All things Tennis. One slice at a time.
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi took part in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship’s kids’ day.
Around 30 young Tennis Emirates players of all ages were able to talk to the pros, got tips on serves and strokes and were given tickets to watch the doubles team in their upcoming match.
“It’s great fun being able to [...]
The India-Pakistan tennis duo of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Ul-Haq Qureshi were honored today in Monaco for their partnership with a Peace and Sport award.
Pictured above (from left to right), President and Founder of Peace and Sport Joel Bouzou, Rohan Bopanna, Aisam Qureshi and Prince Albert II of Monaco attended the Gala dinner of the [...]
Team India is celebrating their win over the team from Brazil in their Davis Cup World Group play-off. Mahesh Bhupathi tweeted: “First time ever in our 89 yr DC history that we came back from a 0-2. Only 45 times in 110 yr history of event. We r the 8th nation to do so.”
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“The only motivation I have for these two weeks is to get these titles for the people back home. I’m trying to send some positive news back home with the floods and everything.” – Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (pictured above right) of Pakistan, who will play in the Men’s Doubles Final with his partner, Rohan Bopanna of India, [...]
This morning, a post hit the Straight Sets blog on NYTimes.com, and we’ll confess that it definitely influenced our approach to Day 7 of the U.S. Open. Gerry Marzorati and Michael Kimmelman of The Times pondered the question, “Why Don’t Doubles-Loving Fans Watch Live Doubles?”, and we decided to devote part of our day to [...]
Playing in his first tournament since April (and his first world tour final in 1.5 years), David Nalbandian convincingly beat Croatian Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-2 at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic on Saturday night.
We were lucky enough to witness the demolition of the world no. 13 by the Argentine, who has been off the tour [...]
Who wants a “Stop War, Start Tennis” t-shirt or bag? We do, we do!
Seriously though, should we have mentioned this earlier in the tournament? Perhaps before the Indian and Pakistani team of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi lost to eventual finalists Jurgen Melzer and Philip Petzschner in the quarterfinal round of gentlemen’s doubles? Because we’re [...]
Match of the Day: Samantha Stosur vs. Justine Henin, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4. With this win, Stosur has broken Henin’s streak of 24 wins at the French Open and secured a place for herself in the quarterfinals. Stosur has more clay court wins this year than any other woman, and she clearly used that experience to [...]
