Mutua Madrid Open

Injured Federer & Serena Skip Mutua Madrid Open Djokovic Murray & Nadal Reach Round 3

 May 6, 2016   R K Gupta

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After 2016 Australian Open, Roger Federer remained sidelined from active tennis for about two months due to a knee injury, for which he had to undergo surgery. After he announced his return to Miami Open, he disappointed his fans by withdrawing at the last moment due to a stomach virus. Now the Swiss Maestro is […]

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Roger Federer is Back on Miami Open Courts after His Knee Operation

 March 25, 2016   R K Gupta

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Novak Djokovic is the defending champion of the Miami Open and he comes there after winning the Indian Wells Masters last week. Regardless, the media is agog with reports on the return of 2005 & 2006 Miami Masters champion Roger Federer of Switzerland. Such is the aura of Roger Federer that he makes news even […]

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Top ATP Action

Top ATP Action of last week

 March 4, 2016   R K Gupta

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In last week’s ATP action, Stan Wawrinka clinched the title in Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships by defeating Cyprus’ old hand Marcos Baghdatis; Dominic Thiem of Austria won his first hard-court title by defeating Australia’s Bernard Tomic in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco while at Sao Paulo, Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas successfully defended his Brasil Open with […]

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ATP 250 event updates copy

Estrella Burgo Retains Quito Gasquet Wins Montpellier & Bautista Agut Takes Sofia Roger Federer to Miss Rotterdam and Dubai Opens due to Knee Surgery

 February 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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The tennis week immediately following 2016 Australian Open saw three ATP 250 events at Quito, Ecuador; Montpellier, France and Sofia, Bulgaria. History was made at Quito, where Dominican Republic’s Victor Estrella Burgos joined Stan Wawrinka in a select club with a comeback win. Besides Wawrinka, who retained his Chennai Open title, Burgos is the only other […]

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Humble and Honest Djokovic

A Humble and Honest Djokovic Doesn’t Mind Crowd Adulation for Roger Federer

 January 29, 2016   R K Gupta

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Over the years, Roger Federer has cultivated the crowd support irrespective of where he is playing. From Miami to Melbourne and Beijing to Barcelona, Roger Federer has been the one player, who found the crowd rooting for him everywhere. The 2016 Australian Open was no different. Federer’s fans had expected his Thursday’s semifinal against Novak […]

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Djokovic Federer Semifinal Showdown at Melbourne

Djokovic & Federer Move Up for Semifinal Showdown at Melbourne Serena Beats Sharapova

 January 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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Results of some matches on 8th and 9th day of Australian Open threw up some intriguing tales, expected victories and a few upsets. On Monday, Andy Murray almost didn’t play his fourth round match against Australia’s Bernard Tomic because his father-in-law was hospitalized and he also awaited news from his heavily pregnant wife Kim. But […]

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Australian Open first day

Australian Open first day matches review

 January 19, 2016   R K Gupta

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The first major tennis spectacle of 2016 got underway at Australia’s Melbourne Park on Monday January 18. Most male and female superstars, who had their matches scheduled for the opening day of the Australian Open, cruised through to the second round. While men’s defending champion Novak Djokovic easily brushed aside Korean youngster Hyeon Chung in […]

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ATP World Tour Finals - Day Eight - O2 Arena

Novak Beats Roger for the 4th Straight Win in ATP Tour Finals Bopanna Falls at Last Hurdle

 November 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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Novak Djokovic ended the 2015 tennis season on a historic note. Never before a player has been as successful as Djokovic was in a single ATP season. On Sunday, the Serb ended the challenge of 6-time ATP World Tour winner Roger Federer with a commanding victory and finished way ahead of the field as world’s no.1 […]

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ATP World Tour Finals

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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Barclays ATP World Tour

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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