Tag: Tennis

Andy Murray enters semi-finals
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Andy Murray enters semi-finals

June 8, 2017

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…

Uzbekistan ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament: City’s Dhruthi enters second round
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Uzbekistan ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament: City’s Dhruthi enters second round

June 7, 2017

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…

French Open 2017: Wawrinka storms into quarter-final
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French Open 2017: Wawrinka storms into quarter-final

June 6, 2017

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…

French Open 2017: Djokovic survives scare to enter last sixteen
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French Open 2017: Djokovic survives scare to enter last sixteen

June 3, 2017

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…

French Open 2017: Andy Murray scores over Martin Klizan
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French Open 2017: Andy Murray scores over Martin Klizan

June 2, 2017

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…

ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament: Dhruthi enters main draw
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ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament: Dhruthi enters main draw

May 30, 2017

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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