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How Roger Federer’s tilt at 100 singles titles stands out

Federer's 99 singles titlesthe second-most everare a cut above the men in his vicinity in three ways: quality, longevity and versatility on the turf.

3 min read20 Jan 2019
Sports

How high will they reset the all-time bar?

In today's sporting landscape, there's a clutch of elite sportspersons rewriting, or on pace to rewrite, coveted individual sporting records

3 min read5 Oct 2018
Sports

2017 ATP Finals: Big finale underscores the making of a champ

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal lead the field in the season-ending ATP tennis finals, with much of the old guard missing and new talent still trying to find its feet

5 min read8 Nov 2017
Sports

All of Roger Federer’s records in his 16-year career

Roger Federer burst on to the scene in 2001 when he ended Pete Sampras's 31-match winning streak at Wimbledon, and hasn't looked back ever since

2 min read17 Jul 2017
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Björn Borg: The Kneeling Man

Bjrn Borg was a man of clay who won five titles in a row on grass. Even Sampras couldn't match that particular feat at Wimbledon and Federer could only equal it. Cool? Yes

6 min read1 Jul 2017
News

Athletes chase fairy tales, not fairy-tale endings

Legends of the game don't tarnish their legacies by carrying on past their time

3 min read15 Feb 2017
Sports

Is Roger Federer better than Pete Sampras? Yes, says Andre Agassi

At an event in Mumbai, Andre Agassi answers questions on his career as a tennis player, his father Mike and of course, wife and former tennis ace Steffi Graf

7 min read19 Jan 2017
Industry

News in numbers | 21 banks to launch UPI payment apps

UPI-enabled apps promise to make money transfers as easy as sending an SMS

3 min read26 Aug 2016
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The lonely sport

Tennis players often pull out crumpled notes. Rohit Brijnath dissects the extreme loneliness of tennis players

6 min read5 Sep 2015
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The enduring charm of Goran Ivanisevic

Fourteen years ago, his fairy tale win at Wimbledon brought tears of joy to all. It is still one of the sport's most cherished memories

6 min read27 Jun 2015
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