(6) to enter the second round.
City’s Dhruthi T. Venugopal taking part in the $25,000 ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament at Andijan, Uzbekistan entered the main draw in the women’s singles event by winning her final qualifying match yesterday. In the final qualifying match, Dhruthi beat Uzbekistan’s Lavlo Bakhodovova 6-2, 6-4 to qualify for the singles main draw. In the first round,…
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