Juan Martin del Potro Could Be the Man To Watch In 2017 Tennis Season

 December 15, 2016   R K Gupta

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Towards the end of 2016 tennis season, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic lost his world no.1 ranking to Great Britain’s Andy Murray. These two are among modern tennis’s Big Four. The other two; the Swiss Roger Federer and Spaniard Rafael Nadal have hit a patchy form in the last couple of seasons. Nadal is now world no.9 […]

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Del Potro and Delbonis Lead Argentina to a Dramatic Davis Cup Victory Over Croatia

 November 30, 2016   R K Gupta

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After winning the crucial doubles in the 2016 Davis Cup final on Saturday, Croatia led Argentina 2-1 with Sunday’s two reverse singles remaining.  In the first match, when Marin Cilic took a 2 sets lead over Juan Martin del Potro, the Croats were at Argentina’s throats. One more set and the Davis Cup was Croatia’s. […]

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Argentina & Croatia Reach Davis Cup Finals

 September 19, 2016   R K Gupta

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At Glasgow, Andy Murray did his job well by winning the first reverse singles on Sunday to make it 2-2 between Great Britain and Argentina. Now it was the final rubber between Argentina’s Leonardo Mayer and Britain’s Daniel Evans that had to decide the 2016 finalist. Mayer then ensured that Argentina go to the 2016 […]

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Davis Cup Ties at Glasgow and Zadar Are Intriguingly Poised After Saturday’s Doubles

 September 18, 2016   R K Gupta

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Andy Murray and Juan Martin del Potro are the two key figures for their national Davis Cup teams in the ongoing semifinal at Glasgow. Both of them have spent more than 8 hours each on the court over first two days. When the tie is over, one of them will emerge as the hero of […]

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Juan Martin Del Potro Beats Andy Murray to Pay Back for His Rio Olympic Loss to the Brit

 September 18, 2016   R K Gupta

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The first day of 2016 Davis Cup semifinals ended with Great Britain losing both their opening singles matches to Argentina, while France and Croatia shared one win each. Expectedly, the thrill was provided by the grueling opening rubber between Great Britain’s Andy Murray and Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro. The two warriors were locked in […]

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Murray is First Player to Defend the Gold Puig Earns Puerto Rico’s Maiden Olympic Gold

 August 16, 2016   R K Gupta

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No tennis player, man or woman, has ever defended an Olympic gold. In Rio, there were two in line for such an honor. After London Olympic gold medalist Serena Williams made an early third-round exit, Andy Murray was still in the field. In the end, Murray successfully defended the men’s singles gold that he won […]

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Del Potro rallies past Rafael Nadal to enter finals of Rio

 August 14, 2016   Vignesh Aravind

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It has been a dream run for Del Potro at this year’s Olympics in Rio.First it was world no 1 Djokovic and now Rafael Nadal. The Argentine who was a set down came back strongly to clinch the other sets.Now all eyes on him as he takes on this year’s Wimbledon winner Andy Murray. It […]

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