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Ankita Raina to lead Hyderabad Strikers in Tennis Premier League

India's top ranked women's player Ankita Raina will lead the challenge of Hyderabad Strikers in the Tennis Premier League, to be held in Mumbai later this year.

Stan Wawrinka out 'a few weeks' after foot surgery

Three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka has undergone surgery for an injury to his left foot. Wawrinka said Thursday that he would be out for a few weeks," with the French Open starting May 23. He won at Roland Garros in 2015. After having some problems in my left foot for a while, I have decided to do a small procedure on it, Wawrinka wrote on his social media accounts. The world No. 21, who turns 36 on Sunday, lost first-round matches at both tournaments he played this month, at Rotterdam and Doha. Wawrinka lost in the second round at the Australian Open in January. He could also target his local clay court tournament in Switzerland in the week before the French Open. Wawrinka won the Geneva Open in 2016 and 2017, which was his last title on the ATP circuit.

AITA U-16 Talent Series: Sriram, Disha through to finals

Vaibhav Krishna Sriram and Suchir Chetan Sheshadri overcame their respective fancied rivals to set up a title clash in the boys' category of the AITA Talent Series-7 U-16 hosted by Tennis360 Academy.

Ankita, Sania to lead India in Billie Jean King Cup WG Play-offs

Country's best singles player Ankita Raina and veteran Sania Mirza will lead India in the next month's Billie Jean King Cup World Group Play-offs away tie against formidable Latvia

AITA U-18 National Ranking Tennis: Gowin Sehwag causes big upset

Gowin brought cheers to the home crowd as he sent third seed Karthik S. Kavin packing while entering the quarterfinals of the boys' U-18 at the Sportle AITA U-18 CS-7 National Ranking Championship

Novak Djokovic ties Federer in weeks at No. 1; Gauff up to No. 38

Novak Djokovic is gaining on Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the Grand Slam standings, and he's already caught Federer in another significant statistic

Jennifer Brady loses in 1st match since Australian Open in Doha

Jennifer Brady lost in her first match since the Australian Open final, falling to Anett Kontaveit 6-1, 6-2 Monday in the first round of the Qatar Open

KSLTA u-14 Talent Series tennis: Venkatesh, Meghana upset top seeds

Venkatesh Subramanya and Meghana G.D. stunned the top seeds in the boys' and girls' categories respectively to enter the semifinals of the KSLTA under-14 Talent Series here on Wednesday

AITA under-18 tennis: Amodini Vijay Nayak, Amarnath enter finals

Amodini Vijay Nayak, who won the under-16 crown last week, is in line for a second straight title as she entered the title round in the girls' category of the under-18 AITA Championship Series

Naomi Osaka beats Jennifer Brady to win 2nd Australian Open title

Osaka won her second Australian Open title by beating American Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3

Ankita wins maiden WTA title, assured of doubles top-100 entry for 1st time

India's Ankita Raina on Friday claimed her maiden WTA title by lifting the Phillip Island Trophy along with Russian partner Kamilla Rakhimova

Fit-again Bhambri ready for another plunge after almost quitting tennis

An unresponsive treatment and the monotony of the long rehabilitation almost convinced Yuki Bhambri to hang his racquet for good but a voice within kept telling him that he could still pursue the game

Australian Open: Naomi Osaka crushes Hsieh, sails into semi-finals

Australian Open: Naomi Osaka crushes Hsieh, sails into semi-finalIn the other women's singles quarter-finals, American tennis player Serena Williams will face Romanian Simona Halep later today

AITA under-16 tennis: Dhruv Adiga scores lone upset of day

Dhruv Adiga scored the lone upset of the day when he sent eighth seeded Suchir Chethan home with a facile 6-3, 6-2 victory in the opening round of the AITA under-16 tennis tournament here on Monday.

Rafael Nadal into fourth round in Australian Open; back seems OK

Rafael Nadal extended his winning streak against fellow left-handers to 18 with a 7-5, 6-2, 7-5 victory over Cameron Norrie

The 'Next Rafa': Nadal's heir apparent is 17 and playing in Australian Open

Nadal's decision to practice with Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz last week, in the final days leading up to the year's first Grand Slam event, raised the volume of the hype surrounding the teenage prodigy

AITA Women's Tennis Championship: Fancied players have it easy

Fancied players stuck to their biling while advancing to the quarterfinals of the Rs.1 lakh AITA Women's Championship being played at the PBI-CSE Tennis Academy

Australian Open: Thiem cruises to second round after beating Kukushkin

US Open champion Dominic Thiem on Monday cruised to the second round of the Australian Open after beating Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin in the first round clash

Serena, Venus, Osaka cruise into Australia Open 2021 second round

Serena Williams started her Australian Open campaign in an emphatic manner as she zipped past Laura Siegemund of Germany, 6-1, 6-1, on to notch her opening-round win on Monday

Paes eyes French Open comeback in record eighth straight Olympics bid

Indian tennis icon Leander Paes on Monday said he is eyeing a French Open comeback this year in his quest to make a record eighth appearance at the Olympics in Tokyo. Paes, 47, said he skipped the Australian Open as he is apprehensive of playing in a bio-bubble but is looking ahead to the French Open. "Playing sport in a bio-bubble is very tough and may not be the best thing to do. I got a grand farewell at the Australian Open last year so I felt this year I would be sitting out and watching," Paes said. The Olympic bronze medallist in singles and multiple-time doubles Grand Slam winners was speaking during the launch of a cricket tournament named after his father Dr Vece Paes, a bronze winner at the 1972 Olympics. "I hope that by the time of French Open, by the end of May, Europe will get to a better position than now." On the Christmas Day of 2019, Paes had announced his "One Last Roar" tagline, calling 2020 to be his last season as a professional player, culminating with the T