MADRID (AFP) – World number one Novak Djokovic comfortably preserved his 10-year undefeated Davis Cup singles record on Wednesday (Dec 1) to keep Serbia alive in their quarter-final against Kazakhstan. Djokovic eased past 36th-ranked Alexander Bublik 6-3, 6-4 in 77 minutes to leave the tie resting on the outcome of the doubles rubber. Twenty-time Grand... » read more
TOKYO (AFP) – China’s Chen Meng hopes this will be the start of “my own era” after she defeated compatriot Sun Yingsha to win the women’s singles table tennis title at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday (July 29). In a battle between the top two seeds and team-mates, Chen lost the first game before prevailing... » read more
SINGAPORE – National shuttlers Loh Kean Yew and Yeo Jia Min’s quest for success at the Olympic Games received a boost on Thursday (July 9) after they were handed favourable draws in the men’s and women’s singles. The draw for the badminton competition at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza was released by Badminton World Federation... » read more
LONDON (AFP) – Andy Murray made a winning return to singles action on Tuesday (June 15), easing into the second round of the Queen’s grasscourt tournament with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over France’s Benoit Paire. The former world number one, playing his first singles match since March and his first at Queen’s since 2018 –... » read more