Sania Mirza Martina Hingis

Sania Mirza Martina Hingis and Agnieszka Radwanska are 2015 WTA Champions

 November 2, 2015   R K Gupta

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India’s Sania Mirza and Switzerland’s Martina Hingis were unstoppable in the year-end WTA doubles finals at Singapore on Sunday as they dominated play in the title clash against Spanish duo of Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro. The Indo-Swiss pair started by handing out a bagel to the Spaniards in the first set, before taking […]

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Sania Mirza

Sania-Hingis Enter WTA Doubles Final Sharapova Muguruza Knocked Out in Singles-Semis

 November 1, 2015   R K Gupta

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India’s Sania Mirza had another of her dream come true, when she stormed into the WTA doubles final at Singapore with her 8-month old partner Martina Hingis of Switzerland.  The Indo-Swiss pair began playing together in the American-Leg of this year’s WTA events. They began with the victory at Indian Wells and followed that up […]

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Maria Sharapova

Sharapova Makes Impressive Return to Singapore’s WTA Finals While Sania/Hingis Win Their First Two Matches

 October 29, 2015   R K Gupta

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Maria Sharapova last played in the Wimbledon and missed tennis action since then because of injuries. The long absence, during which she skipped the US Open and other WTA events, brought her world ranking down to no.4. But in the BNP Paribas WTA finals currently underway at Singapore, the Russian has looked impeccable so far. […]

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Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic Completes His Best Tennis Year with Victory at Shanghai Masters

 October 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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After he won the China Open for the sixth time in six appearances, Serbian world no.1 Novak Djokovic also claimed the Shanghai Masters crown for his ninth title of the 2015 tennis season. His rival at China Open was the struggling Rafael Nadal and at Shanghai, it was Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. In both finals, Djokovic […]

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Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis

Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis Win Wuhan Open to Claim Their 7th Doubles Title of 2015

 October 4, 2015   R K Gupta

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They have done it again. The Sania Mirza/Martina Hingis Juggernaut refuses to abate. Recently rechristened as Santina, the Indo-Swiss dream team laid its claim on another WTA World Tour title, when the duo registered a straight sets victory over two Romanian women Irina Camelia-Begu and Monica Niculescu. In an emphatic continuance of their magnificent performance […]

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young Martina Hingis

At 35 Swiss Miss Hingis Is Still the Most Active Tennis Star with 20 Grand Slams in Her Kitty

 October 2, 2015   R K Gupta

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On September 30, Martina Hingis celebrated her 35th birthday in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the hometown of China’s former world no.2 Li Na. Li is inarguably the most celebrated star in China’s tennis history and Hingis is in this city along with her women’s doubles partner India’s Sania Mirza to play the Dongfeng Motor […]

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ATP-250 Events

In Last Sunday’s Two ATP-250 Events Tsonga Takes Metz and Raonic Wins at St. Petersburg

 September 30, 2015   R K Gupta

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Two ATP-250 events were concluded last Sunday, September, 27, 2015. In the all-French final at Metz’s Moselle Open, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Gilles Simon to take his 12th ATP World Tour title while Canada’s Milos Raonic defeated Portugal’s Joao Sousa to end his 14-month title drought to win the St. Petersburg Open. For Tsonga, it was the third title […]

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Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis

Sania’s Sixth Success in Six Months with Switzerland’s Hingis as Her Doubles Partner

 September 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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Since they began playing together in March 2015, India’s Sania Mirza and Switzerland’s Martina Hingis have won their sixth WTA title together on Saturday, September 26, 2015. The Indo-Swiss pair defeated China’s Shilin Xu and Xiodi You in the final of the 2015 Guangzhou International Women’s Open tournament in China. The dream-like run of Sania/Hingis […]

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Davis Cup

Japan, Poland, Switzerland and Croatia Book World Group Berths in 2016 Davis Cup

 September 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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Japan bounced back from 1-2 deficit after their doubles rubber to spring a surprise on the charged-up Colombians. The Japanese won both the reverse singles on Sunday and secured the World Group spot for the 2016 season. Likewise, 2014 champions Switzerland also entered the world group after being relegated to play-offs in the current season. […]

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Andy Murray

Andy Murray Does It for Great Britain What Djokovic and Federer Did in 2010 & 2014

 September 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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When Andy Murray defeated Bernard Tomic in the first reverse single rubber at Glasgow on Sunday and took Great Britain into the Davis Cup final, he rekindled the tennis lovers’ memories of 2010 and 2014 season’s finals. In 2010 Serbia defeated France in the final on the strength of Novak Djokovic’s terrific performance and in […]

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