The Springfield Lasers, under the draft direction of general manager Tom Adams, used the fifth pick in the World TeamTennis player draft to select American newcomer, Carly Gullickson.
Australian Open semifinalist Zheng Jie fought her way into the quarterfinals at Indian Wells Masters on Tuesday, beating Australian Alicia Molik 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 . The Chinese ace, ranked 23rd in the world, worked with Chan Yung Jan to stun the world number one doubles Cara Black and Liezel Huber 7-6 , 6-2 in the […]
AFTER winning a record seven Olympic Games medals, one would think that local swimming sensation Kirsty Coventry is now ranked high among the richest sportspersons in Zimbabwe.
KOLKATA: Indian tennis ace Leander Paes, feels India stands a good chance of beating Russia in the Davis Cup later this year.
There’s nothing like part-ownership in a pro football team to get you excited about the sport.
Fed Cup first-round matches begin this weekend, and the USA goes on the road with a young, unheralded team without its two biggest stars, Venus and Serena Williams .
Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States will play Alize Cornet of France in opening singles of the Fed Cup quarterfinals on Saturday.
Bangalore, Feb.3 - Having once again proved his charisma by winning his 11th Grand Slam title just three days ago, Indian Tennis star Leander Paes on Tuesday said he has never been averse to the idea of joining Bollywood, but always avoided all offers in the hope that the ‘the perfect script’ will come his […]
“I would love to win five or six more Grand Slams. I would love to take part in my sixth Olympics [ Images ],” the Indian ace declared at a media interaction in Bangalore on Wednesday.
Investigations reveal he forged documents for visa renewal The Intelligence Bureau and city police are looking out for an Iranian student who tried hoodwinking the cops by creating forged college documents to get his visa extension.
Australian News.Net Monday 1st February, 2010 Australian Open mixed doubles champion Leander Paes moved up one place to the seventh position in men’s doubles rankings of the Association of Tennis Professionals released Monday.
Leander Paes, India’s multiple grand slam winning doubles tennis specialist, is to make his Bollywood debut and has already completed a month’s shooting for his first film.
Cara Black and Indian partner Leander Paes defeated Russian Ekaterina Makarova and Czech Jaroslav Levinsky, turning the tide with a decisive break-serve against Makarova in the first set when the match stood at 5-5 Marvellous Mhlanga-Nyahuye Washington Zimbabwean tennis-lovers were disappointed to see national standard-bearer Cara Black and her …
While still going strong on the tennis court, Indian tennis doubles ace Leander Paes is also planning to dabble in Hindi films.
Leander Paes and Cara Black won the Australian Open mixed doubles title, beating Ekaterina Makarova and Jaroslav Levinsky 7-5, 6-3. Laes led the top-seeded pair Sunday with a dominant presence at the net and quick footwork.
Leander Paes earned a chance to equal the record for most Grand Slam title wins by an Indian after reaching the final of the Australian Open mixed doubles event with partner Cara Black, following a hard fought semifinal win in Melbourne on Friday.
The Australian Open women’s final everyone wanted but didn’t dare hope for will happen, as the two best players in the world meet Saturday night.
Melbourne: Leander Paes had a bitter-sweet experience at the Australian Open with the Indian tennis ace sailing into the semi-finals of mixed doubles but crashing out of men’s doubles event here on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe tennis ace Cara Black and American partner Liezel Huber remained on course for their second Australian Open women’s tennis doubles title in three years when they stormed into the semifinals in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Leander Paes and Cara Black stormed into the mixed doubles semifinals but the Indian’s quest for a third doubles trophy in a Grand Slam with Czech Lukas Dlouhy fell short as the pair lost in the quarter finals of the men’s doubles at the Australian Open here Wednesday.
Volkl Tennis announces the signing of Liezel Huber to endorse their tennis rackets, bags and accessories.
Melbourne, Jan 25 India’s Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy, seeded third, cruised into the men’s doubles quarterfinals with a 6-3, 7-5 defeat of Americans John Isner and Sam Querrey in the Australian Open tennis at the Melbourne Park here Monday.
CARA Black, Zimbabwea TMs tennis ace and world number one doubles player, has gradually achieved legendary status in her country.
The 10th-seeded pair of Sania and Spaniard Virginia Ruano Pascual battled past Swiss Timea Bacsinszky and Italian Tathiana Garbin 7-6 , 6-3, to reach the third round.
Depending on which side of your bread is buttered, tennis doubles is either a high-paced thrill-a-minute funfest or a bit of pointless piffle that plugs the gaps in the schedule between singles matches.
Tennis organizers in Harare said Black often returns to Zimbabwe to offer her advice and encouragement to the country’s junior development program Marvellous Mhlanga-Nyahuye Washington 07 January 2010 Zimbabwe’s New Winners junior tennis tournament ended Thursday in Harare on a high note as the organizers announced prizes for the winners donated by …
Justine Henin remains on track for a finals showdown with countrywoman Kim Clijsters in Brisbane, while three of the top four seeds are in the semifinals in Auckland.
New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic and France’s Alize Cornet face off at the ASB Classic.
New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic has bowed out in the first round of the doubles at Auckland’s ASB tennis Classic.
New Zealand tennis player Marina Erakovic says she’s hoping Auckland’s wind will put off some of her potential opponents in the ASB Classic, which starts Monday.
