Mutual Madrid murray

Murray Never Had it so Good! Stuns Clay-Court Ace Nadal to Win Mutual Madrid!!

 May 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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It was a bit like waiting for the bus. For eternity, you wait for one and then two come along one after another. Andy Murray waited 10 years for a single clay-court title and he ended up winning two in a weeks’ time. Last week, Murray and Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber played three sets in the […]

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Petra Kvitova

Kvitova Supreme at Mutua Madrid, Murray to Clash with Nadal for Men’s Crown

 May 10, 2015   R K Gupta

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Playing brilliant tennis over two days, Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova was crowned as the women’s champion of 2015 Mutua Madrid Open. This was the Czech’s second title after she also won the tournament in 2011. In Saturday’s final, it was literally a cake walk for Kvitova, who disposed of Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 6-2 in […]

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Nick Kyrgios

Stubborn Kyrgios Knocks Out Federer at Mutua Madrid but Loses his way against John Isner, Murray, Nadal, Nishikori on Course and Serena Enters Semifinals

 May 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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After the Australian Nick Kyrgios showed the door to top seed Roger Federer in the second round, the young gun fell to the big-serving American John Isner in his next match in the Mutua Madrid Open. The hard-fought match with Federer probably brought fatigue, which Kyrgios probably couldn’t overcome against Isner. Elsewhere in the men’s […]

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Murray Takes Munich

Federer Wins Istanbul, Murray Takes Munich & Gasquet Tops at Estoril

 May 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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Last week’s three ATP 250 tournaments threw up predictable results. World no.2 and top seed Roger Federer won the inaugural TEB BNP Paribas Open at Istanbul. But the Swiss didn’t have a cake-walk. In his semifinal against Diego Schwartzman of Argentina, Federer had dropped the first set before taking the next two. In the final, […]

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Federer at Istanbul final

Scare for Federer at Istanbul, Rains Wash off Play in Munich While Kyrgios Makes to Semis in Estoril

 May 2, 2015   R K Gupta

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World no.2 and top seed Roger Federer had a big problem in his quarterfinal match against Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain in the TEB BNP Paribas Open at Istanbul. The Swiss was taken to the tiebreak in the first set before winning it but pushed hard in the second. Federer changed gear under trying circumstances to […]

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Murray

QF Entrants: Grigor Through in Istanbul, Murray in Munich and Garcia-Lopez & Borna Coric in Estoril

 May 1, 2015   R K Gupta

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World no.11 Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria booked his quarterfinal spot in the inaugural TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open by defeating Kazakhstan’s Andrey Golubev. Others who completed the QF line-up on Thursday include; Ivan Dodig of Croatia, Pablo Cuevas of Argentina and Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil. In the BMW Open in Munich, Andy Murray of Great […]

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ATP 250

Tennis Action Continues at Istanbul, Munich & Estoril in ATP 250 Tournaments

 April 30, 2015   R K Gupta

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Istanbul is hosting the first ever ATP World Tour event in Turkey and the organizers had their slice of luck that they have one of the greatest tennis players of all time playing in Istanbul. The TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open is taking place in the largest tennis academy in the world at the spectacular […]

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ATP World Tour

Nishikori Wins at Barcelona, Garcia-Lopez Takes BRD Nastase Trophy in a Busy Fortnight for ATP World Tour

 April 29, 2015   R K Gupta

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The ATP calendar in the fortnight after the Monte-Carlo Open is extremely active in the current clay season. The last week saw the conclusion of Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, an ATP 500 event, at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, which is the oldest Tennis Club in Spain dating back to 1899. Concurrently, Bucharest hosted […]

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Unstoppable Novak Djokovic

Unstoppable Novak Djokovic Collects Another Masters 1000 Title at Monte-Carlo

 April 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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Extending his winning streak to 17 matches in 2015, Novak Djokovic overcame stiff resistance from Czech Tomas Berdych to win the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters tournament that concluded in the Principality of Monaco on Sunday. Djokovic thus became the first player to win every ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event of the 2015 tennis season. The […]

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Monte-Carlo Masters

Djokovic Wins the High Octane Battle-of-Wits With Rafa at Monte-Carlo Masters

 April 19, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the semifinal of 2015 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, two great players from the Big-Four Club squared off against one another on Saturday for the 43rd time and first since 2014 Roland Garros final. It was always going to be the mind game more than tennis skills on court. Finally, Novak Djokovic prevailed over Rafael Nadal […]

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