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• #Strycova On Pairing With #SaniaMirza

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on August 18, 2016 • ( 0 )

  When #MartinaHingis and #SaniaMirza announced the end of their illustrious partnership last week, all eyes were on the partners that the World Co-No.1s had chosen to play with at the #USOpen, which they won together last summer. #Hingis announced her… Read More ›

• #Tennis: Players will regret skipping #Rio #Olympics 2016, says #AndyMurray

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on August 17, 2016 • ( 0 )

  “Once every four years it`s huge for #Tennis to be a part of the #Olympics. It`s a great event to showcase our sport to the whole world.” – #AndyMurray. Read more at: http://zeenews.india.com/sports/rio-olympics-2016/players-will-regret-skipping-rio-olympics-2016-says-andy-murray_1919743.html  

• #Tennis: The Best Hard-Court Returner Of All-Time Is…

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on August 17, 2016 • ( 0 )

  1   Novak Djokovic  32.6%  2  Andy Murray   32.4%   3  Michael Chang  32.2%  4  Andre Agassi  32.2%  5  Stefan Edberg  31.2% Read more at: http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/infosys-returner-djokovic-august-2016

• From #Murray to #Djokovic, a flood of tears on #Rio’s #Tennis courts.

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on August 15, 2016 • ( 0 )

  For a sport supposedly filled with folks who don’t care about the #Olympics, there sure was a lot of crying during the #Tennis competition at the #Rio de Janeiro #Olympics Games. #AndyMurray, who became the first man to win two singles… Read More ›

• #Tennis: #Puig secures #PuertoRico’s first #Gold medal at #Rio #Olympics

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on August 15, 2016 • ( 0 )

  #MonicaPuig scored the upset of her career and delivered #PuertoRico its first #Olympics gold medal on Saturday, overpowering #Germany’s  #AngeliqueKerber to win the women’s singles #Tennis competition. Read more at: https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/tennis-puig-secures-puerto-ricos-first-gold-medal-010706657–oly.html

• #Tennis: #Venus matches record but it’s silver not gold

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on August 15, 2016 • ( 0 )

  #VenusWilliams’ record-equaling fifth #Olympic #Tennis medal was silver rather than gold as she and partner Rajeev Ram lost an all-#American mixed doubles final to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and #JackSock on Sunday. Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-rio-tennis-mixed-idUSKCN10P0R6

• #Lionel #Messi: ##Argentina striker reverses decision to retire from #Soccer national team

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on August 15, 2016 • ( 0 )

  #Lionel #Messi has been named in #Argentina’s #World up qualifiers squad, less than two months after retiring from international #Soccer. Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37066033

• #Rafa Joins 800 Match Wins Club In #Rio

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on August 12, 2016 • ( 0 )

  800 Match Wins Club Player Wins 1)     Jimmy Connors 1,256 2)     Roger Federer 1,080 3)     Ivan Lendl 1,068 4)     Guillermo Vilas 929 5)     John McEnroe 877 6)     Andre Agassi 870 7)     Stefan Edberg 801 8)     Rafael Nadal 800 Read more at: http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/murray-nadal-del-potro-nishikori-rio-olympics-2016-friday

• Why #Simone #Manuel’s #Olympic gold medal in #Swimming matters

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on August 12, 2016 • ( 0 )

  “I would like there to be a day where there are more of us and it’s not ‘Simone, the black #Swimmer,”’ the #Olympic gold medal winner #Simone #Manuel said. “The title ‘black swimmer’ makes it seem like I’m not supposed to be… Read More ›

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