Australian Open 2017

Roger Federer, considered the greatest player ever to a grace a tennis court, won the Australian Open with five set win over arch rival Rafael Nadal in a memorable finale to annexe his 18^th Grand Slam trophy. Federer won 6-4 3-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 to lift his fifth at Melbourne and the first Major after the 2012 Wimbledon.

In Women’s Singles, Serena Williams beat sister Venus Williams in straight sets to win her Seventh Australian Open and an Open Era record 23^rd Grand Slam Singles Titles. Serena won 6-4 6-4 to pass Steffi Graf in an all-time list of major winners since the Grand Slams accepted professional players in 1968. The American regains the number one ranking from German Angelique Kerber.

Australia’s Margaret Court, with 24, is the only single player still ahead of Serena in terms of Grand Slam Singles titles. J. Peers and H. Kontinen won the Men’s Doubles title defeating B. Bryan and M. Bryan 7-5 7-5. Mattek – Sands and L. Safarova won the Women’s Doubles title defeating A. Hlavackova and S. Peng 6-7 6-3 6-3. In Mixed Doubles, A. Spears and J. Cabal defeated Sania Mirza and I. Dodig by 6-2 6-4.

Australian Open 2016

Novak Djokovic crushed Andy Murray 6-1, 7-5,7-6(3) to match Roy Emerson record of six Australian Open titles and leave the Briton heartbroken again at Melbourne Park. The defending champion was at his ruthless best under the lights at Rod Laver Arena, mauling Andy Murray in the baseline duels and closing out the match in two hours and 53 minutes.

Murray succumbed to his fifth loss in five Australian Open finals, and fourth against the Serbian World number one, who claimed his 11^th Grand Slam title to draw level with the totals of Australian Rod Laver and Swede Bjorn Borg. For a man who has owned the year’s first Grand Slam for five of the past six years and won his first in 2008, Djokovic celebrations were subdued and he gave Murray a consoling pat on the chest as they shook hands.

In Female single, Angelique Kerber upset world number one Serena Williams 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to clinch the Australian open and become the first German to win a grand Slam title. In Men’s double Jamie Murray became the first Briton to win the Australian Open men’s doubles title in 82 years as he and Bruno Soares beat Daniel Nestor and Radek Stepanek 2-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Women Doubles title is won by World Number one Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza by 7-6, 6-3. Mixed Double title is won by Elena Vesnina and Bruno Soares by 6-4, 4-6 (10-5). Bruno Soares won two titles in a single day winning Mixed Doubles and Men Doubles. Next Grand Slam Tournament will be French Open which is played on Clay Court.

US Open 2015

The 2015 US Open is a Tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 135^th edition of the US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Novak Djokovic won the Men’s Singles event defeating Roger Federer by 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, and 6-4. This was Novak Djokovic third Grand Slam this year and second US Open.

Women Singles event is won by Italian Flavia Pennetta by 7-6, 6-2 defeating country-mate R. Vinci. This was Flavia maiden US Open Grand Slam. Just after match she announced her retirement. Serena Williams lost in semi-finals. She was defeated by R. Vinci and finally her winning streak was broken. Men’s doubles event is won by Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut defeating Jamie Murray and J. Peers by 6-4 and 6-4.

Women’s doubles event is won by Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza defeating C. Dellacqua and Y. Shvedova by 6-3, 6-3. Mixed Doubles event is won by Martina Hingis and Leander Paes. This was Martina Hingis fifth doubles title this year. Hingis- a former world number one singles player who came out of retirement for a second time in 2013 has now won a total of 14 Grand Slam doubles titles in her career, while 28 year old Mirza has five.

Results: Wimbledon 2015

The Third Tennis Grand Slam of the year 2015 is over. It was the 129^th edition of the championships. Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his third Wimbledon title in men’s singles, defending his championship from 2014. Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon and 21^st major title. She also became the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era.

Federer, 33, had hoped to become the first man to win Wimbledon eight times. The Swiss won a thrilling second tie-break but Djokovic came through to win in two hours and 56 minutes. Djokovic adds a third victory at All England Club to one US Open and five Australian Open titles, and the Serb has now won 48 matches and lost just three in 2015. The world number one most recent defeat came against Stan Wawrinka in last month French Open Final.

In Ladies doubles final, Martina Hingis and Indian Sania Mirza won the title. In Mixed Doubles Final, Martina Hingis and Timea Babos won the final. In Rankings, Novak Djokovic stands at first place followed by Roger Federer. Andy Murray is at third place. Rafael Nadal dropped to 10^th place after losing in second round.

In Women Singles, Serena Williams is at first place followed by Petra Kvitova. Simona Halep is at third place followed by Maria Sharapova. In Gentlemen doubles, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan are at first place. In Ladies Doubles, Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza climbed to first place for the first time. In Mixed Doubles, Bruno Soares and Sania Mirza are at second place. In Boys Doubles, Indian Sumit Nagal and Ly Hoang Nam won the title. The next tennis tournament will be US Open, which will take place in New York from 31 August to 13 September.