Officials in Australia moved mountains to make the country’s annual professional tennis swing happen. That will be far more difficult after the tour leaves this isolated island nation.
The tennis world mourns one of its greatest supporters
Tony Trabert, who saw the sport from all angles as a major champion and ambassador both on and off the court, has passed away aged 90. His record of 106 match wins and 18 singles titles in the 1955 season remains one of the greatest years in tennis history.
The universally popular American enriched tennis for more than 70 years as the world’s top amateur player, a contract pro, a manager of Jack Kramer’s troupe and executive director of a fledgling players association, which helped push for Open tennis. His insight for more than 30 years as a highly successful television commentator and analyst, helped to drive the sport’s boom and brought the US Open and other major championships to new audiences. He was also a two-time Davis Cup winning captain of the United States, a coach, an author and later served as the President of the International Tennis Hall of Fame before his health and mobility began to suffer.
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Clinching National crown is a dream come true – Yasitha de Silva Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Becoming the National champion in any sport is an uphill task which needs abundance of talent, stamina and commitment. Yasitha Rangana de Silva achieved that rare millstone recently by clinching the Sri Lanka Tennis Nationals’ men’s singles crown beating the fancied defending champion Sharmal Dissanayake.
Yasitha has excelled in both the National and international tennis arena participating in a number of international tournaments. He has recorded his best international singles ranking of 1663 (Association of Tennis Professionals - ATP) and 2252 (International Tennis Federation-ITF).
In 2008, Federer earned an
Olympic Gold medal for his performance in the men’s doubles tournament. He failed to win gold in the single’s draw, however, and lost again at the 2012 Olympics to Andy Murray.
Throughout his career, the Swiss tennis star’s most fearsome competition have been the likes of Murray, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, all of whom are considered among the greatest male players of all time.
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Singapore seems to have contained Covid-19 infections far better than the United States or countries in Europe.
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In the coming months, more than a thousand government officials, business leaders and sportspeople are expected to flock to Singapore, a nation that seems to have contained Covid-19 infections far better than the United States or countries in Europe, for various events.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) will hold its annual gathering there in May, the first time it will be held in Asia and just the second edition to take place outside Switzerland since its inception in 1971.
The following month, the Shangri-La Dialogue – an Asian security summit that was cancelled last year because of the pandemic – will kick off.