Morkel strikes to peg back India in third test
India's Ajinkya Rahane is bowled by South Africa's Morne Morkel (unseen) on the first day of their third test cricket match in Nagpur, India, November 25, 2015.
Morne Morkel's inspired fast bowling on a spin-friendly surface reduced India to 149 for six wickets at tea on the first day of the third test against South Africa on Wednesday.India captain Virat Kohli had no hesitation in opting to bat first after winning the toss at the VCA Stadium with the pitch expected to assist the slow bowlers.
But three wickets from the lanky paceman eroded most of the advantage the hosts thought they had by batting first.
Ravindra Jadeja (21) and Wriddhiman Saha (nine) added 24 runs in an unbroken stand before the break after South Africa had reduced the hosts to 125-6
Novak
Djokovic completed the best year of his career and one of the best by
any player in the professional era when the Serb beat Roger Federer to
win the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday.
Here are the important numbers from the past 12 months:
Titles: 11
Grand slam titles: 3 – Australian Open (beat Andy Murray), Wimbledon (beat Federer), U.S. Open (beat Federer)
Masters Series titles: 6 – Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Shanghai, Paris.
Became the first player to win the Indian Wells/Miami double three times.
ATP World Tour Finals: Beats Federer to become first player to win the season-ender four years in a row.
Match win/loss record: 82-6 (first player to win 80 matches in a season since Rafael Nadal (82-11) in 2008
Has been ranked No.1 by the ATP since July, 2014.
First player to top the rankings every week of the year since Federer in 2007
Since losing to Ivo Karlovic in the quarter-finals in Doha at the start of the year, Djokovic has reached the final of every tournament he has played in, 15 in all.
First player to reach all four grand slam finals in a season since Federer in 2009.
Percentage of service games won in 2015: 90
Prize money this year: $18.767 million
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/novak-djokovics-incredible-year-everything-you-need-to-know/#sthash.2UmMA1UR.dpuf
Here are the important numbers from the past 12 months:
Grand slam titles: 3 – Australian Open (beat Andy Murray), Wimbledon (beat Federer), U.S. Open (beat Federer)
Masters Series titles: 6 – Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Shanghai, Paris.
Became the first player to win the Indian Wells/Miami double three times.
ATP World Tour Finals: Beats Federer to become first player to win the season-ender four years in a row.
Match win/loss record: 82-6 (first player to win 80 matches in a season since Rafael Nadal (82-11) in 2008
Has been ranked No.1 by the ATP since July, 2014.
First player to top the rankings every week of the year since Federer in 2007
Since losing to Ivo Karlovic in the quarter-finals in Doha at the start of the year, Djokovic has reached the final of every tournament he has played in, 15 in all.
First player to reach all four grand slam finals in a season since Federer in 2009.
Percentage of service games won in 2015: 90
Prize money this year: $18.767 million
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/novak-djokovics-incredible-year-everything-you-need-to-know/#sthash.2UmMA1UR.dpuf
Novak
Djokovic completed the best year of his career and one of the best by
any player in the professional era when the Serb beat Roger Federer to
win the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday.
Here are the important numbers from the past 12 months:
Titles: 11
Grand slam titles: 3 – Australian Open (beat Andy Murray), Wimbledon (beat Federer), U.S. Open (beat Federer)
Masters Series titles: 6 – Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Shanghai, Paris.
Became the first player to win the Indian Wells/Miami double three times.
ATP World Tour Finals: Beats Federer to become first player to win the season-ender four years in a row.
Match win/loss record: 82-6 (first player to win 80 matches in a season since Rafael Nadal (82-11) in 2008
Has been ranked No.1 by the ATP since July, 2014.
First player to top the rankings every week of the year since Federer in 2007
Since losing to Ivo Karlovic in the quarter-finals in Doha at the start of the year, Djokovic has reached the final of every tournament he has played in, 15 in all.
First player to reach all four grand slam finals in a season since Federer in 2009.
Percentage of service games won in 2015: 90
Prize money this year: $18.767 million
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/novak-djokovics-incredible-year-everything-you-need-to-know/#sthash.2UmMA1UR.dpuf
Here are the important numbers from the past 12 months:
Grand slam titles: 3 – Australian Open (beat Andy Murray), Wimbledon (beat Federer), U.S. Open (beat Federer)
Masters Series titles: 6 – Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Shanghai, Paris.
Became the first player to win the Indian Wells/Miami double three times.
ATP World Tour Finals: Beats Federer to become first player to win the season-ender four years in a row.
Match win/loss record: 82-6 (first player to win 80 matches in a season since Rafael Nadal (82-11) in 2008
Has been ranked No.1 by the ATP since July, 2014.
First player to top the rankings every week of the year since Federer in 2007
Since losing to Ivo Karlovic in the quarter-finals in Doha at the start of the year, Djokovic has reached the final of every tournament he has played in, 15 in all.
