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New York, Sep 11: "Super Saturday" is history at the US Open but rain has created a "Fantastic Friday" at Arthur Ashe Stadium with Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in starring roles. Showers postponed Thursday's scheduled women's semi-finals to Friday, US Tennis Association officials moving them ahead of the men's semi-finals to create a day of high drama on the biggest stage in

Dubai, Sept 11: India Test captain Virat Kohli is becoming quite the entrepreneur when it comes to sports leagues. After his maiden venture in partnering with the Indian Soccer League (ISL) franchise FC Goa last year, Kohli has now taken a dip in the tennis pool, becoming a co-owner of the UAE Royals team in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL). The skipper joins two other owners -

Tokyo, Sep 10: Parupalli Kashyap emerged as the lone survivor at the Japan Open in an otherwise disappointing day for India as top shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth made an early exit from the Super Series tournament. Unseeded Kashyap prevailed over World No. 4 Srikanth 21-11 21-19 in an all-Indian men’s singles contest, which lasted 45 minutes, to set up a clash with sixth seed Chou

New Delhi, Sep 10: Top seeded Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis pair reached the US Open final with 6-4, 6-1 win against Sara Errani-Flavia Pennetta. The Indo-Swiss pair took an hour and 17 minutes to battle past their Italian opponents in the semifinal match. The Wimbledon champions were tested in the first set, but they began to get in the groove in the second and went on to win the set in 28 minutes

New York, Sep 9: The Indo-Swiss tennis duo Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis earned a straight sets victory to enter the women’s doubles semi-finals of the US Open at Flushing Meadows. The top seeds took just an hour and 25 minutes to beat Chinese Taipei ninth seeds Yung-Jan Chan and Hao-Ching Chan 7-6 (5), 6-1 on Tuesday. They will next take on Italian 11th seeds Sara Errani and Flavia Pennetta on

Bangalore, Sep 9: India on Tuesday slumped to their third successive loss in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers as they suffered a 0-3 thrashing at the hands of mighty Iran in a group match. Lacking in international exposure and vastly inferior in technique as compared to their more fancied rivals, the Indians put up a gritty fight in the first half but broke down later by conceding two quick

New Delhi, Sep 8: Ace golfer Anirban Lahiri added another feather to his cap by becoming the first Indian to qualify for the prestigious President's Cup. Lahiri, World No.40, came through as one of the automatic qualifications for the International Team, which will take on United States in the biennial Presidents Cup in Korea. In the International Team standings, the deadline for which ended on

New York, Sep 8: South African 15th seed Kevin Anderson upset British third seed Andy Murray 7-6 (7/5), 6-3, 6-7 (2/7), 7-6 (7/0) Monday at the US Open to reach his first Grand Slam quarter-final. Anderson ended a 0-15 career hoodoo against top-10 opponents and an 0-7 hex in fourth-round Slam matches to book a last-eight date with Swiss fifth seed Stan Wawrinka, the reigning French Open champion

Apia (Samoa), Sep 7: Delhi boy Tejaswin Shankar produced a record-shattering performance as Indians struck two gold and a silver medal to launch their Commonwealth Youth Games campaign on a rousing note here today. Shankar bagged the gold in boys high jump, while weightlifter Jamjang Deru won the boys 56kg category event before swimmer Supriya Mondal clinched a silver in boys 200m butterfly event

New York, Sep 6: Indian tennis stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna notched up contrasting victories with their respective doubles partners to reach the round of 16 at the U.S. Open in New York. Top seeds Sania and Martina Hingis stormed into the prequarterfinals of women’s doubles competition after streamrolling Swiss Timea Bacsinszky and Chinese Taipei’s Chia-Jung Chuang in straight sets. The