Top 5 Contenders for US Open title 2016

Top 5 Contenders for US Open title 2016

 August 28, 2016   Vignesh Aravind

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A look at some of the top players competing at the US Open 2016.Here are the top 5 Contenders for the title. 1.Novak Djokovic For the past 3 years it’s been all about Djokovic. The Serbian’s rise has been incredible that he has achieved almost everything.But it’s been a quite disappointing season for him.His Wimbledon […]

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Roger Federer Drops

Roger Federer Drops a Bombshell Will Skip Rio Olympics to Shock His Global Tennis Fans

 July 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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Most of us thought Roger Federer’s decision about skipping Rogers Cup at Toronto was to buy more practice time for the upcoming Rio Olympics. But the Swiss Maestro had other problems, which he couldn’t possibly share with everybody, when he announced about his withdrawal from Rogers Cup. On Tuesday afternoon, however, he wrote on his […]

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Raonic Stops Federer from Reaching the Wimbledon Final Sets up Summit Clash with Murray

Raonic Stops Federer from Reaching the Wimbledon Final Sets up Summit Clash with Murray

 July 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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Roger Federer came very close to beating Milos Raonic in the fourth set. He was just a touching distance away from reaching another final at Wimbledon but Raonic denied him at crunch time. The 7-time Wimbledon champion, however, played marvelous tennis against an inspired opponent. He had beaten Raonic in the 2014 semifinal but it […]

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Roger Federer Climbs Out of a Hole to Hold off Croatia’s Marin Cilic Meets Raonic in Semis

 July 7, 2016   R K Gupta

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Before Roger Federer took on Marin Cilic in his quarterfinal match on Wednesday, the 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 straight sets thrashing that Cilic inflicted on him in 2014 US Open semifinal, would certainly have been playing on his mind. That was also the last time Federer had played against Cilic. Though the Swiss had a 5-1 […]

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Roger Federer Enters Wimbledon

Roger Federer Enters Wimbledon Quarters in the Quest for His 18th Grand Slam Title

 July 5, 2016   R K Gupta

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On day 7 of the All-England Championships, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Serena Williams reached the quarterfinals. Joining them in the last eight were; Milos Raonic, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Sam Querrey, Marin Cilic, Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber, Dominika Cibulkova, Elena Vesnina and veteran American Venus Williams. India’s Sania Mirza also reached the women’s doubles quarterfinal with […]

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Wimbledon 2016: Federer in Third Round but Loser Willis Gets All the Applause

 July 1, 2016   R K Gupta

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It’s not often that Roger Federer plays a tennis match and his opponent gets support from crowd. In his nearly two-decade long tennis career, the Swiss Maestro has acquired a unique universal appeal of taking the audience with him regardless of the venue. On Wednesday however, the 17-time Grand Slam winner played while also watching […]

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Federer Falls to Teenaged Zverev

Federer Falls to Teenaged Zverev in Halle Murray One Step Away from 5th Win at London

 June 19, 2016   R K Gupta

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Roger Federer was denied his 9th title at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle by rising German star Alexander Zverev, who recorded the biggest win of his short tennis career on Saturday. The 19-year old Zverev played inspired tennis against the legendary Swiss before beating the world no.3 and eight-time winner at Halle. After losing […]

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Roger Federer Reaches Halle Quarterfinals Andy Murray Does the Same at Queens Club

 June 17, 2016   R K Gupta

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Two ATP-500 tournaments, Halle’s Gerry Weber Open and Queen’s Club’s Aegon Championships are regarded by tennis players as preparatory events to the year’s third Grand Slam, the Wimbledon. The playing surface transition from clay to grass begins after Roland Garros and top stars use the period for testing themselves ahead of arguably the most coveted […]

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Roger Federer Returns

Roger Federer Returns to Tennis Courts Loses in SF to Eventual Winner Thiem in Stuttgart

 June 16, 2016   R K Gupta

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Roger Federer has had a woeful 2016 season so far. Two months shy of his 35th birthday in August 2016, the Swiss Master is having a hard time staying in good physical condition. After his semifinal loss to world no.1 Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open, he underwent a surgery. He tore his left-knee meniscus […]

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Roger Federer to Miss French Open for the First Time in the New Millennium

 May 20, 2016   R K Gupta

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The news of Roger Federer’s withdrawal from this year’s French Open spread like wildfire in the tennis world. All week, Federer had been practicing at Roland Garros but those, who watched him wince in pain, were convinced that the Swiss Maestro looked less than match-fit. His back injury has seriously curtailed his preparations and finally […]

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