Rajeev Ram

Tennis: Mergea, Bopanna, in the men's doubles semifinals in Halle (ATP)

The pair made up of Romanian tennis player Florin Mergea and Indian Rohan Bopanna has qualified on Thursday for the men's doubles semifinals of the 1,574,640 euro ATP tournament on the grass court of Halle (Germany), after defeating the couple made of Marin Draganja (Croatia)/Henri Kontinen (Finland), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3).

Tennis: Horia Tecau and Jean-Julien Rojer qualify for semifinals of doubles event in Halle

Romanian tennis player Horia Tecau and Dutch Jean-Julien Rojer, seeded 1st, on Wednesday qualified for the semifinals of the doubles event of the grass-court tournament taking place in Halle (Germany), equipped with total prizes worth 1,574,640 euros, after defeating German pair Dustin Brown/Lennard Struff, 6-7(4), 6-1, 10-7.

Jelena Jankovic ousted in 4th round

NEW YORK - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic lest to Belinda Bencic from Switzerland 6(8)-6 6-3 in the 4th round of the US Open on Monday.

That match took two hours and the win made Bancic the second youngest quarterfinalist of in the history of the US Open, behind compatriot Martina Hingis, who was six months younger when she won the tournament back in 1997.