Ricardas Berankis

Wimbledon 2022: Rafa Nadal taking extra care with COVID-19 scare after battling win over Ricardas Berankis

The COVID-19 pandemic forced organisers to cancel the 2020 Wimbledon tournament but no COVID-19 restrictions are in place this year and vaccination is not mandatory for players to participate. 

Jul 01, 2022, 07:26 AM IST

Qualifier Ricardas Berankis to face Rafa Nadal in Melbourne after defeating Giron

Lithuanian qualifier Ricardas Berankis to Rafael Nadal in Melbourne.

Jan 05, 2022, 17:03 PM IST

French Open: Emotions run high on mixed day at French Open

Top guns like Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal had easy outings at the 2021 French Open in Roland Garros on Tuesday (June 1), a day after women's world No. 2 Naomi Osaka dropped a bomb by withdrawing from the year's second Grand Slam. Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev is out after losing in five sets to German world number 42 Jan-Lennard Struff. French 14th seed Gael Monfils fought back to win 1-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 6-4 against Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas, leading to jubilant celebrations between the popular player and the small number of home fans who were allowed in. We take a look at an emotional day at the Roland Garros through these collection of pictures.

Jun 02, 2021, 12:02 PM IST

Australian Open 2021: Sumit Nagal exits from first round after fighting loss

While Nagal made an impression on his previous two Grand Slam appearances, the world number 144 could only play well in patches on Tuesday. The precise and solid ground strokes of Berankis left Nagal playing defensively. Nagal himself had three chances to draw the first blood in the third game, going up 40-0 on Berankis’ serve, but could convert none. 

Feb 09, 2021, 12:21 PM IST