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Major Anti-Climax in ATP World Tour Singles Final as Federer Pulls Out at Last-minute

 November 17, 2014   R K Gupta

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It was a huge disappointment for spectators and worldwide television viewers, when they heard about the injury-forced retirement announced by Roger Federer ahead of his final match with Novak Djokovic on Sunday. As per Federer, he suffered a back injury that would not allow him to take the court against Djokovic in the Barclays ATP […]

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Roger Federer Arriving in India Soon with Other Tennis Greats

 November 5, 2014   R K Gupta

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Globosport boss and India’s doubles tennis star Mahesh Bhupathy has conceived a brilliant idea that might result in world’s top tennis stars converging to match venues in the Philippines, Singapore, India and the UAE. Probably drawing inspiration from sports leagues like the Indian Premier League in cricket, Indian Super League in football, Indian Badminton League […]

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Roger Federer Wins His 6th Basel Open While Andy Murray Takes Valencia

 October 28, 2014   R K Gupta

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The much expected David Goffin resistance turned into an anti-climax as the master champion Federer broke the Belgian twice in each set to win the Basel Indoors final. In 9 final appearances at Basel, Federer has now won the tournament 6 times in his hometown, where he served as a ball-boy in his kiddy days. […]

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Top News from Basel: Nadal’s Loss to Coric and 9th Final Appearance for Federer

 October 26, 2014   R K Gupta

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The Croats and Serbs are creating more tennis news these days than players from any other country in the world. First it was Marin Cilic, who made history at the US Open and jumped several rungs in the ATP world reckonings. A week back, Cilic claimed the Kremlin Cup in Moscow and he has already […]

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The Great Roger Federer Wins the Elusive Shanghai Rolex Masters at Last

 October 13, 2014   R K Gupta

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Roger Federer finally won the Shanghai Rolex Masters title that had been eluding him since the inception of the tournament. Facing him was a determined Frenchman Gilles Simon, who was not found wanting. He gave Federer a run for his money in the match and looked like winning the final at times. Both sets of […]

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Classy Federer Breaks Novak’s China Run, Faces Simon in Shanghai Masters Final

 October 12, 2014   R K Gupta

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Playing marvelous tennis, the Swiss master Roger Federer broke Novak Djokovic’s dream run of 29 straight victories in China on Saturday. For the last three years, there were speculations as to when the great Serb would stop winning in China. He hadn’t done a thing wrong until after winning his quarterfinal match against Ferrer and […]

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In Shanghai Rolex Masters Semifinals, Djokovic Takes on Federer and Lopez Meets Simon

 October 11, 2014   R K Gupta

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The semifinal between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer on Saturday will be the most important match of the entire tournament as it will feature two of world’s greatest tennis players. The only regret of the fans worldwide would be why Roger Federer was seeded third behind Rafael Nadal? Federer is already No.2 in ATP rankings […]

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Djokovic, Federer Struggle to Reach QFs; Others Play At Shanghai with an Eye on London

 October 10, 2014   R K Gupta

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While the Rolex Masters tennis tournament continues, many top stars are trying hard in their matches in Shanghai to secure prestigious spots in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals to be staged at the O2 arena in London for a fifth straight year. Like every year, only the best eight singles players and best eight doubles teams of the […]

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Houdini Act From Federer Against Flamboyant Showman Monfils Highlights 11th Day at US Open

 September 6, 2014   R K Gupta

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The major schedule for Day 11 included two men’s singles quarterfinals, two men’s doubles semifinals and two women’s doubles semifinals. Of these, the second match of the day between No.2 seed Roger Federer and No.20 Gale Monfils became a great topic for discussion and emerged as the match of the day. In the first quarterfinal, […]

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Sharapova, Ferrer Knocked out of US Open on Day 7- Federer, Dimitrov Berdych Stay on Course

 September 1, 2014   R K Gupta

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On a day curtailed partly by thunderstorms, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark brought the curtains down on Maria Sharapova’s US open 2014 campaign by beating the No.5 seed in three sets. In another upset at Flushing Meadows on Sunday, Spain’s 4th seeded tennis star David Ferrer lost to Frenchman Gilles Simon in a tough four-setter. Ferrer is considered […]

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