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India Hold Czech Republic to 1-1 Draw On First Day of Davis Cup World Group Play-Off

 September 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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Czech Republic’s Davis Cup squad arrived in Delhi for their world group play-off tie against India. They began well in taking the first singles, in which Lukas Rosol defeated India’s Yuki Bhambri in straight sets. But Somdev Devvarman leveled things up for India by overpowering world no.40 Jiri Vesely also in straight sets. Now Saturday’s […]

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Leander Paes of India Wins Third Grand Slam of the Calendar Year with Swiss Martina Hingis

 September 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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On a day that Serena Williams lost her chance to achieve a calendar Grand Slam, she still had three titles in 2015. Only India’s Leander Paes and Switzerland’s Martina Hingis could match Serena Williams with three titles; the Australian Open, the Wimbledon and now the US Open. The Paes/Hingis team also emerged as the first […]

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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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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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Indian Tennis as Leander Paes Sania Mirza and Sumit Nagal Win Three Wimbledon Titles

Great Day for Indian Tennis as Leander Paes Sania Mirza and Sumit Nagal Win Three Wimbledon Titles in Last Two Days

 July 13, 2015   R K Gupta

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In an unprecedented achievement, three Indian tennis players brought laurels to the nation with title victories in mixed doubles, women’s doubles and boys’ doubles. After Sania’s title victory in women’s doubles on Saturday, Leander Paes combined with Sania’s partner to score a crushing victory in mixed doubles and Sumit Nagal added the icing to the […]

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Sania Mirza Becomes First Indian Woman to Win Wimbledon

Sania Mirza Becomes First Indian Woman to Win Wimbledon Trophy in Ladies Doubles

 July 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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In a dream-like performance in closing stages of the match, Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza snatched a thrilling victory from the jaws of defeat. In a remarkable turnaround, the top seeded women’s pair clawed back from 2-5 in the decider to win five straight games and stun the powerful Russian team of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena […]

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One Swiss Miss Takes Two Indians into Doubles Finals in 2015 Wimbledon on Friday

 July 11, 2015   R K Gupta

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July 10, 2015 was a happy day for Indian tennis lovers as Sania Mirza and Leander Paes both cruised into the doubles finals. But to a large extent, the credit rests with their common partner Martina Hingis of Switzerland. In her new reincarnation, Hingis has acquired the expertise of champion doubles player 20 years after […]

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Mixed Fortunes for Indians in Doubles as Bopanna and Sania Lose but Paes Goes Through on Day 10 at Wimbledon

 July 10, 2015   R K Gupta

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After their famous victory over Bob and Mike Bryan in the quarterfinals, India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Romanian partner Florin Mergea lost the men’s doubles semifinal against Holland’s Jean-Julien Rojer and Romania’s Horia Tecau. The same fate beckoned Sania Mirza, who also lost in the mixed doubles quarterfinals with her partner Bruno Soares of Brazil. […]

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Bopanna Mergea Eject Bryan Twins from Wimbledon 2015 to Enter Semifinals

 July 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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In one of the major upsets at Wimbledon this year, the stunning loss of the celebrated Bryan Brothers will be counted as nothing sort of sensational. The top seeded US twins had their quarterfinal scheduled at court no.2 on Tuesday against ninth-seeded India’s Rohan Bopanna and Romania’s Florin Mergea. Starting aggressively, the Bryans took the […]

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Martina Hingis Propping Up India’s Sania Mirza & Leander Paes in 2015 Wimbledon Doubles

 July 6, 2015   R K Gupta

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Once the Swiss Miss of the lawns and a teenage Wimbledon champion, Martina Hingis is excelling on the tennis courts in a new avatar. When she ruled women’s tennis after Steffi Graf, she was the world’s no.1 player for a total of 209 weeks. Then she was plagued with injuries and left the circuit in […]

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