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  • Paes-Vesnina pair ends runner-up in Aus Open mixed doubles

    A second title eluded Leander Paes at this year’s Australian Open as he and Elena Vesnina ended runners-up in the mixed doubles event after being outplayed by Horia Tecau and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the summit clash in Melbourne on Sunday. The fifth seeded Indo-Russian pair lost 3-6 7-5 (3-10) to eighth seeded Romanian-American combination in […]

    Australian Open: Paes, Elena to play for Mixed Doubles title

    In the Australian Open Tennis tournament at Melbourne, the Indo-Russian pair of Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina will today lock horns with the Romanian-American combine of Horia Tecau and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the title clash in Mixed Doubles. The fifth seeded Indo-Russian duo had defeated the Italian pair of Daniele Bracciali and Roberta Vinci, 5-7, […]

    Azarenka crowned Open queen, world No.1

    Victoria Azarenka won her first grand slam title and became the new world number one when she thrashed a disappointing Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open final on Saturday. The third-seeded Belarusian overpowered the 2008 champion to win 6-3, 6-0 in 82 minutes to lift the trophy and become the fourth women’s first-time grand slam […]

    All India Major Ports Football & Basketball C’ship kick starts

    The 8th All India Major Ports Football and Basketball Championships gets underway at Visakhapatnam today. In the inaugural session of the football match between the host Visakhapatnam and Mumbai held this morning, two-time champion Visakhapatnam Port defeated Mumabi Port by 4-0. For Visakhapatnam Port, Santosh Kumar scored two goals in the 20th and 23rd minutes. […]

    Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek win Australian Open men’s doubles title.

    Veteran star Leander Paes on Saturday created history by becoming the first Indian to complete a career Grand Slam by winning the Australian Open men’s doubles title with Radek Stepanek, taming the dangerous top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan in straight sets, in Melbourne. The unseeded Indo-Czech pair played tremendously to win 7-6(1) 6-2 in […]

    Australia crush India by 298 runs to complete 4-0 whitewash

    India slumped to their second successive overseas series whitewash after losing the fourth and final Test against Australia by a humiliating 298 runs in Adelaide on Saturday. Chasing 500 for a win, India were bundled out for 201 runs in 69.4 overs in their second innings. Australia won the Test series 4-0 after having scored […]

    Sehwag perishes after scoring 62 as India reach 92/2 at tea

    Virender Sehwag smashed his way to a half century in customary fashion and then a perished due to a moment’s indiscretion as India reached 92 for two at tea, on the fourth day of their final cricket Test against Australia. The stand-in captain slammed his was to 62 before he mistimed a rank full-toss from […]

    Nadal tops Federer;Sharapova, Azarenka seal title clash

    Rafael Nadal outlasted Roger Federer 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in an Australian Open semifinal on Thursday night, the longtime rivals playing with the intensity normally displayed when meeting in a Grand Slam final. The stars who met in eight Grand Slam finals were on the same side of the draw for the first […]

    Azarenka shocks Clijsters to reach final

    Belarus’s Victoria Azarenka upset defending champion Kim Clijsters in three tense sets to reach her first grand slam final at the Australian Open on Thursday. Third-seeded Azarenka, 22, saw off a powerful second-set fight-back by the Belgian mother-of-one to win 6-4 1-6 6-3. In Saturday’s final, she will play either Maria Sharapova or Petra Kvitova, […]

    Paes-Stepanek enter men’s doubles final

    Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek stunned second seeds Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Canadian Daniel Nestor to enter the final of the men’s doubles event at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday. The unseeded Indo-Czech pair fought brilliantly and came from a set down to get the better of Mirni and […]