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Melbourne, Jan 29: It's been two decades since Steffi Graf won her last Australian Open, but her presence looms large over Saturday's final. Serena Williams is one match away from tying Graf's Open era record of 22 Grand Slam titles. The only obstacle for No. 1-ranked Williams is Angelique Kerber, a 28-year-old German who is seeking Graf's advice on how to win the biggest match of her life.

Melbourne, Jan 29: In a perfect climax to their stupendous run, Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis were today crowned the Australian Open women's doubles champions after they tamed the spirited Czech duo of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in straight sets for their 36th win in a row, here. The top seeds fought past the seventh seeds Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 7-6 (1) 6-3 in the women's

Melbourne, Jan 28: Angelique Kerber said Thursday she feels a responsibility to protect her fellow German Steffi Graf's Grand Slam record from Serena Williams, but admits the job in front of her is formidable. The 28-year-old powered into her first Grand Slam final by beating Briton Johanna Konta 7-5, 6-2 at the Australian Open, and revealed she received a text from her veteran compatriot after

New Delhi, Jan 28: India's top pistol shooter Heena Sidhu today secured an Olympic quota for the country after she led from start to finish and claimed the gold medal in women's 10-m air pistol on day one of competition at the Asia Olympic Qualifiers for shooting here. The current world record holder and former world number one, Heena shot 199.4 in the eight-woman finals to finish ahead of Chinese

Shillong, Jan 27: World No.2 Saina Nehwal will spearhead India’s campaign in women’s singles while World No. 9 Kidambi Srikanth will be highest-ranked Indian in men’s singles at the South Asian Games next month. Apart from Saina and Srikanth, double World Championship bronze medallist P.V. Sindhu and 2014 Commonwealth Games (CWG) champion Parupalli Kashyap, H.S. Prannoy, Ajay Jayaram, Jwala Gutta

Melbourne, Jan 27: Indian tennis superstars Sania Mirza and Leander Paes will be facing each other in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open's mixed doubles event. The top seeded pair of Sania and Croatian Ivan Dodig sailed past the unseeded Kazakh-Pakistani duo of Yaroslava Shvedova and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi 7-5, 6-2 in a match that lasted one hour and eight minutes. On the other hand, Paes and

New Delhi, Jan 26: In red-hot form, Sania Miza and partner Martina Hingis beat the Anna-Lena Groenefeld-Coco Vandeweghe pair to enter the semi-final of the Australian Open 2016. The Indo-Swiss dropped a set, as they completed a 6-2 4-6 6-1 win in the quarter-final. This was their 34th win on the trot. The duo is now 11 shy of breaking the all-time record for most consecutive win in women's doubles

Penang (Malaysia), Jan 25: Indian shuttler PV Sindhu continued her rampaging run to clinch the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold title with a straight-game win over Scotland’s Kristy Gilmour, making a resounding start to the new season here on Sunday. The third-seeded Indian prevailed 21-15, 21-9 in a 32- minute clash to clinch her fifth Grand Prix Gold title to avenge a 2013 loss to the Scot

Penang (Malaysia), Jan 24: Two-time World Championship bronze-medallist, India's P V Sindhu made a rousing start to the new season as she clinched the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold title after defeating Scotland's Kristy Gilmour in straight games in the final here today. The Third seeded Indian had lost to Gilmour in 2013 French Open in their only meeting but today she showed why she is

New Delhi, Jan 22: One of tennis fraternity's greatest ever player Roger Federer notched another feather to his cap after becoming the first man to win 300 Grand Slam matches. The 17-time Grand Slam champion beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-4 to take out his third round encounter and advance to the fourth, in the ongoing Australian Open being held in Melbourne. Federer also holds the record for