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Articles of the author Pritha Sarkar
Serena jumps to top in style
The drama queen came face-to-face with the comeback queen at Flushing Meadows on Sunday. Jelena Jankovic provided the on-court theatrics and Serena Williams bounced away with the US Open trophy. Nine years after winning her first Grand Slam title, (...)

09 - 09 - 2008
Federer, Jankovic thru
While many Americans were eager to get home early on Friday for the start of the long Labor Day weekend, Roger Federer and Jelena Jankovic were in no hurry to join the celebrations and labored to victory at the US Open. Federer, still getting used (...)

30 - 08 - 2008
Chinese gymnasts slam door on rivals
China's men slammed the door on the rest of the gymnastics world on Tuesday when they obliterated their rivals to pick up two more gold medals at the Olympics. On the final day of competition, Zou Kai became the most successful gymnast in Beijing (...)

20 - 08 - 2008
It's Federer vs. Nadal
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal cleared the last treacherous hurdles on Friday to set up a dream final at Wimbledon for the third year running. Five-time champion Federer earned the chance to re-ignite one of the most fascinating rivalries in sport (...)

05 - 07 - 2008
All-Williams Wimbledon final
The Williams name will once again be engraved on the Wimbledon trophy in 2008. The sporting world's most intriguing sibling rivalry will be revived this weekend after Venus and Serena Williams surged into the All England Club final on (...)

04 - 07 - 2008
Safin runs into Federer
Champion Roger Federer banished menacing storm clouds on Wednesday to set up a tantalizing Wimbledon semifinal date with Marat Safin. The Swiss' pursuit of a modern-era record sixth successive title showed no signs of slowing down when he (...)

03 - 07 - 2008
Sharapova and Roddick fall
Maria Sharapova was floored at Wimbledon on Thursday by the daughter of a Greco-Roman wrestler. Ranked 154th in the world, Alla Kudryavtseva had barely registered on the tennis radar but that did not stop her humiliating 2004 champion Sharapova (...)

27 - 06 - 2008
Safin dumps Djokovic, Ivanovic thru
A dazed Novak Djokovic was jettisoned from Wimbledon on Wednesday and his fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic was lucky not to suffer the same fate on a day of high drama at the All England Club. Third seed Djokovic became the biggest name to tumble out of (...)

26 - 06 - 2008
Venus and Nadal thru
A pesky bee almost threw Venus Williams off course at Wimbledon on Tuesday but the defending champion regained her composure to swat aside Naomi Cavaday and reach the second round. Opening Center Court proceedings on the traditional ‘Ladies Day', (...)

25 - 06 - 2008
Top seeds breeze thru
Roger Federer returned to his favorite stamping ground at Wimbledon on Monday and banished painful memories to reach the second round. The last time Federer took center stage at a Grand Slam two weeks ago, he was blown away by Rafael Nadal in the (...)

24 - 06 - 2008
Ivanovic wins 1st Slam
A new French Open era dawned on Saturday as Serbia's Ana Ivanovic mesmerized Russian Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-3 to win her maiden Grand Slam title. Her triumph confirmed her status as the new number one in women's tennis and made amends for her (...)

08 - 06 - 2008
Nadal, Federer in 3rd Paris final
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will play out Act III of their intriguing Roland Garros rivalry after they both trudged into the French Open final on Friday. Raw desire and an indomitable spirit allowed three-time champion Nadal to survive a late (...)

07 - 06 - 2008
Ivanovic-Safina final
For once, Dinara Safina chose not to use up one of her ‘many lives' on Thursday and swept into a French Open final against the new queen of women's tennis. Ana Ivanovic produced a scrappy, brittle and erratic performance but that did not stop her (...)

06 - 06 - 2008
Federer and Safina in semis
Roger Federer's pursuit of an elusive French Open crown gathered momentum on Wednesday while Dinara Safina again tottered on the brink of elimination before salvaging her title dreams to reach the semifinals. As Safina booked an all-Russian (...)

05 - 06 - 2008
Sharapova falls, Federer rolls on
Maria Sharapova's French Open dreams were shredded by a familiar foe on Monday, while Roger Federer plunged a dagger into French hearts. Sharapova has never felt at home in the heartland of claycourt tennis and on Monday her weakness was (...)

03 - 06 - 2008
Venus and Serena fall
The Williams bandwagon rolled out of Roland Garros on Friday when sisters Venus and Serena were humbled in the third round by a pair of tenacious opponents who never lost belief. A day after the French Open lost three top 10 seeds, including David (...)

31 - 05 - 2008
Nadal and Federer advance
Reputations counted for little at the French Open on Thursday when seeds Amelie Mauresmo, James Blake and David Nalbandian were toppled by opponents ranked outside the world's top 75. Women's sixth seed Anna Chakvetadze also joined the exodus but (...)

30 - 05 - 2008
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