Sania and Hingis Storm into Final

Sania and Hingis Storm into Final While Murray Raonic Enter Semifinals at Melbourne Park

 January 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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Playing powerfully and losing just one game, world’s no.1 ranked women pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis have brought themselves on the threshold of another Grand Slam win. In 2016 Australian Open semifinal on Wednesday, Sania/Hingis took only 54 minutes in brushing aside 13th seeded German Julia Georges and Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova. For […]

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Djokovic Federer Semifinal Showdown at Melbourne

Djokovic & Federer Move Up for Semifinal Showdown at Melbourne Serena Beats Sharapova

 January 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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Results of some matches on 8th and 9th day of Australian Open threw up some intriguing tales, expected victories and a few upsets. On Monday, Andy Murray almost didn’t play his fourth round match against Australia’s Bernard Tomic because his father-in-law was hospitalized and he also awaited news from his heavily pregnant wife Kim. But […]

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Serena Sharapova

Serena Sharapova Set up Quarterfinal Showdown Djokovic Stretched Fully by Gilles Simon

 January 25, 2016   R K Gupta

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Women’s defending champion Serena Williams looked in ominous form in her fourth-round match against Russia’s Margarita Gasparyan. The world no.1 lost just three games in crushing Gasparyan in mere 55 minutes. Next up for Serena is the long-time rival Maria Sharapova, who needed to work a bit harder in disposing of the fast-rising Belinda Bencic […]

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Victoria Azarenka

With Promising Performance after Three Rounds Vika Set on Comeback at Melbourne

 January 23, 2016   R K Gupta

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As Victoria Azarenka prepares to play her fourth round match against Czech Republic’s Barbora Strycova for a place in 2016 Australian Open quarterfinals, she gives an impression of regaining her old glory. After the injury-ridden two years, the Belarusian is looking every bit like she did three years ago. She was the world’s no.1 player […]

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Australian Open Stories

Hewitt’s Farewell and Nadal’s Early Loss Are Major Australian Open Stories After 4 Days

 January 23, 2016   R K Gupta

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While steady rain at Melbourne Park delayed the start of most matches scheduled for Day-5 on Friday, Australian veteran Lleyton Hewitt’s emotional farewell from tennis after his loss to David Ferrer in the second round on fourth day was the major talking point. Besides, the first round exits of men’s no.5 seed and women’s no.2 […]

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Australian Open first day

Australian Open first day matches review

 January 19, 2016   R K Gupta

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The first major tennis spectacle of 2016 got underway at Australia’s Melbourne Park on Monday January 18. Most male and female superstars, who had their matches scheduled for the opening day of the Australian Open, cruised through to the second round. While men’s defending champion Novak Djokovic easily brushed aside Korean youngster Hyeon Chung in […]

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Sania and Martina Win

At Apia International Sania and Martina Dig Themselves Out of a Ditch to Win Another Title

 January 16, 2016   R K Gupta

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 It has been a great start to the New Year for women doubles WTA champions Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza. The duo completed their 30th consecutive match win and clinched yet another WTA doubles title after their victory in the final of the Apia International at Sydney on Friday. At one stage in the match, […]

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Consecutive Wins in Women’s Doubles

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis Complete a Record-Breaking 29 Consecutive Wins in Women’s Doubles to Reach Sydney International Final

 January 14, 2016   R K Gupta

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The last time people talked about the longest winning streak in women’s doubles matches was 22 years ago. Those days, the most talked about women’s doubles team of Puerto Rican Gigi Fernandez and Belarus’ Natasha Zvereva had scored their 28th successive match win in 1994 and their doubles combination was the most popular on WTA […]

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Sania Hingis Begin 2016 with Brisbane-Title Victory As Victoria Azarenka Ends Title Drought

 January 10, 2016   R K Gupta

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Hot on the heels of their amazing 2015 run in women’s doubles, Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis celebrated New Year with another title. The Indo-Swiss pair won their 26th consecutive match that gave them women’s doubles crown at Brisbane International on Saturday. In the final, the world’s no.1 ranked women’s tennis duo defeated Germany’s Angelique […]

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Sania Mirza Indian tennis player holding no.1

2015 Will Go Down As the Best Year for Indian Ace Sania Mirza’s Decade-Long Tennis Career

 December 11, 2015   R K Gupta

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Just before 2015 tennis season, India’s Sania Mirza was in a fix. Her women’s doubles partner Cara Black had decided to curtail her appearances and Sania wasn’t quite sure about who she would pair with. For the year-opening Brisbane International, Sania Mirza and Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-Wei lost in the semifinal and as Sania headed to […]

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