Tag: U.B. Acharya

2024: Old order changeth yielding place to new
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2024: Old order changeth yielding place to new

February 3, 2024

By U.B. Acharya Regarding Australian Open 2024 which concluded last week, I need to discuss four issues. First one is about India’s Sumit Nagal. He came through gruelling qualifying rounds (because his ATP ranking was below 128) and capped it with a win in the first round of the main draw. For a qualifier, winning…

Why is Novak Djokovic hated so much?
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Why is Novak Djokovic hated so much?

January 8, 2024

By U.B. Acharya Despite possessing all important records in tennis, Novak Djokovic is disliked by most tennis fans and experts. In fact, he is hated by many, who are mostly Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal’s fans. Recently some experts have analysed this situation and come up with a few reasons. These are summarised below: 1….

Year Ending Review – 2023
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Year Ending Review – 2023

November 21, 2023

By U.B. Acharya Now that the last tournament of the year is over, it has become customary for me to review the results of important tournaments and also the performance of leading players. As most of the tennis fans know, apart from four Grand Slam events and the year ending ATP Finals, there are nine…

A History of Grand Slam in Tennis
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A History of Grand Slam in Tennis

August 8, 2023

By U.B. Acharya The term ‘GRAND SLAM’ was originally used in the game of Contract Bridge. In this game if a declarer claims that he would win all the 13 tricks and achieves that goal, then it is a Grand Slam. Let me now explain in detail how this term came into vogue in tennis….

Coronation of King Novak
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Coronation of King Novak

June 26, 2023

By U.B. Acharya Recently a tennis fan remarked “French Open without Nadal is like French Bakery without croissants.” Yet this grand slam event was held with all fanfare with 112 top ranking players plus eight wild card players and eight qualifiers who entered the main draw after winning three rounds of matches. The top three…

Can India produce a Grand Slam Champion?
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Can India produce a Grand Slam Champion?

March 13, 2023

By U.B. Acharya In a recent middle piece article in the centre page of a national newspaper, the writer has lamented that while small countries like Switzerland, Serbia, Croatia, Greece etc. have produced top class tennis players why could not India with such a large population produce one Grand Slam champion. He has suggested that…

Year Ending Review-2022
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Year Ending Review-2022

November 27, 2022

Now that the 2022 tennis season is over one can review the important tournaments and performance of some of the top players. Of the four Major tournaments (aka Grand Slam Events), two were won by Rafael Nadal and one each by Novak Djokovic and a19-year-old Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz Garfia. The prestigious year-ending ATP finals…

Year Ending Review-2021 and Novak Djokovic
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Year Ending Review-2021 and Novak Djokovic

November 26, 2021

By U.B. Acharya One may ask “How come year ending review is written a good 36 days before the end of the year?” The reason is that unlike cricket season which extend to 52 weeks every year, tennis season is for about 47 weeks only with no tennis tournament for 5 weeks from November end…

20:20:20 — Let the ‘GOAT’ Debate begin
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20:20:20 — Let the ‘GOAT’ Debate begin

July 19, 2021

By U.B. Acharya With Novak “Nole” Djokovic winning the Wimbledon 2021 and thus winning his 20th Major title (same as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal), it is time to start a debate on “Greatest of All Times”. Though it is difficult to compare athletes of different eras, in this case the three great players have…

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