On the fourth day of my Weird Al & Grass Court Tennis trip in July 2019, I visited the Tennis Hall of Fame Open 2019, the only grass court major tournament on the ATP men tennis professional tour in the…
Davis Cup Serbia vs. India: Day 3
With the suprising Serbian doubles rubber upset on Day 2, the Sunday match just featured a dead rubber. It was expected that both teams bring in their spare players to give them some audience, match practice and the chance to…
Davis Cup Serbia vs. India: Day 2
Trailing 0-2, India was under pressure for the second day which features the doubles. However, the guests having the best-ranked doubles player of both teams, Rohan Bopanna, approached this task as favourites – and failed. Serbia will be seeded in…
Davis Cup Serbia vs. India: Day 1
The first day in Kraljevo: The teams’ number ones were under special pleasure as it more or less their “mandatory” mission to beat the oppenent’s number #2. The first player on that mission was Ramkumar Ramathan, who failed in four…
Davis Cup Serbia vs. India: Preview
Thursday evening in Kraljevo. The city some two hours away from Belgrade is ready for the Davis Cup playoffs. It will be the last time that both countries will compete in best-of-five matches in this traditional tournament. The draws are…
Bollywood Parks Dubai (Review)
Music, dance and drama – that is what Bollywood is all about. More surprising that this Indian movie culture cash machine did not have its own amusement park place – before the Dubai Parks planners thought about all the Indian…
Ode to my Superhero – Leander Paes
Tianjin, China. Tennis Davis Cup, one of my most beloved sports competitions. He was intended to be the hero, the story of this tie – maybe even securing the Indian victory already after three matches with a doubles victory against…