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Sania Mirza & Barbora Strycova have entered into the quarter-finals of Indian Wells doubles

 March 12, 2017   kridangan

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Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Barbora Strycova win against Italy’s Sara Errani and Poland’s Alicja Rosolska in straight set win  6-2, 6-3 to secure spot quarterfinals of the ongoing Indian Wells Masters. Sania Mirza & Barbora Strycova is 4th seeded duo in the tournament. Didn’t took much time to secure their spot next round […]

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Serena Williams Gets Past Steffi Graf for the Open Era Record of 23 Grand Slam Victories

 January 28, 2017   R K Gupta

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The women’s singles final at the Australian Open between the Williams siblings was no classic. But the character of the match aside, Serena Williams achieved something no woman player has done in the Open Era. In beating her elder sister Venus, Serena broke Steffi Graf’s long-standing record of 22 Grand-Slam wins. With 23 major titles […]

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A Mouthwatering All-Williams Title Clash Coming up Saturday at 2017Australian Open

A Mouthwatering All-Williams Title Clash Coming up Saturday at 2017Australian Open

 January 27, 2017   R K Gupta

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The Australian Open continues to be an event, where years have been rolled back. Defying her 36 years, American veteran Venus Williams booked herself a place in the final by beating her much younger compatriot and tournament giant-killer Coco Vandeweghe on Thursday. Soon after that match, Venus’ more celebrated younger sibling Serena also entered the […]

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Mirjana Lucic-Baroni’s Revival Is the Most Poignant Story of 2017 Australian Open

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni’s Revival Is the Most Poignant Story of 2017 Australian Open

 January 26, 2017   R K Gupta

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This year’s Australian Open Tournament has turned out as an event full of great tennis stories. Beside the forceful return of Switzerland’s Roger Federer and Spain’s Rafael Nadal, the tournament at Melbourne Park has seen a resurgent Venus Williams and the phenomenal rise of Williams’ compatriot Coco Vandeweghe. That is not all. Tennis outsiders Denis […]

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Barring Simona Halep’s Early Exit Year’s 1st Grand Slam Remains Uneventful on First 3 Days

 January 18, 2017   R K Gupta

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The 105th edition of Australian Open began with women’s fourth-seeded Romanian Simona Halep going out of the reckoning on first day, Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos engaging themselves in tournament history’s second longest match on second day and men’s singles seventh seed Marin Cilic crashing out on the third. While Halep was out […]

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Sania Mattek-Sands Begin Their Reunion by Winning at 2017 Brisbane International

 January 7, 2017   R K Gupta

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The born-again women’s doubles team of India’s Sania Mirza and USA’s Bethanie Mattek-Sands made a great start together in the New Year. The top-seeded Indo-US pair won the women’s doubles crown at 2017 Brisbane International Tournament by defeating second-seeded Russians Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina in straight sets in Saturday’s final. In women’s singles final, Czech Republic’s […]

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Dominika Cibulkova dominated Angelique Kerber in WTA championship final

 October 30, 2016   kridangan

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Debutante Dominika Cibulkova beaten world number one Angelique Kerber in WTA championship  final in Singapore. The Slovak showed great determination  in both set of the match played well against the Kerber cross returns, Kerber the Australian Open and US Open winner, was too strong for defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska. Dominika shown 85% accuracy in her […]

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Unseeded Kristina Mladenovic reaches her first Hong Kong Tennis Open final

 October 15, 2016   kridangan

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France’s Kristina Mladenovic, who is current WTA rank 54 & unseeded in Hong Kong open. defeated eighth seed Daria Gavrilova of Australia who is WTA rank 38 by defeated by close thrilling match 7-5, 6-3 at Victoria Park on Saturday to reach the final of the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open. Daria Gavrilova shown amazing […]

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Murray Crowned China Open Champion in Beijing

Murray Crowned China Open Champion in Beijing Nick Kyrgios Wins Japan Open in Tokyo

 October 10, 2016   R K Gupta

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Andy Murray played superb tennis all week and his efforts culminated in taking the China Open title in Beijing by beating Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov in the final on Sunday. The much anticipated showdown between Murray and Rafael Nadal had already become a non-event, when the Spaniard lost his quarterfinal against Dimitrov. On the same day […]

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Maria Sharapova Gets Reprieve as Her 2-Year Doping Ban Is Cut Down to 15 Months

 October 7, 2016   R K Gupta

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12 years ago, Maria Sharapova took the tennis world by surprise by winning the prestigious Wimbledon Crown as a 17-year old teenager. The sensational Russian defeated tournament favorite Serena Williams and created a flutter. It was not just her tennis but Sharapova looked so beautiful on court that sponsors immediately began a beeline to sign […]

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