Tennis

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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Rotterdam Open

Murray, Wawrinka, Berdych, Dimitrov, Raonic & Monfils Grace 42nd Rotterdam Open

 February 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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The prestigious ABN-AMRO Rotterdam Open is an ATP500 event that attracts top tennis stars every year. While this week is also studded with two other ATP250 events at Memphis and Sao Paulo, Rotterdam is the cake-stealer, where tennis fans are watching world no.2 Andy Murray, no.6 Milos Raonic, no.7 Tomas Berdych, no.8 Stan Wawrinka and no.9 […]

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ATP250

Gasquet, Garcia Lopez and Estrella Burgos Win Title Crowns at Montpellier, Zagreb and Quito

 February 9, 2015   R K Gupta

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No top-seeded player could justify his tournament ranking in the World Tour’s three ATP250 matches in France, Croatia and Ecuador, which concluded on Sunday. In two of these venues, the winner was an over-30 player. At Montpellier, fourth seed Richard Gasquet won his third Open Sud de France title, having previously won in 2006 and […]

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After Australian Open Tennis Action Shifts to Europe and Latin America

 February 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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With the Year’s first Grand Slam concluded, the next round of action began in two European cities and at another venue in South America. While many of the top stars have abstained from participation after the grueling two weeks of tennis action at Melbourne, the field is still quite rich at Montpellier, Zagreb and Quito, […]

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Djokovic Beats Murray

Djokovic Beats Murray, Claims Australian Open Title for the Record Fifth Time

 February 2, 2015   R K Gupta

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There was a pattern in this year’s Australian Open men and women’s single finals. Serena was the women’s top seed and so was Djokovic. Both of them won the finals every time they found their berths. She won on six occasions out of six and the Serb won on five out of the five times […]

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Paes Win Mixed Doubles

Hingis/Paes Win Mixed Doubles, Fognini/Bolelli Take Men’s Doubles, Mihalikova Wins Girls’ title and Roman Safiullin is the Boy’s Champion at 2015 Australian Open

 February 1, 2015   R K Gupta

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12 years after he won mixed doubles trophy at Australian Open with Martina Navaratilova, Leander Paes of India has done it again. Only his partner this time was a different Martina. Paes is known for forging new pairings and in Switzerland’s Martina Hingis, he found a perfect combination. In Sunday’s mixed doubles final, Paes and […]

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Djokovic Vs Murray

It’s Djokovic Vs Murray in 2015 Australian Open’s Most Befitting Final on Sunday

 January 31, 2015   R K Gupta

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In nearly two weeks since the Year’s first Grand Slam Tournament began at Melbourne, the most consistent tennis has come from either the top seed Novak Djokovic or the sixth seed Murray. Match after match, they have played with renewed vigor and an unerring focus. Murray displayed that against Berdych on Thursday without getting influenced […]

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Murray

Mesmerizing Murray Mauls Berdych, Storms into Final of 2015 Australian Open

 January 30, 2015   R K Gupta

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Andy Murray had a bad 2014 tennis season in terms of winning tournaments. Late in 2013, he had his back surgery that kept him away from competitions for a while. When he came back in the beginning of 2014, he didn’t do all that bad but failed at times. The 2013 Wimbledon champion didn’t create […]

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Djokovic

Djokovic Supreme, Keys Halts Venus, Serena, Wawrinka Go Through as 10th Day Ends at Australian Open

 January 29, 2015   R K Gupta

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Wednesday started with Madison Keys putting brakes on Venus Williams’ progress at the Australian Open. In a battle of two Americans, the 19-year old Keys got the better of her senior compatriot, 15 years older than her. Later, Serena Williams ended the fantastic run of the diminutive Slovak Dominika Cibulkova in the other quarterfinal. With […]

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Australian Open

Rafa Bludgeoned by Berdych’s Bountiful Brilliance on Day 9 of Australian Open

 January 29, 2015   R K Gupta

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On Tuesday’s most remarkable upset, Rafael Nadal was bounced out of the Australian Open at the Rod Laver Arena, usually regarded as the graveyard of champions. The celebrated Spaniard was facing someone, whom he had beaten in 17 previous meetings but the 18th proved to be his undoing against the seasoned Tomas Berdych. The Czech […]

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