Miami, March 23 (IANS) India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and his South African partner Kevin Anderson suffered a first-round exit from the men’s doubles event of Sony Open Tennis here. Bhupathi and Anderson went down 4-6, 6-4, 6-10 to the second-seeded pair of Alexander Peya of Austria and Bruno Soares of Brazil in the first round here Saturday. […]
Stanislas Wawrinka played like a champion and true to his top billing while outclassing seventh seeded Frenchman Eduard Roger-Vasselin 7-5, 6-2, in the singles final of the Aircel Chennai Open,here Sunday. Wawrinka, the 28-year old Swiss and ranked No.8, picked up $72,490 and 250 ATP Tour points while Roger-Vasselin went home richer by $38,180 and […]
World No.8 Stanislas Wawrinka and Eduard Roger-Vasselin survived close semi-final matches here Saturday to make it to the title round of the Aircel Chennai Open. The 28-year-old Swiss Wawrinka, winner here in 2011, looked relieved when Canadian World No.32 Vasek Pospisil conceded the match due to a sore lower back at 5-5 in the second […]
The 2014 Aircel Chennai Open continued to be hit by a spate of retirements with two more players – third seed Fabio Fognini and Yen-Hsun Lu – conceding their respective singles matches and India’s Yuki Bhambri was the biggest beneficiary as he made it to the quarter-finals here Thursday. Bhambri, a Wild Card entry, was […]