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Its Thiem Vs. Sousa at Umag Robredo Vs. Paire at Bastad & Tomic Vs. Mannarino at Bogota for Title Games

 July 26, 2015   R K Gupta

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Fourth seed Dominic Thiem of Austria will take on Portugal’s Joao Sousa in the final of the Kozum Croatia Open Umag. In their semifinal matches on Saturday, Thiem defeated top-seed Gael Monfils of France in three sets while Sousa became the first player from Portugal to play for the title at Umag after a three […]

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Monfils Enters SF at Umag, Cuevas on Course at Bastad and Tomic Looks Good at Bogota

 July 25, 2015   R K Gupta

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There weren’t many surprises in Friday’s quarterfinal matches at the Croatia Open at Umag, Swedish Open at Bastad and Claro Open in Bogota. At Umag, Top-seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils rallied through to the semifinals after losing the first set and being down a break in the second against Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber. Monfils’ next opponent will […]

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ATP-250 Events

Upcoming Tennis Stars Shine in ATP-250 Events at Croatia Sweden and Colombia

 July 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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In three ongoing ATP-250 tournaments in Konzum Croatia Open at Umag, SkiStar Swedish Open at Bastad and Colombia’s Claro Open at Bogota, young guns Austria’s Dominic Thiem, Croatia’s Borna Coric and Australia’s Bernard Tomic made their presence felt amongst the established players. While Thiem and Coric reached the quarterfinals at Umag, Tomic did the same […]

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India Drawn to Play The Czech Republic in World Group Play-off at Home in September

 July 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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The World Group play-off Draw was held on Tuesday July 21, 2015 at ITF headquarters in London as per which India face the Czech Republic, one of the toughest teams among the seeded nations. Switzerland and Czech Republic are the strongest Davis Cup sides, who, between them, have held the Davis Cup title since 2012. […]

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Rajeev Ram & Marray/Qureshi Take ATP-250 Singles and Doubles Titles at Newport

 July 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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The beauty of Newport’s ATP-250 event is mired in tennis history. Not many people know that the first US National Lawn Tennis Championship was played at Newport, Rhode Island in 1881. Later, the legendary grass courts took the shape of the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum and the tournament itself evolved into the […]

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India Beat New Zealand in Asia/Oceania Group Second Round to Enter World Group Play-offs

 July 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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In what should be regarded as a commendable achievement, India’s low-ranked ATP players pulled of a close 3-2 win against host New Zealand at Christchurch. It didn’t look good on Friday, when India’s no.1 player Somdev Devvarman lost the opener in five sets to Michael Venus, who is ranked no. 548 in the world to […]

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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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Australia In Davis Cup

Lleyton Hewitt Finishes a Miraculous Turnaround to take Australia in Davis Cup Semifinals

 July 19, 2015   R K Gupta

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In one of his greatest performances ever, Lleyton Hewitt ensured Australia’s victory over Kazakhstan after the hosts trailed 0-2 on the first day. On Saturday, Hewitt combined with Sam Groth ro win the doubles rubber and blew a new life in the Davis Cup tie. On Sunday, after Groth accounted for Mikhail Kukushkin, the tie […]

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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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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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