Raonic Stops Federer from Reaching the Wimbledon Final Sets up Summit Clash with Murray

Raonic Stops Federer from Reaching the Wimbledon Final Sets up Summit Clash with Murray

 July 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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Roger Federer came very close to beating Milos Raonic in the fourth set. He was just a touching distance away from reaching another final at Wimbledon but Raonic denied him at crunch time. The 7-time Wimbledon champion, however, played marvelous tennis against an inspired opponent. He had beaten Raonic in the 2014 semifinal but it […]

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Kerber Meets Serena in Ladies Final Sania-Hingis Go Out of Wimbledon after Losing in QF

 July 8, 2016   R K Gupta

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Friday at Wimbledon was highlighted by Serena Williams reaching another Grand Slam final and for the 9th time at the All-England Club. It was here in 2015 that the women’s world no.1 player scored her last victory in a Grand Slam tournament. In a one-sided contest, Serena saw off the unseeded Russian Elena Vesnina. To […]

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Roger Federer Climbs Out of a Hole to Hold off Croatia’s Marin Cilic Meets Raonic in Semis

 July 7, 2016   R K Gupta

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Before Roger Federer took on Marin Cilic in his quarterfinal match on Wednesday, the 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 straight sets thrashing that Cilic inflicted on him in 2014 US Open semifinal, would certainly have been playing on his mind. That was also the last time Federer had played against Cilic. Though the Swiss had a 5-1 […]

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Wimbledon 2016- Serena Williams makes it into the Semis

 July 5, 2016   Vishal Pandey

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The Defending Champion put on a powerful performance to defeat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 to progress to the semi-finals at the Wimbledon Championships on Centre Court today.Williams will meet Elena Vesnina, who beat Dominika Cibulkova, in the semi-finals. Williams started the game Poorly making a couple of unforced error but soon […]

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Roger Federer Enters Wimbledon Quarters in the Quest for His 18th Grand Slam Title

 July 5, 2016   R K Gupta

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On day 7 of the All-England Championships, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Serena Williams reached the quarterfinals. Joining them in the last eight were; Milos Raonic, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Sam Querrey, Marin Cilic, Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber, Dominika Cibulkova, Elena Vesnina and veteran American Venus Williams. India’s Sania Mirza also reached the women’s doubles quarterfinal with […]

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Djokovic’s Incredible Run of Success is Halted by Querrey Murray Sails Into Fourth Round

 July 3, 2016   R K Gupta

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In one of the biggest upsets in tennis history, world no.1 Novak Djokovic made a third-round exit at Wimbledon 2016. The defending champion and world no.1 lost to USA’s Sam Querrey in four sets in a match that was interrupted several times because of rain. Djokovic’s loss was a huge shock and the sensational news […]

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Djokovic Down in Deep Ditch Against Sam Query Federer Beats Another Brit at Wimbledon

 July 2, 2016   R K Gupta

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On a rain-drenched Friday at Wimbledon, men and women’s defending champions faced even heavier weather in the matches against their opponents. While Serena Williams managed to extricate herself from a losing position to advance to the third round, Novak Djokovic found himself on the brink of an early extinction from the All England Club. In […]

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Wimbledon 2016: Federer in Third Round but Loser Willis Gets All the Applause

 July 1, 2016   R K Gupta

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It’s not often that Roger Federer plays a tennis match and his opponent gets support from crowd. In his nearly two-decade long tennis career, the Swiss Maestro has acquired a unique universal appeal of taking the audience with him regardless of the venue. On Wednesday however, the 17-time Grand Slam winner played while also watching […]

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Marcus Willis Gives Wimbledon An Underdog To Root For

 June 30, 2016   kridangan

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Marcus Willis is a part-time tennis player who gets paid $60 per hour to coach at a club in the British Midlands. On Wednesday, Willis will play one of the greatest tennis players ever, and the richest one as well at Wimbledon, for a guaranteed check of $100,000. Even though online tennis betting odds are […]

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Indian Tennis as Leander Paes Sania Mirza and Sumit Nagal Win Three Wimbledon Titles

Great Day for Indian Tennis as Leander Paes Sania Mirza and Sumit Nagal Win Three Wimbledon Titles in Last Two Days

 July 13, 2015   R K Gupta

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In an unprecedented achievement, three Indian tennis players brought laurels to the nation with title victories in mixed doubles, women’s doubles and boys’ doubles. After Sania’s title victory in women’s doubles on Saturday, Leander Paes combined with Sania’s partner to score a crushing victory in mixed doubles and Sumit Nagal added the icing to the […]

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