Australian Open Stories

Hewitt’s Farewell and Nadal’s Early Loss Are Major Australian Open Stories After 4 Days

 January 23, 2016   R K Gupta

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While steady rain at Melbourne Park delayed the start of most matches scheduled for Day-5 on Friday, Australian veteran Lleyton Hewitt’s emotional farewell from tennis after his loss to David Ferrer in the second round on fourth day was the major talking point. Besides, the first round exits of men’s no.5 seed and women’s no.2 […]

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Djokovic Wawrinka and Raonic Begin 2016 Season with Titles at Doha Chennai and Brisbane

 January 13, 2016   R K Gupta

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Novak Djokovic continued with his 2015 run in the new season as he outplayed Rafael Nadal without breaking sweat to win the Qatar ExxonMobil Open and brought his tour-level title count to 60. The Doha victory was also Djokovic’s sixth consecutive ATP world tour title and he etched his name as only the 10th player […]

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Djokovic Sets Title Clash with Federer in 2015 Tour Finals Bopanna Mergea in Doubles Final

 November 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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For the second time in less than a week, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer will take on each other in the same tournament. In their first meeting last Sunday, Federer had defeated the Serb but that is no guarantee of a repeat performance. In fact, it may not be easy for Federer to beat the […]

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Battle Lines Drawn In the 2015 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at London’s O2 Arena

 November 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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After another error-prone game, this time against Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka, Andy Murray lost the chance to enter the semifinals of the 2015 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The off-shoot of Murray’s defeat will be his sad exclusion from the Final Four at O2 in London, where the other three entrants are the members of the […]

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Federer Finishes Undefeated with Pulsating Victory Over Nishikori in ATP World Tour Finals

 November 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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Roger Federer dropped a set against Japan’s Kei Nishikori but still maintained a perfect 3-0 record in the 2015 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The Swiss sent Nishikori packing but not before the Japanese demonstrated his fighting spirits in ample measure despite his three sets loss at the O2 Arena in London. After two relatively easier […]

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Nadal Beats Wawrinka and Murray Conquers Ferrer on Monday in ATP World Tour Finals

 November 18, 2015   R K Gupta

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Less than two weeks ago, world no.4 Stan Wawrinka had handed a two-set 7-6, 7-6 defeat to former world no.1 Rafael Nadal and based on their individual forms in the current season so far, the Swiss was expected to beat the Spaniard once more. That didn’t happen on Monday in the Barclays ATP World Tour […]

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Roger Federer Crashes Out of 2015 BNP Paribas Masters at Paris Rafael Nadal in Quarters

 November 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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With a stunning comeback victory over big-serving South African Kevin Anderson, former world no.1 Rafael Nadal took the last spot in the BNP Paribas Masters quarter-finals on Thursday at Paris. Nadal was down a match point in the second set but finally prevailed to rally through. Swiss maestro Roger Federer, however, was the major third-round […]

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With Exits of Nadal & Murray Only Djokovic & Federer Remain from Big-4 Club at US Open

 September 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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At the end of day 8 at 2015 US open, the quarterfinal line-up was decided in most categories. After Rafael Nadal fell on day 5, the 2012 US Champion Andy Murray also exited the US open on September 7. However, top two men’s seeds Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have reached the quarterfinals and they […]

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WTA tennis news

Thursday at Cincinnati Masters Feliciano Lopez Denies a Juicy Federer-Nadal Clash Murray Djokovic Serena Go Through

 August 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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Spain’s former world no.1 Rafael Nadal lost another match. His conqueror and compatriot, Feliciano Lopez, however, erased the possibility of an expected Federer-Nadal quarterfinal match on Friday evening. Great Britain’s Andy Murray had a close call against Bulgaria’s no.16 seed Grigor Dimitrov. Down a match point at one stage, Murray fought back to win the […]

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Tennis news

At Cincinnati Djokovic Murray Nadal and Serena Enter Third Round Sharapova Pulls Out

 August 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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The Big Four at Cincinnati have moved into the third round and looked good against their rivals. Top seed Novak Djokovic defeated Frenchman Benoit Paire; no.2 seed Andy Murray defeated hard-court specialist and farewell man Mardy Fish and former world no.1 Rafael Nadal edged out Frenchman Jeremy Chardy. Roger Federer had already made it to […]

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