Switzerland’s Roger Federer will clash with Serbian Novak Djokovic in the US Open men’s final today, Sunday, 13 August. While odds are in favour of Djokovic, who won the Wimbledon’s over Federer, all eyes are on the swiss legend again to see whether he is putting his best foot forward in the play to win the grand slam for once ...
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US Open 2015: Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams are Hot Favorites
Like every major tournament nearly every year, the 135th edition of US Open is also expected to witness histories being made. Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, who have been declared as the top seeds of the last slam event of the year are two of the biggest names waiting to be written on the pages of history. Djokovic, 27, is ...
Read More »Federer Wins Seventh Cincinnati Final; Beats Djokovic
Roger Federer beats world number one Novak Djokovic to win his seventh Cincinnati Masters title on Sunday. The 34-year-old Swiss star is 7-0 in Cincinnati finals, recorded a 7-6(7-1) 6-3 win. Federer who knocked out Britain’s Andy Murray in the semi-final, will be seeded second at the US Open behind Djokovic. This win will give Federer a lot of confidence ...
Read More »Paes and ‘Stanimal’ Wawrinka Enter Second Round of Cincinnati Open
Indian hopes took another step ahead in the Cincinnati Open as Leander Paes and his Swiss partner Stanislas Wawrinka came back from a set down to win the opener of the tournament. .@stanwawrinka and @Leander team for opening win at @CincyTennis on Monday. Read: http://t.co/HVAWEpGuAq #atp pic.twitter.com/bght2stZLD — ATP World Tour (@ATPWorldTour) August 17, 2015 Producing a slow start got ...
Read More »Wimbledon 2015: Novak Djokovic to face a challenging first round, preview, TV and Live Streaming info
The 129th edition of Wimbledon has returned for 2015 and the action gets underway from today. The first day of the fortnight long tournament will feature defending champion Novak Djokovic and French Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka. The two faced each other in the Rolland Garros final only a couple of weeks before where Djokovic suffered a shocking defeat in the ...
Read More »Wimbledon 2015: Novak Djokovic has the advantage, Serena Williams to chase history
Isn’t it hard to believe that the grand slam calendar of this year has already slithered its way to Wimbledon? Not that much has changed as the top seeded players continue to dominate the tournaments, when it comes to London and the enigmatic tradition it possesses you’ve got to get excited. Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Petra Kvitova of Czech ...
Read More »Floyd Mayweather is Forbes’ highest paid athlete, rival Manny Pacquiao comes second
American Floyd Mayweather has topped Forbes’ list of 100 highest-paid athletes’ with earnings of $300 million, while India’s cricket star captain M.S.Dhoni slipped to 23rd position from 22nd last year and he is tied with Barcelona star, 23-year-old Neymar with earnings of $31 million. The undefeated boxer who won the mega fight against his Filipino rival, Manny Pacquiao is miles ...
Read More »Rafael Nadal drops to world N0. 10, champion’s decline seems close
Rafael Nadal in his autobiography, “Rafa: My story” tells that he is not a naturally gifted tennis player unlike Roger Federer. What he has achieved in his career is due to immense hard work, and discipline. The words couldn’t be any true. Nadal’s game doesn’t constitute effortless serves or unplayable shots. In fact he is hardly seen shooting down serves, ...
Read More »French Open 2015: Stan wins a first, Djokovic halted again
Roger Federer with his 17 major titles is rightly regarded as the “greatest tennis player” ever. At the age of 19 when he defeated Pete Sampras, another legend, the tennis world was promised of a “rising star”. And he turned out to be a legend himself. For all these years, Federer ruled the world as the “Swiss legend,” overshadowing his ...
Read More »French Open 2015: Controversy over line calls, players ask for review system
In 2012 when a line man called a shot ‘long’, Andy Murray immediately challenged the call by asking for a review system or Hawk Eye. It showed the ball just kiss the sideline, providing the Scot a championship point for his first ever grand slam title against Serbian Novak Djokovic. He won, delighting his country and his fans. However, in ...
Read More »French Open 2015: Andy pumps up in semi-final clash against Novak, storm ceases play
Novak Djokovic sent a dreadful signal to Andy Murray when he crushed 9-time defending champion, Spaniard Rafael Nadal in the quarter finals of French Open. Although the semi final clash was much anticipated many thought this year would make Novak’s ‘dream come true’ of completing a career slam by winning all four majors, it seems vague now. On Friday, in ...
Read More »French Open 2015: Rafa and Novak prepare for a mighty quarter final clash
In 2005, a promising young teenager namely Rafael Nadal or Rafa (as his fans know him) from Spain won his very first grand slam title – French Open, defeating Argentine Mariano Ruben Puerta. What followed next is an epic story. The Spaniard who is regarded as the “King of Clay” due to his unprecedented record on this particular surface, went ...
Read More »World No. 1 Novak Djokovic Defends Paris Masters with 600th Career Victory
World No.1 Novak Djokovic, a two-time champion in previous Paris Masters, Sunday claimed his 20th ATP Masters 1,000 title here without dropping a set after taking his 600th career victory over 10th-ranked Canadian Milos Raonic. It took the 27-year-old Serbian an hour and 23 minutes to brush aside the 23-year-old Canadian 6-2, 6-3 to lift the tree-shaped crystal trophy and ...
Read More »End of Federer Days? Wimbledon Goes to Novak Djokovic
Roger Federer has again lost to Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon finals, which went to his opponent for the second time and is the seventh grand slam title for him, creating history in tennis. Djokovic lost the first set and slipped a championship point in the fourth as Federer raised hopes of his fans with a remarkable comeback, but finally ...
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