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Kuwait season ends with Federation Tournament

08/05/2017

KUWAIT: Kuwait Federation (2016-2017) season ended yesterday with the Federation General Tournament under the patronage of President of Kuwait and Arab Tennis Federation Sheikh...

Safarova joins US Open casualty list

01/09/2015

NEW YORK: Lucie Safarova joined the US Open seeds casualty list yesterday when the Czech lefthander became the fourth top-10 player to lose in...

Kasatkina hangs on in Zhuhai despite Wang fightback

30/10/2018

ZHUHAI: Top seed Daria Kasatkina survived a scare yesterday to claim victory over crowd favourite Wang Qiang in a thrilling contest at the WTA...

Nadal wins US Open for 16th major title

11/09/2017

NEW YORK: Rafael Nadal against Kevin Anderson in the US Open final shaped up as quite a mismatch - and that’s exactly what it...

World No 2 Djokovic battles into Acapulco quarter-finals

02/03/2017

ACAPULCO: World number two Novak Djokovic battled into the quarter-finals of the ATP Acapulco event on Wednesday, rallying for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 triumph...

Serena is the third oldest female Grand Slam finalist

12/07/2018

Sublime Serena to face Kerber in her 10th Wimbledon final LONDON: Serena Williams booked a Wimbledon final rematch against Angelique Kerber as the seven-time champion...

Maqdis in Futures Professionals tennis q-finals

16/11/2016

KUWAIT: Kuwait Tennis National Team player Abdallah Maqdis reached the quarter finals of the singles in the Futures Professionals International Championship 2016 being held...

Djokovic advances, Kyrgios exits to boos

14/08/2015

MONTREAL: World number one Novak Djokovic, second seed Andy Murray and three-time champion Rafa Nadal were all cheered into the quarter-finals of the Rogers...

Halep under pressure as rain halts play in Cincinnati

16/08/2018

Tsurenko stuns defending Cincinnati champion Muguruza CINCINNATI: The women's draw took a beating on Wednesday in Cincinnati, where world number one Simona Halep's was still...