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Confessions Of a Non-Roger Federer Fan

There are players to be found in all sorts of sports, who dominate and build a legacy of their own. These players who are so dominant over their craft fall broadly into two categories of sports, namely team sports and individual sports...

Written by Rock about 2 months ago 141 reads 24 comments
Are Williams' Sisters Competitive Every Point and Match?

If one talks about brothers and sisters in the sport of 90+ square-inch rackets and the 50+ gram fluorescent yellow balls, one would quickly think of the Bryan Brothers and the Williams' sisters of the current generation...

Written by Rock about 3 months ago 50 reads 7 comments
Wimbledon '09: Real Giant Karlovic Meets Swiss Giant Federer In Quarter Finals

One cracker after another for Roger Federer. He had defeated Robin Soderling in a tight straight set match in the pre-quarters; and is now going to meet the 6'10'' giant from Croatia, by name Ivo Karlovic in his quarter final on Wednesday...

Written by Rock about 5 months ago 63 reads 6 comments
Wimbledon '09: Federer vs. Soderling in Repeat of French Open Final

Roger Federer and Robin Soderling are in for a heavy weight clash. The two are set to meet in the fourth round at Centre Court at Wimbledon...

Written by Rock about 5 months ago 89 reads 20 comments
Wimbledon '09: The Importance Of Being Ernests

Britain's boy of the tournament or the sizzling Scot, Andy Murray, is up against the most favourite of underdogs called Ernests Gulbis in his second round encounter on Centre Court...

Written by Rock about 5 months ago 57 reads 6 comments
Rafael Nadal's Loss to Lleyton Hewitt at Hurlingham Club Sends Fans into a Tizzy

Defending Wimbledon champion and world No. 1 Rafael Nadal lost his first match on grass this season at Hurlingham Club to Lleyton Hewitt with a 6-4, 6-3 scoreline and sent his worshippers into a delirium...

Written by Rock about 5 months ago 680 reads 20 comments
Murray Says, "I Have What It Takes to Rattle Roger"

The rising Brit (read Scot), Andy Murray, who won his first grass court title at the Queen's last week is making some noise to channel probably the British media onto his side as if the considerable ...

Written by Rock about 5 months ago 287 reads 22 comments
Pakistan Cricket and Their Relentless Pursuit Towards Enigma

Delving the sub-continent one would find four cricketing nations India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh beaded together with a common thread called "crazy celebrations for the game" no matter in which part of the world the match was played...

Written by Rock about 5 months ago 39 reads 5 comments
French Open '09: Sublime Soderling Makes His First Grand Slam Final

Magnus Norman coached Robing Soderling announces himself into his first Grand Slam final of his career with a 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Fernando Gonzalez from Chile...

Written by Rock about 5 months ago 296 reads 23 comments
One-on-One with Roger Federer (Subtle Humor)

Since Roger Federer is the most popular guy on the circuit and already everybody knows enough about him, Roland Garros officials decided to do a late one-on-one talk at the end of the tournament as a surprise package and as a grand finish to the event...

Written by Rock about 5 months ago 851 reads 8 comments
French Open '09: Gael Monfils Dumps Andy Roddick in Pre Quarter Finals

Elastic Frenchman Gael Monfils has extinguished Andy Roddick's hope of making it to the quarterfinals and has set up a clash with an out of sorts Roger Federer in the French Open...

Written by Rock about 6 months ago 363 reads 29 comments
French Open '09: What Did Robin Soderling Do?

Robin Soderling defeated four time Roland Garros Champion in four sets at Philippe Chatrier in less than four hours in the fourth round. If you are Rafael Nadal or one of his loyal fans, then the word should start with 'D'...

Written by Rock about 6 months ago 401 reads 9 comments
French Open '09: Nadal Versus Hewitt In The Third Round

For the ones who had nothing to do but just tuned into this site, Rafael Nadal is taking on Lleyton Hewitt in the third round of the French Open 2009...

Written by Rock about 6 months ago 317 reads 9 comments
Goran Ivanisevic Vs Ivo Karlovic: Why the 6' 10" Guy Is Boring?

We are talking about players who possesses the best services of the game, the Croatians, Goran Ivanisevic and Ivo Karlovic...

Written by Rock about 6 months ago 438 reads 24 comments
Former Players Test the Wimbledon Centre Court with a Closed Roof

With tempers raging on whether it was Roger Federer who won the Madrid Masters title by sending Rafael Nadal into submission or was it a tired Rafael Nadal who did not have enough in his legs ...

