David Ferrer

Ferrer Takes Rio, Karlovic Bags Las Vegas and Gilles Simon Wins at Marseille

 February 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the final of the ATP 500 tournament in Rio, David Ferrer made short work of Fabio Fognini to win his 23rd ATP tour-level title and set a new record of 7 titles in Latin America’s Golden Swing. The 32-year-old Spaniard, who has also won 3 times each in Acapulco and Buenos Aires, surpassed the […]

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Fabio Fognini sent Rafael Nadal crashing

ATP Tour-Level Finals: Fognini Vs Ferrer in Rio, Karlovic Vs Young at Delray Beach and Monfils Vs Simon at Marseille

 February 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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The three tour-level events climaxed to their last stages on Saturday with some stunning results. At the Rio Open, Fabio Fognini sent Rafael Nadal crashing out of the tournament, American Donald Young caused an upset at Delray Beach to oust third seed Alexandr Dolgopolov but the most unexpected upset was caused by Sergey Stakhovsky, who […]

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Rafa

Rafa Rolls on to Round-of-Eight at Rio but Raonic Falls at Marseille

 February 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the three ATP Tour-level tournaments being played this week, Rafael Nadal is being keenly watched at the Rio Open in Brazil. On Thursday, the top seed and defending champion defeated compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta 7-5, 6-3 to enter the quarter-finals. In the top half of the draw, three other players joined Rafa to complete […]

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Kei Nishikori

Kei Nishikori Wins Memphis Open for Third Consecutive Year

 February 19, 2015   R K Gupta

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While Tomas Berdych failed to retain the Rotterdam Open, Japanese Hero Kei Nishikori remained on course at the ATP250 Memphis Open to register back-to-back victories for the third year in a row. The tournament, which began in 1975 but acquired its current form in 1976, was won in that year by India’s Vijay Amritraj. The […]

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Rotterdam Open Title

Wawrinka Overpowers Tomas Berdych to Win Rotterdam Open Title on Sunday

 February 16, 2015   R K Gupta

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Playing at the Rotterdam Open after a gap of 10 years, Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka denied Tomas Berdych a chance to retain the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament title on the last day. The fourth seed and world no.8 won 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a grueling three-set 2-hour encounter against the Czech. It was Wawrinka’s sixth […]

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Rotterdam Open Final

Tomas Berdych to Face Stan Wawrinka in Rotterdam Open Final on Sunday

 February 15, 2015   R K Gupta

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Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych is just one match away from retaining his title that he won last year at Rotterdam’s ABN AMRO ATP 500 Tournament. His opponent will be Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka, who is playing here for the first time after 10 years. Berdych has been deeply focused from the start of the tournament and […]

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Tennis

Simon Upsets Murray at Rotterdam, Joins Berdych, Raonic & Wawrinka in Semis

 February 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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Andy Murray couldn’t sustain his 12-0 Head-to-Head winning record against Gilles Simon as he lost his quarterfinal match tamely against the Frenchman in two sets. The Scot committed an unusually large number of unforced errors and paid the price in the end. But full credit must be given to eighth-seeded Simon, who continued his good […]

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Rotterdam Open

Murray, Wawrinka, Berdych, Dimitrov, Raonic & Monfils Grace 42nd Rotterdam Open

 February 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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The prestigious ABN-AMRO Rotterdam Open is an ATP500 event that attracts top tennis stars every year. While this week is also studded with two other ATP250 events at Memphis and Sao Paulo, Rotterdam is the cake-stealer, where tennis fans are watching world no.2 Andy Murray, no.6 Milos Raonic, no.7 Tomas Berdych, no.8 Stan Wawrinka and no.9 […]

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ATP250

Gasquet, Garcia Lopez and Estrella Burgos Win Title Crowns at Montpellier, Zagreb and Quito

 February 9, 2015   R K Gupta

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No top-seeded player could justify his tournament ranking in the World Tour’s three ATP250 matches in France, Croatia and Ecuador, which concluded on Sunday. In two of these venues, the winner was an over-30 player. At Montpellier, fourth seed Richard Gasquet won his third Open Sud de France title, having previously won in 2006 and […]

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After Australian Open Tennis Action Shifts to Europe and Latin America

 February 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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With the Year’s first Grand Slam concluded, the next round of action began in two European cities and at another venue in South America. While many of the top stars have abstained from participation after the grueling two weeks of tennis action at Melbourne, the field is still quite rich at Montpellier, Zagreb and Quito, […]

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