Leander Paes Current Affairs, GK & News

Sumit Nagal: Third Indian to win Tennis singles match at Olympic

July 24, 2021

Sumit Nagal became only the third Indian tennis player to win a singles men’s match at the Olympic Games. He became the first to win for India in 25 years. He edged past Denis Istomin in this match.   Highlights Nagal went past Istomin with the score 6-4 6-7(6) 6-4. This match took two hours ..

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Winners of 2015 US Open Titles of Tennis

September 14, 2015

The 2015 US Open is a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. It was the overall 135th edition of the US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year 2015. Men’s Singles title Novak Djokovic of Serbia has won the US Open ..

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Leander Paes, Marcin Matkowski clinch Malaysian Open doubles title

September 29, 2014

Indian Tennis Player Leander Paes and Polish Marcin Matkowski defeated second seeded Jamie Murray and John Peers to win the doubles title at the Malaysian Open held in Kuala Lumpur. They beat their opponents 3-6, 7-6(5), 10-5 in 90 minutes. While this was Matkowski’s second Malaysian Open win, it was Paes’ 54th ATP title of ..

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Paes, Stepanek win Shanghai Masters Men’s Doubles title

October 17, 2012

Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek defeated the Indian duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna to win the ATP Shanghai Masters men’s doubles tennis title at Shanghai, China.

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Roger Federer clinches Wimbledon Open Title 2012

July 9, 2012

Swiss Tennis star Roger Federer defeated British player Andy Murray to win the Wimbledon Open Championship 2012 in London on. With this win Federer reclaimed the world No. 1 rank breaking Pete Sampras’ record of 286 weeks at the pinnacle of the game. If we include this title then Federer now keeps 17 Grand Slam. ..

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Current Affairs: January 29, 2012

February 1, 2012

India signs agreement to set up Vivekananda Chair at Chicago University India has signed at agreement with the University of Chicago to set up a Vivekananad Chair at the University. The agreement has been signed between India’s Ministry of Culture and the University. This agreement entails the consideration of a 1.5 million dollar grant for ..

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