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Federer forever
In the last few years, men’s tennis has undergone a revolution of sorts. Quality and competition are two aspects that have literally gone through the roof. One of the main catalysts has been the...
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Don’t write Federer off yet
Great athletes defy the scourge of age to transcend the presumed parameters placed on them by the others. Sachin Tendulkar’s first Test century, which came in an unusually warm English summer of 1990,...
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Federer ends Wimbledon with a bang!
Sometimes even the bare statistics can be enough to tell the entire story. With this four-set victory over Andy Murray in the Wimbledon final, Roger Federer won an astonishing 17th grand slam, three...
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Parenting: On Andy Murray’s loss and Judy Murray’s victory
I am not particularly interested in tennis but to keep my husband company, I watched the Murray-Federer Wimbledon final. And at the end of the match - while I, along with everyone in the whole world,...
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Rafael Nadal: The king is back!
June 28, 2012, proved to be the most significant date in the life of Lukas Rosol. He not only beat Nadal in Wimbeldon but rather pulled off the biggest upset in sport, for the last decade. Nadal’s mind...
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Federer versus Nadal: Who is the greatest of them all?
Art is the purest form of human expression - free from the quagmire of social pessimism. The best way to appreciate it lies in the process of rising above vague parameters of judgment, which in their...
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Federer, Nadal, Djokovic or Murray, who will win the US Open?
As the tennis season nears its conclusion, attention turns to the boisterous city of New York, home to one the most unpredictable Grand Slam events - the US open Championships. Rapper Jay Z called New...
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US Open 2013: Is this the end of Roger Federer?
The US Open that culminated in Rafael Nadal’s victory this past Monday was a landmark event in recent tennis history. Firstly, it provided the venue for the evident demise of the tennis god, Roger...
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Is Roger Federer truly the ‘Greatest of All Time’?
It has been the year of comebacks so far; Justin Timberlake and our own prime minister would attest to that. There are fewer sights more exhilarating than a stirring rise of someone written off. Such a...
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The Australian Open men’s singles: With such big stars, who will walk away...
After the break following a fascinating 2013, tennis resumes in earnest next week in Melbourne at the first of the four Grand Slams. The Australian Open provides the perfect venue for the sport’s big...
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Australian Open 2014: More surprises?
When I wrote a preview for the Australian Open 2013, I foresaw a relatively comfortable passage for the top players of tennis into the latter stages of the tournament. Major upsets at Grand Slams had...
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Australian Open 2014: Birth of a new legend, Stanislas Wawrinka
In the realm of tennis, the Swiss class prevailed yet again. However, this time it was not the four-time Australian Open champion Roger Federer, who made the headlines. The new champion of the...
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Ronaldo is the best footballer in the world, he deserves the Laureus World...
Last year, when the Portugal football team played their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Sweden, the whole world expected the match to be a do or die for both the teams. And none other than...
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Tennis 101: French Open 2014
Under the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, the world’s best tennis players are battling it out for the second grand slam of the year. The 2014 tournament is the 113th edition which will be held at Stade,...
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The ATP World Tour: What to expect
After the French Open, the tennis giants move on to the grass courts. There are only five grass court events on the ATP World Tour calendar. The conversion from clay to grass is tough and the short...
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Roger Federer will win the US Open 2014
Around this time last year, Roger Federer had entered the US Open 2013 as an ailing old man (32 years) and had found it hard to battle against the young blood during the tournaments. Fast forward to...
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Federer, the living legend
Roger Federer – living legend and tennis’s Greatest Of All Time (GOAT) according to many – has defied the odds yet again at this year’s Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000. This title takes Federer’s total...
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Davis Cup 2014: There is no beating Roger Federer
On Sunday, November 23, 2014, history was made for Switzerland by their most prolific and magnanimous sportsman Roger Federer, when he beat Richard Gasquet to give his team an unassailable lead of 3-1...
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Progress of female players – Asking for a “twirl” instead of talent
Eugenie Bouchard, famously known as Genie Bouchard, won her second match after defeating Kiki Bertens in straight sets in the Australian Open. She is considered to be a rising star in the world of...
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#AustralianOpen: When the Rod Laver Arena turns into a pressure cooker, even...
In the last couple of weeks, Pakistanis have been preoccupied by the petrol crisis and power shortages, and hence, only a few managed to notice the early exit of Roger Federer from the Australian Open....
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