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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Sensational Istomin Shocks Djokovic in 2nd Round on Fourth Day of 2017 Australian Open

 January 20, 2017   R K Gupta

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In one of the least expected men’s singles second round results, Uzbekistani wild-card and world no.117 Denis Istomin caused a huge flutter by knocking out defending champion and world no.2 Novak Djokovic of Serbia. The six-time Australian Open champion Djokovic always reached at least the quarterfinals since 2007. Besides the Australian Open, this was also […]

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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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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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Angelique Kerber

Serena Shocked as Angelique Kerber Becomes the New Australian Open Women’s Champion

 January 31, 2016   R K Gupta

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In two utterly contrasting passages to women’s singles final, the underdog had the last word over a clear favorite. This author had written earlier that Belarusian Victoria Azarenka looked in the champion’s mould this year but she needed to first get across through Angelique Kerber. Vika failed and Kerber not only won but went all […]

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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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