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Federer to Clash with Seppi for 8th Title at Halle But Rain Plays Spoilsport at Queen’s Club

 June 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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Roger Federer is just one match away from what could be a record eighth title for him at the 2015 Gerry Weber Open in Halle. Facing him in the final on Sunday will be Andreas Seppi of Italy, who had shocked him in this year’s Australian Open. Later, however, Federer had taken his revenge on […]

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Federer Inches One Step Closer to 8th Title at Halle, Murray Equally Close for 4th in London

 June 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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On Friday, Roger Federer defeated Germany’s Florian Mayer to enter the semifinal of the Gary Weber Open at Halle in Germany. He will now take on Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic, whose barrage of 45 aces sunk Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych in the other quarterfinal. If Federer wins at Halle, it will be the eighth time that […]

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Andy Murray

Murray, Muller, Monfils and Nishikori Continue the Grass Swing at Queen’s and Halle

 June 19, 2015   R K Gupta

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Andy Murray defeated Spain’s Fernando Verdasco to remain in contention for his fourth title at the prestigious Queen’s Club in London. However, the top-seeded Scot had to fight hard against world no.42 Verdasco in his second round match on Thursday before notching up a straight sets victory. Murray will now take on Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller, […]

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Nadal at Halle

Federer into Halle QF As Nadal, Wawrinka Crash Out of Queen’s Club, Murray Advances

 June 18, 2015   R K Gupta

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After the first round scare against Germany’s Philippe Kohlschreiber, Roger Federer moved into the quarterfinals of the Gerry Weber Open at Halle with a straight sets victory over Ernests Gulbis of Latvia. In London, however, Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka were trounced out of the prestigious Aegon Championships at the Queen’s Club, while world no.3 […]

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French Open Day 11: Djokovic Dethrones King-of-Clay, Serena, Murray, Bacsinszky Enter Semifinals

 June 4, 2015   R K Gupta

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On 11th day of the French Open, 9-time Rafael Nadal lost his second match in 11 years. On the clay courts of Roland Garros, where the Spaniard played like a king for years, it required the force of world’s best tennis player to end the emperor’s superb reign. Djokovic, who has won all over the […]

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Murray Never Had it so Good! Stuns Clay-Court Ace Nadal to Win Mutual Madrid!!

 May 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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It was a bit like waiting for the bus. For eternity, you wait for one and then two come along one after another. Andy Murray waited 10 years for a single clay-court title and he ended up winning two in a weeks’ time. Last week, Murray and Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber played three sets in the […]

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Murray Takes Munich

Federer Wins Istanbul, Murray Takes Munich & Gasquet Tops at Estoril

 May 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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Last week’s three ATP 250 tournaments threw up predictable results. World no.2 and top seed Roger Federer won the inaugural TEB BNP Paribas Open at Istanbul. But the Swiss didn’t have a cake-walk. In his semifinal against Diego Schwartzman of Argentina, Federer had dropped the first set before taking the next two. In the final, […]

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QF Entrants: Grigor Through in Istanbul, Murray in Munich and Garcia-Lopez & Borna Coric in Estoril

 May 1, 2015   R K Gupta

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World no.11 Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria booked his quarterfinal spot in the inaugural TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open by defeating Kazakhstan’s Andrey Golubev. Others who completed the QF line-up on Thursday include; Ivan Dodig of Croatia, Pablo Cuevas of Argentina and Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil. In the BMW Open in Munich, Andy Murray of Great […]

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Miami Masters Women

In Miami Masters Women’s Semis, Serena Plays Halep; Petkovic Takes on Navarro, Murray Meets Berdych in Men’s SF

 April 2, 2015   R K Gupta

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Only the other day, Andy Murray made a big media splash by recording 500 wins in his ATP career and just a day after, Serena Williams also reached a similar milestone. The only difference was that it was victory no. 700 in WTA tournaments for the celebrated American, when she punched her semifinal ticket by […]

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Simon Upsets Murray at Rotterdam, Joins Berdych, Raonic & Wawrinka in Semis

 February 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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Andy Murray couldn’t sustain his 12-0 Head-to-Head winning record against Gilles Simon as he lost his quarterfinal match tamely against the Frenchman in two sets. The Scot committed an unusually large number of unforced errors and paid the price in the end. But full credit must be given to eighth-seeded Simon, who continued his good […]

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