French Open QF

Djokovic, Nadal Moving Towards QF Showdown – Murray, Serena Enter Third Round on Day-5 of the French Open

 May 29, 2015   R K Gupta

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Defending champion Rafael Nadal and world no.1 Novak Djokovic won their second round matches on Thursday and the way they are playing, the big two are destined to meet each other in quarterfinal of the 2015 French Open tournament. Britain’s Andy Murray dropped a set against Portuguese Joao Sousa before coming through in four sets. […]

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Lucic-Baroni

Simona Shocked Second Time by Lucic-Baroni; Federer, Sharapova Reach Third Round at Roland Garros on Day 4

 May 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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The psychological factor probably worked against third seed Simona Halep as she suffered her second loss to a player, who had upset her in last year’s US Open. Croat veteran 33-year old Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, who made waves 15 years ago caused an earthquake on Court Suzanne Lenglen at Roland Garros on Wednesday by knocking Halep […]

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Roland Garros

Day-3 Roland Garros: Rafael Nadal Begins Title Defense with First-Round Win, Djokovic, Serena Through, But Dimitrov, Bouchard Knocked Out

 May 27, 2015   R K Gupta

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Nine-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal began solidly with a first round straight sets victory over Frenchman Quentin Halys on Tuesday. The day-3 also saw men and women’s top seeds sailing into the second round as both Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams won their matches easily. But there were casualties as well. Men’s 10th seed […]

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French Open

French Open Day-2: Radwanska Falls at First Hurdle, Murray, Sharapova, Berdych, Monfils and Navarro Win First Round Matches

 May 26, 2015   R K Gupta

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Just as it happened on Sunday, two men’s seeds fell along with two women’s seeds on the second day of the French Open on Monday. Among notable winners; Andy Murray, Maria Sharapova, Tomas Berdych, Gael Monfils, Carla Suarez Navarro and Victoria Azarenka entered the second round. Top seed Novak Djokovic, nine-time champion Rafael Nadal and […]

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French Open

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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Thomaz Bellucci

Thomaz Bellucci Wins at Geneva and Dominic Thiem Takes Nice Open

 May 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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In an hour and 34 minutes, Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci emerged as the champion in the inaugural Geneva Open by defeating Portugal’s Joao Sousa on Saturday. It was world no.60 Bellucci’s fourth ATP title of his career. Bellucci is the second South American to enter his name as an ATP World Tour champion after Argentina’s Pablo […]

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Geneva Open Title

Bellucci, Sousa to Clash for Geneva Open Title and Thiem Takes on Mayer at Nice Open in Two ATP Events Preceding the French Open

 May 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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The hectic ATP schedule goes on with two ATP-250 events heading towards the final stages in Switzerland and France. The Geneva Open has come back for the first time since 1991, while it is the sixth edition for the Nice Open, which was first staged in 2010. After the week-long matches at both venues, four […]

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Rome Masters Finals

Rome Masters Finals: Djokovic Outplays Federer, Sharapova Takes Women’s Crown and Sania/Hingis End Runners-up

 May 18, 2015   R K Gupta

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Novak Djokovic is unstoppable. By claiming the Italian Open on Sunday, the Serbian world no.1 made it to 5 titles this tennis season. In the final of the Rome Masters at the iconic Foro Italico, Djokovic defeated world no.2 Roger Federer in straight sets and lifted the Italian Open Trophy for the fourth time. The […]

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Sania & Hingis

The Big Two to Clash for Men’s Title at Rome Masters, Sharapova Takes on Carla Navarro for Women’s and Sania/Hingis Reach Fourth Final Together

 May 17, 2015   R K Gupta

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For the 39th time in their careers, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will meet one another across the net on a tennis court with the winner taking the men’s crown in the Internazionali BNL d’Italia or the Italian Open. Federer defeated compatriot Wawrinka in the semifinal while Djokovic overpowered Spain’s David Ferrer. Federer has never […]

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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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