Tennis
Top-seeded Tsitsipas beats Kukushkin to win Open 13 title
Marseille, Feb 25 (AP/UNB) — Top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas clinched his first title of the year and second of his career after beating 50th-ranked Mikhail Kukushkin 7-5, 7-6 (5) in the Open 13 final on Sunday.
Fed Cup: France and Belarus lead 2-0; Czechs and US tied
Feb 10 (AP/UNB) -France and Belarus were in command of their Fed Cup first-round ties while 2018 finalists the Czech Republic and the United States were level in their ties on Saturday.
'Amazing' Djokovic tops Nadal for record 7th Australian Open
Melbourne, Jan 27 (AP/UNB) — Novak Djokovic was so good, so relentless, so pretty much perfect, that Rafael Nadal never stood a chance.
Getafe beats Valencia 1-0 in Copa del Rey quarterfinals
Madrid, Jan 23 (AP/UNB) — Getafe defeated Valencia 1-0 as the Copa del Rey quarterfinals got underway on Tuesday, with substitute Jorge Molina scoring the winner from inside the area in the 77th minute.
Federer, 37, shocked by Tsitsipas, 20, at Australian Open
Australia, Jan 21 (AP/UNB) — Even as his uninterrupted dominance of yore dissipated, even as he took the occasional break, Roger Federer always mattered more often than not in the closing days of Grand Slam tournaments.
Federer marks 100th match on Rod Laver Arena with 3-set win
Australia, Jan 18 (AP/UNB) — Roger Federer has played on Rod Laver Arena a hundred times and has six Australian Open crowns in his collection of 20 Grand Slam titles.
Australian Open: Serena, Novak, Nishikori highlight Day 4
Melbourne, Jan 17(AP) — Kei Nishikori will be hoping for a better start Thursday in his second-round match against Ivo Karlovic on Margaret Court Arena than he did in his first at the Australian Open.
Asian U-14 Tennis: All Bangladeshi players advance to 2nd round
Dhaka, Jan 14 (UNB)– All Bangladeshi participants advanced to the 2nd round in Division-2 matches of the ITF Asian U-14 Development Tennis Championship after winning their respective first round games in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Monday.
Sharapova routs Dart 6-0, 6-0 to start Australian Open
Australia, Jan 14 (AP/UNB) — Maria Sharapova has the second-best record among active players in first-round matches at the majors, and she gave an illustration of why that's the case with a ruthless 6-0, 6-0 win over Harriet Dart at the Australian Open.
Bangladeshi Alve becomes boys’ singles runner-up in Asian U-14 Tennis
Dhaka, Jan 12 (UNB) – Mahadi Hasan Alve of Bangladesh finished ITF Asian U-14 Development (Tennis) Championship as the Division-2 boys’ singles runner-up on Saturday.