In Beating Berdych Federer Shows What it takes to be a 17-time Grand Slam Champion
January 21, 2017 R K Gupta
ATP, Australian Open, Roger Federer, Tennis, Tomas BerdychIn the 2017 Australian Open, Roger Federer’s victories over Jurgen Melzer and Noah Rubin in earlier rounds could not prove his true fitness after a long injury-forced absence from the tennis circuit. The real test came, when the Swiss maestro faced 10th seeded Czech Tomas Berdych in the third round. Berdych is a high quality […]
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Sensational Istomin Shocks Djokovic in 2nd Round on Fourth Day of 2017 Australian Open
January 20, 2017 R K Gupta
Australian Open, Denis Istomin, Istomin Shocks Djokovic, Novak Djokovic, TennisIn one of the least expected men’s singles second round results, Uzbekistani wild-card and world no.117 Denis Istomin caused a huge flutter by knocking out defending champion and world no.2 Novak Djokovic of Serbia. The six-time Australian Open champion Djokovic always reached at least the quarterfinals since 2007. Besides the Australian Open, this was also […]
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Barring Simona Halep’s Early Exit Year’s 1st Grand Slam Remains Uneventful on First 3 Days
January 18, 2017 R K Gupta
ATP, Australian Open, Simona Halep, Tennis, WTAThe 105th edition of Australian Open began with women’s fourth-seeded Romanian Simona Halep going out of the reckoning on first day, Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos engaging themselves in tournament history’s second longest match on second day and men’s singles seventh seed Marin Cilic crashing out on the third. While Halep was out […]
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Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova Lose in the Final of Sydney’s 2017 Apia International
January 15, 2017 R K Gupta
TennisAfter winning Brisbane’s season opener with Bethanie Mattek-Sands last week, Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Barbora Strycova lost in the final of Apia International tennis tournament at Sydney. The Indo-Czech pair lost to unseeded Timea Babos of Hungary and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia. Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller won the men’s crown by beating Great Britain’s […]
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Novak Djokovic Avenges His World-Tour Finals Loss by Beating Andy Murray in Qatar Open
January 10, 2017 R K Gupta
TennisIt was only appropriate that world’s top two stars in men’s tennis played against each other in the first major final of the New Season. And true to expectations, they played electrifying tennis to gladden the hearts of their global fans. Since the Rogers Cup in July 2016, Novak Djokovic had failed to win any […]
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Richard Gasquet and Kristina Mladenovic Win 2017 Hopman Cup for France
January 8, 2017 R K Gupta
2017 Hopman Cup, TennisFor the second time in Hopman Cup’s short history, France have won the champions honors after they powered their way past USA to win the mixed team event on Saturday. Both French players exhibited tenacity through their matches and reached the final by defeating Switzerland in their last round-robin match on Friday. While Kristina Mladenovic […]
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Sania Mattek-Sands Begin Their Reunion by Winning at 2017 Brisbane International
January 7, 2017 R K Gupta
2017 Brisbane International, Indian Sport News, Sania Mirza, Tennis, WTAThe born-again women’s doubles team of India’s Sania Mirza and USA’s Bethanie Mattek-Sands made a great start together in the New Year. The top-seeded Indo-US pair won the women’s doubles crown at 2017 Brisbane International Tournament by defeating second-seeded Russians Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina in straight sets in Saturday’s final. In women’s singles final, Czech Republic’s […]
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USA Already in Final but Their Opponent on Saturday Will Either be Switzerland or France
January 6, 2017 R K Gupta
2017 Hopman Cup, TennisLast year’s champions Australians Nick Kyrgios and Daria Gavrilova have already found the exit route from 2017 Mastercard Hopman Cup at Perth. In their last Group B match against USA, they lost 1-2 to finish last. Americans Jack Sock and CoCo Vandeweghe have had a great run and they have made it to the final […]
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The 100-Plus Year-Legacy of Indian Tennis
January 5, 2017 R K Gupta
Indian Tennis, TennisA similar article appeared in Kridangan in September 2013 and this one is an updated version for interested readers. Like many other sports, tennis was another gift to the world from British. Army officers and civilians in India played tennis as pastime. Soon, there were competitive tournaments for wider participation. But most such tournaments were […]
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Federer Leads Superiority of Experience Over Youth on First Two Days of 2017 Hopman Cup
January 3, 2017 R K Gupta
2017 Hopman Cup, TennisThe second day of the 2017 Hopman Cup was more eagerly awaited than the first. The global tennis fans wanted to see the comeback of Swiss Maestro Roger Federer, when his team played against Great Britain. True to his famous command on the game, Federer began his match against Britain’s Dan Evans with an ace. […]
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| # | Player | Point |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor AXELSEN | 72,500 |
| 2 | PRANNOY H. S. | 66,730 |
| 3 | CHOU Tien Chen | 61,240 |
| 4 | Jonatan CHRISTIE | 61,110 |
| 5 | Kodai NARAOKA | 55,370 |