Saturday 31 January '09
It appears to be an irksome issue, the problem with the television at home which doesn’t allow Ronit Bisht to take in the sights and sounds of Melbourne Park during this year’s edition of the Australian Open.Thursday 29 January '09
Shreya Chakravertty The keywords 'federer, boring' on a web search throw up 173,000 links.Thursday
29 January '09As a considerably weakened Indian Fed Cup team prepare for the Asia/Oceania Group I tie in February, coach Enrico Piperno believes simply staying in Group I....Tuesday
13 January '09Year after year, Indian interest in the world of men’s singles tennis ended in the first week — by the middle of the Chennai Open...Monday
12 January '09For all his usual eloquence, it seemed to be quite a task for Somdev Devvarman to string together a few words in appreciation of the immense outpouring of support...Sunday
11 January '09The only tennis balls Somdev Devvarman got to hit on centre court on Saturday were sent soaring all the way into the packed stands at the Nungambakkam Stadium...Saturday
10 January '09Jacek Wolicki, Somdev Devvarman’s coach, wasn’t the teacher for the first few days following their arrival in Chennai...Saturday
10 January '09Somdev Devvarman’s fan following started their chants much before he began his match, and continued till after his last...Friday
9 January '09For someone who looks down from his 6’10” frame, Ivo Karlovic is disarmingly soft-spoken.Friday
9 January '09Carlos Moya is not used to the Chennai faithful directing their applause his opponent’s way.Thursday
8 January '09Janko Tipseravic frequents various tattoo parlours, and has a penchant for getting parts of his body pierced.Thursday
8 January '09It’s only the second round but the Chennai Open is already without its two top-20 players in the singles draw.Wednesday
7 January '09There isn’t much information available about 138-ranked Italian Flavio Cipolla on the official ATP website...Wednesday
7 January '09A set down, a break down, with defeat probably a game away, Kevin Kim decided it was time to get fancy.Tuesday
6 January '09Nikolay Davydenko’s figures don’t quite seem to add up, and this is not with reference to the match-fixing scandal...Tuesday
6 January '09A group of young fans in a corner didn’t seem to care about how terribly askew Prakash Amritraj’s forehand landed...Sunday
4 January '09In the absence of any of the big four, Russia’s In the absence of any of the big four, Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko will lead a Chennai Open field that’s short on crowd-pullers.Monday
5 January '09Having finished their pre-tournament practice stints and photograph and autograph sessions at the Nungambakkam Tennis stadium...Saturday
27 December '08The sports ministry on Friday formalised its tough new policy on not allowing athletes without Indian passports to represent the country...Friday
26 December '08As part of the tennis probables for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Shikha Uberoi has been training at the DLTA Complex camp for the past few weeks.Wednesday
24 December '08Her name is Anastasia Malhotra. She was born in Japan to a British father — whose father was an Indian married to a Greek — and Japanese mother, and they decided to keep the Indian surname.Wednesday
24 December '08Along with all his tennis equipment, Somdev Devvarman’s guitar happens to be part of his travel essentials.Tuesday
16 December '08At the beginning of 2008, Yuki Bhambri evinced a fair bit interest in the tennis world of up-and-coming youngsters, a Slam semi-final at the Australian Open bearing testimony to his potential.Thursday
11 December '08Twenty guitars, half-a-dozen keyboards, a few sets of drums and microphones — that’s just the kind of paraphernalia one would find strewn around the Bryan household, and yet the trophies that line the cabinets are the ones earned solely on the basis of the twins’ talent with a ball and racquet.Saturday
6 December '08Aditya Madkekar had just poked an attempted drop shot into the net, but all he did was look at his opponent and give a wry smile.
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