New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh, old guard of Indian tennis Leander Paes, new star Somdev Devvarman and golf’s new poster boy Chinnaswamy Muniyappa were among the top Indian sportpersons who brought laurels for the country this year.
Following is a list of top 10 sportspersons of the year:
1. Somdev Devvarman (Tennis): [...]
Mumbai, Dec 11 (IANS) Farah Khan choreographed a circus-themed lingerie fashion show for the brand Triumph and wowed the celebs who called it a ‘fabulous’ event.
‘It was a fabulous show. It was as fabulous as everything Farah does,’ Vivek Oberoi told reporters after the show here Thursday.
Katrina Kaif said: ‘It was a grand night. It [...]
London, Nov 27 (IANS) India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Lukas Dlouhy lost 4-6, 6-7(9) to top seeds Daniel Nestor of Cananda and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia in an inconsequential match of ATP World Tour Finals tennis.
Bhupathi-Knowles are already through to the semifinals as they have won their first two Group A matches.
For defending [...]
London, Nov 24 (IANS) India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark knowles of the Bahamas overcame a tough challenge from the Polish pair of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski to win 3-6, 6-3, 10-7 in a Group A doubles match of ATP WOrld Tour Finals here Tuesday.
Bhupathi and Knowles, seeded third, fought back after losing the first [...]
Paris, Nov 12 (IANS) India’s Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi made an early exit from the Paris Masters, going down in the second round with their partners.
Fourth seeded Paes and Lukas Dlouhy of Czech Republic went down to American Travis Parrott and Australian Jordan Kerr 7-6(5), 4-6, 5-10 Wednesday.
Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas, seeded [...]
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) India’s Somdev Devvarman dropped eights places to 124 in the Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) rankings released Monday.
Somdev lost the final of the Charlottesville Challenger to second-seeded American Kevin Kim Sunday.
Prakash Amritraj climbed 19 places to 204 in the charts.
In the Men’s doubles, Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were unchanged [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) India’s Rohan Bopanna marked his sensational comeback to singles play by making a quantum jump of 89 places to 358th in the Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) rankings released Monday.
The 29-year-old Bangalorean last week beat World No.51 Argentine Jose Acasuso in the first round and then took a set off [...]
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Indian Davis Cup captain S.P. Misra said 17-year-old Yuki Bhambri was a revelation during the side’s World Group play-off tie against South Africa which they won 4-1.
The junior Australian Open champion got to play the inconsequential fifth rubber against Izak van der Merwe after Somdev Devvarman gave India an unassailable [...]
Chennai, Sep 21 (IANS) India’s qualification to the Davis Cup World Group after 11 years shows that tennis is going through an exciting phase and there is more to follow, says former Davis Cup captain Ramesh Krishnan.
After India’s sensational 4-1 win against South Africa in Johannesburg over the weekend, Krishnan tipped Somdev Devvarman for greater [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 20 (IANS) Yuki Bhambri made his Davis Cup debut with an impressive 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over South Africa’s Izak Van Der Merwe in the inconsequential fifth rubber after India progressed to the elite World Group through Somdev Devvarman’s win in first reverse singles against Rik de Voest.
The junior Australian Open champion Yuki [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 19 (IANS) India’s Davis Cup captain S.P. Misra is confident that the team will seal their World Group play-off tie here against South Africa in Sunday’s first reverse singles after the contest spilled into the third day with the withdrawal of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna from the doubles rubber midway Saturday.
Bhupathi, playing [...]
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 19 (IANS) The city will later this year witness tennis legends Bjorn Borg, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Guillermo Villas competing here in the ATP Champions Tour.
The four former Grand Slam champions have confirmed their participation in the Tour tournament which brings together some of the tennis greats in cities around the world. [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 18 (IANS) Rohan Bopanna and Somdev Devvarman put in sight of the Davis Cup World Group Finals winning the two opening singles in the play-off tie against South Africa at the Ellis Park Indoor Arena here Friday.
Bopanna, who had failed to win even a single match during India’s 3-2 win against Chinese Taipei [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 17 (IANS) Rohan Bopanna will be the man under pressure when India take on South Africa in the Davis Cup World Group play-off tennis tie, from Sep 18-20, at the Ellis Park Indoor Arena here Friday.
In the absence of experienced doubles campaigner Leander Paes, who has pulled out of the tie due to [...]
New York, Sep. 14 (ANI): India-Czech Republic pairing Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy won the final of US Open men’s doubles to claim their second Grand Slam title of the year.
They beat third seeded Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles 3-6 6-3 6-2.
“This is the best year I’ve ever had on tour,” BBC quoted Paes, 36, [...]
New York, Sep 11 (ANI): Irrespective of who wins or loses, India will triumph as two of its tennis stars-Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes-face each other in the US Open men’s doubles final on Friday evening.
Paes will partner Lukas Dlouhy of the [...]
New York, Sep.9 (ANI): Indian tennis stars Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are hoping to compete against each other in the doubles finals of the US OPen at Flushing Meadow after entering the semi-finals on Tuesday.
Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner Mark Knowles of Bahamas outwitted Croatian Ivan Ljubicic and Frenchman Michael Llodra in the men’s [...]
New York, Sep 8 (ANI): Ace Indian players Leander Peas and Mahesh Bhupathi have entered the semi-finals of the mixed doubles of the US Open with their respective partners.
Leander Paes and Cara Black of Zimbabwe beat Rennae Stubbs and Robert Lindstedt to enter the mixed doubles semi-finals.
Mahesh Bhupathi and his mixed doubles partner [...]
New York, Sep 3 (ANI): India’s Somdev Devvarman lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany in the men’s second round of the US Open on Thursday.
The Indian top ranked singles player lost to his German opponent in four sets 6-3, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2.
In the men’s doubles the third seed Indo-Bahamian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark [...]
