Oliver Marach has celebrated his 11th ATP doubles tournament career title. The 31-year-old Styrian and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi beat German duo Michael Kohlmann / Alexander Waske in a thriller in the final of the ATP hard court event in Bangkok, the federal capital of Thailand, yesterday (Sun). Marach and Qureshi had to go […]
Robin Haase celebrated his first Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour title at the weekend. It took the 24-year-old Dutchman exactly two hours to beat Spaniard Albert Montanes in three sets (6-4, 4-6, 6-1) in the final of the 450,000-US dollar tournament in Kitzbühel, Tyrol, on Saturday. Haase defeated Brazilian Joao Souza in the semi […]
The winning streak of Austria tennis sensation Tamira Paszek has come to an end. The 20-year-old from Vorarlberg lost against Belarusian ace Victoria Azarenka in straight sets (3-6, 1-6) in the quarter final of the ATP Grand Slam event at Wimbledon, London, Great Britain, yesterday evening (Tues). Paszek stood no chance against Azarenka, 21, in […]
A wayward tennis player accused by colleagues of “terrorising” them has been banned for life from the sport.The international ATP Tours Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) committee informed Daniel Köllerer yesterday (Tues) that he must not perform as a player anymore in his life. Köllerer was also banned from working as a coach.The former Davis Cup […]
BA Trophy finalist Andreas Haider-Maurer will compete in this years ATP Salzburg Indoors, it has emerged.The 23-year-old, who was beaten by fellow Lower Austrian Jürgen Melzer in the Vienna tournaments final on Sunday, is ready to participate in the tournament which will take place at the Salzburgarena between 13 and 21 November.Organisers of the event […]
Tennis legend Boris Becker will compete in a poker tournament in Austria next week, it has been announced.European Poker Tour (EPT) officials said today (Fri) the three-time Wimbledon champion will participate in the 500,000 Euro event taking place at the Kursalon Hübner palace in the centre of Vienna between 26 and 31 October.Organisers stressed they […]
Thomas Muster has rubbished claims he planned to flog his Croatian villa to Real Madrid legend Raul.Local daily Slobodna Dalmacija reported earlier this week that the striker now playing for Schalke 04 in the German Bundesliga eyed up the posh mansion in the seaside town of Cavtat in southern Croatia.Muster, 42, acquired the […]
Former “King of Clay” Thomas Muster has revealed plans to work with Rafael Nadal.Muster, 42, said today (Thurs) he had agreed with managers of the Spanish number one in world tennis over a cooperation this autumn.The former number one in the world, who recently launched a comeback in professional tennis, explained: “My training is based […]
Sybille Bammer has been knocked out in the second round of the 220,000 US dollar WTA tournament of Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands today (Weds).The Upper Austrian lost against Kristina Barrois in three sets (6-3, 2-6, 3-6). The defeat was a bittersweet affair for Bammer, 29, since she has teamed up with German Barrois in double […]