Zheng Qinwen, China’s new tennis star with a heart-wrenching backstory and big forehand Zheng Qinwen has reached her first Grand Slam final. In fact, she is the first
Social media users in China are celebrating British tennis star Emma Raducanu – not just for her historic US Open win, but her Chinese heritage. Raducanu was born in
Photo Hyeon Chung, suffering from deep blisters in both feet, could not finish his semifinal against Roger Federer, who on Sunday will play for his 20th major singles
Austen Huang, the No. 8-seed out of 128 competitors, upset top-seeded William Genesen in the Boy’s 18’s singles finals, 6-3, 0-6, 6-1, to win the United States Tennis
Li Na, the famous Chinese tennis player, posted a partially naked photo of herself on her Weibo account to promote breast cancer awareness through the Pink Ribbon campaign
NEW YORK – Even before Novak Djokovic and Kei Nishikori hit a shot in their U.S. Open semifinal Saturday, there will already be one clear winner — Uniqlo.
MELBOURNE, Australia — Seven months after giving retirement serious thought, Li Na made it third time lucky in an Australian Open final with a 7-6 (3), 6-0 win over Dominika Cibulkova to
TOKYO – Seven-time grand slam singles champion John McEnroe gave Japan’s top player a run for his money on Sunday in a charity match for the victims of
For Kei Nishikori, “Project 45” has transformed into “Project 10.”The former was the 23-year-olds mission to topple the highest tennis ranking ever held by a Japanese male, Shuzo
Michael Chang shocked the tennis world when, at age 17, he won the 1989 French Open, becoming the youngest male player ever to win a Grand Slam event. Chang went
Defending champion Roger Federer became the second high-profile casualty at the Madrid Open when he was beaten 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 by Japanese 14th seed Kei Nishikori in the
MEMPHIS (AP) — Kei Nishikori of Japan won his third career title and second since October, beating Feliciano Lopez of Spain 6-2, 6-3 in the U.S. National Indoor
MEMPHIS (AP) — Top-seeded Marin Cilic lost in straight sets to Kei Nishikori of Japan in the quarterfinals Friday of the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships. Cilic was
Also, No 14 Maria Kirilenko had a 6-4, 6-2 win over Chinese-American Vania King, and China’s Peng Shuai beat Canada’s Rebecca Marino 6-3, 6-0. Sixth-seed Li Na survived
Commenting on Kei Nishikori’s performance at the Japan Open in Tokyo the other day, ATP executive chairman Brad Drewett said: “Kei is a terrific player who is already
KUALA LUMPUR: Asia’s top male player Kei Nishikori of Japan will face a tough fight in the ATP Tour’s Malaysian Open which begins on Monday. Nishikori, the third
Beijing 2008; both the men’s and women’s table-tennis finals have an all Chinese line up. Four years on at London 2012 and nothing has changed. The undoubted Chinese’s dominance
At just 16, U.S. table tennis player Ariel Hsing has already made her Olympic debut a smash success. After winning her first two matches, she just narrowly lost
WIMBLEDON, England — Kei Nishikori became the first Japanese man in 17 years to reach the third round of Wimbledon on Thursday, and quickly gave credit to the
Maria Sharapova struggled with her serve again in windy conditions at Wimbledon and had to rally from a break down in the second set Friday to beat Hsieh
Former world number one, Andy Roddick of USA, remained on course for winning his maiden Wimbledon title, as the three-time finalist defeated half-Indonesian Bjorn Phau of Germany in
Elsewhere compatriot Peng Shuai piled on the misery for Japan by downing Ayumi Morita, and veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm also went crashing out. Peng, the 30th seed, beat Morita
Paris – China’s Peng Shuai was outclassed by second seed Maria Sharapova at the French Open on Saturday, leaving her compatriot, defending champion Li Na, as Asia’s only
PARIS: China’s Peng Shuai advanced to the second round of the French Open on Tuesday, joining her compatriots Li Na, the defending champion, and Zheng Jie as other
PARIS — Defending champion Li Na admitted that she feared falling into the same French Open abyss that had swallowed Serena Williams before easing into the third round
World number 16, Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, continued with her dominating run at the French Open campaign and outperformed the unseeded Taiwanese-American, Vania King, in the second round
ROME (AP) – Maria Sharapova successfully defended her Italian Open title Sunday, beating Li Na 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) in a wild match in which play was twice
DUSSELDORF, Germany (Kyodo) — Japanese ace Kei Nishikori has withdrawn from the World Team Cup getting underway in Germany this weekend due to an abdominal injury, organizers said
Anne Keothavong will face British compatriot Heather Watson for the first time on Sunday as they compete for a place in the main draw of the lucrative Qatar
23 year old American Vania King, seeded eighth this week, advanced to the quarter finals of the WTA PTT Pattaya Open on Thursday. King scored a 6-1 6-3 victory over
HYOGO, Japan — Kei Nishikori will be aiming to build on his success at the Australian Open when Japan takes on Croatia in this weekend’s Davis Cup World
Pattya, Thailand – Local star, Tamarine Tanasugarn, tumbled over the Taiwanese qualifier, Kai-Chen Chang, in straight sets at the PTT Pattaya Open 2012 on Wednesday. She warded off
