Tennis Grand Slams – Wimbledon 2011 Winners

Wimbledon 2011 – the Oldest Grandslam

When Isner and Mahut in Wimbledon 2011 once again faced each other it appeared to be a sequel of theLongest match in the history of Wimbledon. But, the most eagerly awaited meeting this time climaxed just in 123 minutes. Isner one more time emerged victorious over Mahut in straight sets 7-6, 6-2, 7-6. Last year at the same venue they both have fought for 11 hours, 5 minutes.

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the third Grand Slam and first Wimbledon championship title of his career by beating the Spaniard Rafael Nadal. Djokovic continued his winning streak against Rafael Nadal, The Serbian has now totally dominated the Spaniard and this was Djokovic’s fifth consecutive win in finals over Nadal since march of 2011. Rafael Nadal was beaten for the first time in a Grand Slam final by a player other than Roger Federer.

Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic won her first Grand Slam title and first Venus Rosewater Dish. The Ladies’ Singles Wimbledon championship trophy, as she defeated Maria Sharapova of Russia by 6-3, 6-4 in the Women’s Singles Final.

In the Men’s Doubles, Bob Bryan (USA) and Mike Bryan (USA) defeated Robert Lindstedt (Sweden) and Horia Tecau (Romania) 6-3, 6-4, 7-6. In the Women’s Doubles Kveta Peschke (Czech Republic) andKatarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) defeated Sabine Lisicki (Germany) and Samantha Stosur (Australia) by 6-3, 6-1.

In the Mixed Doubles Jurgen Melzer (Austria) and Iveta Benesova (Czech Republic) defeated Mahesh Bhupathi (India) and Elena Vesnina (Russia) by 6-3, 6-2.

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Tennis Grand Slams – US Open 2011 Winners

US Open 2011

The first four seeded tennis Players Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray reached the semi-finals at US Open 2011. Federer lost against Djokovic in the semifinals and ended-up this Grand Slam year with no Championship Title. This is the first time since 2003, Roger Federer have not won even a single Grand Slam Title in a year. He made it to finals this year at French Open but ended up losing in the finals. Andy Murray was defeated in the semifinals by Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

Novak Djokovic, completely dominating this year with his third Grand Slam title this year in 2011. Novak Djokovic won his first US Open Singles Grand Slam title after beating Rafael Nadal by 6-2, 6-4, 6-7(3-7), 6-1.

Australian Samantha Stosur, who use to appear more in doubles won the 2011 US Open Women’s singles after defeating Serena Williams of USA by 6-2, 6-3. Serena Williams, almost missed the entire Grand Slam season this year made her appearance at US Open but had to return home with the runner-up title.

In the Men’s Doubles Jurgen Melzer (Austria) and Philipp Petzchner (Germany) defeated Mariuz Fyrstenberg (Poland) and Marcin Matkpowski (Poland) by 6-2, 6-3. In the Women’s Doubles Liezel Huber(USA) and Lisa Raymond (USA) defeated Vania King (USA) and Yaraslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan) by 4-6, 7-6, 7-6. In the Mixed Doubles Melanie Oudin (USA) and Jack Sock (USA) defeated Giselew Dulko (Argentina) and Eduardo Schwank (Argentina) by 7-6, 7-6, [10-8].

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Tennis Grand Slams – 2010 Davis Cup Winners

The 2010 Davis Cup

The 2010 Davis Cup (also known as the 2010 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the99th edition of one of the most important annual tournaments among national teams in men’s tennis worldwide was won by Serbia defeating. France 3-2 in the Finals to win its first Davis Cup title and Serbiabecame the 13th nation in history to win the Cup. It is worth mentioning have that India have never won the Davis cup finals.

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The ATP World Tour Masters 1000 – 2011 Winner

The ATP World Tour Masters 1000

The ATP World Tour Masters 1000 is a series of nine tennis tournament that are part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America and (as of 2009) Asia.

The ATP’s Executive Offices are in London, England, ATP Americas is based in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA; ATP Europe is headquartered in Monaco; and ATP International, which covers Africa, Asia and Australasia, is based in Sydney, Australia. ATP organises the worldwide tennis tour for men whereas Women’s Tennis Association is the counterpart organization in the women’s professional game.

