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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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Novak Djokovic Wins Australian Open Title

Novak Djokovic Wins Australian Open Title for the Sixth Time

 February 1, 2016   R K Gupta

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Until January 31, 2016, only man, who ever won 6 Australian Open titles, was the legendary Roy Emerson. On Sunday night, Emerson was joined by Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, who also reached the figure of 6 in defeating Great Britain’s Andy Murray in men’s singles final of 2016 Australian Open. Emerson, who is resident in Gstaad, […]

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DjokerNole captures his 11th Grand Slam title

Djoker Reigns in Melbourne

 January 31, 2016   Joel Fernandes

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A determined Andy Murray could not get past the World no. 1 Novak Djokovic as the latter dominated play to clinch his sixth Australian Open title. It was the fourth time these two were facing each other in Melbourne with Djoker emerging victorious in all four of them. With this win Novak now has 11 […]

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Murray Beats Raonic

Murray Beats Raonic to Set up Title Clash with Novak Djokovic in 2016 Australian Open

 January 30, 2016   R K Gupta

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In a crucial men’s singles semifinal on Friday, Great Britain’s Andy Murray fought hard for five sets against Canada’s Milos Raonic before reaching the final. For the title game on Sunday, Murray will play against Serbia’s world no.1 Novak Djokovic in a repeat of their last year’s final. Against Raonic, the Scot lost the first […]

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At Melbourne Unstoppable Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis Win Third Grand Slam on Trot

 January 30, 2016   R K Gupta

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The Indo-Swiss combination of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis expectedly lifted the women’s doubles crown at the 2016 Australian Open on Friday. The world’s top-ranked tennis duo defeated Czech Republic’s Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in the summit clash and stretched their consecutive match-win figure to 36. Their recent stupendous run couldn’t’ have been climaxed […]

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Humble and Honest Djokovic

A Humble and Honest Djokovic Doesn’t Mind Crowd Adulation for Roger Federer

 January 29, 2016   R K Gupta

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Over the years, Roger Federer has cultivated the crowd support irrespective of where he is playing. From Miami to Melbourne and Beijing to Barcelona, Roger Federer has been the one player, who found the crowd rooting for him everywhere. The 2016 Australian Open was no different. Federer’s fans had expected his Thursday’s semifinal against Novak […]

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Finals at Australian Open

Dominant Play by Djokovic Serena & Kerber Takes Them to Singles Finals at Australian Open

 January 29, 2016   R K Gupta

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Men and women’s defending champions have once again reached the finals of Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Thursday. Joining them is Germany’s Angelique Kerber. Serbia’s 5-time champion Novak Djokovic was awesome against third-seeded Roger Federer as he advanced to his sixth Australian Open final. Six-time Australian Open Champion Serena Williams was no less dominant […]

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Djokovic Federer Semifinal Showdown at Melbourne

Djokovic & Federer Move Up for Semifinal Showdown at Melbourne Serena Beats Sharapova

 January 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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Results of some matches on 8th and 9th day of Australian Open threw up some intriguing tales, expected victories and a few upsets. On Monday, Andy Murray almost didn’t play his fourth round match against Australia’s Bernard Tomic because his father-in-law was hospitalized and he also awaited news from his heavily pregnant wife Kim. But […]

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Serena Sharapova

Serena Sharapova Set up Quarterfinal Showdown Djokovic Stretched Fully by Gilles Simon

 January 25, 2016   R K Gupta

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Women’s defending champion Serena Williams looked in ominous form in her fourth-round match against Russia’s Margarita Gasparyan. The world no.1 lost just three games in crushing Gasparyan in mere 55 minutes. Next up for Serena is the long-time rival Maria Sharapova, who needed to work a bit harder in disposing of the fast-rising Belinda Bencic […]

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Victoria Azarenka

With Promising Performance after Three Rounds Vika Set on Comeback at Melbourne

 January 23, 2016   R K Gupta

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As Victoria Azarenka prepares to play her fourth round match against Czech Republic’s Barbora Strycova for a place in 2016 Australian Open quarterfinals, she gives an impression of regaining her old glory. After the injury-ridden two years, the Belarusian is looking every bit like she did three years ago. She was the world’s no.1 player […]

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