LONDON (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams were named men’s and women’s world champions for 2015 by the International Tennis Federation(ITF) on Tuesday. The Serb ended the year as men’s world number one for the fourth time after taking three majors – the Australian, Wimbledon and US Open, as well as finishing runner-up to […]
REUTERS – Tyson Fury, the boxer at the centre of controversy over comments about women and homosexuals, made an apology at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards in Belfast on Sunday. Before tennis champion Andy Murray collected the prestigious award, an audience of 7,500 at the SSE arena applauded after world heavyweight champion […]
The Mahesh Bhupathi- founded International Premier Tennis League(IPTL) completed its second season in Singapore on Sunday wherein the home crowd cheered for their team Singapore Slammers to win in an epic clash over the defending champions Indian Aces that ended 26-21. The two teams were the leading scorers in this season, with Aces a notch above the […]
Greatness. Entire careers and lifetimes have been built and wasted in the pursuit of this elixir of life. Greatness guarantees immortality. But, how does one quantify greatness? How do you identify that the moment has come to mark a particular artist/sportsperson/era as great? Does greatness equal domination and annihilation? Is it the subversion of every […]
Champions like Roger Federer are not made overnight. It is how the inborn talent of a player is dealt with and new skills honed that make the essential difference. And of course, it is only possible when there is someone to perpetually guide, in order to achieve a perfect blend of discipline, practice and devotion and […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Stan Wawrinka showed his class in both singles and doubles to lead the Singapore Slammers to victory in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) final in front of a delighted home crowd at the Indoor Stadium on Sunday. Matches in the Asia-based mixed team tennis league are decided by games won in […]
Some players have found success very early in their lives, for example, Martina Hingis and Rafael Nadal, while some players like Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka bloomed only later in their career. But, tennis has also witnessed some players who have ended their career by striking gold only in their last shot. Marion Bartoli and Flavia […]
LONDON (Reuters) – World number two Andy Murray will not be working with Swede Jonas Bjorkman next year after his French coach Amelie Mauresmo resumed her role following the birth of her son. Bjorkman joined Briton Murray’s team in March. “Nice to have Amelie back in the team out in Dubai,” Murray, who is competing […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Following is a list of winners of the Sportsperson of the Year award by Sports Illustrated magazine. Women’s tennis star Serena Williams was named the 2015 winner on Monday. 1956 – Bobby Morrow, Track 1957 – Stan Musial, Baseball 1958 – Rafer Johnson, Track 1959 – Ingemar Johansson, Boxing 1960 – […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Serena Williams, who held all four of tennis’s grand slam titles for the second time in her career and won 53 of 56 matches in 2015, was named Sportsperson of the Year by Sports Illustrated magazine on Monday. The 34-year-old accomplished her second ‘Serena Slam’ while battling a string of injuries, […]
BERNE (Reuters) – Switzerland’s two greatest tennis players will join forces at next year’s Rio Olympics when Roger Federer and Martina Hingis play together in the mixed doubles. “Roll back the years with @mhingis. Really excited to be playing mixed doubles with you 15 years later at the Rio games,” the 34-year-old Federer said on […]