At 2011 ATP World Tour Finals held from Nov.20 to 27, 2011 in O2 Arena in London, Roger Federerdefeated Jo Wilfred Tsonga in the finals.

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The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2011

The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2011

On May 15, 2011, World Champion Australia won their sixth Azlan Shah Cup hockey title by defeating Pakistan in Ipoh, Malaysia while India finished at sixth place. Now, Australia has become the most successful team in Azlan Shah Cup followed by India which have won the tournament for 5 times in 1985, 1991, 1995, 2009, and 2010.

In this tournament Great Britain ranked 3rd followed by New Zealand, South Korea, India and Malaysia respectively at 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th place.

In 2010, India and South Korea were declared as a joint winner while in 2009 India defeated Malaysia. Azlan Shah Cup began in 1983 as a biennial contest. The tournament became an annual event after 1998. The tournament became an annual event after 1998. The tournament became an annual event after 1998. The tournament is named after an avid fan of field hockey, the ninth Yang di-Pertan Agong (King) of Malaysia, Sultan Azlan Shah.

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Inaugural Asian Champions Trophy

Inaugural Asian Champions Trophy

India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan 4-2 via penalty shootout with two splendid and crucial saves byGoalkeeper S Sreejesh in a nerve-wrecking final to clinch the inaugural Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament held in September 2011 in Ordos (China).

The status of the Asian Champions Trophy is yet to be defined. It is not on par with the Asia cup or the Asian Games.

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Hockey 9s tournament

Hockey 9s tournament

Australian women hockey team recovered from a goal down to beat India 4-1 in the final of the Lanco International Super Series Hockey 9s tournament in Perth on October 23, 2011. Australia dominated in the early part of the game itself, but it was India that opened the scoring against the trend of play through Soundarya Yendala in the ninth minute. However, Australia struck back through Hope Munro and Kellie White in quick succession and led 2-1 at the break.

Australia made a double when it edged our traditional rival New Zealand by the margin of 5 goals to 3 win the men’s final in the 9s tournament. Indian team which was thrashed by the Australian team in the last league match was forced to play for the Bronze Medal. India went down 1-4 to arch rivals Pakistan in the bronze medal, match to sign off bottom art the heap in the four-nation Lanco International Super Series Hockey 9S on September 23, 2011.

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Under 20 Football World Cup

Brazil lifts Under 20 Football World Cup

The 18th FIFA World Under 20 World Cup 2011 tournament was played in Colombia and it was won byBrazil for the Fifth time and the first time since 2003 in UAE. Brazil was defeated by Ghana in the 2009 finals. Brazil is the second most successful team in the junior football world cup as Argentina is themost successful team winning it for the times. The FIFA Under 20 World Cup, until 2005 known as the FIFA World Youth Championship is organized by FIFA. The Championship has been awarded every two years since the first tournament in 1977 held in Tunisia.

A corresponding event for women’s teams, the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, began in 2002 with the name “FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship”. The age limit for the women’s competition was changed to 20 beginning with the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Championship, and the competition was renamed as a “World Cup” in 2007 in preparation for the 2008 event.

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2018 Winter Olympics

2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang

XXIII Winter, 2018 will take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea, between 9th and 25th February 2018. Pyeongchang won the right to host the 2018 Games after winning the majority votes at a International Olympic Committee’s 123rd session in Durban, South Africa defeating Annecy (France) and Munich (Germany) in the bidding process.

Winter Olympics Games will also be the first time the Winter Olympics Games held in Asia (Except Russia) since the 1998 Nagano Olympics. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics which occur every four years was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924 while most recent winter Olympics took place in 2010 Vancouver (Canada), and the next in 2014 will be hosted by Sochi, Russia.

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Table Tennis World Championship

Table Tennis World Championship

China’s Ding Ning and Zhang Jike won the women’s and men’s singles title respectively in the table tennis World Championship in Rotterdam, Netherlands on May 14, 2011. Top seeds Guo Yue and Li Xiaoxia from China swept over their teammates Ding Ning and Guo Yan 4-0 to defend their title in the women’s doubles. In mixed doubles, Zhang Chao and Cao Zhen of China beat compatriots Hao Shuai and Mu Zi.

