It Is Now Time for Davis Cup Action after Australian Open

It Is Now Time for Davis Cup Action after Australian Open

 February 3, 2017   R K Gupta

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While ATP tour-level matches are individual events, Davis Cup, Fed Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are team events, where participants play for national honor. Davis Cup is the most prestigious men’s annual team event, controlled by International Tennis Federation and all its 130-plus members are eligible for participation. The tournament’s 106th edition got underway […]

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Roger Grand Slam Win

Rollicking Roger Scrapes Past Rafa on Way to His 18th Grand Slam Win

 January 30, 2017   R K Gupta

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About six months back, Roger Federer announced his withdrawal from French Open and after his semifinal loss to Milos Raonic at Wimbledon, he stopped playing altogether. He didn’t go to Rio Olympics and announced he would make a fresh start from the 2017 season. At Australian Open, Federer proved he was completely match-fit by winning […]

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Roger Federer Is Two Match-Wins Away from His 5th Melbourne Title & 18th Grand Slam

Roger Federer Is Two Match-Wins Away from His 5th Melbourne Title & 18th Grand Slam

 January 25, 2017   R K Gupta

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Playing immaculate tennis, big man Roger Federer brushed aside Andy Murray’s conqueror Mischa Zverev to enter the semifinals of 2017 Australian Open. The super Swiss will need to beat another Swiss Stan Wawrinka on Thursday to earn himself a place for the championship game on Sunday. Predictions are hazardous but on his current form, Federer […]

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Roger Federer victories 2017

In Beating Berdych Federer Shows What it takes to be a 17-time Grand Slam Champion

 January 21, 2017   R K Gupta

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In the 2017 Australian Open, Roger Federer’s victories over Jurgen Melzer and Noah Rubin in earlier rounds could not prove his true fitness after a long injury-forced absence from the tennis circuit. The real test came, when the Swiss maestro faced 10th seeded Czech Tomas Berdych in the third round. Berdych is a high quality […]

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Tennis

Barring Simona Halep’s Early Exit Year’s 1st Grand Slam Remains Uneventful on First 3 Days

 January 18, 2017   R K Gupta

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The 105th edition of Australian Open began with women’s fourth-seeded Romanian Simona Halep going out of the reckoning on first day, Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos engaging themselves in tournament history’s second longest match on second day and men’s singles seventh seed Marin Cilic crashing out on the third. While Halep was out […]

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Juan Martin del Potro Could Be the Man To Watch In 2017 Tennis Season

 December 15, 2016   R K Gupta

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Towards the end of 2016 tennis season, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic lost his world no.1 ranking to Great Britain’s Andy Murray. These two are among modern tennis’s Big Four. The other two; the Swiss Roger Federer and Spaniard Rafael Nadal have hit a patchy form in the last couple of seasons. Nadal is now world no.9 […]

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Novak Djokovic and Boris Becker

Novak Djokovic & Boris Becker Agree to Mutually Consented Split after 3 Years

 December 11, 2016   R K Gupta

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Boris Becker and his expressionless face will be missed, the next time Novak Djokovic plays an important tennis match. The talented German constantly headed Djokovic’s coaching team and his three-year association fructified in the Serb winning six Grand Slam tournaments and several other important ATP events. But after a trophy-laden time together, they have parted […]

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Murray Extends His World No.11 Reign with a Clean Victory

World-Tour Finals: Murray Extends His World No.1 Reign with a Clean Victory over Djokovic

 November 21, 2016   R K Gupta

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Finally, Great Britain’s Andy Murray stays as the world’s no.1 tennis player. The 2016 tennis season for Murray began with a fourth final loss to Serbia’s Novak Djokovic at year’s first Grand Slam in Australia. That is still the only Slam that has eluded Murray. In the year’s second Grand Slam at Roland Garros, the […]

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ATP World Tour Finals

It is down to the last match for year-end no.1 in Barclays ATP World Tour finals

 November 20, 2016   R K Gupta

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Just on expected lines, the title game in men’s singles final of 2016 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals has brought two of the world’s best tennis players across each other. The historic result on November 20 will also decide as to who walks off with the honors of the world no.1. While topping the year-end […]

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World-Tour Finals

World-Tour Finals: Djokovic Doing His Best to Snatch the No. 1 Spot Back from Andy Murray

 November 19, 2016   R K Gupta

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The last few months have not been so fortuitous for Novak Djokovic. In 2016 Rio Olympics, he lost in the first round to Argentina’s comeback man Juan Martin del Potro and suffered a performance drop that resulted in Andy Murray replacing him last week as ATP’s top-ranked player in the world. But the fighting Serb […]

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