Roger Federer To Meet Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon Final As a Proxy Between Edberg & Becker

 July 5, 2014   R K Gupta

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In the first semifinal on Friday, talented Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov expectedly gave a scare to top-seeded Djokovic, after snatching the second set and posing some more danger in the fourth set Djokovic held on regardless. Alex Ramsay, writing for Wimbledon’s official IBM-managed website, did not make the description apt by his title; “Djokovic Silences The […]

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Needless Sachin-Sharapova Talk Is Much Ado About Nothing

 July 4, 2014   R K Gupta

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India’s cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar is in London along with Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralidaran, Brian Lara and Brett Lee to participate in the Lord´s Bicentenary Match between a Rest of The World XI and MCC XI on July 5. In between he joined many sports celebrities in Wimbledon’s Royal Box on day 6, the first […]

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Indo-Czech Pair of Leander Paes/Radek Stepanek Enter Men’s Doubles Semifinals at Wimbledon

 July 4, 2014   R K Gupta

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With merciless sun beating down on their backs on Thursday, 5th seeded India-Czech Republic doubles pair of Leander Paes/Radek Stepanek won a tough quarterfinal encounter against 3rd seeded Daniel Nestor(Canada) and Nenad Zimonjic(Serbia). In the semifinal Paes/Stepanek will take on the Canadian/American pair of Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock, who defeated the no.2 seed Austrian/Brazilian […]

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Canadian Beauty Bouchard to Contest Women’s Singles Final Against Czech Republics’ Kvitova

 July 3, 2014   R K Gupta

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Playing marvelous tennis, Eugenie Bouchard brought historical glory to her nation by becoming the first ever Canadian tennis player to reach a Grand Slam singles final. In the second semifinal on Thursday, Bouchard ended the dreams of Romanian third seed Simona Halep to set up a championship encounter with Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova, who had […]

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Federer

Dimitrov Dazzles, Defeats Murray to Join Djokovic, Federer and Raonic in Semifinals

 July 3, 2014   R K Gupta

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In a disappointingly dipping display at center court, Andy Murray allowed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria to dominate him completely in the quarterfinal on Wednesday. Murray’s downturn in performance was shocking since he had cruised confidently through his earlier four matches. He wouldn’t have regretted the loss so much, if he had maintained his seemingly solid […]

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Men and Women’s French Open Champions Suffer Shock Defeats at Wimbledon on Tuesday

 July 2, 2014   R K Gupta

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Last month’s championship winners at Roland Garros were bundled out of their fourth round matches at Wimbledon on Tuesday. While Rafael Nadal fell to Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios, who played the biggest match of his tennis career, 2004 champion Maria Sharapova lost to Germany’s ninth seed Angelique Kerber in three sets. In other matches on […]

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Wimbledon QF

Djokovi.c, Murray, Dimitrov & Cilic Enter Wimbledon QF on Monday as Radawanska falls

 July 2, 2014   R K Gupta

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Top seeded Novak Djokovic was perhaps oblivious to the halted actions on other courts as rain played havoc yet again. Playing at the close-roofed Center Court against the 14th seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Djokovic was all business in his straight sets victory. In a rain-interrupted fourth round match Andy Murray defeated Kevin Anderson of South […]

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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, 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, 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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