Davis Cup Quarters

Clash of the titans in Davis Cup Quarters

 March 8, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray spent almost 10 hours on court between them on Sunday as they steered Serbia and Great Britain into a blockbuster Davis Cup Quarter Final showdown. World number one Djokovic needed four hours and 57 minutes to defeat Mikhail Kukushin 6-7(6/8),7-6(7/3),4-6,6-3,6-2 to pull Serbia level at 2-2 with Kazakhstan in Belgrade. […]

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Top ATP Action

Top ATP Action of last week

 March 4, 2016   R K Gupta

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In last week’s ATP action, Stan Wawrinka clinched the title in Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships by defeating Cyprus’ old hand Marcos Baghdatis; Dominic Thiem of Austria won his first hard-court title by defeating Australia’s Bernard Tomic in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco while at Sao Paulo, Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas successfully defended his Brasil Open with […]

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Top-Seeded Champions

Top-Seeded Champions Suffer Breaks in Their Winning Streaks in the Arabian Desert

 February 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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In a coincidental quirk of fate, three tennis champions suffered a break in their celebrated winning streaks at nearly the same time on Friday. The first was men’s world no.1 Novak Djokovic, who ended his run of 17 consecutive finals at Dubai Duty-Free Tournament, after he retired during his quarterfinal against Spain’s Feliciano Lopez. A […]

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Thiem Klizan & Nishikori Clinch ATP World Tour Titles at Buenos Aires Rotterdam & Memphis

 February 16, 2016   R K Gupta

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Austria’s Dominic Thiem is the youngest Top-20 player in Emirates ATP world rankings. However, that didn’t deter him from winning his fourth ATP World Tour Title in the Argentina Open at Buenos Aires on Sunday by defeating Spain’s Nicolas Almagro. At Rotterdam, it was Slovakia’s Martin Klizan, who hung on to beat Frenchman Gael Monfils […]

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Estrella Burgo Retains Quito Gasquet Wins Montpellier & Bautista Agut Takes Sofia Roger Federer to Miss Rotterdam and Dubai Opens due to Knee Surgery

 February 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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The tennis week immediately following 2016 Australian Open saw three ATP 250 events at Quito, Ecuador; Montpellier, France and Sofia, Bulgaria. History was made at Quito, where Dominican Republic’s Victor Estrella Burgos joined Stan Wawrinka in a select club with a comeback win. Besides Wawrinka, who retained his Chennai Open title, Burgos is the only other […]

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Novak Djokovic Wins Australian Open Title

Novak Djokovic Wins Australian Open Title for the Sixth Time

 February 1, 2016   R K Gupta

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Until January 31, 2016, only man, who ever won 6 Australian Open titles, was the legendary Roy Emerson. On Sunday night, Emerson was joined by Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, who also reached the figure of 6 in defeating Great Britain’s Andy Murray in men’s singles final of 2016 Australian Open. Emerson, who is resident in Gstaad, […]

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DjokerNole captures his 11th Grand Slam title

Djoker Reigns in Melbourne

 January 31, 2016   Joel Fernandes

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A determined Andy Murray could not get past the World no. 1 Novak Djokovic as the latter dominated play to clinch his sixth Australian Open title. It was the fourth time these two were facing each other in Melbourne with Djoker emerging victorious in all four of them. With this win Novak now has 11 […]

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Angelique Kerber

Serena Shocked as Angelique Kerber Becomes the New Australian Open Women’s Champion

 January 31, 2016   R K Gupta

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In two utterly contrasting passages to women’s singles final, the underdog had the last word over a clear favorite. This author had written earlier that Belarusian Victoria Azarenka looked in the champion’s mould this year but she needed to first get across through Angelique Kerber. Vika failed and Kerber not only won but went all […]

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Murray Beats Raonic

Murray Beats Raonic to Set up Title Clash with Novak Djokovic in 2016 Australian Open

 January 30, 2016   R K Gupta

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In a crucial men’s singles semifinal on Friday, Great Britain’s Andy Murray fought hard for five sets against Canada’s Milos Raonic before reaching the final. For the title game on Sunday, Murray will play against Serbia’s world no.1 Novak Djokovic in a repeat of their last year’s final. Against Raonic, the Scot lost the first […]

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At Melbourne Unstoppable Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis Win Third Grand Slam on Trot

 January 30, 2016   R K Gupta

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The Indo-Swiss combination of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis expectedly lifted the women’s doubles crown at the 2016 Australian Open on Friday. The world’s top-ranked tennis duo defeated Czech Republic’s Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in the summit clash and stretched their consecutive match-win figure to 36. Their recent stupendous run couldn’t’ have been climaxed […]

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