Serena lifts Madrid Open
May 14, 2012
A fired-up Serena Williams sent out a warning to the young pretenders of women’s tennis when she powered to a crushing 6-1 6-3 victory over world number one Victoria Azarenka to win the Madrid Open on Sunday.
The 30-year-old former number one, seeded ninth at the premier clay event in the Spanish capital, made the most of Azarenka’s nervous start on the blue dirt of the Manolo Santana show court to race into Read more
Novak Djokovic wins US Open
September 13, 2011
Novak Djokovic confirmed his status as the world’s best player with a stunning victory over defending champion Rafael Nadal to lift his first US Open title.
The top seed from Serbia gave a display of breathtaking quality to triumph 6-2 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 6-1 in four hours and 10 minutes on Arthur Ashe Stadium Read more
Wimbledon title goes to Kvitova
July 3, 2011
Petra Kvitova stunned favourite Maria Sharapova to win her first Grand Slam title with a 6-3, 6-4 victory in the women’s singles final at Wimbledon here Saturday.
The 21-year-old eighth seed became only the third Czech woman to triumph at Wimbledon after nine-time champion Martina Navratilova and Jana Novotna, who were both in Centre Court’s royal box Read more
Double delight for Amol, Sarda
February 12, 2011
Amol Roy and Sarda Alam lifted the men’s and women’s singles titles of the Sony National Tennis Tournament beating their respective rivals at the National Tennis Complex in Ramna yesterday.
Amol defeated Alamgir Hossain 6-1 and 6-2 in the men’s singles final while Sarda crushed Sathi Sarkar 6-2 and 6-0 to clinch the women’s singles title. However, Sathi Sarkar found Read more
Nat’l Tennis
February 10, 2011
Shathi Sarker overcame Victory Day Tennis title holder Ishita Afroze 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in a three-and-a-half-hour semi-final battle to confirm her place in the final of the Sony National Tennis Championship at the Ramna Tennis Complex on Wednesday.
In the men’s singles, Amol Roy beat sensational youngster Delwar Hossain 6-3, 6-2, Read more
National Tennis
February 9, 2011
Three participants confirmed their place in the quarter-finals of the men’s singles in the Sony National Tennis Championship at the Ramna Tennis Complex on Tuesday. Top seeded Amol Roy defeated Khandakar Mamun 6-3, 6-4, Lakhsman Lal beat Mizanur Rahman 7-6, 6-0 and Delwar Hossaing overcame Henry Prethul 4-6, 7-6, 5-0 to move to the quarter-finals. In the men’s doubles Anwar Hossain and Read more
Sony nat’l tennis
February 8, 2011
Six players moved confirmed their quarterfinal berths in the men’s singles of the Sony National Tennis Competition at the National Tennis Complex in Ramna yesterday.
Among the six pre-quarterfinals, the match between Anwar Hossain and Biplob Ram was the most entertaining lasting four hours where Anwar had the last laugh. Anwar bounced back from Read more
Sony National Tennis kicks off
February 5, 2011
The Sony National Tennis Tournament, organized by the Bangladesh Tennis Federation and sponsored by Rangs Electronics, started at the National Tennis Complex on Friday.
Army Chief General Md Abdul Mubeen, President of Bangladesh Olympic Association inaugurated the tournament as the chief guest. Aktar Hussain, chairman and managing director of Read more
Nat’l tennis Start today
February 4, 2011
Amol Roy and Sarda Alam are top seeded in the men’s and women’s singles events when Sony National Tennis competition gets underway at the National Tennis Complex in Ramna today.
The tournament is being sponsored by Rangs Electronics Ltd and organised by Bangladesh Tennis Federation. The sponsor will cover all the estimated budget of Tk 3.5 Read more
Delwar becomes runner-up
February 3, 2011
Delwar Hossain became runner-up in the ITF Asian U-14 Tennis Championship at theTeinbow Tennis Centre, Yangon, on Wednesday, which rewarded him with a place in the ITF team. The team, comprised of three boys and three girls, will now participate in another ITF Under-14 Asian Championship, to be held in March this year. Delwar, who finished third in the earlier edition of the tournament, lost to Read more
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