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Bhutia Retires

Bhutia Retires

Arjuna Award and Padma Sri Awardee Baichung Bhutia has announced his retirement from inter-national football but he would continue to play for his club (Sikkim United). He scored 42 goals in 107 international appearances spread over 16 years. He made his debut as a substitute in the 1995 Nehru Cup in Calcutta. He was the most valuable player in 2008 AFC Challenge Cup held in Delhi. When he signed up to play for the English club Bury F.C. in 1999 he became the first Indian footballer to play professional football in Europe. He is also India’s most capped player, and in the 2009 Nehru Cup he received his100th International cap.

Bhutia was the first Indian Athlete to boycott the Olympic torch relay in support of the Tibetan independence movement.

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Sukanya Roy won U.S. Spelling Bee crown

Sukanya Roy won U.S. Spelling Bee crown

Sukanya Roy won the crown at the prestigious Spelling Bee championships in Maryland, U.S. the 14-year-old is the fourth Indian-origin student in a row to bag top honours at the event, for correctly spelling the tongue twister ‘cymotrichous’.

The teenager earlier participated in the 2009 and 2010 Scripps National Spelling Bees, tying for the 12th place in 2009 and 20th place in 2010. This is the ninth time in 13 years that an Indian American has been declared a Spelling Bee champion, reflecting the dominance of the community students in the competition.

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Anand wins Leon Masters

Anand wins Leon Masters

World champion Viswanathan Anand won the Leon Masters rapid chess title after defeating Spain’s Alexei Shirov at Leon. This was Anand’s record eighth triumph at the annual rapid chess destination. Anand’s previous triumphs came in 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

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British Open Championship 2011 Winner

Clarke wins British open

Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke wins the British Open Championship 2011. With this victory, Clarke becomes the oldest winner of the Open Since Argentina’s Roberto de Vicenzo won aged 44 in 1967.

The British Open championship is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only “major” held outside the USA. It is the third major to take place each year, following The Masters and the U.S. Open.

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India ranked 10th in badminton

India ranked 10th in badminton

India recently achieved the 10th Rank in the Badminton World Federations maiden World Team Ranking. India made the top 10 rank in the first ever qualifying of a nation’s standing on the world stage. China expectedly occupied the top spot while most East Asian countries-Korea (2nd), Indonesia (4th) and Malaysia (6th) as well as Thailand (9th) were ranked above India.

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LG ICC Awards 2011

LG ICC Awards 2011

The eigth LG ICC awards ceremony was held in London, England on 12 September 2011. The ceremony features 10 individual awards that over the years have honoured some of the biggest names in men’s and women’s international cricket and will be voted upon by a strong panel of former players, respected members of the media and an elite umpire and match referee. International Cricket Council has been hosting ICC Awards since 2004 and now is in its eigth year. The earlier ceremonies were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007, 2009), Dubai (2008) and Bengaluru (2010).

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ICC Awards 2011

ICC Awards 2011

Cricket of the Year: Jonathan Trott (England)

Test Player of the Year: Alastair Cook (England)

ODI Player of the Year: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

ICC Emerging Player of the Year: Devendra Bishoo (West Indies)

Best T20 performance of the year: Tim Southee (New Zealand)

Spirit of Cricket Award: India

ICC Associate Player of the Year: Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands)

Umpire of the year: Allem Dar (Pakistan)

Women’s Cricketer of the Year: Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)

LG People’s choice Award: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)

World Test XI: Alastair Cook (Eng),Hasim Amla (SA), Jonathan Trott (Eng), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Kumar Sangakkara (SL, captain, wicket-keeper), AB de Villers (SA), Jacques Kallis (SA), Stuart Broad (Eng), Graeme Swann (Eng), Dale Steyn (SA), James Anderson (Eng), 12th man: Zaheer Khan (Ind)

