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• #Tennis: Here’s what #MilosRaonic needs to do to win his first #GrandSlam

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

  

  #AO – The good news for #Raonic is that he has shown improvement on longer points during his rise to the Top 5. In all 4-to-12-shot points tracked by tennisabstract.com, his winning percentage went from 42.6 in 2013 to 50.4… Read More ›

• #Tennis-#Bouchard wins at #AusOpen (#AO) and looks to the future.

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

  #Tennis: “I don’t want to be like how I was in 2014 I need to be better than that. There’s no point in looking back, in trying to bring the past back, for me it’s only the future.” -#Bouchard Read… Read More ›

• #Tennis: At #AusOpen, #Americans’ Strength Is in Numbers, and Youth

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

  There is strength in numbers, strength in camaraderie, and although the #UnitedStates do not have as many top #Tennis competitors as it had in the 1970s, when more than a third of the players in the major singles draws were… Read More ›

• #Tennis: Playing in her 17th #AusOpen, #VenusWilliams still finds a way to win

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on January 17, 2017 • ( 0 )

  The oldest player in the entire 2017 #AusOpen women’s draw, #Venus turns 37 in June. Still, she continues to work on her story, resisting the end. Read more at: http://www.si.com/tennis/2017/01/16/venus-williams-australian-open-day-1

• #Milos #Raonic’s steady ascension means 2017 could finally be the year #Canada wins a #GrandSlam #Tennis title

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

  If anyone in the men’s draw could stop 2017 from being defined by the rivalry between #AndyMurray and #NovakDjokovic. “#Raonic,” #Evert said, succinctly. “Raonic has made some big steps,” #McEnroe agreed. “He’s a guy that could do it.” Read more… Read More ›

• #Shapovalov Talks Training With #GünterBresnik And Next Gen #ATP Finals

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

  The #Canadian phenom got much more than he anticipated, submerging himself in a whirlwind campaign that culminated in a year-end No. 250 in the #Emirates #ATP Rankings – a stunning 880-spot rise from the start of the year. Read more… Read More ›

• #Soccer: #LionelMessi’s talent comes only every 100 years – #Ronald Koeman

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on January 13, 2017 • ( 0 )

  “#Ronaldo won the Champions League and the #European Championships, he scored a lot of goals, yes, but the best, the best #footballer is #Messi. Read more at: http://www.espnfc.com/barcelona/story/3037782/lionel-messis-talent-comes-only-every-100-years-ronald-koeman

• #Usain Bolt, CristianoRonaldo, #AndyMurray nominated for World Sportsman of Year

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

  The contest for the #Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award promises to be one of the most competitive ever with the likes of #UsainBolt, #CristianoRonaldo and #AndyMurray contesting for top honours. Read more at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/56499870.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

• #Murray and #Djokovic: Hunter and hunted

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

  

  #Murray denied #Djokovic the chance to regain the No.1 ranking in the final match of the season, winning his first #ATP World Tour Finals title in the process, illustrates just how tight the margins between the two became in 2016…. Read More ›