French Open: Rybakina Upsets Serena
Elena Rybakina upsets Serena Williams 6-3, 7-5 to reach French Open quarters Serena Williams, at thirty-nine years of age, was striving to win her fourth French Open championship (2002, 2013, 2015) and tie Margaret Court with 24 total grand slam titles. With the 2019 champion, Ash Barty pulling out mid-match in the second round and the…
WTC final will be a test of Virat Kohli and
CHENNAI: Despite producing top-quality performances on the international stage, an ICC title has eluded New Zealand cricket for over two decades. New Zealand’s only ICC crown came in the form of the Champions Trophy which they won by beating India in 2000. They have made the summit clashes of the last two ODI World Cups,…
Karatsev Defeats Medvedev In Rome Masters
Karatsev wins battle of the Red-hot Russians defeating Medvedev 6-2, 6-4 Compatriots and two of the hottest players on tour, met for the first time at the Foro Italico. Daniil Medvedev, world #2, continued his winning ways at the start of the season, reaching the Australian Open final (l. to Djokovic) and claimed his 10th title…
Seniors and youngsters learn from each other: Umesh Yadav |
Umesh Yadav has been around for 10 years now in international cricket. He spoke to TOI on the evolution of fast-bowling scene in India, the rise of young pacers and how he, Ishant Sharma and Moahmmed Shami have donned the mentor’s role. Excerpts from an interview…You haven’t played much cricket of late. How difficult was…
Svitolina Rolls Into The Quarterfinals
Svitolina dismantles Muguruza 6-4, 6-2 to reach the quarters in Rome Elina Svitolina, world #5, took on the two-time grand slam champion and world #12 Garbine Muguruza in the round-of-16 at the Foro Italico. This was their 12th tour-level meeting and while Svitolina led the overall head-to-head 6-5, Muguruza led 2-1 on the dirt. Svitolina, from Ukraine,…
England vs New Zealand, 1st Test: New Zealand hopeful of
LONDON: Experienced New Zealand pacer Tim Southee says his team has not given up hopes of an outright win despite losing the third day of the opening Test against England due to rain here. Southee (6/43) claimed six wickets spread over two days to dismiss hosts England for 275 in their first innings just before…
Opelka Advances To Rome Semis
Reilly Opelka is into his first Masters 1000 semifinal at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia at the Foro Italico in Rome. The 23-year-old 6’11” massive-serving American defeated 30-year-old 6’3” lefty Argentine qualifier Federico Delbonis 7-5, 7-6(2) in one hour and 41 minutes. Opelka not only serves hard—today he served a 145 mph second serve, the fastest in history—but…
Have a problem when people call Ravichandran Ashwin all-time great:
MUMBAI: Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar has said that he has a “few problems” when people call Ravichandran Ashwin as “one of the all-time greats of the game”. The off-spinner, who has played 78 Tests and taken 409 wickets, has 30 five-wicket hauls, most of them on Indian pitches. “When people start talking about him…
Andujar Upsets Federer In Geneva
Andujar defeats Federer 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 at the Gonet Geneva Open Roger Federer, playing on home soil in an ATP 250 event, took the court for just the second time this season as he stepped away from competition to rehab his right knee. The thirty-nine-year-old former world #1, endured two knee surgeries during the pandemic and…
England vs New Zealand: Rory Burns’s ton ensured England not
LONDON: Former Indian batsman VVS Laxman feels Rory Burns’s gutsy ton has ensured England are not “totally” out of the first Test against New Zealand. SCORECARDTim Southee on Saturday picked six wickets to put England on the back foot but opening batsman Burns hit a ton to make sure the hosts were still in the…