World one-day Xi: Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri), Ab de Villers (SA), Shane Watson (Aus), Yuvraj Singh (Ind), Mehendra Singh Dhoni (Ind, Captain, wicket-keeper), Grame Swann (Eng), Umar Gul (Pak), Dale Steyn (SA), Zaheer Khan (Ind) 12th man: Lasith Malinga (SL)

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Kabaddi World Cup 2011

Kabaddi World Cup 2011

In Pearls Kabaddi World Cup 2011, India defeated Canada and showed his monopoly in the final by winning the world cup consecutively fourth time. It was the fourth edition of the circle style Kabaddi world Cup. A total of 14 teams took part in this tournament. Kabaddi World Cup was first played in 2007 and 2010. So far India is the unbeaten champion in Kabaddi World Cup. Iran is the next most successful nation being twice runner-up.

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National Sports Awards 2011

National Sports Awards

The Government has announced the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Awards, Dhyan Chnad Awards and Dronacharya Awards for the year 2011. The Selection Panel for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna Award was headed by ShriDinesh Khanna, for Dronacharya Award it was headed by Shri Satpal and for Dhyan Chand Award it was headed by Secretary (Sports).

National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports.

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, which was established in 1991-92 is given for a spectacular performance in the year under consideration which also considered as the highest sports award in India;

Arjuna award, established in 1961 is the second highest sports honour is given for consistentlyoutstanding performance for three consecutive years preceding the year of award;

Dronacharya Award is given to Coaches in sports for producing medal winners, at prestigious international sports events in the past three years and Dhyan Chand Award for life time contribution to sports development.

Apart from a medal and a citation, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee will receive a cash prize of 7.5 lakh. Arjuna, Dronacharya and Dhyan Chand Awardees will receive statuettes, citations and cash prize of Rs.5 lakh each.

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award – 2011:

Gagan Narang (Shooting) received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2011. He is the 5th sportsperson ever in the field of shooting to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.

Arjuna Awards 2011

Normally not more than 15 Arjuna Award are to be given in any calendar year. However, the Scheme of Arjuna Awards also provides that keeping in view of the performance of Indian sportspersons in the Commonwealth, Asian games and Olympic Games during a particular year, Arjuna Awards exceeding 15 in number may be allowed with proper justification and approval of the Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports. The Committee noted that Asian Games and Commonwealth Games were held in the year 2010, wherein the performance of Indian sportsperson was exceptional. Keeping this factor in view, the Committee recommended that the number of Awards for 2011 may be exceeded beyond 15. Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has approved the recommendation of the Selection Committee for exceeding the number of Arjuna Awards from 15 to 19 this year.

Important Arjuna Awardees

Name	Discipline
Shri Rahul Banerjee	Archery
Ms. Preeja Sreedharan	Athletics
Shri Vikas Gowda	Athletics
Ms. Jwala Gutta	Badminton
Shri M. Suranjoy Singh	Boxing
Shri Zaheer Singh	Cricket
Shri Sunil Chhetri	Football
Shri Ashish Kumar	Gymnastics
Shri Rajpal Singh	Hockey (Men)
Shri Rakesh Kumar	Kabaddi (Men)
Ms. Tejeswini Bai V.	Kabaddi (Women)
Ms. Tejaswini Ravindra Sawant	Shooting
Shri Veerdhawal Vikram Khade	Swimming
Shri Somdev Kishore Devvarman	Tennis
Shri Sanjay Kumar	Volleyball
Shri Ravindra Singh	Wrestling
Naib Subedar Katulu Ravikumar	Weightlifting
Ms. Wangkhem Sandhyarani Devi	Wushu
Shri Prasantha Karamakar	Swimming Paralympics

Dronacharya Awards for 2011

Name	Discipline
Shri Inukurthi Venkateshwara Rao	Boxing
Shri Devender Kumar Rathore	Gymnastics
Shri Ramphal	Wrestling
Dr. Kuntal Roy	Athletics
Shri Rajinder Singh	Hockey

Dhyan Chand Awards for 2011

Name	Discipline
Shri Shabbir Ali	Football
Shri Sushil Kohli	Swimming
Shri Rajkumar	Wrestling

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