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• #Tennis: #RogerFederer hopes to play ‘one more time’ at #Wimbledon

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on July 4, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Roger Federer did make his way to Wimbledon this year, after all — not to compete, mind you, but to take part in a ceremony marking the centenary of Centre Court on Sunday — and declared… Read More ›

• #Vancouver revealed as host of #RogerFederer-created #LaverCup in 2023

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on June 22, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Vancouver will play host to next year’s Laver Cup, the premier indoor hard-court exhibition tournament headlined and created by Roger Federer, in a move that organizers said was in part a testament to the growing strength of Canada as a… Read More ›

• #CNN: #RafaelNadal – This world-class athlete talks like #Aristotle and acts like Confucius. We can all learn from him

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on May 27, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  (CNN) – Sports, it’s been said, reveals character. It also reveals something else: philosophy. There’s no better example of this than Rafael Nadal, the 35-year-old professional tennis player who’s competing this week at the French Open. Nadal is not just a gladiator… Read More ›

• #RafaelNadal Joins #Djokovic, #Federer as Only Men’s Players with 300 #GrandSlam Wins

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on May 26, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Rafael Nadal became the fifth player in tennis history to record 300 career Grand Slam singles wins after beating Corentin Moutet 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 in the second round of the French Open on Wednesday evening. Two women (Serena Williams, Martina Navratilova) and… Read More ›

• Emotional Jo-Wilfried Tsonga bows out as #NovakDjokovic, #RafaelNadal, #RogerFederer pay tribute

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on May 25, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  There was a special video played on the big screen as well as the Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer all paid tribute. “Jo is one of the most charismatic tennis players ever to play the game,”… Read More ›

• #Tennis: #NovakDjokovic scores career victory 1000 in #Rome

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on May 16, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  World number 1 Novak Djokovic scored a 6-4,6-3 victory in the ATP Masters Rome semi final against Norwegian Casper Ruud to score career victory 1000. He advances to his 55th career masters final against Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday. Read more… Read More ›

• #Shapovalov shocks #Nadal, joins #Andreescu, Auger-Aliassime in #ItalianOpen quarters

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on May 13, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Dennis Shapovalov shocked Rafael Nadal on the Spanish legend’s favourite playing surface Thursday to highlight a big day for Canadian tennis stars at the Italian Open clay-court tournament. Shapovalov joined fellow Canadians Bianca Andreescu and Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarterfinals… Read More ›

• The new titan of men’s #Tennis has well and truly arrived

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on May 9, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Alcaraz has presented as nothing short of the New King of men’s tennis, a genuine heir to the throne after a generation of false starts from those who dared to so much as eyeball the Big Three of Roger Federer,… Read More ›

• 2-time Grand Slam finalist #KevinAnderson retires at age 35

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on May 4, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Two-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson announced his retirement from professional tennis on Tuesday at age 35. The 6-foot-8 (2.03-meter) South African was the runner-up to Rafael Nadal at the U.S. Open in 2017 — No. 32 at the time, Anderson was… Read More ›