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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