Nadal Plays Fognini

Title Games: Nadal Plays Fognini at Hamburg, Isner Meets Baghdatis in Atlanta & Goffin Faces Thiem at Gstaad

 August 2, 2015   R K Gupta

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All three men’s singles top seeds reached the finals of the ongoing ATP events at Hamburg, Atlanta and Gstaad. Rafael Nadal faced no difficulty in seeing off Andreas Seppi of Italy in Hamburg’s semifinal and now takes on another Italian Fabio Fognini for the title. In Atlanta, two-time defending champion John Isner fought hard against […]

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Rafael Nadal Advances at Hamburg

Rafael Nadal Advances at Hamburg Fish/Roddick Await for Next Match at Atlanta and All Top Seeds Reach QFs at Gstaad

 July 31, 2015   R K Gupta

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Rafael Nadal’s quest of regaining old prominence went one notch up with his second round victory over Czech Republic’s Jiri Vesely on Thursday. The big man, however, toiled for it and now faces Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas for a place in the semifinals. In Atlanta, two-time champion John Isner defeated Radek Stepanek in two tiebreaks and […]

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Rafael Nadal

Bautista Agut Falls at Hamburg Fish Roddick Win Doubles 1st Round in Atlanta and Andujar Enters QF at Gstaad

 July 30, 2015   R K Gupta

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Frenchman Benoit Paire defeated Spanish veteran and no.2 seed Tommy Robredo for the second time in four days. After shattering Robredo’s third Bastaad title dreams last Sunday, Paire beat Robredo once again in the second round at Hamburg. Once again Robredo began well but Paire rallied to win the next two sets and entered the […]

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ATP Action

With Top Tennis Stars in Vacation Mood ATP Action Continues In Hamburg Atlanta & Gstaad

 July 29, 2015   R K Gupta

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Just after Wimbledon, top stars usually pull themselves away from the rigors of professional tennis. Last year, Novak Djokovic scheduled his marriage in the week following his Wimbledon victory and a few days ago, he was seen sitting with spectators to watch the final at Umag’s Konzum Croatia Open. Most top players enjoy the break […]

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ATP-250 Events

Upcoming Tennis Stars Shine in ATP-250 Events at Croatia Sweden and Colombia

 July 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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In three ongoing ATP-250 tournaments in Konzum Croatia Open at Umag, SkiStar Swedish Open at Bastad and Colombia’s Claro Open at Bogota, young guns Austria’s Dominic Thiem, Croatia’s Borna Coric and Australia’s Bernard Tomic made their presence felt amongst the established players. While Thiem and Coric reached the quarterfinals at Umag, Tomic did the same […]

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Marray-Qureshi Take ATP-250

Rajeev Ram & Marray/Qureshi Take ATP-250 Singles and Doubles Titles at Newport

 July 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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The beauty of Newport’s ATP-250 event is mired in tennis history. Not many people know that the first US National Lawn Tennis Championship was played at Newport, Rhode Island in 1881. Later, the legendary grass courts took the shape of the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum and the tournament itself evolved into the […]

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Mutual Madrid murray

Murray Never Had it so Good! Stuns Clay-Court Ace Nadal to Win Mutual Madrid!!

 May 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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It was a bit like waiting for the bus. For eternity, you wait for one and then two come along one after another. Andy Murray waited 10 years for a single clay-court title and he ended up winning two in a weeks’ time. Last week, Murray and Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber played three sets in the […]

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Petra Kvitova

Kvitova Supreme at Mutua Madrid, Murray to Clash with Nadal for Men’s Crown

 May 10, 2015   R K Gupta

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Playing brilliant tennis over two days, Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova was crowned as the women’s champion of 2015 Mutua Madrid Open. This was the Czech’s second title after she also won the tournament in 2011. In Saturday’s final, it was literally a cake walk for Kvitova, who disposed of Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 6-2 in […]

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Nick Kyrgios

Stubborn Kyrgios Knocks Out Federer at Mutua Madrid but Loses his way against John Isner, Murray, Nadal, Nishikori on Course and Serena Enters Semifinals

 May 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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After the Australian Nick Kyrgios showed the door to top seed Roger Federer in the second round, the young gun fell to the big-serving American John Isner in his next match in the Mutua Madrid Open. The hard-fought match with Federer probably brought fatigue, which Kyrgios probably couldn’t overcome against Isner. Elsewhere in the men’s […]

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Murray Takes Munich

Federer Wins Istanbul, Murray Takes Munich & Gasquet Tops at Estoril

 May 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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Last week’s three ATP 250 tournaments threw up predictable results. World no.2 and top seed Roger Federer won the inaugural TEB BNP Paribas Open at Istanbul. But the Swiss didn’t have a cake-walk. In his semifinal against Diego Schwartzman of Argentina, Federer had dropped the first set before taking the next two. In the final, […]

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