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Estrella Burgo Retains Quito Gasquet Wins Montpellier & Bautista Agut Takes Sofia Roger Federer to Miss Rotterdam and Dubai Opens due to Knee Surgery

 February 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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The tennis week immediately following 2016 Australian Open saw three ATP 250 events at Quito, Ecuador; Montpellier, France and Sofia, Bulgaria. History was made at Quito, where Dominican Republic’s Victor Estrella Burgos joined Stan Wawrinka in a select club with a comeback win. Besides Wawrinka, who retained his Chennai Open title, Burgos is the only other […]

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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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Murray Beats Djokovic

Murray Beats Djokovic in Montreal Bryans Win Another Title and Bencic Takes Toronto

 August 17, 2015   R K Gupta

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Sunday proved a lucky day for Great Britain’s Andy Murray as he prevented world no.1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia from adding another Masters’ victory to the chest of his tennis titles. It was the first time since the 2013 Wimbledon final that Murray won against Djokovic. Murray’s career head-to-head count against the Serbian now stands […]

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Rogers Cup Final

Djokovic Murray to Clash in Rogers Cup Final Serena Shocked by Swiss Teenager Bencic

 August 17, 2015   R K Gupta

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Proceedings at Montreal and Toronto are down to the last day with all final matches are scheduled in the afternoon. At Montreal, it will be a Battle Royale between two top seeds Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, who defeated their rivals without any difficulty. While Djokovic ended the amazing run of Jeremy Chardy, Murray ousted […]

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Nishikori Takes Washington Singles

Nishikori Takes Washington Singles While Bryans Win Make It 108 Titles Together

 August 10, 2015   R K Gupta

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After he got his revenge for his 2014 US Open final loss to Croat Marin Cilic on Saturday, Japan’s Kei Nishikori had another encounter for the title match with USA’s John Isner on Sunday. Against the big-serving American, Nishikori had to remain focused on return of serves. Nishikori lost the first set but came back […]

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Nishikori Faces Isner for Washington Title Kohlschreiber Wins Generali Open at Kitzbuhel

 August 10, 2015   R K Gupta

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For Japan’s Kei Nishikori, it was a revenge of his 2014 US Open loss to Marin Cilic as he beat the Croat in the semifinal of the Citi Open in Washington DC to set up the title clash with US star John Isner. In an all-American semifinal with compatriot Steve Johnson, Isner saved two match […]

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Washington Final To Have at Least One American But Thiem Exits Kitzbuhel’s Generali Open

 August 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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With John Isner and Steve Johnson having set up an all-American semifinal clash, this year’s Citi Open final will feature one American on Sunday. Whoever he is; the American will have to beat either Japan’s Kei Nishikori or Croatia’s Marin Cilic to etch his name on the 2015 trophy. Isner was meeting Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis […]

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Nishikori and Three Americans In Citi Open QFs Dominic Thiem in Semis of Generali Open

 August 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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Japanese tennis star Kei Nishikori overcame the rustiness he showed in his first match against Australian Duckworth and defeated Argentina’s Leonardo Mayer to enter the quarterfinals of the Citi Open in Washington. He was joined by a trio of American players in the round-of-eight. John Isner defeated Canada’s no.12 seed Vasek Pospisil; Steve Johnson upset no.6 […]

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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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Nishikori Survives in Citi Open as Wild-Card Dennis Novak Beats Aljaz Bedene in Kitzbuhel

 August 5, 2015   R K Gupta

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This tennis week features an ATP 500 event in Washington DC and an ATP250 tournament in Kitzbuhel, Austria. Washington’s Citi Open, being played at Rock Creek Park, is one of the 13 ATP Tour 500 tournaments and this year it has world’s two top 5 players in Andy Murray and Kei Nishikori. While Murray is […]

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