Tennis Forever

[raagadevan]

Sania Mirza conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award

President Pranab Mukherjee presented the award to Sania, clad in a maroon saree and blue blazer, amid thunderous applause at the Darbar hall where sports minister Sarbananda Sonowal was among the attendees. Sania became the second tennis player to receive the country's highest sporting honour after Leander Paes...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/s...w/48723693.cms

[VinodKumar's]

last year runner-up Kei lost in first round.

[JamesDap]

Watching Halep-Erakovic. Ball does seem to go through noticeably faster in the day session. Seen a fair few outright winners already and ball isn't stopping through much after bounce. When I watched the night session earlier today, it looked slower. Maybe it gets humid under the lights.

[Arvind Srinivasan]

It''s definitely slower at nights. Good thing that the semis and the finals are to be played at noon. And it does seem faster this year compared to the previous years.

[JamesDap]

First tough test coming up for Nadal. Foginini is not the best on hard courts but he is still a pretty solid player. Nadal struggled to beat Schwartzmann and the final tally doesn't tell the full story, that Diego held breaks/mini breaks in all three sets and still lost. If he gets past Foginini, I would back him to also beat Raonic and line up for the Djoko clash. Can't see him beating Djoko too. Djoko was cruising in his second round match, almost like playing a practice session.

[ajithfederer]

5th set on

[ajithfederer]

nadal breaks again...

[ajithfederer]

sfsfsfsaf

[ajithfederer]

6th service break,,,,,,,,,,,,IN A ROW

[ajithfederer]

And fognini breaks again winning 4 consecutive points...some slap of a forehand winner the last 2 points.