Tennis - Brit Baltacha claims Nottingham title

South Africa's Lynn Kiro has been knocked out in the first round of the by Slovenia's Tadeja Majeric, 6-love, 6-2 (SABC) South Africa's Lynn Kiro has been knocked out in the first round of the at the in Jabavu, Soweto on Tuesday. The world number ...

Elena Baltacha beat Tadeja Majeric in straight sets to win the AEGON Nottingham Challenge and give herself a pre-Wimbledon confidence boost. The 29-year-old Briton won 7-5 7-6 (9/7) to end a trophy drought stretching back to this competition in ...

Elena Baltacha is the last remaining Briton in the Aegon Nottingham Challenge after bundling compatriot Emily Webley-Smith out in the second round 6-1 6-3. Fellow Brits Lisa Whybourn and Samantha Murray both bowed out in straight sets after their ...

American Steve Johnson celebrated his first grass court title at the Aegon Nottingham Challenge on Saturday with a wild card into Wimbledon. Meanwhile, former British No. 1 Elena Baltacha will face Slovenian seventh seed Tadeja Majeric in the ...

Simmonds would now come up against fourth seed Nadiya Kichenok of Ukraine who edged out Great Britain's Jade Windley 2-6, 6-1, 6-1. The 20-year-old headed into the next encounter against the fourth-seed as favourite after she beat the Ukrainian 6-3, ...

Soweto Serbia's Teodora Mircic caused the first major upset in the women's tournament at the Soweto Open on Wednesday when she knocked out sixth seed Jovana Jaksic in three sets, taking an hour and 36 minutes to see off her compatriot. Mircic ...

The Hungarian tennis player, who is ranked 111th by the WTA, will face Turkey's Pemra Ozgen in the second round of the ITF Women's Circuit event. I think Keren played good and it was overall a good first round for me, said Babos. But Im not happy ...

Chanel Simmonds is South Africa's only seeded player at the Soweto Open. Related Stories Johannesburg The draw for the women's tournament was held on Sunday and set up a possible quarterfinal clash between Israel's Julia Glushko and South Africa's ...