First player to reach all four grand slam finals in a season since Federer in 2009.
Percentage of service games won in 2015: 90
Prize money this year: $18.767 million
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/novak-djokovics-incredible-year-everything-you-need-to-know/#sthash.2UmMA1UR.dpuf
Novak
Djokovic completed the best year of his career and one of the best by
any player in the professional era when the Serb beat Roger Federer to
win the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday.
Here are the important numbers from the past 12 months:
Titles: 11
Grand slam titles: 3 – Australian Open (beat Andy Murray), Wimbledon (beat Federer), U.S. Open (beat Federer)
Masters Series titles: 6 – Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Shanghai, Paris.
Became the first player to win the Indian Wells/Miami double three times.
ATP World Tour Finals: Beats Federer to become first player to win the season-ender four years in a row.
Match win/loss record: 82-6 (first player to win 80 matches in a season since Rafael Nadal (82-11) in 2008
Has been ranked No.1 by the ATP since July, 2014.
First player to top the rankings every week of the year since Federer in 2007
Since losing to Ivo Karlovic in the quarter-finals in Doha at the start of the year, Djokovic has reached the final of every tournament he has played in, 15 in all.
First player to reach all four grand slam finals in a season since Federer in 2009.
Percentage of service games won in 2015: 90
Prize money this year: $18.767 million
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/novak-djokovics-incredible-year-everything-you-need-to-know/#sthash.2UmMA1UR.dpuf
Here are the important numbers from the past 12 months:
Grand slam titles: 3 – Australian Open (beat Andy Murray), Wimbledon (beat Federer), U.S. Open (beat Federer)
Masters Series titles: 6 – Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Shanghai, Paris.
Became the first player to win the Indian Wells/Miami double three times.
ATP World Tour Finals: Beats Federer to become first player to win the season-ender four years in a row.
Match win/loss record: 82-6 (first player to win 80 matches in a season since Rafael Nadal (82-11) in 2008
Has been ranked No.1 by the ATP since July, 2014.
First player to top the rankings every week of the year since Federer in 2007
Since losing to Ivo Karlovic in the quarter-finals in Doha at the start of the year, Djokovic has reached the final of every tournament he has played in, 15 in all.
First player to reach all four grand slam finals in a season since Federer in 2009.
Percentage of service games won in 2015: 90
Prize money this year: $18.767 million
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/novak-djokovics-incredible-year-everything-you-need-to-know/#sthash.2UmMA1UR.dpuf
Novak
Djokovic completed the best year of his career and one of the best by
any player in the professional era when the Serb beat Roger Federer to
win the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday.
Here are the important numbers from the past 12 months:
Titles: 11
Grand slam titles: 3 – Australian Open (beat Andy Murray), Wimbledon (beat Federer), U.S. Open (beat Federer)
Masters Series titles: 6 – Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Shanghai, Paris.
Became the first player to win the Indian Wells/Miami double three times.
ATP World Tour Finals: Beats Federer to become first player to win the season-ender four years in a row.
Match win/loss record: 82-6 (first player to win 80 matches in a season since Rafael Nadal (82-11) in 2008
Has been ranked No.1 by the ATP since July, 2014.
First player to top the rankings every week of the year since Federer in 2007
Since losing to Ivo Karlovic in the quarter-finals in Doha at the start of the year, Djokovic has reached the final of every tournament he has played in, 15 in all.
First player to reach all four grand slam finals in a season since Federer in 2009.
Percentage of service games won in 2015: 90
Prize money this year: $18.767 million
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/novak-djokovics-incredible-year-everything-you-need-to-know/#sthash.2UmMA1UR.dpuf
Here are the important numbers from the past 12 months:
Grand slam titles: 3 – Australian Open (beat Andy Murray), Wimbledon (beat Federer), U.S. Open (beat Federer)
Masters Series titles: 6 – Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Shanghai, Paris.
Became the first player to win the Indian Wells/Miami double three times.
ATP World Tour Finals: Beats Federer to become first player to win the season-ender four years in a row.
Match win/loss record: 82-6 (first player to win 80 matches in a season since Rafael Nadal (82-11) in 2008
Has been ranked No.1 by the ATP since July, 2014.
First player to top the rankings every week of the year since Federer in 2007
Since losing to Ivo Karlovic in the quarter-finals in Doha at the start of the year, Djokovic has reached the final of every tournament he has played in, 15 in all.
First player to reach all four grand slam finals in a season since Federer in 2009.
Percentage of service games won in 2015: 90
Prize money this year: $18.767 million
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/novak-djokovics-incredible-year-everything-you-need-to-know/#sthash.2UmMA1UR.dpuf
Novak
Djokovic completed the best year of his career and one of the best by
any player in the professional era when the Serb beat Roger Federer to
win the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday.
