Roger Federer To Meet Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon Final As a Proxy Between Edberg & Becker

 July 5, 2014   R K Gupta

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In the first semifinal on Friday, talented Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov expectedly gave a scare to top-seeded Djokovic, after snatching the second set and posing some more danger in the fourth set Djokovic held on regardless. Alex Ramsay, writing for Wimbledon’s official IBM-managed website, did not make the description apt by his title; “Djokovic Silences The […]

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Djokovic, Murray Enter Fourth Round But Li Na, Berdych, Fognini Fall on Friday

 June 28, 2014   R K Gupta

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Top-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic had an easy passage into the fourth round, overcoming Frenchman Gilles Simon. In nearly the same fashion, defending champion Andy Murray did not have to work too hard in his third round match against Roberto Bautista Agut. The biggest upset on day 5 was caused by Czech Republic’s Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova, who […]

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Ferrer, Gulbis, Youzhny and Azarenka Bounced Out of Wimbledon on Day 3

 June 26, 2014   R K Gupta

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In a major upset on Wednesday, 7th seeded Spaniard David Ferrer was shocked by Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia in a grueling five-set second round match. In other upsets of the day, men’s 12th seeded Latvian Ernests Gulbis, 17th seeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny and women’s 8th seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus also bowed out of the […]

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Dazzling Djokovic and Scintillating Serena Take Sony Open To a Memorable Finish

 April 1, 2014   R K Gupta

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After winning the BNP Paribas tournament at Indian Wells, less than a month ago, Novak Djokovic repeated his sublime form at Key Biscayne to win the annual Sony Open at Miami and made the victory more creditable by beating none other than the great Rafael Nadal, world’s no. 1 tennis player. After 2007, 2011 and […]

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Djokovic Wins a Hard-Fought Duel Against Roger Federer at BNP Paribas Open

 March 17, 2014   R K Gupta

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Boris Becker was once regarded as a guy with steely nerves and stable heartbeat. But working as Novak Djokovic’s chief coach for the past few months and watching his ward missing the finals of major tournaments must have affected him in some way. As if on cue, the Serbian decided to have his long-time coach […]

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Novak Djokovic is Out of Australian Open

Amid the Ninth Day Drama Novak Djokovic is Out of Australian Open

 January 21, 2014   R K Gupta

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In one of the most absorbing tennis duels on Tuesday, Stanislas Wawrinka extracted his revenge of his last year’s fourth round defeat against the formidable Novak Djokovic. Playing at the Rod Laver Arena, Djokovic and Stanislas Wawrinka literally re-enacted their last year’s epic battle in the second quarterfinal at Melbourne Park, albeit with a different […]

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Novak Djokovic in Abu Dhabi. tennis season

Beginning of the New Tennis Season and Player Strategies

 January 1, 2014   R K Gupta

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Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala World Tennis Championship is no ATP event, but for the last few years, it has traditionally been regarded as the beginning of the new Tennis Season. This year, the Championship was held during 26th – 28th December, 2013, with the participation of 6 players ranked within the top 10 in the world. […]

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Czech Republic Lifts Davis Cup 2013

Czech Republic Lifts Davis Cup for the Second Year Running

 November 20, 2013   R K Gupta

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Serbian spectators in Belgrade’s Historical Kombank Arena yesterday were shockingly disappointed to see their star tennis players losing in the Davis Cup final to the visiting Czechs. Since Spain retained the Davis Cup in 2009, it was the second instance in the tournament’s history that reigning champions recorded back-to-back victories in Tennis’s most coveted world […]

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ATP tournament confirms Djokovic and Nadal superiority

 November 12, 2013   John Welsh

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When Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal in the final of the ATP World Tours Final tournament, it proved that the old guard are still dominating the tennis circuit with few players currently capable of challenging their continued supremacy. Andy Murray prevented the dominant duo from winning all four grand slam tournaments but he appears to […]

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Rafael Nadal wins the 2013 US Open over top seed Novak Djokovic 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 and holds up the winner's trophy.

Nadal US Open victory extends current monopoly in men’s tennis

 September 10, 2013   John Welsh

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When Argentinian tennis professional Juan Martin del Potro won the US Men’s Singles title in 2009, it is difficult to imagine that he would be last player outside a group of four other names to win a grand slam tournament. Such has been the dominance of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray […]

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