Djokovic vs Nishikori

It is Djokovic vs Nishikori in the Rogers Cup Finals at Toronto

 July 31, 2016   R K Gupta

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Novak Djokovic is unstoppable. He didn’t play at his best but still defeated Gael Monfils in the semifinal at Toronto. Now the celebrated Serb is just one match-win away from his 30th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title, which will be a record by itself. This was the 14th time that Djokovic has reached the […]

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Rogers Cup: Monfils Upsets Raonic & Kucova Beats Konta SF Line-up Clear

 July 30, 2016   R K Gupta

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French showman Gael Monfils didn’t surrender his 7-match winning streak even if he disappointed the biased home supporters at Toronto. It was widely expected that Milos Raonic would conquer Monfils to keep his expected semifinal date with Novak Djokovic. But Monfils matched the Canadian ball for ball and broke once in each set to record […]

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ATP Events

Four ATP Events Currently Underway Ahead of Rogers Cup without Murray Federer & Nadal

 July 21, 2016   R K Gupta

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After the Wimbledon euphoria and Davis Cup quarterfinals, tennis’ next big event is the Rogers Cup at Toronto and Montreal. As per Tennis Canada’s policy of annual rotation of venues, men’s ATP event is being held in Toronto, while women will travel to Montreal this year. Though qualification rounds begin on July 23, the real […]

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Davis Cup World-Group

Borna Coric Emerges as Undisputed Hero on Last Day of Davis Cup World-Group Matches

 July 18, 2016   R K Gupta

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Trailing 0-2 to USA on the opening day, Ivan Dodig and Marin Cilic brought Croatia back into the match on Saturday with their doubles victory over Mike and Bob Bryan. But that left Croatia with a tough job of winning both the reverse singles on Sunday. In the fourth rubber, Marin Cilic defeated John Isner […]

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Davis Cup World Group

Davis Cup World Group Matches Interestingly Poised after the Second Day

 July 17, 2016   R K Gupta

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The four World-Group quarterfinal games ended the second day with an identical score-line of 2-1 for the leaders. However, Saturday’s doubles victories by Great Britain, France, Argentina and Croatia have given these nations an edge at this stage. Of these four, only Croatia trail USA and will need to win both reverse singles on Sunday. […]

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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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Kerber Meets Serena

Kerber Meets Serena in Ladies Final Sania-Hingis Go Out of Wimbledon after Losing in QF

 July 8, 2016   R K Gupta

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Friday at Wimbledon was highlighted by Serena Williams reaching another Grand Slam final and for the 9th time at the All-England Club. It was here in 2015 that the women’s world no.1 player scored her last victory in a Grand Slam tournament. In a one-sided contest, Serena saw off the unseeded Russian Elena Vesnina. To […]

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Roger Federer

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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Wimbledon 2016- Serena Williams makes it into the Semis

 July 5, 2016   Vishal Pandey

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The Defending Champion put on a powerful performance to defeat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 to progress to the semi-finals at the Wimbledon Championships on Centre Court today.Williams will meet Elena Vesnina, who beat Dominika Cibulkova, in the semi-finals. Williams started the game Poorly making a couple of unforced error but soon […]

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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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