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• #Tennis: #AndyMurray fightback inspires #DavisCup opening-round win for #GreatBritain

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel on November 21, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Andy Murray fought back from a set down to beat Tallon Griekspoor 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (5) in two hours and 55 minutes on Wednesday as Great Britain won their Davis Cup opener against the Netherlands. The opening-round clash in… Read More ›

• Regional auto giants #Perodua, #Daihatsu extend efforts to develop #Badminton scene in #Malaysia

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel on November 21, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  KUALA LUMPUR, November 20 – Regional automotive giants Daihatsu and Perodua today pledged to continue support the Perodua Malaysia Masters badminton tournament for another two years. The partnership comes ahead of the HSBC World Tour Super 500 with an aim… Read More ›

• A Reworked #DavisCup Requires Some Patience -At the top men’s #Tennis team event, the emotions were real.

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel on November 20, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  MADRID — Nerves have been part of Davis Cup since tennis’s oldest team competition began 119 years ago. But the edginess has a different source than usual this week in Madrid, where Davis Cup’s final rounds have been radically transformed… Read More ›

• #BBC Sports – #DavisCup: #AndyMurray urges #Tennis players and fans to give new format a chance

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel on November 19, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Andy Murray has urged players and fans to give the new Davis Cup format a chance, with next week’s tournament hit by some high-profile absences. The week-long event, starting in Madrid on Monday, has 18 nations competing in six groups… Read More ›

• #BBC Sports: Next #GrandSlam champion? Best match of 2019? #BorisBecker & #TimHenman predict and review

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel on November 18, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  What was the best match of 2019? Becker: “Without a shadow of a doubt the Wimbledon final between Federer and Djokovic. Two players in the prime of their sport, giving it their all and going to a tie-break in the… Read More ›

• #Forbes: “It was a magical night for me here at the O2” – #RogerFederer Ousts #NovakDjokovic From #NittoATP Finals, Advances to Semifinals

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel on November 14, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  “It’s nice,” Federer said in an on-court interview. “Look, I tried so hard, came so incredibly close against Novak the last couple of years. Wimbledon obviously was epic, Paris-Bercy last year I lost to him 7-6 in the third, it… Read More ›

• #BBC Sports – #PascalSiakam: #Toronto #Raptors star & his unconventional path from #Cameroon to #NBA

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel on November 14, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  For the first 17 years of his life, Pascal Siakam didn’t pick up a basketball much. It was just a game his older brothers played. Even though his father dreamed about one of his children growing up to play in… Read More ›

• #BBC Sport – #Tennis: #Murray can still beat world’s best

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel on November 13, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Andy Murray believes he is closer to beating Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic than he was “seven or eight” weeks ago, leaving him feeling “excited” about his future. Briton Murray feared he might have to retire after the… Read More ›

• #Tennis: #Federer’s Point by point mentality – #RogerFederer beats #Berrettini in #London #ATP Finals

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel on November 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  LONDON — Roger Federer got back on track at the ATP Finals, beating Matteo Berrettini 7-6 (2), 6-3 on Tuesday for his first victory of the round-robin stage. Federer earned the only break point of the first set at 6-5,… Read More ›

• #USAToday: #PascalSiakam, #Toronto #Raptors snap #Lakers’ seven-game win streak

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel on November 11, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The centerpiece of the Toronto Raptors’ championship team works at Staples Center now. Two more key components of last season’s sublime roster got injured right before the Raptors arrived in Los Angeles for the reunion. In… Read More ›

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