Tag Archives: World number 1

Even before the commencement of this year’s US Open, drama has begun to loom over it. Five-time major champion, Maria Sharapova declared through her Facebook page that she will not be participating in the event due to injury. She made the announcement 24-hours before the event – scheduled to start from today. After a strong start of the year, the ...

Roger Federer with his 17 major titles is rightly regarded as the “greatest tennis player” ever. At the age of 19 when he defeated Pete Sampras, another legend, the tennis world was promised of a “rising star”. And he turned out to be a legend himself. For all these years, Federer ruled the world as the “Swiss legend,” overshadowing his ...

Resilience, Belief, Will Power — Parupalli Kashyap with the backing of these three most important aspects did something that no Indian in the last 14 years could do. Coming from behind, he conquered the reigning World number 1, Chinese Chen Long, to reach the semi finals of Indonesia Open 2015. After P.V Sindhu crashed out of the tournament in the ...