Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza: Up, Close and Personal

 December 20, 2013   Kirti Daga

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Associated with tennis at the tender age of 6, the Indian style icon Sania Mirza has been the highest ranked Indian tennis player from 2003- 2013. Born in Mumbai and brought up in Hyedrabad, this tennis star is actually the first highest ranked female Indian tennis player and also the first Indian female player whose […]

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Two Bulls in the Ring and a Few Cool Guys

 December 19, 2013   R K Gupta

Men’s tennis from late seventies until the better part of eighties was dominated by John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, Ivan Lendl and Boris Becker. But while Borg, Lendl and Becker played like quiet professionals, John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors were like two angry bulls, let loose in a ring. They fought like crazy and […]

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Andy Murray

Presenting Andy Murray – A Hard Working Tactician

 December 17, 2013   R K Gupta

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Fred Perry was a fantastic British sportsman, best known for his lawn tennis performances. It is doubtful that many people are aware that he also represented England in table tennis. He won the World Table Tennis Championship at Budapest in 1929, in the individual category, and helped his team win a bronze medal in the […]

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Czech Republic Lifts Davis Cup 2013

Czech Republic Lifts Davis Cup for the Second Year Running

 November 20, 2013   R K Gupta

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Serbian spectators in Belgrade’s Historical Kombank Arena yesterday were shockingly disappointed to see their star tennis players losing in the Davis Cup final to the visiting Czechs. Since Spain retained the Davis Cup in 2009, it was the second instance in the tournament’s history that reigning champions recorded back-to-back victories in Tennis’s most coveted world […]

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Novak Djokovic

ATP tournament confirms Djokovic and Nadal superiority

 November 12, 2013   John Welsh

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When Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal in the final of the ATP World Tours Final tournament, it proved that the old guard are still dominating the tennis circuit with few players currently capable of challenging their continued supremacy. Andy Murray prevented the dominant duo from winning all four grand slam tournaments but he appears to […]

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Mohd. Saleem to Yuki Bhambri – 100 years of Indian Tennis

 October 15, 2013   R K Gupta

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Like many other sports, tennis is also a legacy of the British Raj. The army officers and civilians in late 19th century played tennis as pastime. Soon, there were competitive tournaments for wider participation. But most such tournaments were won by British nationals, until an Indian, Mohd. Saleem of Lahore broke the stranglehold in 1915. […]

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Paes and Bhupathi

The Wreckers-in-Chiefs of Indian Tennis

 October 2, 2013   R K Gupta

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It is not difficult to pick up two tennis players in India, whose approach shifted from wearing the national colours in their prime to becoming completely selfish in recent times. Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are two of the same kind. Don’t make the mistake of counting their exploits in ATP and Grand Slam tournaments […]

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Roger Federer

Media Hounding Roger Federer – Is It Justified?

 September 22, 2013   R K Gupta

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After Federer’s fourth round loss in this year’s US open, the daggers have been drawn. The great Roger Federer is under an ugly media scanner. They are talking all sorts of things, since Tommy Robredo handed him a straight sets defeat at Flushing Meadow, early this month. From the moment Federer made an assessment of […]

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Leander Paes: India’s greatest Tennis Player!

 September 18, 2013   Kruti Mehta

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Leander Paes is a great tennis player with a never-say-die-attitude showed his potential again at the age of forty by winning the Men’s Double title in US Open 2013. This is his 3rd US Open title in Men’s Double category and his 14th overall Grand Slam title. This is the first time that a man […]

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Amazing Women of Professional Tennis

 September 15, 2013   R K Gupta

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Serena Williams’ victory at the just concluded US open tells us about the powerful force, with which she continues to dominate the Women’s Professional Tennis Circuit. It is now her fourteenth year and she shows no signs of leaving just yet. In 2013 she played 61 singles matches and lost just 5 of them, including […]

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