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  1. 7-up for Federer

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    / July 8, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The verdant aroma of history filled the air around Centre Court as Andy Murray and Roger Federer made their regal entrance into the Wimbledon coliseum like determined gladiators fighting for transcendent glory. As seasoned professionals, their pride was always going to be at stake, but the burden of history added...

  2. Federer exacts sweet revenge

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    / July 6, 2012 / Leave a comment
    It was the final before the grand finale on Sunday – while that may sound disrespectful of the players from the other half of the draw, such was pedigree of the two contestants of the first semi-finals this evening at SW19 outside London. One of them had won four of...

  3. Rafa in seventh heaven

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    / June 11, 2012 / Leave a comment
    It wasn’t just another Monday in Paris. Not with Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic resuming their battle for supremacy and a chunky pie of tennis history. The Serbian evoked visions of a titanic battle, with his rousing fightback in the third set on Sunday. But much to the disappointment of...

  4. 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...

  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. 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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