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Nadal calls Australian Open final as his toughest match
Published on 30 Jan, 2012 at 12:16 in Tennis | Viewed 116 views times | No Comments
Melbourne: World No.2 Rafael Nadal, who lost to Serb Novak Djokovic in a marathon Australian Open tennis final Sunday, has dubbed the match as the toughest he has ever played.
Nadal lost to the World No.1, 7-5, 4-6, 2-6, 7-6(7-5), 5-7 in five hours and 53 minutes in the longest Grand Slam final in history.
“Physically (it) was the toughest match I…
Paes thanks Stepanek for helping him win Australian Open
Published on 29 Jan, 2012 at 9:26 in Tennis | Viewed 137 views times | No Comments
Melbourne: Indian tennis veteran Leander Paes praised his Czech partner Radek Stepanek for playing a crucial role in realising his dream of winning the Australian Open men’s doubles title Saturday.
Paes finally completed a career Grand Slam of winning all the four major tennis titles by winning the Australian Open men’s doubles event beating the World No.1 pair Bryan brothers, Mike…
Nadal reaches Australian Open final
Published on 27 Jan, 2012 at 4:32 in Tennis | Viewed 126 views times | No Comments
Melbourne: World No. 2 Rafael Nadal overcame his greatest rival Roger Federer 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-4 Thursday to reach his second Australian Open final here.
The Nadal-Federer contest lived up to the high expectations with the two champions fighting it out for each point.
Four-time winner Federer took the first set by winning the tie-break 7-5. Nadal broke Federer’s serve twice in…
Novak Djokovic wins US Open title
Published on 13 Sep, 2011 at 7:05 in Tennis | Viewed 211 views times | No Comments
New York: Novak Djokovic defeated defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (3/7), 6-1 to win the US Open, his third Grand Slam title of the year in an epic final.
The world number one Serb, who had already won the Australian Open before defeating Nadal at Wimbledon, racked up his 64th win on Monday.
But having been just two points from…
Serena Williams fined by US Open
Published on 13 Sep, 2011 at 1:12 in Tennis | Viewed 876 views times | No Comments
The U.S. Open has asked tennis player Serena Williams to pay a fine of $2,000 for berating the chair umpire during the finals against Australia’s Samantha Stosur.
The ruling was issued by the tournament referee, Brian Earley, a day after Serena Williams was cited by chair umpire Eva Asderaki for a code violation for verbal abuse during the finals in the…
Australia’s Stosur wins US Open title
Published on 12 Sep, 2011 at 10:42 in Tennis | Viewed 177 views times | No Comments
New York: Australia’s Samantha Stosur has defeated America’s Serena Williams to win the US Open tennis final in New York. Samantha Stosur won straight sets 6-2 6-3 to become Australia’s first female Grand Slam Singles Champion in 31 years.
Stosur gave a startling performance before a 23,000 strong crowd. She is now the first Australian female grand slam champion since Evonne…
Tennis Matches
Published on 7 May, 2011 at 2:57 in Tennis | Viewed 182 views times | No Comments
