Following his second round loss in the just-concluded Chennai Open tournament, Davis Cup star Somdev Devvarman dropped 35 places to 161 in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings list released Monday.
The 24-year-old US-based Somdev, who touched a career-best 116 in November, had ended 2009 at 126, but lost precious points at the Chennai [...]
Barcelona, Dec 18 (DPA) There will be no change at the top of the spectacularly successful Spanish Davis Cup team after captain Albert Costa confirmed he will remain in the job.
The 2002 French Open champion will now try and follow up a breakthrough first year in which he led the Rafael Nadal-Fernando Verdasco side to [...]
London, Nov. 28 (ANI): Former world no. 1 tennis player Boris Becker has described the confusion over the round-robin rules during the Barclays ATP Tour Finals as “an embarrassing episode for tennis.”
Becker also questioned the professionalism of the Association of Tennis Professionals operations.
“It has [...]
Knoxville (Tennesse), Nov 14 (IANS) The Indian challenge in the semifinals of the $50,000 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger is over.
Indian pair Somdev Devvarman and Purav Raja went down 2-6, 3-6 to South Africans Raven Klaasen and Izak van der Merwe.
India’s Harsh Mankad and Treat Conrad Huey, seeded second, lost 3-6, 6-7 (3) [...]
Aachen (Germany), Nov 14 (IANS) India’s Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi has entered the doubles final of the 42,500 euro Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) challenger.
The second-seeded India-Pakistan pair beat Swiss Yves Allegro and Lovro Zovko of Croatia 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals here Friday.
Bopanna and Qureshi next plays winner of the match [...]
Charlottesville (Virginia), Nov 9 (IANS) India’s Somdev Devvarman saved three match points but fell short against American Kevin Kim 4-6, 7-6 (10-8), 4-6 in the final of the $50,000 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger tournament.
The Indian came back strongly after losing the first set. He saved three match points in the second set to [...]
Chuncheon (South Korea), Nov 4 (IANS) India’s Prakash Amritraj entered the $100,000 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) quarter-finals here Wednesday.
Prakash carved out a fighting 6-1, 2-6, 7-6(4) win over Latvian Andis Juska.
He next plays the Netherlands’ Igor Sijsling, who shocked third-seeded Slovak Lukas Lacko 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
In the doubles, fourth-seeded pair of India’s Purav Raja [...]
Charlottesville (Virginia), Nov 4 (IANS) India’s Somdev Devvarman was stretched to three sets by Hungarian wildcard Denes Lukacs before winning 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in the first round of $50,000 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament here.
Third-seeded Somdev’s win Tuesday has pitted him against South African Davis Cupper Izak Van Der Merwe in the next round. [...]
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) India’s No.1 Somdev Devvarman continued his upward stride on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) charts, jumping five places to 116th, in the rankings released Monday.
Somdev last week had improved his career best rankings of 124 to 121.
Prakash Amritraj gained seven places to 223 while Yuki Bhambri retained his 344th [...]
London, Oct 30 (ANI): The World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Tennis Federation have criticised tennis golden boy Andre Agassi for his admission that he took drugs, but the eight-time Grand Slam champion is likely to avoid retrospective punishment.
Agassi’s [...]
London, Oct.29 (ANI): Pressure is growing on tennis officials to explain their non-action against former Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi following his shocking revelation of drug-taking, The Times reports.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has asked the ATP to explain the Agassi case further.
Agassi told how, in 1997, he had deliberately snorted crystal meth, subsequently [...]
London, Oct 28 (DPA) Eight-time grand slam winner Andre Agassi has admitted he failed a drugs test but escaped a ban by lying to tennis authorities.
The American has revealed in his new autobiography he took crystal methamphetamine but persuaded the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) into believing he had taken it by accident.
The admission by [...]
London, Oct 28 (ANI): Eight time Grand Slam winner and one of the finest tennis players, Andre Agassi, has made a sensational confession that he lied to tennis authorities about his use of hard drugs in order to escape a ban.
Agassi tested positive for the highly addictive drug, Crystal Methamphetamine and duped the Association of [...]
Seoul, Oct 27 (IANS) India’s Somdev Devvarman and Prakash Amritraj entered the second round of the $125,000 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger here Tuesday.
Somdev, seeded fourth, advanced after South Africa’s Rik de Voest retired while trailing 2-6, 0-2. He next plays Slovak Pavol Cervenak.
Prakash showed the door to South Korea’s Kyu Tae Im, winning [...]
Chennai, Oct 26 (IANS) Robin Soldering of Sweden, ranked 10th in the world, has confirmed his participation in the Aircel Chennai Open tennis tournament to be held here Jan 4-10.
In a statement, Soldering said: ‘Aircel Chennai open is a much awaited event in the international tennis circuit. India is a fascinating country and I am [...]
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) India’s Somdev Devvarman continues to rise on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles charts, climbing three places to 121st position in the latest rankings released Monday.
Last week, Somdev with a 124th place touched his career best singles ranking.
In other men’s singles rankings, Prakash Amritraj gained 17 places to be [...]
Hamburg, Oct 26 (DPA) Roger Federer of Switzerland led the way in an unchanged top 10 in the latest men’s tennis rankings issued Monday by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
Federer has 10,305 points for a comfortable advantage over Spanish rival Rafael Nadal (9,095) and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic (7,950).
ATP top 10 as of October 26 [...]
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) India’s No.1 Somdev Devvarman climbed seven places to reach a career high singles ranking of 124 on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) charts Monday.
In the women’s singles rankings, Sania Mirza, who reached the semifinals of the Japan Open last week, has moved up three places to 58th. The 22-year-old [...]
Shanghai, Oct 15 (DPA) Marat Safin claims he raised the issue of the 11-month gruelling Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) season five years ago though without success.
‘In 2004, we had this discussion at the Olympic Games with [Andy] Roddick,’ said the 29-year-old Russian who plans to retire next month after a decade and a [...]
New York, August 27 (ANI): Tennis ace Andy Murray has confessed that even though he loves New York, he cannot make it his home because it’s “a bit too much” for him.
The 22-year-old Scot, who is ranked world No. 2, made the revelation while practising at Manhattan Plaza Racquet Club.
“I love New York and the [...]
