World No 1 Spanish Rafael Nadal clinched gold medal in the mens single tennis competition of Beijing Olympics beating Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-3, 7-6, 3 here on Sunday and Nadal who has had an out standing year so far winning both French Open and Wimbledon displayed attacking tennis from the word go against an [...]
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Written on August 17, 2008 | Posted in
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The pair of Indian tennis aces Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes stormed into the quarterfinals of men’s doubles tennis and the seventh seeded Indians played compact tennis to defeat Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa of Brazil 6-4, 6-2 in just over an hour. In the quarterfinals, they will take on the winners of the second [...]
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Top seed Andy Roddick closed on his third title of the year by brushing aside Frenchman Marc Gicquel 6-3, 6-1 to reach the semi finals of the ATP event in Los Angeles.
The American on the comeback trail after shoulder and neck injuries grew in confidence as the match wore on to set up a [...]
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1- John McEnroe Vs Bjorn Borg
1978 - 81
They played 14 matches against each other and won 7 each. This pair played less each other but leave behind the memories for their fans. It was iceman vs crazy guy. The quite swede with liquid nitrogen in his veins against the hot-head big mouth who told us [...]
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American Bob Bryan tries not to take mixed doubles too seriously. Still he’d rather win and thats what he and Belarusian Victoria Azarenka are doing at the French Open. They advanced to Fridays final splitting sets and then winning a super tiebreaker to beat second seeded Kveta Peschke and Pavel Vizner 4-6 6-3 10-8 any [...]
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Dinara Safina came from match point down to dump top seed Maria Sharapova out of the French Open as history repeated itself at Roland Garros. Sharapova led by a set an 5-2 and was just one point from victory at 5-3 in the second set before a stunning turnaround saw Safina move on to a [...]
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Last years Wimbledon runner up Marion Bartoli admitted she needs some time away from tennis after crashing out of the French Open in the first round. The Frenchwoman seeded ninth at Roland Garros has endured a miserable 2008 season failing to replicate the form that took her to the brink of a shock win at [...]
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Written on May 29, 2008 | Posted in
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Novak Djokovic came back from a set down to beat unseeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 4-6 6-3 6-3 and claim the Rome Masters tennis title today. Wawrinka had the better of the early exchanges and took the first set after breaking Djokovic in the fifth game. The Serb hung in during a spell on the back [...]
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Written on May 11, 2008 | Posted in
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Using proper equipment for any game is quite necessary. Tennis is also such a game that requires the right equipment to take the true flavor of the game and Speaking of tennis equipment has anyone ever told you that a good workman never blames his tools.
Tennis Racquet
What a crock that is I guess these tossers [...]
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Written on May 9, 2008 | Posted in
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Top seed Rafael Nadal cruised into the semi-finals of the Open Sabadell Atlantico with a straight-sets win over unseeded Argentinian Juan Ignacio Chela on Friday. The Spaniard, who is gunning for an unprecedented fourth consecutive title in Barcelona, claimed a 6-4 6-2 victory on the clay.Nadal has now won 18 consecutive matches at the $1.39million [...]
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Birth Date: 15 Nov 1986
Birth Place: Mumbai, India
Residence: Hydrabad, India
Nationality: INDIA
Height: 5′7 1/2″ (1.53m)
Weight: 130 lbs. (59kg)
Plays: Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Favourite Surface: Hard
Coach: C.G.K. Bhupathi
Age Began Tennis: 6
Personal Interests: Swimming, Music
Other Information: Ambition in tennis: To be in the Top 20 of the World.
Favourite player: Steffi [...]
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The top four seeds at the Monte Carlo Masters lived up to their billings on Friday as all secured safe passage to the semi-finals of the prestigious clay court event. Top seed Roger Federer continued his resurgence with a battling victory over David Nalbandian, while Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Nikolay Davydenko all remain in [...]
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Written on April 25, 2008 | Posted in
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