Bernard Tomic Retains Bogota

Dominic Thiem Takes Umag, Benoit Paire Wins Bastad and Bernard Tomic Retains Bogota

 July 27, 2015   R K Gupta

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Dominic Thiem of Austria emerged as the winner at Umag’s 26th Konzum Croatia Open against Portugal’s Joao Sousa. The final did not provide any thrill since Sousa was found it difficult to stand against the onslaught from the 21-year old Austrian. At the Skistar Swedish Open in Bastad, Tommy Robredo’s dream of a third title […]

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ATP match

Its Thiem Vs. Sousa at Umag Robredo Vs. Paire at Bastad & Tomic Vs. Mannarino at Bogota for Title Games

 July 26, 2015   R K Gupta

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Fourth seed Dominic Thiem of Austria will take on Portugal’s Joao Sousa in the final of the Kozum Croatia Open Umag. In their semifinal matches on Saturday, Thiem defeated top-seed Gael Monfils of France in three sets while Sousa became the first player from Portugal to play for the title at Umag after a three […]

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ATP events

Monfils Enters SF at Umag, Cuevas on Course at Bastad and Tomic Looks Good at Bogota

 July 25, 2015   R K Gupta

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There weren’t many surprises in Friday’s quarterfinal matches at the Croatia Open at Umag, Swedish Open at Bastad and Claro Open in Bogota. At Umag, Top-seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils rallied through to the semifinals after losing the first set and being down a break in the second against Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber. Monfils’ next opponent will […]

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ATP-250 Events

Upcoming Tennis Stars Shine in ATP-250 Events at Croatia Sweden and Colombia

 July 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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In three ongoing ATP-250 tournaments in Konzum Croatia Open at Umag, SkiStar Swedish Open at Bastad and Colombia’s Claro Open at Bogota, young guns Austria’s Dominic Thiem, Croatia’s Borna Coric and Australia’s Bernard Tomic made their presence felt amongst the established players. While Thiem and Coric reached the quarterfinals at Umag, Tomic did the same […]

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India davis cup

India Drawn to Play The Czech Republic in World Group Play-off at Home in September

 July 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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The World Group play-off Draw was held on Tuesday July 21, 2015 at ITF headquarters in London as per which India face the Czech Republic, one of the toughest teams among the seeded nations. Switzerland and Czech Republic are the strongest Davis Cup sides, who, between them, have held the Davis Cup title since 2012. […]

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Marray-Qureshi Take ATP-250

Rajeev Ram & Marray/Qureshi Take ATP-250 Singles and Doubles Titles at Newport

 July 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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The beauty of Newport’s ATP-250 event is mired in tennis history. Not many people know that the first US National Lawn Tennis Championship was played at Newport, Rhode Island in 1881. Later, the legendary grass courts took the shape of the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum and the tournament itself evolved into the […]

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Andy Murray

Andy Murray Beats Gilles Simon to Emerge a Hero in Guiding Britain to Davis Cup Semifinals

 July 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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What Lleyton Hewitt did for Australia at Darwin, Andy Murray has done for Great Britain in London. In the first reverse singles rubber on Sunday, Murray had a tough opponent in Gilles Simon and he trailed early on, but in the end, he composed himself and defeated the Frenchman in four sets to give Britain […]

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Davis Cup World Group QF Argentina

Argentina Belgium Through to Semis As Britain Take 2-1 Lead in Davis Cup World Group QF

 July 19, 2015   R K Gupta

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It was a great Saturday for home teams in doubles matches at Buenos Aires, Middelkerke and London. Argentina’s doubles team of Carlos Berlocq and Leonardo Mayer played inspired tennis to defeat Serbia’s Nenad Zimonjic and Viktor Troicki to enter the semifinals. For a place in the final, they will clash with Belgium, who were the […]

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Davis Cup QFs england

Day One of Davis Cup QFs: Argentina Belgium Take 2-0 Lead; England & France Locked at 1-1

 July 18, 2015   R K Gupta

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On Day One of Davis Cup World Group quarterfinal matches; Argentina defeated Serbia and Belgium beat Canada in the two singles rubbers to take an identical 2-0 lead but England and France were locked 1-1 after sharing the first-day honors. As already reported on these pages, Australia is in trouble even after the second doubles […]

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Australia In Davis Cup

Australia Still In Davis Cup Fray After Dominant Victory in Doubles on Saturday

 July 18, 2015   R K Gupta

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After the first-day debacle of losing both singles matches against Kazakhstan, Australian doubles team of Sam Groth and Lleyton Hewitt defeated the Kazakh pair of Andrey Golubev and Aleksandr Nedovyesov and kept their Davis Cup semifinal dreams alive. In a must-win situation brought about by Friday’s two games, Australia pulled one back but they need […]

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