Tennis ace Venus Williams robbed of $400k worth property
American tennis player Venus Williams has become the latest celebrity victim of burglary as she was robbed of whopping 400,000 dollars in property while she was playing in the US Open.
Nov 17, 2017, 14:20 PM IST
US Open 2017, women’s singles final: Preview, live streaming, live telecast, time in IST
Both are up and coming American players - Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens. Both players are playing the first Major final in their careers.
Sep 09, 2017, 16:29 PM IST
US Open 2017: Kevin Anderson beats Pablo Carreno Busta to reach final
Anderson, who in the absence of world number two Andy Murray benefited from a favourable draw, will face world number one Rafael Nadal in Sunday's final.
Sep 09, 2017, 09:08 AM IST
US Open 2017: Rafael Nadal beats Juan Martin del Potro to reach final
Nadal ended the 2009 champion's ordeal with a splendid backhand passing shot on his first match point, four years after his last title at Flushing Meadows.
Sep 09, 2017, 08:46 AM IST
US Open 2017, Women's doubles semi-finals: Sania Mirza-Shuai Peng lose to Martina Hingis-Yung-Jan Chan
Earlier this year, they had made it to the French Open semi-final where they had lost to eventual champions Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova. While Hingis will be aiming for her third US Open glory in women's doubles circuit, for Chan it will be her maiden Grand Slam title.
Sep 08, 2017, 23:42 PM IST
US Open 2017, Men's Singles Preview – Rafael Nadal vs Juan Martin del Potro
Thrice has he come close to the title, but Nadal on hardcourts hasn't been a stat to show. Eeasing past all unseeded players so far in the tournament, Nadal now is up against the man who had defeated him at a similar stage eight years back. 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 stood the score as the then sixth-seeded Argentine crumbled down Nadal's then hope of maiden US Open glory.
Sep 08, 2017, 21:38 PM IST
ATP Rankings: Roger Federer's loss means Rafael Nadal is guaranteed to stay No. 1, Alexander Zverev to attain career-high 4th rank
Interestingly, in the women's circuit, Garbine Muguruza claimed her first World No. 1 title in the WTA Rankings which will also release this Monday. This is for the first time since 2003 that two tennis player from the same nation holds top two spots in the singles arena.
Sep 08, 2017, 18:05 PM IST
US Open 2017: Sloane Stephens beats Venus Williams to reach final
Stephens, who returned to competition at Wimbledon after nearly a year off because of a foot injury, recovered from a second-set meltdown to end ninth seed Williams's hopes of reaching a third major final this year.
Sep 08, 2017, 08:43 AM IST
US Open 2017: Sania Mirza and Peng Shuai progress to doubles semifinals
Sania Mirza, who had had a rather splendid run last year that took her to all-time high World No. 1 in doubles circuit, failed to carry on the momentum this year. This will, in fact, be her best Grand Slam performance in 2017, with in the earlier three she had failed to crawl past the third round of the competition.
Sep 08, 2017, 00:01 AM IST
I don't want to look like I am gonna be Roger Federer's boyfriend, says Rafael Nadal
Much to the speculation, Argentine tennis ace Juan Martin del Porto stunned the former US Open champion 7-5 3-6 7-6 (10-8) 6-4 in the quarter-final round to set up a semi-final clash with Nadal. As for the Spaniard, one thing is to rest assured, his World No. 1 title remains with him as he would leave New York.
Sep 07, 2017, 20:22 PM IST
US Open 2017, Day 11: Live streaming, live telecast, time in IST
In the first semi-final, Venus Williams will take on Sloane Stephens. In the other semi-final, CoCo Vandeweghe will play Madison Keys.
Sep 07, 2017, 17:52 PM IST
US Open 2017: CoCo Vandeweghe stuns Karolina Pliskova to set up all-American semi-final line-up
Pliskova had been the runner-up in 2016 and her failure to defend those points means that Wimbledon champion Muguruza will take the top ranking for the first time despite the Spaniard losing in the last 16 in New York.
Sep 07, 2017, 00:32 AM IST
Eight years on, Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro to collide again at US Open
The battle on Wednesday is famously dubbed as the battle of forehands because these two are the two best players in the world when it comes to one of the most talked about shots in the sport.
Sep 06, 2017, 18:02 PM IST
US Open 2017, Day 10: Live streaming, live telecast, time in IST
It will be the second day of quarterfinal action as Roger Federer will play Juan Martin del Potro for a place in the last four. Both men are former champions in New York.
Sep 06, 2017, 14:51 PM IST
US Open 2017: Pablo Carreno Busta breezes past Diego Schwartzman to sail into semi-finals
Carreno Busta, the first player to face four qualifiers in any Grand Slam, booked a Friday semi-final against the winner of a night match between South African 28th seed Kevin Anderson and 17th-seeded American Sam Querrey.
Sep 06, 2017, 00:13 AM IST
US Open 2017, Day 9: Live streaming, live telecast, time in IST
There is one big match and really the only showstopper match lined up for the day as Venus Williams, US two-time champion and the favourite in the women’s draw, takes on the second favourite Petra Kvitova.
Sep 05, 2017, 20:26 PM IST
US Open 2017: Rohan Bopanna-Gabriela Dabrowski knocked out in mixed doubles quarters
The seventh-seeded pair who had bagged the Frech Open title earlier this year, took down their opponents in the first set winning 6-4, but fell in the consecutive two struggling for around an hour before succumbing down to Chan and Venus on Court 17 at the Flushing Meadows.
Sep 05, 2017, 16:54 PM IST
US Open 2017: Old guns Roger Federer, Venus Williams favourites as we look ahead to quarterfinals
Roger Federer and Venus Williams may be among the oldest players on the tour but they remain favourites to scoop US Open titles this year.
Sep 05, 2017, 14:55 PM IST
US Open 2017: Juan Martin del Potro sets up Roger Federer showdown
Federer, the third seed, eased into the last-eight with a 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 win over Philipp Kohlschreiber, taking his record over the German veteran to 12-0.
Sep 05, 2017, 09:51 AM IST
US Open 2017: Rafael Nadal keeps FEDAL hope alive, sails into quarter-final round
Nadal will now await for the winner between Andrey Rublev and David Goffin for his quarter-final clash. He is now one win away from the most anticiapated rivalary – Federer vs Nadal at the Arthur Ashe.
Sep 05, 2017, 00:17 AM IST
