Maria Sharapova Made a Brief Return in Indian Wells

Tennis superstar Maria Sharapova made her much-awaited comeback in competitive tennis with a doubles match at the Indian Wells WTA tournament. Though the Russian star suffered a first round elimination teaming up with Elena Vesnina, her return from a shoulder injury after seven months must have been more important news to the tennis fans around the world. Women’s tennis saw a void during these months when Williams sisters dominated the court in almost every major tournament. Ekaterina Makarova and Tatiana Poutchek defeated Sharapova and Vesnina pair 6-1 4-6 10-7.

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Rafael Nadal Defeated Michael Berrer

Top seeded tennis player Rafael Nadal has kept continuing his dominance over tennis game. His fighting is to keep save his no.1 spot. However, Rafael Nadal defeated German contestant Michael Berrer in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open. After winning this match, he has moved one step ahead in this competition. For Nadal, it took just over an hour to snatch the win. Though, his opponent was not so strong but he had to make resistance against Michael Berrer. His next contestant is Russian Dmitry Tursunov. Dmitry Tursunov defeated American qualifier Michael Russell. So, fight between Rafael Nadal and Dmitry Tursunov will create huge excitement to their fans. Every body will be eyeing to know who will win in this match.

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Spain Leads 2-0 over Serbia in Davis Cup 2009

In the world group first-round showdown of Davis Cup 2009, Spain is now 2-0 ahead of Serbia as world no. 1 Spaniard Rafael Nadal pulled off a comfortable 6-1 6-0 6-2 victory over Serbian Janko Tipsarevic, while David Ferrer defeated Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic in 6-3 6-3 7-6 (7-4). With this lead, defending champion Spain has got off to a good start to their title defense mission.

Janko Tipsarevic could not put on any resistance against high-flying Rafael Nadal who missed last year’s Davis Cup final against Argentina as he was out of action with a knee injury. Nadal later expressed that he felt very sad for not representing his country in the Davis Cup 2008 final. Now that, Nadal is back with full of confidence and he is playing at his top at the moment, it is pretty much certain that Spain is hot favorite for this year’s Davis Cup too. Djokovic is considered to be the main hope of Serbian team, but he failed to live up to the expected being defeated at the hands of Ferrer in straight set.

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A bilateral fight between two sisters

Fight between two sisters Venus and Serena Williams is always something special to the tennis fans. Their fight always attracts a lot of fans in the venue. Now, again they are going to face each other an exhibition event in Madison Square Garden in the Billie Jean King Cup. Both Venus and Serena Williams got win against Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic respectively. They will fight in the semi-final round to make sure the place for final round. I know that this exhibition match has not any important to them. Then, they will fight against each other to show the dominance and ability to play cricket. Extra excitement of this exhibition event is the addition of former USA president Bill Clinton.
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Davis Cup 2009: Impact of Roger Federer Absence on Switzerland vs USA Match

Davis Cup 2009 kick starts from this week, but Roger Federer, the world no. 2 and 13 grand slam title winner, has pulled himself out of Switzerland’s Davis Cup match against USA in Dubai due to his back injury. His absence has made the task of the organizers very difficult as they are finding it too hard to sell the tickets because fans are reluctant to see Switzerland playing without Federer. Even media around the world seem to be little reluctant to cover this match. Now, let us see if Switzerland can cause an upset by defeating favorite US team to progress to the next stage of Davis Cup 2009 tournament.

Novak Djokovic won his first title of this year in Dubai tennis

At last the Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic won the Dubai Tennis Championships. He took an exciting victory after defeating the opponent player David Ferrer by 7-5, 6-3. It was his first tournament victory of this year. This 21-year-old player is now taking third position in the world rank. He took 1 hour 37 minutes to claim the victory. Huge number of viewers witnessed this game and enjoy live at the Aviation Club.
Despite being announced lucrative prize money, this tournament failed to attract many fans. Lack of many super stars was the big reason behind it. Two top ranked players Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer were absent due to injury. Another contestant Andy Murray, who was the most possible player to win the title, had withdrawn before the making quarterfinals because of virus attack. Andy Roddick withdrew his name after Israeli player Shahar Peer being rejected by UAE to enter the city.
However, Novak Djokovic worked hard and showed his talent. So, he got this title as the gift.
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Mardy Fish will face Evgeny Korolev in the title clash

American Mardy Fish moved one steps ahead after winning the semi-final match on Saturday at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships. He is the top-seeded American tennis player. Mardy Fish defeated France’s Jeremy Chardy by 6-4 6-1. The duration of this match was 77 minutes. In the final round, he will face Evgeny Korolev. Evgeny Korolev got victory against Belgian Christophe Rochus 6-1 7-5.
The prize money is worth $500,000. It is really lucrative prize money. The interesting fact is that no top-seed has ever won the singles title in its 17 years history. So, it is a high time for Mardy Fish to make a record after winning the title.
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