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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Sania and Martina Win

At Apia International Sania and Martina Dig Themselves Out of a Ditch to Win Another Title

 January 16, 2016   R K Gupta

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 It has been a great start to the New Year for women doubles WTA champions Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza. The duo completed their 30th consecutive match win and clinched yet another WTA doubles title after their victory in the final of the Apia International at Sydney on Friday. At one stage in the match, […]

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Consecutive Wins in Women’s Doubles

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis Complete a Record-Breaking 29 Consecutive Wins in Women’s Doubles to Reach Sydney International Final

 January 14, 2016   R K Gupta

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The last time people talked about the longest winning streak in women’s doubles matches was 22 years ago. Those days, the most talked about women’s doubles team of Puerto Rican Gigi Fernandez and Belarus’ Natasha Zvereva had scored their 28th successive match win in 1994 and their doubles combination was the most popular on WTA […]

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Djokovic Wawrinka and Raonic Begin 2016 Season with Titles at Doha Chennai and Brisbane

 January 13, 2016   R K Gupta

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Novak Djokovic continued with his 2015 run in the new season as he outplayed Rafael Nadal without breaking sweat to win the Qatar ExxonMobil Open and brought his tour-level title count to 60. The Doha victory was also Djokovic’s sixth consecutive ATP world tour title and he etched his name as only the 10th player […]

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Hopman Cup

Nick Kyrgios and Daria Gavrilova Win Australia’s Second Hopman Cup on Saturday

 January 13, 2016   R K Gupta

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17 years ago, Australia won the Hopman Cup for the first time, when Mark Philippoussis and Jelena Dokic emerged champions after defeating Sweden’s Jonas Bjorkman and Asa Carlsson. Since then, the home team never won the ITF event until Nick Kyrgios and Daria Gavrilova ended the title drought after winning the Saturday’s final against Ukraine […]

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Sania Hingis Begin 2016 with Brisbane-Title Victory As Victoria Azarenka Ends Title Drought

 January 10, 2016   R K Gupta

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Hot on the heels of their amazing 2015 run in women’s doubles, Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis celebrated New Year with another title. The Indo-Swiss pair won their 26th consecutive match that gave them women’s doubles crown at Brisbane International on Saturday. In the final, the world’s no.1 ranked women’s tennis duo defeated Germany’s Angelique […]

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India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan Scares 2015 Runner-Up Aljaz Bedene in Chennai Open QF

 January 10, 2016   R K Gupta

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Tennis talent in singles is drying up in India with most players following the trend set by Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza. These four big names have overseas players as their doubles partners and their shared success is erroneously deemed as Indian achievement. We gloat over Sania’s no.1 status in women’s […]

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Tennis Season

2016 Tennis Season Begins with Australia Making Hopman Cup History

 January 7, 2016   R K Gupta

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The new tennis season has begun with one ITF and a few ATP/WTA events on January 3, 2016. Top men and women players are testing themselves ahead of the year’s first Grand Slam at Melbourne. The new-year week began with the Hopman Cup at Perth, where the best mixed-gender teams from eight nations are fighting […]

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2015 Will Go Down As the Best Year for Indian Ace Sania Mirza’s Decade-Long Tennis Career

 December 11, 2015   R K Gupta

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Just before 2015 tennis season, India’s Sania Mirza was in a fix. Her women’s doubles partner Cara Black had decided to curtail her appearances and Sania wasn’t quite sure about who she would pair with. For the year-opening Brisbane International, Sania Mirza and Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-Wei lost in the semifinal and as Sania headed to […]

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Big Strides in Last Two Years Transforms Novak Djokovic into a Cult Figure in Tennis

 December 6, 2015   R K Gupta

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As year 2013 came to a close, it was possible for anyone to beat Novak Djokovic. Roger Federer was braving media hounds for his loss of form and Rafael Nadal had unseated Djokovic as the world no.1. In 2013, Nadal had won the French Open for the 8th time and clinched the honor as the […]

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