Will Djokovic Beat Federer’s Grand Slam Record? Novak Djokovic is on fire after just beating Roger Federer in the latest Wimbledon finals. In a stadium cheering for the Swiss, Djokovic still managed to capture his fifth title on Centre Court. With his latest win, the Serb is just a few titles away from overtaking Federer and being the most successful tennis …
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World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying might have proved to be a nemesis for Saina Nehwal but the Indian shuttler believes the Taiwanese is not unbeatable and exuded confidence of defeating her in due time. Tai Tzu, who clinched five titles last year, has defeated Saina nine times in last 10 meetings with only three of them going into a …
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Saina Nehwal made a perfect start to the new season, reaching the women’s singles final of the $350,000. Indonesia Masters with a thrilling straight-game win over world no 4 Ratchanok Inthanon of Thailand here on Saturday. The former world no 1, who has won thrice in Indonesia, dished out a spirited performance to overcome a fighting Ratchanok 21-19 21-19 in …
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Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu made a positive start to the new season, reaching the second round of the USD 350,000 Indonesia Masters with contrasting wins in women’s singles here on Wednesday. London Olympics bronze medallist Saina, who is coming back from an ankle injury, had to dig deep into her reservoir to eke out a 22-24, 21-15, 21-14 …
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P Gopichand inaugurates Bennett University sports complex. Bennett University has been established to provide students, an ivy league quality education in India. All England champion Pullela Gopichand inaugurated the newly completed sports facility at the Bennett University campus amongst students, faculty and university officials. Bennett University’s new sports block comprises three squash, badminton and tennis courts each, a swimming pool, …
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Olympic and World Championship silver medallist PV Sindhu feels the experimental service law in badminton could have come at a better time. According to the new rule, “the whole of the shuttle shall be below 1.15 metres from the surface of the court at the instant of being hit by the server’s racket”. The law will be tested at next …
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Carolina Marin gave Hyderabad Hunters the perfect start in the Premier Badminton League as they took an unassailable 3-0 lead against North East Warriors. Hyderabad Hunters got off to a bright start in the Premier Badminton League as they beat North East Warriors in their campaign opener. The Hunters have taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match tie at …
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Top Indian shuttler P V Sindhu suffered yet another final loss, going down against World No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in a pulsating women’s singles summit clash of the Dubai Super Series Final. In the prestigious season-ending tournament finale, Sindhu played her heart out before losing 21-15 12-21 19-21 to Yamaguchi in an energy-sapping summit clash that lasted an …
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PV Sindhu failed to overcome the final hurdle yet again, going down against Akane Yamaguchi in the women’s singles final of the World Superseries Finals on Sunday. In the second game, Sindhu came out all guns blazing, zooming to a 5-to-love lead. However, the Indian was called for a service fault and ended up giving another point to her rival, …
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After making a clean sweep of the group stages, PV Sindhu will play China’s Chen Yufei in the semis of the Dubai Superseries Finals World No 3 Sindhu defeated Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi 21-9, 21-13 in just 36 minutes to top Group A in women’s singles. Sindhu, who clinched two Super Series titles this season before winning a silver at the …
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