Federer

Top News from Basel: Nadal’s Loss to Coric and 9th Final Appearance for Federer

 October 26, 2014   R K Gupta

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The Croats and Serbs are creating more tennis news these days than players from any other country in the world. First it was Marin Cilic, who made history at the US Open and jumped several rungs in the ATP world reckonings. A week back, Cilic claimed the Kremlin Cup in Moscow and he has already […]

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Novak Djokovic

Djokovic Becomes a Father Amid Furious Tennis Action in a Race to London

 October 24, 2014   R K Gupta

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Among the tennis news from several year-end ATP events, World No.1 Novak Djokovic became a proud father two days ago, when his wife Jelena Ristic delivered a baby boy at a clinic in Nice. The happy Serb tweeted to his followers yesterday that the baby was named Stefan. Of the top 5 tennis players in […]

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Roger Federer

The Great Roger Federer Wins the Elusive Shanghai Rolex Masters at Last

 October 13, 2014   R K Gupta

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Roger Federer finally won the Shanghai Rolex Masters title that had been eluding him since the inception of the tournament. Facing him was a determined Frenchman Gilles Simon, who was not found wanting. He gave Federer a run for his money in the match and looked like winning the final at times. Both sets of […]

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Federer

Classy Federer Breaks Novak’s China Run, Faces Simon in Shanghai Masters Final

 October 12, 2014   R K Gupta

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Playing marvelous tennis, the Swiss master Roger Federer broke Novak Djokovic’s dream run of 29 straight victories in China on Saturday. For the last three years, there were speculations as to when the great Serb would stop winning in China. He hadn’t done a thing wrong until after winning his quarterfinal match against Ferrer and […]

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In Shanghai Rolex Masters Semifinals, Djokovic Takes on Federer and Lopez Meets Simon

 October 11, 2014   R K Gupta

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The semifinal between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer on Saturday will be the most important match of the entire tournament as it will feature two of world’s greatest tennis players. The only regret of the fans worldwide would be why Roger Federer was seeded third behind Rafael Nadal? Federer is already No.2 in ATP rankings […]

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Federer

Djokovic, Federer Struggle to Reach QFs; Others Play At Shanghai with an Eye on London

 October 10, 2014   R K Gupta

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While the Rolex Masters tennis tournament continues, many top stars are trying hard in their matches in Shanghai to secure prestigious spots in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals to be staged at the O2 arena in London for a fifth straight year. Like every year, only the best eight singles players and best eight doubles teams of the […]

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Tennis

Tennis Scenario Now as Big Stars Arrive in Shanghai after a Flurry of ATP Events in Asia

 October 7, 2014   R K Gupta

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Since the Davis Cup matches in September, several ATP events took place as part of Tennis’ World Tour calendar. There were three ATP 250 category tournaments; Moselle Open in France; Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur and Shenzen Open in China. Besides, the last week of September also saw two events in ATP 500 category; the […]

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Li Na

Double Grand Slam Champion Li Na Calls It a Day

 September 20, 2014   R K Gupta

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For tennis enthusiasts, the biggest news on Friday was not about any upset results in a tournament, nor did it concern an exemplary victory of known champions of the game. The most absorbing piece of tennis news, however, was Chinese tennis star Li Na announcing her retirement from the game. The Chinese has had recurring […]

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Davis Cup Championship

Czech Republic Denied Bid for Their Third Consecutive Davis Cup Championship

 September 16, 2014   R K Gupta

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For some years now, the tennis world is witness to the emergence of enormous talent in both men’s and women’s categories from Balkan nations and many other parts of Eastern Europe. It started with Russia, a little over 20 years ago, when a bevy of teenaged women tennis players began making their mark on the […]

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Davis Cup Bryan brothers

Bryan Twins Lead the Way as US Secures Spot in the 2015 Davis Cup World Group

 September 16, 2014   R K Gupta

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After John Isner and Sam Querrey ensured a 2-0 lead on the first day, Bob and Mike Bryan finished the task of winning the Davis Cup tie for USA on Saturday against Slovakia and taking their country to the World Group. The famous chest bumping brothers could not have capped their remarkable run in men’s […]

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