Frances Tiafoe has raised his own sights, too, after reaching his first Grand Slam quarterfinal last month in Australia. Having vaulted to a career-high No. 30, Tiafoe now believes that a top-20 ranking is possible by year’s end. Maybe top… Read More ›
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The beauty of the games of #American #Football & #Tennis: A #Brady drop back pass and a #Federer backhand
Tom Brady and Roger Federer come from different fields of play but they project the same theme: super-human longevity at a super-elite level. Both are well past their expiration dates; both have careers that can only be described in superlatives; both… Read More ›
“It’s unbelievable to win this game” – #TomBrady – #Patriots top #Rams 13-3 to win sixth #NFL title in lowest-scoring #SuperBowl ever
#ATLANTA — In a year that saw scoring records shattered all over the NFL, perhaps it’s only fitting that the Super Bowl went retro as the New England Patriots won their sixth title in the Tom Brady/Bill Belichick era. The… Read More ›
He’s a great #Tennis player but also a great man and a great human being.” #Indian #Cricketer #ViratKohli meets #Federer, second set
He’s one of the greatest players of all time, able to hit the ball more cleanly and consistently than any other, and breaking virtually every record along the way. And for once, we aren’t talking about #ViratKohli. Instead it’s #Tennis… Read More ›
#Tennis: #Roger #Federer is a historian, says #RodLaver
Laver praised Roger Federer’s role into it: ‘Roger is a historian. He wanted that all the results of the previous generations would not stay on the shadow and they discovered that my name was strong enough to represent all the former… Read More ›
#Tennis: #Novak #Djokovic wins again, but young rivals expose his weakness
It would be easy to write off the three losses and dropped sets to #Medvedev and 19-year-old #Denis #Shapovalov, who similarly challenged #Djokovic in the third round in #Australia. After all, #Zverev is the most accomplished player of the group, and he… Read More ›
#Tennis -Inside #Djoker: Making the case for #GOAT
When we look back on the #AussieOpen of 2019 in years to come, the thing we most remember may be that it marked the time and place at which #Novak #Djokovic rekindled the #GOAT debate and launched his own campaign… Read More ›
#AussieOpen 2019: #Novak #Djokovic motivated by pursuit of #Roger #Federer record
#Novak #Djokovic says he is motivated by “having a shot” at #Swiss great #Roger #Federer’s all-time men’s record of 20 #GrandSlam victories. The 31-year-old Serb, the world number one, thrashed great rival Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2 6-3 to claim his… Read More ›
#WashingtonPost: #Japanese fans celebrate #Osaka’s rise to top of #Tennis world
TOKYO — Led by a congratulatory tweet from the prime minister, Japan reveled in Naomi Osaka’s dramatic Australian Open win on Sunday. Osaka beat Petra Kvitova 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-4 on Saturday to claim a second consecutive Grand Slam singles… Read More ›
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