Tag Archives: Tennis
September 15, 2020 by sportsspeech 0
Longest Tennis Match Ever Played
2010 Wimbledon witnessed the longest tennis match ever played in history of tennis. It was first round at Wimbledon at Court 18, between 23rd seeded John Isner of US and unseeded qualifier Nicolas Mahut of France. The match began without any expectation on 22nd June 2010, Tuesday after 6 PM, British Summer Time and match […]
September 3, 2020 by sportsspeech 2 Comments.
Longest ever Grand Slam Final – Australian Open – 2012
The spectators at Melbourne got an opportunity to view the longest ever grand slam finals played between World No.1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia and World No.2 Rafael Nadal of Spain on 29th January 2012 which lasted for about 5 hours and 53 minutes and finally Novak Djokovic emerged as winner in a marathon encounter. It […]
September 3, 2020 by sportsspeech 2 Comments.
Shortest ever Grand Slam Final – French Open – 1988
Women’s final in French open witnessed one of the shortest grand slam finals ever played. It was 4th June 1988, Steffi Graf of Germany took Natalia Zvereva of Soviet Union at Roland Garros in a one sided final where Steffi Graf thrashed Natalia Zvereva 6-0 and 6-0 in straight sets which lasted for mere 34 […]
September 2, 2020 by sportsspeech 0
Golden Slam in a Calendar Year – Steffi Graf
Golden Slam = Olympic Gold Medal + Australian Open Winner + French Open Winner + Wimbledon Winner + US Open Winner. The year 1988 proved to be one of the eventful year for Steffi Graf, the tennis legend from Germany as she became the first person in the history of tennis to win all the […]