Wimbledon

Canadian Beauty Bouchard to Contest Women’s Singles Final Against Czech Republics’ Kvitova

 July 3, 2014   R K Gupta

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Playing marvelous tennis, Eugenie Bouchard brought historical glory to her nation by becoming the first ever Canadian tennis player to reach a Grand Slam singles final. In the second semifinal on Thursday, Bouchard ended the dreams of Romanian third seed Simona Halep to set up a championship encounter with Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova, who had […]

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Federer

Dimitrov Dazzles, Defeats Murray to Join Djokovic, Federer and Raonic in Semifinals

 July 3, 2014   R K Gupta

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In a disappointingly dipping display at center court, Andy Murray allowed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria to dominate him completely in the quarterfinal on Wednesday. Murray’s downturn in performance was shocking since he had cruised confidently through his earlier four matches. He wouldn’t have regretted the loss so much, if he had maintained his seemingly solid […]

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Wimbledon

Men and Women’s French Open Champions Suffer Shock Defeats at Wimbledon on Tuesday

 July 2, 2014   R K Gupta

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Last month’s championship winners at Roland Garros were bundled out of their fourth round matches at Wimbledon on Tuesday. While Rafael Nadal fell to Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios, who played the biggest match of his tennis career, 2004 champion Maria Sharapova lost to Germany’s ninth seed Angelique Kerber in three sets. In other matches on […]

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Wimbledon QF

Djokovi.c, Murray, Dimitrov & Cilic Enter Wimbledon QF on Monday as Radawanska falls

 July 2, 2014   R K Gupta

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Top seeded Novak Djokovic was perhaps oblivious to the halted actions on other courts as rain played havoc yet again. Playing at the close-roofed Center Court against the 14th seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Djokovic was all business in his straight sets victory. In a rain-interrupted fourth round match Andy Murray defeated Kevin Anderson of South […]

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Serena Swept out Dramatically on a Rain-Soaked Saturday at Wimbledon

 June 30, 2014   R K Gupta

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In a big momentum shift, the formidable Serena Williams withered out in her third-round match against world no. 24 Alize Cornet of France, after easily winning the first set on Saturday at Wimbledon. Then all of a sudden, the top seed began committing one unforced error after another, and the Frenchwoman took full advantage to […]

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Djokovic

Djokovic, Murray Enter Fourth Round But Li Na, Berdych, Fognini Fall on Friday

 June 28, 2014   R K Gupta

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Top-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic had an easy passage into the fourth round, overcoming Frenchman Gilles Simon. In nearly the same fashion, defending champion Andy Murray did not have to work too hard in his third round match against Roberto Bautista Agut. The biggest upset on day 5 was caused by Czech Republic’s Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova, who […]

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Nadal

Nadal, Federer, Wawrinka, Serena, Sharapova Go Through But Richard Gasquet Falls on Day 4

 June 28, 2014   R K Gupta

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Rafa Nadal needed to prove that his loss to Lukas Rosol, two years ago, in the same second round match was just a one-off thing. But Rafa began by losing the first set to allow some satisfaction to Rosol, before wrapping up the match and completing his revenge. Roger Federer went through the necessary motions […]

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Wimbledon

Ferrer, Gulbis, Youzhny and Azarenka Bounced Out of Wimbledon on Day 3

 June 26, 2014   R K Gupta

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In a major upset on Wednesday, 7th seeded Spaniard David Ferrer was shocked by Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia in a grueling five-set second round match. In other upsets of the day, men’s 12th seeded Latvian Ernests Gulbis, 17th seeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny and women’s 8th seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus also bowed out of the […]

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Wimbledon

Nadal drops a set, Tsonga survives and other top stars go through on day 2 at Wimbledon

 June 25, 2014   R K Gupta

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After three men and three women seeded players fell on day 1, it was the turn of three other gentlemen and six more women seeded players exiting in the first round on Tuesday. Barring this breed of first round losers, most men and women top stars stayed on course. World no.1 and second-seed Rafael Nadal […]

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Andy Murray

Of Andy Murray Mauresmo and the Briton’s Quest for another title as Wimbledon Gets Underway

 June 24, 2014   R K Gupta

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Undeterred by the divided attention of sports enthusiasts in the wake of FIFA World Cup in Brazil, year’s third Grand Slam, and inarguably the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world, began near London on Monday. Ivan Lendl famously said once that he would willingly trade all his championship trophies for just one Wimbledon crown. […]

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