Sport Animal: Tennis

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Friday, June 19, 2015

Ana Ivanovic

Ana Ivanovic is a Serbian professional tennis player

Born on November 6, 1987 at Belgrade, Serbia

Grand slams Won: 1

she beat Dinara Safina to win the 2008 French Open

Ranked No. 1 in the world in 2008

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Monday, June 8, 2015

Stan Wawrinka

Stanislas aka "Stan" Wawrinka Winner of the French Open 2015.

Stan already has One Grand Slam Australian Open 2014 under his belt.

He is Swiss Professional Tennis Player.

He also won a gold medal for Switzerland in the men's doubles event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, partnering Roger Federer.

He was also part of the Swiss team that won the Davis Cup in 2014

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Champions Tennis League (CTL) is a Privately Owned Tennis league, owned and operated by Second Serve Pvt. Ltd. Fronted by Indian Tennis Legend and global ambassador of the sport Vijay Amritraj. CTL is only Professional tennis league in India where team captains are grand slam champions and the players are amongst the best in the World. Conceptualised to promote a passion for tennis and love for the sport, CTL holds the promise of taking tennis in India to new levels.

CTL will have 13 matches played over the 10-day period, with the teams structured into two groups, each having three teams, where all teams play each other. The teams with the highest number of games (not sets) won in their respective group, will play each other in the grand finale to win prize money of Rs 1 crore. The runner-up will get Rs 50 lakh.

Each team will play the other two teams on a home and away basis to decide the group standings. The top team of each group will then face each other in the final.

The player draft was conducted without any auction with each team picking four players from a pool of 24. The player pool consisted of six legends, six international men, six international women and six Indians.

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Maria Sharapova

MARIA SHARAPOVA is a Professional Tennis Player.

She is among Most Beautiful Sport personalities in the World.

She is also among the Most Wealthiest Sport personalities in the World.

She is one of the Most Valuable Celebrities in Endorsement Market.

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Saturday, May 23, 2015

Sports Leagues in INDIA

Other than IPL, there many successful sports leagues played in INDIA. Such as,

1. CTL: Champions Tennis League -Tennis - 1 Season
2. Deodhar Trophy - Cricket - 42 Seasons
3. Duleep Trophy - Cricket - 54 Seasons
4. HIL - Hockey India League - Hockey - 2 Seasons
5. IBL - Indian Badminton League - Badminton - 1 Season
6. IPL - Indian Premier League - Cricket - 7 Seasons
7. ISL - Indian Super League - Football - 1 Season
8. I-League - Football - 8 Season
9. PKL - Pro Kabaddi League - 1 Season
10. Ranji Trophy - Cricket - 80 Seasons
11. Vijay Hajare Trophy - Cricket - 13 Seasons
12. AFC Cup - Football - 12 Seasons
13. IPTL - International Premier Tennis League - Tennis - 1 Season
14. All India and South Asia Rugby Tournament - Rugby - Played since 1924
15. EFLI - Elite Football League of INDIA - American Football - Played since 2012
16.Golf Premier League - Golf - Played since 2013
17. IVL - Indian Volley League - Volleyball - Played since 2011
18. WSH - World Series Hockey - Hockey - Played since 2012
19. SFL - Super Fight League - Mixed Martial Arts - Played since 2013

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