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• #SkySports lose out as #Amazon wins exclusive rights to broadcast #ATP #Tennis tournaments

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on August 1, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Fans wanting to see stars such as #AndyMurray and #Rafa #Nadal on a regular basis from 2018 will have to subscribe to #Amazon Prime in order to do so after the video streaming arm of the retail firm won the… Read More ›

• #RogerFederer has named his eighth #Wimbledon trophy #Arthur – 19-0-8

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on July 31, 2017 • ( 0 )

      It is named after #ArthurGore, who won #Wimbledon in 1908. Read more at: http://metro.co.uk/2017/07/30/roger-federer-has-named-his-eighth-wimbledon-trophy-arthur-and-the-reason-is-perfect-6816722/  

• ABBA sequence in #Tennis tiebreaking serves is proven to be fair

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on July 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  The “Take a Chance on ABBA” paper examines the ABBA sequence, in which the first two serves between players A and B are mirror images of the next two serves, such that the sequence of the first four serves is… Read More ›

• #DenisShapovalov wins match — and hearts — at Granby Challenger

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on July 27, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Denis Shapovalov wins match — and hearts — at Granby Challenger. Shapovalov, who has climbed almost 300 spots to No. 130 after abandoning the junior ranks last summer. Read more at: http://montrealgazette.com/sports/tennis/denis-shapovalov-wins-match-and-hearts-at-granby-challenger

• #Tennis: Good things do happen at the net – #RogerFederer

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on July 19, 2017 • ( 0 )

  “I know you can easily get sucked into that [attritional] mode when you don’t want to attack but, if you can’t volley, you are not going to the net,”  #Federer said the morning after his #Wimbledon victory. “Almost every player… Read More ›

• #CNN: #Tennis legend #RogerFederer says #GrandSlam No.20 at #USOpen would be a joke.

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on July 18, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  But every time the #Swiss has won both the #AustralianOpen and #Wimbledon in a single season, he has also gone on to lift the #USOpen trophy (2004, 2006 and 2007). Read more at: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/17/sport/federer-wimbledon-us-open-grand-slam-twenty/index.html

• New #Canadians lead the country’s #Tennis push

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on July 16, 2017 • ( 0 )

  A 2014 study by the Institute for #Canadian Citizenship found that among new immigrants surveyed tennis was the third most popular organized sport behind #Soccer and #Badminton, and far ahead of North #American sports such as #Hockey, #Football and #Baseball…. Read More ›

• #BBC Sports: #Wimbledon 2017 – #Serena Williams says female players ‘love #AndyMurray’.

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on July 14, 2017 • ( 1 )

  A journalist in a news conference said #SamQuerrey was the first #US player to reach a #GrandSlam semi-final since 2009 after beating #Murray on Wednesday. The #Briton corrected him by replying “male player”, as #Williams alone has won 12 Grand… Read More ›

• #Milos #Raonic falls to #RogerFederer in straight sets at #Wimbledon

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on July 12, 2017 • ( 0 )

  The third-seeded #Swiss great, trying for a record eighth #Wimbledon title, systematically dismantled #Raonic in quarter-final action at the All #England Club on Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory. Raonic, the tournament’s sixth seed from #Thornhill, #Ont., defeated… Read More ›