Nadal wins the 2022 Australian Open in an Epic Final

The tennis year 2022 started with  a spectacular showdown between World Number 1 Spaniard Rafael Nadal and second seeded Russian Medevedev at Melbourne Australian in the final of first grand slam of the year: The Australian Open.

The over five hours epic final was a test of both players' nerves, gut, wits and stamina. With two sets down, Nadal fought back superbly and finished the game in a nail biting finish for his counter part was never giving in either.

The match ended in the favour of world number 1 Nadal 2-6, 6-7, 6-4,6-4,7-5 at the rod Laver Arena. While Nadal has won the French Open title for record 13 times, his win at Melbourne was only his second. He earlier won the title in 2009, beating Roger Federer, 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–2.

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Rafael Nadal beat Djokovic to win his 13th French Open Title

Rafael Nadal of Spain beat world number 1 Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the final of Roland Garros / French Open tennis final today to clinch his 13th French Open title,

Nadal easily won the first two sets 6-0 and 6-2. However, Djokovic made a concerted effort to win over the third set, but Nadal finally prevailed over the Serbian 7-5.

The tennis enthusiasts of Paris must have missed watching the match in the arena as entry we restricted due to Covid-19

With this Grand Slam win, Nadal equals 20 Grand Slim wins of Roger Federer.

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Rafael Nadal wins US Open 2019

Rafael Nadal is the 2019 US Open Tennis champion.

33 years old Spaniard Nadal beat the 5th seed Russian Daniil Medvedev 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4 in the men's single final of US Open played at the Arthur Ashe court, New York.

In the fifth set when the duo were two sets each, Medvedev struggled to a comeback from 5-2 to 5-4, but then Nadal shook off his faults he has had just made to clinch the victory.

It is Nadal's 19th Grand Slam victory. Victory today moves him within one of Swiss rival Roger Federer's all-time leading tally of Grand Slam victories.

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Serena Williams Loses US Open 2019 Final to Canadian Bianca Andreescu

US Open 2019 has been a great upset for top ranking players. While in men's singles race, both Federer and Djokovic lost their race to finals, Serena Williams did manage to reach finals but could not come out with a winning note.

Yes, Williams lost to Canadian Bianca Andreescu in straight sets. Bianca Andreescu won the final 6-3, 7-5 at the Arthur Ashe court.

Serena Williams thus failed for a second year in a row to claim a history-matching 24th Grand Slam title in New York to equal Margaret Court’s career tally. Last year, Williams lost a controversial match to Japanese star Naomi Osaka 6-3, 6-4.

In fact the 19 years old Canadian was too swift for aging and rather bulky American. Andreescu by wining the US Open title becomes the first Canadian, man or woman, to win a major in a singles event and has done so in the fewest number of Grand Slam appearances since Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon in 2004, according to ESPN.

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Roger Federer tops world tennis ranking

The aging yet energetic and super fit Swiss Roger Federer is showing no signs of decline in his physical fitness and is here to stay for quite sometime now.

As per the latest world tennis ranking, Roger Federer is back to world no 1 position with 8670 points. He pushes back Rafael Nadal to no. 2 position with 7950 points,  fell in the quarterfinals of last week's Mutua Madrid Open.

Nadal, who won the Masters 1000 event in Madrid last year, needed to defend all of his champion’s points to hang onto the ATP tour's top spot, but those hopes were cut short by a 7-5, 6-3 loss to Dominic Thiem.

On the contrary, Federer who hasn't played any match since March this year, climbed up to replace Nadal. it is unfortunate to find Novak Djokovic who is not there even in the first five position. He is at no. 18th position with mere 1905 points - which means he is seemingly done for for any top ranking positions in future.

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Once Tennis Star Boris Becker planning to sell his Wimbledon trophies to clear debt

Trophies that may not his anymore

A bad news for the fans of once reigning tennis world king German Boris Becker: Yes he is under thick financial clouds these days as his debt has risen to the tune of £54 million.

The rising debt has threatened his houses and personal property and he is likely to auction his famous Wimbledon trophies, luxury watches and much more.

But even selling his trophies may not fetch him more than £1 million. He has already been declared bankrupt over a debt of £3.34 million owed to a private bank.

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Roger Federer beat Nadal to win the Australian Open 2017

Oh boy what a match it was today between the two tennis giants; The seventeen times Grand Slam winner Roger Federer and fourteen times Grand Slam title holder Rafael Nadal.

