Austrian tennis star Tamira Paszek has reached the quarter finals of the Wimbledon championship after claiming victory over Roberta Vinci on Monday. The currently ranked world number 37 Paszek, 21, from Dornbirn in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg won against Italian Vinci 6-2 6-2 after 63 minutes of play. She is now the first woman […]
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Marach and Qureshi win Bangkok doubles
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 […]
Peer beats Paszek
Tamira Paszek’s first Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tour semi final in 10 months turned out to be a three-hour thriller at the weekend. The Austrian tennis star lost against Shahar Peer who headed the field of the 220,000-US dollar hard court event in Washington, DC, United States. The Israeli won in three sets (6-3, 6-7 […]
Azarenka seals Paszek exit at Wimbledon
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 […]