Rogers Cup Nadal match

In Montreal Murray Nadal Nishikori Adavance But Berdych & Cilic Lose While Kvitova and Wozniacki Fall in Toronto

 August 13, 2015   R K Gupta

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In Rogers Cup second round matches on Wednesday, no.2 seed Andy Murray of Great Britain defeated Spanish veteran Tommy Robredo, no.7 seed Rafael Nadal of Spain triumphed against Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky and no.4 seed Japan’s Kei Nishikori beat Spain’s Pablo Andujar. But there were heartbreaks for no.5 seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic and […]

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Andy Murray

As Andy Murray Falls In Washington Dominic Thiem Eyes 3rd ATP Title on Trot at Kitzbuhel

 August 6, 2015   R K Gupta

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World no.3 and Citi Open top seed Andy Murray suffered a defeat in his first match on hard court against Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili. Murray had been having a good outing in the current season and that included a heroic performance in the world group Davis Cup play-off match against France. Riding on Murray’s fine show, […]

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Andy Murray

Andy Murray Beats Gilles Simon to Emerge a Hero in Guiding Britain to Davis Cup Semifinals

 July 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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What Lleyton Hewitt did for Australia at Darwin, Andy Murray has done for Great Britain in London. In the first reverse singles rubber on Sunday, Murray had a tough opponent in Gilles Simon and he trailed early on, but in the end, he composed himself and defeated the Frenchman in four sets to give Britain […]

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Davis Cup World Group QF Argentina

Argentina Belgium Through to Semis As Britain Take 2-1 Lead in Davis Cup World Group QF

 July 19, 2015   R K Gupta

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It was a great Saturday for home teams in doubles matches at Buenos Aires, Middelkerke and London. Argentina’s doubles team of Carlos Berlocq and Leonardo Mayer played inspired tennis to defeat Serbia’s Nenad Zimonjic and Viktor Troicki to enter the semifinals. For a place in the final, they will clash with Belgium, who were the […]

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Davis Cup QFs england

Day One of Davis Cup QFs: Argentina Belgium Take 2-0 Lead; England & France Locked at 1-1

 July 18, 2015   R K Gupta

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On Day One of Davis Cup World Group quarterfinal matches; Argentina defeated Serbia and Belgium beat Canada in the two singles rubbers to take an identical 2-0 lead but England and France were locked 1-1 after sharing the first-day honors. As already reported on these pages, Australia is in trouble even after the second doubles […]

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Federer in Wimbledon

Richard Gasquet Joins Djokovic Federer and Murray in Wimbledon Semifinals

 July 9, 2015   R K Gupta

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Just when everyone thought that men’s top four seeds were slated to reach the semifinals of Wimbledon 2015 and justify the faith reposed in them by tournament organizers, Richard Gasquet tipped the applecart. The Frenchman held on tenaciously against the no.4 seeded Stan Wawrinka and forced the decider in their thrilling quarterfinal encounter. With no […]

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Wimbledon 2015

Wimbledon 2015: Murray Beats Karlovic Fedrerer Serena Sharapova Move up Berdych Loses

 July 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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In two men’s singles matches played on Monday, big-serving gentlemen from Croatia and South Africa created huge scare for British favorite Andy Murray and defending champion Novak Djokovic. While Murray overcame the challenge from Ivo Karlovic of Croatia, Kevin Anderson of South Africa is not done yet. In the earlier match played at the Center […]

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Wimbledon 2015 Petra Kvitova

Petra Kvitova Crashes out on Day 6 at Wimbledon 2015 Murray Federer Reach Fourth Round

 July 5, 2015   R K Gupta

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Czech Republic’s 2014 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was shocked by ex-world no.1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia. Kvitova fell to a three-set defeat as Jankovic powered her way in the second and third sets. The giant killing acts of Nadal’s conqueror, Dustin Brown and British wild card James Ward finished with their third round defeats. However, […]

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2015 Wimbledon

2015 Wimbledon Day 2: Murray, Kvitova Enter Second Round, Simona Halep Exits Early

 July 1, 2015   R K Gupta

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Much to the delight of the center court crowd on Tuesday, Britain’s Andy Murray made a great start to his Wimbledon campaign by winning against Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin in straight sets. Playing in hot afternoon sun with mercury touching 410 C, Murray fought for over 2 hours with the Kazakh before cruising through to the […]

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Federer Wins Record 8th Title

Murray Emerges as 4th Time King at Queen’s While Federer Wins Record 8th Title at Halle

 June 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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The two men from Modern Tennis’ long-standing Big-Four, scored signature victories at two European venues, almost 1000 km apart from each other. Great Britain’s Andy Murray had a more difficult task in London than Roger Federer in Halle as Murray was merely a semi-finalist on Sunday morning. The Scot was locked 3-3 with Serbia’s Viktor […]

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