As I wrote yesterday that age does not matter for some, it is true for America's Serena Williams and Swiss Roger Federer. Like Serena Williams, the same age 35-year-old Federer claimed his eighteenth Grand Slam title by beating Nadal 6-4 3-6 6-1 3-6 6-3.

But for Federer the match was not easy as Nadal, coming back to finals after years of injuries preventing him to climb up the ladder. Nadal and Federer won one set after the other and it was the fifth set in which Nadal finally gave away the title to Federer.


It was federer's fifth Australian title, which also takes him on top of the world list as for men's single titles are concerned.

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Serena Williams wins Australian Open and sets a Open Era record of 23 titles

Who says age matters? May be for many but not for Serena Williams when it comes to winning Grand Slam titles.

And that was exactly she did today by beat her sister Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 to win the Australian Open title for record seven times. And if that is not all - she also become the record holder of Open era period with 23 Grand Slam titles.

However, despite all the laurels earned, Australia's Margaret Court, with 24, is the only player still ahead of Serena in terms of Grand Slam singles titles, reports BBC

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Australian Open Grand Finale: Nadal all set to regain lost glory - meets Federer in the final

Rafael Nadal of Spain won a stunning victory to reach the  final of the on going Australian Open tennis.

Nadal beat G. Dimitrov 6-3 5-7 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 in a match that lasted almost five hours.

Now the test ahead of his fitness ahead is the grand finale in which he meets 35 years Swiss Roger Federer, who too is looking for a Grand Slam title to start his tennis year with another feather in his cap. 

Nadal, who is attempting to win a 15th major title, has faced Federer 34 times, winning 23 matches. This also includes the 2009 Australian title which he won while playing Federer.

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Wimbledon's shocking upset: World No.1 Djokovic crashes out in third round

Oops the news is devastating for fans of world no.1 Novak Djokovic as he crashed out of the Wimbledon title race just in the third round.

While the reigning champion Djokovic was on 30-match unbeaten Grand Slam run, came American Sam Querrey, world ranked 41st, and beat Novak Djokovic 7-6 (8/6), 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7/5) on Saturday.

So that is it for the world no.1 as he loses this important Grand Slam he had been eyeing anxiously.

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French Open enters into Semis with Djokovic and Serena Williams

The French Open, last Grand Slam before the Wimbledon, enters into the semis stage with Djokovic and Murray playing their semis today.

With the ouster of Nadal in very early stage who had won the title nine times, it is more likely that Djokovic will overpower Murray should the clash in the finals. But if it is Wawrinka against Djokovic, then anything can happen!!

Murray meets Stan Wawrinka in the semis today. Wawrinka was the winner of the Men's Singles in 2015. It was his second Grand Slam singles title and his first at Roland Garros.

In the women singles race, America's Serena Williams is right there despite all odds and her age, playing her semi against K. Bertens. Williams had beaten Y. Putintseva in the quarters 5-7, 6-4 and 6-1 while K. Bertens beat T. Bacsinszky 7-5 and 6-2.

It may be added that Serena Williams won the Women's Singles in 2015. It was her 20th Grand Slam singles title and her third at Roland Garros.

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Kerber tames Serena to win her first Grand Slam at Melbourne

So finally it was it - Serena Williams, world number 1 and unbeatable since long, bowing to the German Angelique Kerber at the women's single final of the Australian Open tennis championship at the Melbourne Park today.

Kerber, seeded seventh, beat Williams 6-4 3-6 6-4 and thus became the first German since Steffi Graff to win a Grand Slam title. Steffi won the 1999 French Open title.

Williams, 34, was beaten for just the fifth time in 26 Grand Slam finals, and the American missed the chance to tie Graf's open-era record of 22 titles.

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Djokovic to contest his 5th Grand Slam Final after defeating Federer

In a dramatic semi final of the on going Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the new year 2016, world number one Serbian Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer of Switzerland in the semi final to qualify for the Australian Open final.

After two easy wins of 6-1, 6-2 over Federer, Djokovic got a return jolt when Federer temporarily came back to the game and won the third set 6-3.  However, not losing his nerves, the Serbian won over Federer in the fourth set, sailing into his consecutive 5th Grand Slam final.

It remains to be seen who out of Britain's Andy Murray and 13th seed Raonic take position in front of the charged world number one in the final on Sunday at the Melbourne Park.

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Nadal ousted from First Round of Australian Open 2016

Nothing could have been as bad for once world number 1 rafael Nadal when he lost his first round match of Australian Open today. Many have started doubting Nadal's future tennis career already.