Written by Rock about 6 months ago 384 reads 7 comments
Nadal Wins Another Five, This Time in Barcelona Defeating Ferrer

Defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated David Ferrer for the second consecutive time in the Barcelona finals to register a 6-2, 7-5 victory over the fellow Spaniard...

Written by Rock about 7 months ago 186 reads 10 comments
Meet The Boys at The Bar: Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray

So, Novak Djokovic was tired after the exhaustive Monte Carlo finals and was having his sip of drink at the bar. Knowing his frivolous and at the same time, inconspicuous gritty nature, he does ...

Written by Rock about 7 months ago 125 reads 3 comments
Roger Federer's Dream Preparation for the French Open Final (Humour)

After getting knocked out in the third round in Monte Carlo by his doubles partner, Roger Federer was enjoying a honeymoon vacation...

Written by Rock about 7 months ago 476 reads 19 comments
Nadal's Clay Complex in Monte Carlo Possibly Cracked

Rafael Nadal was finally given some competition on the red dirt when Novak Djokovic took a set off him in the Monte Carlo Open on Sunday. But the final score was in favour of the Spaniard, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, for the historic tournament...

Written by Rock about 7 months ago 379 reads 27 comments
Cricket Versus Football: Reason why C Comes Before F for This Cricket Fan

To begin with, it is not the highly armoured gladiator like sportsmen, pushing themselves to cross over the line with the ball—American football—is not the definition of football here...

Written by Rock about 8 months ago 113 reads 15 comments
The Taylor Who Does Not Have a Dent in His Confidence

"Fortune favours the brave" was the line used by the commentator when Safin staved off break points when serving at 4-5 and eventually managed to hold his serve and win the first set against Monfils 7-5 at the Sony Ericsson Open...

Written by Rock about 8 months ago 118 reads 18 comments
What Is the Davis Cup?

Before someone jumps the gun and gleefully advices "Google it," I would love to dodge that bullet and say I am not going to Google it. I've been watching tennis for quite some time now, but I never understood the intricacies of the Davis Cup...

Written by Rock about 8 months ago 101 reads 6 comments
Djokovic Downs Ferrer to Win the Dubai Championships

The lanky Serbian finally made his mark this year. He overcame the lesser known Spaniard, David Ferrer, with a 7-5, 6-3 scoreline to accumulate solid 500 ATP points in the 2009 Dubai Championships where he failed to do so in his previous two attempts...

Written by Rock about 9 months ago 67 reads 7 comments
The Reason Why IPL Is Hurting Me

It's back to big bucks, gorgeous cheer leaders, film stars gracing the event, younger cricket players getting to meet their screen icons, action heroes doing their bit to hog the limelight, and not the least—boundaries and sixes being hit at will...

Written by Rock about 9 months ago 252 reads 13 comments
The Day Roger Federer Became a Kittycat

It was a day that would be more remembered as Roger Federer who turned into a kitty cat than Rafa getting the credit for his hard court Grand slam title...

Written by Rock about 9 months ago 2,591 reads 59 comments

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Rock Article Archive

Confessions Of a Non-Roger Federer Fan

Are Williams' Sisters Competitive Every Point and Match?

Wimbledon '09: Real Giant Karlovic Meets Swiss Giant Federer In Quarter Finals

Wimbledon '09: Federer vs. Soderling in Repeat of French Open Final

Wimbledon '09: The Importance Of Being Ernests

Rafael Nadal's Loss to Lleyton Hewitt at Hurlingham Club Sends Fans into a Tizzy

Murray Says, "I Have What It Takes to Rattle Roger"

Pakistan Cricket and Their Relentless Pursuit Towards Enigma

French Open '09: Sublime Soderling Makes His First Grand Slam Final

One-on-One with Roger Federer (Subtle Humor)

French Open '09: Gael Monfils Dumps Andy Roddick in Pre Quarter Finals

French Open '09: What Did Robin Soderling Do?

French Open '09: Nadal Versus Hewitt In The Third Round

Goran Ivanisevic Vs Ivo Karlovic: Why the 6' 10" Guy Is Boring?

Former Players Test the Wimbledon Centre Court with a Closed Roof

Nadal Wins Another Five, This Time in Barcelona Defeating Ferrer

Meet The Boys at The Bar: Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray

Roger Federer's Dream Preparation for the French Open Final (Humour)

Nadal's Clay Complex in Monte Carlo Possibly Cracked

Cricket Versus Football: Reason why C Comes Before F for This Cricket Fan

The Taylor Who Does Not Have a Dent in His Confidence

What Is the Davis Cup?

Djokovic Downs Ferrer to Win the Dubai Championships

The Reason Why IPL Is Hurting Me

The Day Roger Federer Became a Kittycat

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