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Federer to Clash with Seppi for 8th Title at Halle But Rain Plays Spoilsport at Queen’s Club

 June 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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Roger Federer is just one match away from what could be a record eighth title for him at the 2015 Gerry Weber Open in Halle. Facing him in the final on Sunday will be Andreas Seppi of Italy, who had shocked him in this year’s Australian Open. Later, however, Federer had taken his revenge on […]

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Federer Inches One Step Closer to 8th Title at Halle, Murray Equally Close for 4th in London

 June 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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On Friday, Roger Federer defeated Germany’s Florian Mayer to enter the semifinal of the Gary Weber Open at Halle in Germany. He will now take on Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic, whose barrage of 45 aces sunk Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych in the other quarterfinal. If Federer wins at Halle, it will be the eighth time that […]

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Federer into Halle QF As Nadal, Wawrinka Crash Out of Queen’s Club, Murray Advances

 June 18, 2015   R K Gupta

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After the first round scare against Germany’s Philippe Kohlschreiber, Roger Federer moved into the quarterfinals of the Gerry Weber Open at Halle with a straight sets victory over Ernests Gulbis of Latvia. In London, however, Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka were trounced out of the prestigious Aegon Championships at the Queen’s Club, while world no.3 […]

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Roger Federer Survives a Close First-Round Call at Halle in 2015 Gary Weber Open

 June 17, 2015   R K Gupta

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From this year, the Gerry Weber Open has been categorized as an ATP500 event. The Halle Open is one of the seven grass-court events on ATP calendar and it serves as the tonic for Wimbledon preparations for the participants. Since its first edition in 1993, five Germans have won at Halle but the man, who […]

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Federer Fails in QF, Tsonga Raises French Hopes, Ana Ivanovic in Semifinals

 June 3, 2015   R K Gupta

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Roger Federer and Kei Nishikori lost their quarterfinal matches on Tuesday at the 2015 French Open. In blustery conditions at Suzanne Lenglen, the world no.2 was eliminated by his pal and Davis Cup teammate Stan Wawrinka, who packed too much power in his shot-making and left Federer stranded on several occasions. This is the third […]

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Serena Williams French Open QF

Five Frenchmen in Last 16 but Top Men and Women’s Seeds Stay on Course at the End of First Week of the French Open

 May 31, 2015   R K Gupta

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Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, Andy Murray, Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have all progressed to the last sixteen after winning their third round matches. Friday and Saturday were two hugely entertaining days at Roland Garros with superb tennis action from men and women and the locals were delighted to have five of their […]

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Halep, Federer, Wawrinka and Nishikori Sail Through on Day one at French Open

 May 25, 2015   R K Gupta

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The year’s second Grand Slam began on Sunday at Paris’ famed Stade Roland Garros. The prestigious French Open was the first Grand Slam tournament to embrace the Open Era in 1968 and its red clay courts have been graced by many tennis greats like Bjorn Borg, Ivan Lendl, Mats Wilander, Gustavo Kuerten, Roger Federer and […]

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2015 Rome Masters

2015 Rome Masters: Djokovic, Federer, Wawrinka and Ferrer Reach Semifinals, Sania/Hingis Make Another Doubles Semifinal

 May 16, 2015   R K Gupta

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Saturday will see the men and women’s semifinals at the 2015 Rome Masters with two of the big fours in men’s tennis making it to the last four. First to make the grade was Roger Federer, who defeated Tomas Berdych but there were hard fought contests elsewhere. World no.1 Novak Djokovic dropped a set before […]

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Nick Kyrgios

Stubborn Kyrgios Knocks Out Federer at Mutua Madrid but Loses his way against John Isner, Murray, Nadal, Nishikori on Course and Serena Enters Semifinals

 May 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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After the Australian Nick Kyrgios showed the door to top seed Roger Federer in the second round, the young gun fell to the big-serving American John Isner in his next match in the Mutua Madrid Open. The hard-fought match with Federer probably brought fatigue, which Kyrgios probably couldn’t overcome against Isner. Elsewhere in the men’s […]

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Murray Takes Munich

Federer Wins Istanbul, Murray Takes Munich & Gasquet Tops at Estoril

 May 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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Last week’s three ATP 250 tournaments threw up predictable results. World no.2 and top seed Roger Federer won the inaugural TEB BNP Paribas Open at Istanbul. But the Swiss didn’t have a cake-walk. In his semifinal against Diego Schwartzman of Argentina, Federer had dropped the first set before taking the next two. In the final, […]

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