Here are the important numbers from the past 12 months:
Titles: 11
Grand slam titles: 3 – Australian Open (beat Andy Murray), Wimbledon (beat Federer), U.S. Open (beat Federer)
Masters Series titles: 6 – Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Shanghai, Paris.
Became the first player to win the Indian Wells/Miami double three times.
ATP World Tour Finals: Beats Federer to become first player to win the season-ender four years in a row.
Match win/loss record: 82-6 (first player to win 80 matches in a season since Rafael Nadal (82-11) in 2008
Has been ranked No.1 by the ATP since July, 2014.
First player to top the rankings every week of the year since Federer in 2007
Since losing to Ivo Karlovic in the quarter-finals in Doha at the start of the year, Djokovic has reached the final of every tournament he has played in, 15 in all.
First player to reach all four grand slam finals in a season since Federer in 2009.
Percentage of service games won in 2015: 90
Prize money this year: $18.767 million
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/novak-djokovics-incredible-year-everything-you-need-to-know/#sthash.2UmMA1UR.dpuf
Here are the important numbers from the past 12 months:
Grand slam titles: 3 – Australian Open (beat Andy Murray), Wimbledon (beat Federer), U.S. Open (beat Federer)
Masters Series titles: 6 – Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Shanghai, Paris.
Became the first player to win the Indian Wells/Miami double three times.
ATP World Tour Finals: Beats Federer to become first player to win the season-ender four years in a row.
Match win/loss record: 82-6 (first player to win 80 matches in a season since Rafael Nadal (82-11) in 2008
Has been ranked No.1 by the ATP since July, 2014.
First player to top the rankings every week of the year since Federer in 2007
Since losing to Ivo Karlovic in the quarter-finals in Doha at the start of the year, Djokovic has reached the final of every tournament he has played in, 15 in all.
First player to reach all four grand slam finals in a season since Federer in 2009.
Percentage of service games won in 2015: 90
Prize money this year: $18.767 million
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/novak-djokovics-incredible-year-everything-you-need-to-know/#sthash.2UmMA1UR.dpuf
Novak
Djokovic completed the best year of his career and one of the best by
any player in the professional era when the Serb beat Roger Federer to
win the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday.
Here are the important numbers from the past 12 months:
Titles: 11
Grand slam titles: 3 – Australian Open (beat Andy Murray), Wimbledon (beat Federer), U.S. Open (beat Federer)
Masters Series titles: 6 – Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Shanghai, Paris.
Became the first player to win the Indian Wells/Miami double three times.
ATP World Tour Finals: Beats Federer to become first player to win the season-ender four years in a row.
Match win/loss record: 82-6 (first player to win 80 matches in a season since Rafael Nadal (82-11) in 2008
Has been ranked No.1 by the ATP since July, 2014.
First player to top the rankings every week of the year since Federer in 2007
Since losing to Ivo Karlovic in the quarter-finals in Doha at the start of the year, Djokovic has reached the final of every tournament he has played in, 15 in all.
First player to reach all four grand slam finals in a season since Federer in 2009.
Percentage of service games won in 2015: 90
Prize money this year: $18.767 million
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/novak-djokovics-incredible-year-everything-you-need-to-know/#sthash.2UmMA1UR.dpuf
Here are the important numbers from the past 12 months:
Grand slam titles: 3 – Australian Open (beat Andy Murray), Wimbledon (beat Federer), U.S. Open (beat Federer)
Masters Series titles: 6 – Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Shanghai, Paris.
Became the first player to win the Indian Wells/Miami double three times.
ATP World Tour Finals: Beats Federer to become first player to win the season-ender four years in a row.
Match win/loss record: 82-6 (first player to win 80 matches in a season since Rafael Nadal (82-11) in 2008
Has been ranked No.1 by the ATP since July, 2014.
First player to top the rankings every week of the year since Federer in 2007
Since losing to Ivo Karlovic in the quarter-finals in Doha at the start of the year, Djokovic has reached the final of every tournament he has played in, 15 in all.
First player to reach all four grand slam finals in a season since Federer in 2009.
Percentage of service games won in 2015: 90
Prize money this year: $18.767 million
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/novak-djokovics-incredible-year-everything-you-need-to-know/#sthash.2UmMA1UR.dpuf
Novak
Djokovic completed the best year of his career and one of the best by
any player in the professional era when the Serb beat Roger Federer to
win the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday.
Here are the important numbers from the past 12 months:
Titles: 11
Grand slam titles: 3 – Australian Open (beat Andy Murray), Wimbledon (beat Federer), U.S. Open (beat Federer)
Masters Series titles: 6 – Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Shanghai, Paris.
Became the first player to win the Indian Wells/Miami double three times.
