Serena Swept out Dramatically on a Rain-Soaked Saturday at Wimbledon

 June 30, 2014   R K Gupta

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In a big momentum shift, the formidable Serena Williams withered out in her third-round match against world no. 24 Alize Cornet of France, after easily winning the first set on Saturday at Wimbledon. Then all of a sudden, the top seed began committing one unforced error after another, and the Frenchwoman took full advantage to […]

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Djokovic

Djokovic, Murray Enter Fourth Round But Li Na, Berdych, Fognini Fall on Friday

 June 28, 2014   R K Gupta

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Top-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic had an easy passage into the fourth round, overcoming Frenchman Gilles Simon. In nearly the same fashion, defending champion Andy Murray did not have to work too hard in his third round match against Roberto Bautista Agut. The biggest upset on day 5 was caused by Czech Republic’s Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova, who […]

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Nadal

Nadal, Federer, Wawrinka, Serena, Sharapova Go Through But Richard Gasquet Falls on Day 4

 June 28, 2014   R K Gupta

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Rafa Nadal needed to prove that his loss to Lukas Rosol, two years ago, in the same second round match was just a one-off thing. But Rafa began by losing the first set to allow some satisfaction to Rosol, before wrapping up the match and completing his revenge. Roger Federer went through the necessary motions […]

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Wimbledon

Ferrer, Gulbis, Youzhny and Azarenka Bounced Out of Wimbledon on Day 3

 June 26, 2014   R K Gupta

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In a major upset on Wednesday, 7th seeded Spaniard David Ferrer was shocked by Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia in a grueling five-set second round match. In other upsets of the day, men’s 12th seeded Latvian Ernests Gulbis, 17th seeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny and women’s 8th seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus also bowed out of the […]

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Wimbledon

Nadal drops a set, Tsonga survives and other top stars go through on day 2 at Wimbledon

 June 25, 2014   R K Gupta

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After three men and three women seeded players fell on day 1, it was the turn of three other gentlemen and six more women seeded players exiting in the first round on Tuesday. Barring this breed of first round losers, most men and women top stars stayed on course. World no.1 and second-seed Rafael Nadal […]

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Andy Murray

Of Andy Murray Mauresmo and the Briton’s Quest for another title as Wimbledon Gets Underway

 June 24, 2014   R K Gupta

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Undeterred by the divided attention of sports enthusiasts in the wake of FIFA World Cup in Brazil, year’s third Grand Slam, and inarguably the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world, began near London on Monday. Ivan Lendl famously said once that he would willingly trade all his championship trophies for just one Wimbledon crown. […]

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Madison Key

Madison Key, Feliciano Lopez win at Eastbourne and Roberto Bautista Agut at Topshelf

 June 24, 2014   R K Gupta

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Unseeded American teenage sensation, Madison Keys sprang a surprise at Eastbourne by beating fifth seed Angelique Kerber of Germany to win the final of Aegon International Tournament. The men’s title at Eastbourne was successfully defended by Spain’s Feliciano Lopez, who beat the tournament top seed Richard Gasquet of France. In the other pre-Wimbledon grass-court tournament at […]

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Federer

From Roland Garros, Tennis Action Shifts To Grass Courts In The Run-Up to Wimbledon 2014

 June 17, 2014   R K Gupta

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For the first grass court tournament after Roland Garros, a number of big tennis stars moved to Halle in Germany to play the annual Gerry Weber Open ATP 250 tournament during June 10-15 2014. Some others went to the Queens Club in London for another ATP 250 event, the Aegon Championship tournament that also concluded […]

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Rafael Nadal

Out-of-the-World Achievement for Rafael Nadal As Curtain Comes Down At Roland Garros

 June 9, 2014   R K Gupta

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The King of Clay had his reputation at stake. Anyone, who could say anything, used the medium of his/her choice to cast doubts on Nadal’s ability. Nadal, too, helped his critics by some sloppy display in the 2014 season. But the great Rafa took all this in his stride and refused to be drawn into […]

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Maria Sharapova Is The French Open Champion

 June 8, 2014   R K Gupta

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Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova continued with her fighting victories in the last three crucial matches at Roland Garros and won her second French Open title in three years. All through the week, Sharapova has played three-setters, often with the prospect of yielding to her opponents but her tenacity served her every time and she […]

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