Serena

2015 Miami Masters: Serena, Djokovic Win Their Opening Matches On an Action-Filled Saturday

 March 29, 2015   R K Gupta

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Defending champions Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic cruised through their first matches at 2015 Miami Masters. The two players have had a great start to the 2015 tennis season by claiming the first major of the year at Melbourne and are favorites in Florida this week. Serena advanced to the third round with straight-sets but […]

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CiCi Bellis Carries 2014 US Open Splash to Miami Masters; Nadal, Murray, Wawrinka, Halep, Azarenka, Ivanovic Advance on Friday

 March 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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Bubbling babe Bellis is back with her tennis court dances. After making her presence felt at 2014 US Open, CiCi Bellis won at Miami Masters on Friday. She now waits for her next match, where she will most probably meet 19-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams. And surprisingly the kid didn’t sound scared, when she […]

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2015 Miami Masters

Federer Skips 2015 Miami Masters, Sharapova Suffers Shock 1st-Round Exit, Del Potro Loses on Comeback

 March 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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Almost everyone who played at Indian Wells until last week flew over to Key Biscayne for the 2015 Miami Masters, which is also a back-to-back ATP 1000 event. The most conspicuous absentee is one out of the Big Four, Roger Federer, who cited scheduling issues that didn’t suit his physical preservation. Federer was there last […]

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Indian Wells Masters Ends with Djokovic Taking Men’s Crown, Halep Clinching Women’s, Pospisil/Sock & Sania Mirza/Hingis Lifting Men & Women’s Doubles.

 March 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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It was payback time for Novak Djokovic. The world no.1 avenged his Dubai Open loss against Roger Federer and won the men’s singles title by beating the Swiss in the final of the BNP Paribas Open. Women’s no.3 seed Simona Halep recorded her career’s biggest win by coming back from the brink and handing a […]

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2015 Indian Wells Masters

2015 Indian Wells Masters Finals: It is Djokovic Vs Federer and Halep Vs Jancovic as Serena Withdraws Due to Injury

 March 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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The crucial matches are coming up on Sunday night, when no.1 men’s seed Novak Djokovic will try to defend his 2014 title against the highly competitive and no.2 seed Roger Federer in last year’s rematch. After Canada’s Milos Raonic broke the Big-Four party by defeating Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinal, it was the turn of […]

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Sharapova

Indian Wells Masters: Big Four on Course, Serena Moves On, Nishikori, Sharapova Shocked

 March 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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When Roger Federer hangs his boots, he will go down in tennis history as arguably the best men’s tennis player, several notches above his contemporaries and predecessors. There is nothing that he has not achieved in his decade-and half long tennis career. On Wednesday, Federer’s already heavily ornamented cap got another feather, when he beat […]

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Serena Williams

Serena Williams and Mardy Fish Make Emotional Comebacks at 2015 Indian Wells

 March 15, 2015   R K Gupta

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The dramatic return of Serena Williams at Indian Wells has been the biggest news story in tennis in recent days. Before her 2001 final against Kim Clijsters, an ugly incident took place. Though Serena won that match, she lost her heart and the Williams family vowed to never return to Indian Wells ever again. In […]

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Indian Wells Tennis

Facts & Figures from Famous Indian Wells Tennis Masters As it Catches Fans’ Fancy for a Fortnight

 March 13, 2015   R K Gupta

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Outside of four Grand Slams, Indian Wells Masters is the most-attended premier tennis event in the combined calendar of ATP and WTA. Like the majors, it has a huge congregation of top stars and it lasts for two weeks. The prestigious annual show is staged at the most beautiful tennis venues of the world and […]

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Davis Cup

Davis Cup: Quarterfinal Line-up Emerges as World Group First-Round Matches Are concluded

 March 10, 2015   R K Gupta

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At the end of first round matches in the Davis Cup World Group, eight nations have reached the quarterfinals of the prestigious tournament. They are; France, Great Britain, Australia, Kazakhstan, Argentina, Serbia, Canada and Belgium. The biggest off-shoot of the eight World Group matches was the defeat of the reigning Davis Cup champion Switzerland by […]

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Davis Cup Matches

Great Britain and Serbia Make Identical Starts on First Day of World Group First Round Davis Cup Matches

 March 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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In Glasgow’s Emirates Arena and far away Serbia, Day-1 brought similar results in Davis Cup World Group first-round matches. In Glasgow, the proceedings began with Britain’s no.1 player taking the first singles from Donald Young before watching the next singles match from sidelines with his team members. And what a match it turned out to […]

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