Wimbledon 2015

Wimbledon 2015: Murray Beats Karlovic Fedrerer Serena Sharapova Move up Berdych Loses

 July 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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In two men’s singles matches played on Monday, big-serving gentlemen from Croatia and South Africa created huge scare for British favorite Andy Murray and defending champion Novak Djokovic. While Murray overcame the challenge from Ivo Karlovic of Croatia, Kevin Anderson of South Africa is not done yet. In the earlier match played at the Center […]

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Martina Hingis

Martina Hingis Propping Up India’s Sania Mirza & Leander Paes in 2015 Wimbledon Doubles

 July 6, 2015   R K Gupta

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Once the Swiss Miss of the lawns and a teenage Wimbledon champion, Martina Hingis is excelling on the tennis courts in a new avatar. When she ruled women’s tennis after Steffi Graf, she was the world’s no.1 player for a total of 209 weeks. Then she was plagued with injuries and left the circuit in […]

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Wimbledon 2015 Petra Kvitova

Petra Kvitova Crashes out on Day 6 at Wimbledon 2015 Murray Federer Reach Fourth Round

 July 5, 2015   R K Gupta

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Czech Republic’s 2014 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was shocked by ex-world no.1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia. Kvitova fell to a three-set defeat as Jankovic powered her way in the second and third sets. The giant killing acts of Nadal’s conqueror, Dustin Brown and British wild card James Ward finished with their third round defeats. However, […]

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no.1 Serena Williams

Wimbledon 2015 Day 5: Serena Overcomes Watson Scare; Raonic, Dimitrov Fall; Djokovic, Wawrinka, Azarenka and Sharapova Go Through

 July 4, 2015   R K Gupta

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On an eventful fifth day, British no.1 Heather Watson came close to upsetting the top seed and world no.1 Serena Williams as she served for the match at 5-4 in the third set. But the 20-time Grand Slam champion shifted gears and broke Watson’s service before defeating her in three sets. The Watson-Serena third-round thriller […]

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rafael nadal exit

Rafael Nadal Dumped out of Wimbledon by Qualifier Brown on Fourth Day

 July 3, 2015   R K Gupta

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For the fourth year in a row, two-time champion Rafael Nadal has faced an early exit from Wimbledon. The only difference this time is a qualifier and world no.102, Dustin Brown sweeping away the big Spaniard. The title winner in 2008 and 2010 and runner-up in 2006, 2007 and 2011 was beaten in the fourth […]

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Wimbledon Novak Djokovic

Djokovic, Serena, Sharapova Advance; Ana Ivanovic Upset And Nishikori pulls out on Day 3 of Wimbledon 2015

 July 2, 2015   R K Gupta

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Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen played his last Wimbledon singles match on Wednesday and he faced none other than the world no.1 Novak Djokovic to bid adieu to the spectators at the Center Court. On the second day, the Finn had beaten Australia’s Old warrior Lleyton Hewitt, who also bid an emotional farewell to Wimbledon. The two […]

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2015 Wimbledon

2015 Wimbledon Day 2: Murray, Kvitova Enter Second Round, Simona Halep Exits Early

 July 1, 2015   R K Gupta

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Much to the delight of the center court crowd on Tuesday, Britain’s Andy Murray made a great start to his Wimbledon campaign by winning against Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin in straight sets. Playing in hot afternoon sun with mercury touching 410 C, Murray fought for over 2 hours with the Kazakh before cruising through to the […]

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Wimbledon Championships

Aura of Wimbledon Recalled as the Championships Get Underway on Monday

 June 30, 2015   R K Gupta

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Ivan Lendl was a big force in men’s tennis in the eighties and early nineties. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a US citizen in 1992. During his illustrious tennis career lasting over a decade, Lendl won 8 out of 19 Grand Slam finals that he contested. He held the Grand-Slam-final- appearance record until 2009, when […]

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Djokovic

Determined Djokovic Overpowers Federer in a 5-set thriller to Win the Wimbledon Crown

 July 7, 2014   R K Gupta

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Though it did not start like one, the Wimbledon 2014 final, ultimately became one classic of a match, truly worthy of being ranked as one of the greatest finals in Wimbledon history. It lasted the distance, provided edge of the seat romance and it was not over until the last point was played. Both Djokovic […]

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Kvitova

Kvitova Shatters Bouchard’s Dreams to Win Wimbledon Championship for the Second Time

 July 6, 2014   R K Gupta

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It was a sad end to Eugenie Bouchard’s marvelous run in Wimbledon 2014 as she succumbed to Czech Repulic’s Petra Kvitova in the final without a fight. The 55-minute one-sided finish was brought about by Kvitova playing a power-packed faultless game that left the Canadian no option but gape at the whizzing shots passing her […]

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