ATP World Tour Finals: Beats Federer to become first player to win the season-ender four years in a row.
Match win/loss record: 82-6 (first player to win 80 matches in a season since Rafael Nadal (82-11) in 2008
Has been ranked No.1 by the ATP since July, 2014.
First player to top the rankings every week of the year since Federer in 2007
Since losing to Ivo Karlovic in the quarter-finals in Doha at the start of the year, Djokovic has reached the final of every tournament he has played in, 15 in all.
First player to reach all four grand slam finals in a season since Federer in 2009.
Percentage of service games won in 2015: 90
Prize money this year: $18.767 million
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/novak-djokovics-incredible-year-everything-you-need-to-know/#sthash.2UmMA1UR.dpuf
Here are the important numbers from the past 12 months:
Grand slam titles: 3 – Australian Open (beat Andy Murray), Wimbledon (beat Federer), U.S. Open (beat Federer)
Masters Series titles: 6 – Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Shanghai, Paris.
Became the first player to win the Indian Wells/Miami double three times.
ATP World Tour Finals: Beats Federer to become first player to win the season-ender four years in a row.
Match win/loss record: 82-6 (first player to win 80 matches in a season since Rafael Nadal (82-11) in 2008
Has been ranked No.1 by the ATP since July, 2014.
First player to top the rankings every week of the year since Federer in 2007
Since losing to Ivo Karlovic in the quarter-finals in Doha at the start of the year, Djokovic has reached the final of every tournament he has played in, 15 in all.
First player to reach all four grand slam finals in a season since Federer in 2009.
Percentage of service games won in 2015: 90
Prize money this year: $18.767 million
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/novak-djokovics-incredible-year-everything-you-need-to-know/#sthash.2UmMA1UR.dpuf
Novak
Djokovic completed the best year of his career and one of the best by
any player in the professional era when the Serb beat Roger Federer to
win the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday.
Here are the important numbers from the past 12 months:
Titles: 11
Grand slam titles: 3 – Australian Open (beat Andy Murray), Wimbledon (beat Federer), U.S. Open (beat Federer)
Masters Series titles: 6 – Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Shanghai, Paris.
Became the first player to win the Indian Wells/Miami double three times.
ATP World Tour Finals: Beats Federer to become first player to win the season-ender four years in a row.
Match win/loss record: 82-6 (first player to win 80 matches in a season since Rafael Nadal (82-11) in 2008
Has been ranked No.1 by the ATP since July, 2014.
First player to top the rankings every week of the year since Federer in 2007
Since losing to Ivo Karlovic in the quarter-finals in Doha at the start of the year, Djokovic has reached the final of every tournament he has played in, 15 in all.
First player to reach all four grand slam finals in a season since Federer in 2009.
Percentage of service games won in 2015: 90
Prize money this year: $18.767 million
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/novak-djokovics-incredible-year-everything-you-need-to-know/#sthash.2UmMA1UR.dpuf
But three wickets from the lanky paceman eroded most of the advantage the hosts thought they had by batting first.
Ravindra Jadeja (21) and Wriddhiman Saha (nine) added 24 runs in an unbroken stand before the break after South Africa had reduced the hosts to 125-6
Here are the important numbers from the past 12 months:
Grand slam titles: 3 – Australian Open (beat Andy Murray), Wimbledon (beat Federer), U.S. Open (beat Federer)
Masters Series titles: 6 – Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Shanghai, Paris.
Became the first player to win the Indian Wells/Miami double three times.
ATP World Tour Finals: Beats Federer to become first player to win the season-ender four years in a row.
Match win/loss record: 82-6 (first player to win 80 matches in a season since Rafael Nadal (82-11) in 2008
Has been ranked No.1 by the ATP since July, 2014.
First player to top the rankings every week of the year since Federer in 2007
Since losing to Ivo Karlovic in the quarter-finals in Doha at the start of the year, Djokovic has reached the final of every tournament he has played in, 15 in all.
First player to reach all four grand slam finals in a season since Federer in 2009.
Percentage of service games won in 2015: 90
Prize money this year: $18.767 million
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/novak-djokovics-incredible-year-everything-you-need-to-know/#sthash.2UmMA1UR.dpuf
Morkel strikes to peg back India in third test
NAGPUR, India
Morne Morkel's inspired fast bowling on
a spin-friendly surface reduced India to 149 for six wickets at tea on
the first day of the third test against South Africa on Wednesday.India
captain Virat Kohli had no hesitation in opting to bat first after
winning the toss at the VCA Stadium with the pitch expected to assist
the slow bowlers.But three wickets from the lanky paceman eroded most of the advantage the hosts thought they had by batting first.
Ravindra Jadeja (21) and Wriddhiman Saha (nine) added 24 runs in an unbroken stand before the break after South Africa had reduced the hosts to 125-6
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