Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic Completes His Best Tennis Year with Victory at Shanghai Masters

 October 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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After he won the China Open for the sixth time in six appearances, Serbian world no.1 Novak Djokovic also claimed the Shanghai Masters crown for his ninth title of the 2015 tennis season. His rival at China Open was the struggling Rafael Nadal and at Shanghai, it was Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. In both finals, Djokovic […]

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Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis

Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis Win Wuhan Open to Claim Their 7th Doubles Title of 2015

 October 4, 2015   R K Gupta

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They have done it again. The Sania Mirza/Martina Hingis Juggernaut refuses to abate. Recently rechristened as Santina, the Indo-Swiss dream team laid its claim on another WTA World Tour title, when the duo registered a straight sets victory over two Romanian women Irina Camelia-Begu and Monica Niculescu. In an emphatic continuance of their magnificent performance […]

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young Martina Hingis

At 35 Swiss Miss Hingis Is Still the Most Active Tennis Star with 20 Grand Slams in Her Kitty

 October 2, 2015   R K Gupta

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On September 30, Martina Hingis celebrated her 35th birthday in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the hometown of China’s former world no.2 Li Na. Li is inarguably the most celebrated star in China’s tennis history and Hingis is in this city along with her women’s doubles partner India’s Sania Mirza to play the Dongfeng Motor […]

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ATP-250 Events

In Last Sunday’s Two ATP-250 Events Tsonga Takes Metz and Raonic Wins at St. Petersburg

 September 30, 2015   R K Gupta

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Two ATP-250 events were concluded last Sunday, September, 27, 2015. In the all-French final at Metz’s Moselle Open, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Gilles Simon to take his 12th ATP World Tour title while Canada’s Milos Raonic defeated Portugal’s Joao Sousa to end his 14-month title drought to win the St. Petersburg Open. For Tsonga, it was the third title […]

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Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis

Sania’s Sixth Success in Six Months with Switzerland’s Hingis as Her Doubles Partner

 September 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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Since they began playing together in March 2015, India’s Sania Mirza and Switzerland’s Martina Hingis have won their sixth WTA title together on Saturday, September 26, 2015. The Indo-Swiss pair defeated China’s Shilin Xu and Xiodi You in the final of the 2015 Guangzhou International Women’s Open tournament in China. The dream-like run of Sania/Hingis […]

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Davis Cup

Japan, Poland, Switzerland and Croatia Book World Group Berths in 2016 Davis Cup

 September 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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Japan bounced back from 1-2 deficit after their doubles rubber to spring a surprise on the charged-up Colombians. The Japanese won both the reverse singles on Sunday and secured the World Group spot for the 2016 season. Likewise, 2014 champions Switzerland also entered the world group after being relegated to play-offs in the current season. […]

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Andy Murray

Andy Murray Does It for Great Britain What Djokovic and Federer Did in 2010 & 2014

 September 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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When Andy Murray defeated Bernard Tomic in the first reverse single rubber at Glasgow on Sunday and took Great Britain into the Davis Cup final, he rekindled the tennis lovers’ memories of 2010 and 2014 season’s finals. In 2010 Serbia defeated France in the final on the strength of Novak Djokovic’s terrific performance and in […]

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Tennis India

India’s Hopes of a World Group Berth Dashed by Bhambri’s Loss in the First Reverse Singles

 September 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the first reverse singles on Sunday, Czech Republic’s Jiri Vesely helped his country regain the World Group berth by defeating India’s Yuki Bhambri. Vesely scored a straight sets win over the Indian and Czech Republic took an unassailable 3-1 lead while it was curtains for India. Although Bhambri played much better than on the […]

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Murray Brothers

Murray Brothers’ Win Take GBR On Verge of Davis Cup Final Argentina Lead Belgium 2-1

 September 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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Andy Murray is leading from front. He was the key man in the quarterfinals against the French and he has reached within one match of the semifinal victory for Great Britain against Australia. British captain Leon Smith changed the pecking order for Saturday’s doubles game by replacing Dominic Inglot with Andy Murray and the brothers […]

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Davis Cup World team india

India Hold Czech Republic to 1-1 Draw On First Day of Davis Cup World Group Play-Off

 September 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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Czech Republic’s Davis Cup squad arrived in Delhi for their world group play-off tie against India. They began well in taking the first singles, in which Lukas Rosol defeated India’s Yuki Bhambri in straight sets. But Somdev Devvarman leveled things up for India by overpowering world no.40 Jiri Vesely also in straight sets. Now Saturday’s […]

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