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Wimbledon prize money increased to record 44.7 million pounds this year, up by over 11%

The qualifying competition prize fund has also increased by 14.5% as compared to last year, said the All English Lawn Tennis Club.

Venus Williams loses to Swiss teen in comeback match after 5 months at 2023 Libema Open

Williams, who was handed a wildcard for the tournament, had been sidelined since January after sustaining a hamstring injury that forced her to withdraw from the Australian Open.

Novak Djokovic reclaims world number one ranking, Rafal Nadal out of top 100

Djokovic replaced Carlos Alcaraz to return to the first place after defeating the latter at the men's 23rd Grand Slam title at the French Open.

As vaccine mandate ends in US, Novak Djokovic will be able to participate in US open

World number one Tennis player unvaccinated against Covid-19, missed the US Open in 2022 due to his vaccine status.

Ailing Nadal bows out of Australian Open, rain causes havoc

By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal's Australian Open title defence lay in ruins on Wednesday after an injury-plagued defeat that shook up the men's draw, even as rain wreaked further

Rafa Nadal shrugs off rocky buildup to Australian Open defence

Nadal heads into a first-round match against rising Briton Jack Draper undercooked and with only one win since September's US Open.

6 time grand-slam winner Sania Mirza to retire after WTA 1000 event in Dubai in February

(Reuters) -Sania Mirza, India's former doubles world number one, said she will call time on her career aged 36 after next month's Dubai Tennis Championships, after her 2022 retirement plans were

Sania Mirza confirms plan to retire from professional tennis

NDTV cited an interview she gave to the World Tennis Association website on Friday where she announced her retirement.

Tennis star Boris Becker freed from UK prison, expected to be deported

In April, Becker, a six-times Grand Slam champion, was jailed for 2 and 6 months by a London court for hiding hundreds of thousands of pounds of assets after he was declared bankrupt.

Legendary tennis coach Nick Bollettieri who mentored 10 world number ones dies at 91

Bollettieri dropped out of law school to become a coach, shaping the careers of top names, including Andre Agassi, Serena and Venus Williams, Monica Seles and Maria Sharapova.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Be ‘atmanirbhar’ and go ‘swadeshi’: PM Modi’s clarion call to nation on 79th Independence Day

New Delhi: 'Atmanirbharta' and a call for 'swadeshi' were the mainstay of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s longest Independence Day address Friday, at a time...

Be ‘atmanirbhar’ and go ‘swadeshi’: PM Modi’s clarion call to nation on 79th Independence Day

New Delhi: 'Atmanirbharta' and a call for 'swadeshi' were the mainstay of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s longest Independence Day address Friday, at a time...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.