Now down to world number 5 due to his successive failures, Nadal found is hard to win his first round match against fellow Spanish left-hander Fernando Verdasco in a well fought five-set match, which Verdasco finally won 7-6 (8/6), 4-6, 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2. The match lasted four hours and 41 minutes.

It was the first time Nadal had lost in the opening round of a major tournament since his shock loss to Steve Darcis at Wimbledon in 2013.

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England wins Davis Cup after 79 years

It was a great day today for the Great Britain as it won the coveted Davis Cup for the first time since 1936 after Andy Murray beat Belgium's David Goffin to clinch the decisive point in Ghent.

Murray won 6-3 7-5 6-3 to give the Belgians an unassailable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five tie.

Watch the memorable video showing the winning shot by Britain's Andy Murray to clinch the Davis Cup title after almost eight decades:

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Great Britain wins the #DavisCup for the first time in 79 years!! And what a way to do it. Andy Murray hits a wonderful lob to clinch the title...
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Back in 1936, it were Bunny Austin and Fred Perry who beat the Australians to win the Davis Cup for Britain.

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Djokovic beats Federer to win ATP World Tour title

Novak Djokovic has proved to be one of the greatest tennis players as he remains on top of the world despite many threats to his position. The year ends with Djokovic still standing tall as he wins the ATP World Tour title beating Roger Federer.

The world number one broke serve three times to win 6-3 6-4 at London's O2 Arena against Federer in just 80 minutes - just like around the world in 80 days!!

28-year-old Serbian has now won the season finale five times and surpasses Ivan Lendl's 1987 achievement, when he won his third straight Tour Finals title in New York.

With 16,585 points, Djokovic has almost twice the numerical lead over Andy Murray, second on the ranking table with 8,670 points, followed by Federer with 8,265 points.

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Djokovic beats Federer to be the US Open 2015 Champion

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Well to the dismay of many Roger Federer fans, it is the world number one Serbian Novak Djokovic who lifted the US OPen 2015 trophy Sunday.

It was their 42 encounter and aging Federer found it much harder to beat the much younger Serbian and let Djokovic win 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.  Now both have equal wins and losses - 21 each.

For Djokovic, it is his 10th Grand Slam title and he does not give any signs of waning and has his sight set high for many more years and many Grand Slam titles.

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US Open: Flavia Pennetta wins the best of Italian Grand Finale

With the exodus of most hot favourite Serena Williams at the hands of unseeded Roberta Vinci from Italy, the women's single final was an all Italian show at the US Open yesterday.

26th ranked Flavia Pennetta (above right), 33 beat fellow Italian Roberta Vinci (Above left) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 to win her first and last Grand Slam title as she soon after winning announced her retirement from International tennis. She also became the second Italian to win the US Open title.

Flavia, the new world number eight will play two tournaments in China, as well as the WTA Finals in Singapore if she qualifies, before calling it a day.

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Serena Williams ousted from US Open by unseeded Italian Vinci

Nobody could believe it when unseeded Italian Roberta Vinci would all mighty serena Williams as entered the court to play her semi final match at the US Open. But she did it, much to the surprise for the home crowd cheering for Serena to win her fourth Grand Slam of the year.

Serena overpowered skinny Vinci in the first set 6-2, but that was all she could do it as Vinci rebounded and took the next two sets 6-4, 6-4 to stun the American and make her space in the finals. Vinci did something which the Russian Maria Sharapova could not do in over one decade to beat Serena.

Serena's dreams were shattered by her unexpected ouster as she was attempting to become the first woman since Steffi Graff to win the calendar-year Grand Slam, and match Graff's 22 Grand Slam singles titles.

Just a year younger to Serena, Vinci is now the lowest ranking player to make the US Open final since Venus Williams in 1997. She will now play her countrywoman and former roommate Flavia Pennetta in the final on Saturday.

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Federer at 33 not lucky as Serena - loses Wimbledon final to Djokovic

While Serena Williams celebrated her 21st Grand Slam and sixth Wimbledon title at the age of 33 yesterday, Roger Federer at 33 too was not lucky to win the Wimbledon title today.

Playing against Novak Djokovic, the world no.1 at the Centre Court today, Federer was able to fight back to equlaise the score 1-1 in the first two sets. But thereafter lost the next two sets much to easily to Djokovic.

At 28, it’s Novak Djokovic’s ninth grand slam and third Wimbledon title. As for Federer, he has won Wimbledon title seven times and Grand Slam titles including Wimbledon 17 times.

Final score Djokovic: 7(7)-6(1), 6(10)-7(12), 6-4, 6-3

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