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  1. Rain, rain, go away, says Paris

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    / June 11, 2012 / 1 Comment
    The clouds opened up in Paris at an inopportune time forcing a furious Rafael Nadal and a grim Novak Djokovic indoors even as they were busy scripting yet another colossal final. It was a fourth straight grand slam final for the two leading tennis stars and just when it looked...

  2. PC would have liked to `love-all’

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    / February 18, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has a regret. That he could have shined better as a tennis player than as a politician. Speaking in Agartala, PC said “perhaps I have chosen a wrong path”. “I used to play tennis during my days in college and my track record was good....

  3. Will it be Fedex Down Under?

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    / January 24, 2012 / Leave a comment
    By Jayarama Emani Coming to this Australian Open 2012 with a 40-match winning streak after losing to Djokovic in the US Open 2011 in five sets, Roger Federer who is yet to drop a set in the current tournament can overcome the Nadal challenge in the semi-finals if he doesn’t...

  4. Mahesh Bhupathi `skypes’ with Lara & daughter

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    / January 21, 2012 / Leave a comment
    This one is a first. Tennis player got to see his newborn daughter from Melbourne, where he is playing the Australian Open, via skype. He tweeted : “just spoke to @DuttaLara and baby on Skype. they got to watch the match on TV in the hospital.” According to Raveena Tandon, the baby...

  5. Advantage Murray

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    / January 7, 2012 / 2 Comments
    By Jayarama Emani England’s No. 1 Tennis player Andy Murray, two-time finalist at the Australian Open in 2010 and 2011 will hope he is lucky this time, more so in the context of Ivan Lendl, a former legend joining his team as the new coach. The fact that Lendl lost...

  6. Will Federer go the Sampras way?

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    / November 28, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Jayarama Emani As a fan of Roger Federer, I was happy to see him win the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals beating Jo Wilfred Tsonga 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 yesterday. I was even more happy for the fact that Federer regained that extra zest in him to win the match...

  7. Novak Djokovic, the new tennis star?

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    / September 13, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Bala   With Novak Djokovic winning the last grand slam title of the year yesterday, he is clearly rising to become the new tennis star. With 3 grand slam titles and a few masters titles in the past few months, he seems to be unstoppable.   They say that...

  8. Who will be the GOAT?

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    / September 11, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Jayarama Emani   There is no denying that it was heartbreak time for Federer fans like me after his 2nd successive five-set US Open semi-final loss. That too after the great champion was leading Djokovic two sets to love.   But then, most of the fans take heart from...

  9. I want Serena Williams in Team India

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    / September 10, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Bala   With the Indian cricket team faring pathetically in the ODIs following the 4-0 whitewash in the Test series, I am sure our team is psychologically down and out and they need someone who can understand their problems, be sympathetic when they feel low but absolutely firm when...

  10. Fedex’s success mantra

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    / September 1, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Bala   Venus Williams is out of the US Open Tennis tournament since she is diagnosed as suffering from a form of an autoimmune disease known as Sjogren’s Syndrome.   Some years ago, when the Williams sisters burst on the tennis world, and started achieving great success, their father...

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