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• #Forbes: #Naomi #Osaka, Young #Tennis Stars Turning To #Yonex Rackets

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on May 3, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  When Naomi Osaka was a 10-year-old tennis player in Florida, her mom, Tamaki Osaka, sent a letter to the Yonex president in Japan asking for product support. Yonex had the U.S. team to take a look at the youngster and… Read More ›

• Clay court #Tennis: ‘In no man’s land’: #Roger #Federer ’starting from scratch’ in three-years at #Madrid

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on May 3, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Roger Federer last tested his ability on European dirt at the Rome Masters in 2016, before opting to concentrate on the world’s hard surfaces and grass courts which have yielded the majority of his 101 titles. But with his career in… Read More ›

• #Prajnesh #Gunneswaran: Carrying forward #Chennai’s #Tennis legacy

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on April 26, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  CHENNAI: It is not every day that you get a direct entry to not one but two Grand Slams in a matter of a week. Chennai’s very own Prajnesh Gunneswaran is definitely living a dream. Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/69053970.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

• Simone Halep – Stan Wawrinka: Will I have the same backhand as yours?

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on April 26, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Romanian Simona Halep published a video from a workout, where she worked out a one-handed backhand, and wrote an appeal to Swiss Stan Wawrinka. “What do you think, Stan? Will I have the same backhand as yours?” – wrote Halep in… Read More ›

• #Tennis: The 13 men who have beaten #Rafael #Nadal on clay since 2005

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on April 17, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Rafael Nadal is back on his favourite surface of clay this week as he competes at the Monte Carlo Masters, with his first match against fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut on Wednesday. To say the 32 year old has been… Read More ›

• #Golf: The #TigerWoods Story Is Irresistible Because It Follows A Time-Tested Formula

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on April 16, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  A patron who witnessed Tiger Woods’s victory at the Masters on Sunday said it’s a story “we’ll be telling our grand-kids.” Nike didn’t wait that long. It was on top of the story immediately. Nike scored big with its 51-second… Read More ›

• #Forbes: Which Happens First? #Tiger Catches #Nicklaus, Or #Nadal Or #Djokovic Catches #Federer?

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on April 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  After winning the 2006 US Open, Roger Federer went into the locker room at Arthur Ashe Stadium and had a glass of champagne with his friend Tiger Woods. Now, nearly 13 years after that historic first meeting, both men are… Read More ›

• #CNN – #Golf : #TigerWoods on Masters victory: ‘It’s going to take a bit of time to sink in’

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on April 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  “Surreal.” That is how Tiger Woods attempted to describe an extraordinary Sunday. A fifth green jacket, his first major win in 11 years; a story that the world had resigned itself to never seeing again. It has already been coined… Read More ›

• #Forbes: The #Canadian Kids Are Alright: #Andreescu, #Shapovalov And #Auger-#Aliassime Take #Tennis By Storm

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on April 12, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  For the better part of the last decade, the tennis world has been dominated by the same names at the top of the rankings: Rafa, Roger and Novak on the men’s side; Serena on the women’s. But the winds of… Read More ›

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