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• #Tennis legend #RogerFederer sings and grooves to #Beatles classic for commercial

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on September 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Tennis legend Roger Federer has set off a huge buzz online after he recently lent his voice to a classic Beatles song. Federer, who is the Brand Ambassador of the Swiss telecommunication company Sunrise, sang Beatles’ ‘With A Little Help From… Read More ›

• #CNN – #Tennis legend #BillieJeanKing cements her legacy

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on September 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Tennis legend Billie Jean King reflects on her legacy as the Fed Cup is renamed in her honor and talks about mixing athleticism with activism. Source: https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2020/09/17/interview-billie-jean-king-amanpour-tennis.cnn/video/playlists/amanpour/

• #Djokovic On #Thiem’s #USOpen #Tennis Win: ‘Dominic Deserves This Title More Than Anybody’

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on September 14, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Novak Djokovic played an epic five-setter in this year’s Australian Open final to lift his 17th Grand Slam trophy. That victory came at Dominic Thiem’s expense, sending the Austrian to 0-3 in major finals. The Serbian was pleased to see the 27-year-old… Read More ›

• #Shapovalov becomes 1st #Canadian man to reach #USOpen #Tennis quarter-finals

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on September 7, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., became the first Canadian man to reach the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open after defeating Belgium’s David Goffin on Sunday. Read more at: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/denis-shapovalov-david-goffin-us-open-round-16-1.5714602

• #Canadian #Tennis player #Auger-#Aliassime makes statement with three-set win over #Murray

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on September 4, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  NEW YORK — There would be no valiant comeback from a two-set deficit for Andy Murray this time. His weary body — and the Canadian kid on the other side of the net — simply wouldn’t allow it. Murray, the… Read More ›

• #CNN: #SerenaWilliams sets a new record at the #USOpen #Tennis

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on September 3, 2020 • ( 4 )

  

  Serena had suffered a number of surprise defeats in the build-up to the tournament and was tested against the 96th ranked Ahn, coming back from an early break in each set to win her 102nd game at the US Open,… Read More ›

• #Forbes – #Tennis: At #USOpen, #AndyMurray Joins Select Group With 10th Comeback From Two Sets Down

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on September 2, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Andy Murray joined a select group of tennis players with his five-set first-round win at the U.S. Open on Tuesday. It’s not a group Murray likely would have wanted to join entering the match, but he’ll take it now that… Read More ›

• #Forbes: #Novak #Djokovic Rolls Into #USOpen #Tennis At 23-0 In 2020, Looks To Close Major Gap On #Nadal, #Federer.

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on August 31, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Can anyone or anything stop Novak Djokovic from winning his 18th Grand Slam title two weeks from Sunday at the U.S. Open? At this point the only thing that might impede the 33-year-old world No. 1 from closing the historical… Read More ›

• #Forbes: #Naomi #Osaka Drops Out Of #Tennis Tournament Semifinal To Protest Police Brutality

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on August 27, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  When will it ever be enough? Read more at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/08/26/naomi-osaka-drops-out-of-tennis-tournament-semifinal-to-protest-police-brutality/#2fd9d6626bea

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