2011 US Open winners: Men's singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – he defeated Rafael Nadal (Spain) in the final. Women's singles: Samantha Stosur (Australia) – she defeated Serena Williams (USA) in the final. Women's doubles: Lisa Raymond & Liezel Huber (USA). Men's doubles: Jurgen Melzer (Austria) and Philipp Petzschner (Germany). Tennis quiz: 1. Who was the first Tennis player to win all four Grand Slam singles titles? Answer: Fred Perry. 2. Who won the most number of US Open men singles titles? Answer: John McEnroe. 3. Who won the most number of US Open women singles titles? Answer: Martina Navratilova. 4. Longest Tennis match in the history of US open Men's singles? Answer: Stefan Edberg Vs Michael Chang (1992). 5. Longest Tennis match in the history of US open women's singles? Answer: Samantha Stosur Vs Nadia Petrova (2011). 6. Longest Tennis match in the history of Professional Tennis? Answer: John Isner Vs Nicolas Mahut (2010 Wimbledon). 7. Oldest Tennis Grand Slam women's doubles champion? Answer: Lisa Raymond (USA). 38-year old Lisa Raymond won the 2011 US Women's doubles and broke the record of Billie Jean King. 8. Who played in most singles finals at US open? Answer: Bill Tilden. Pete Sampras played in most finals in open era. 9. Who played in most successive singles finals? Answer: Ivan Lendil. He reached the finals of US open from 1982-89. 10. Who reached semi-finals in most successive tournaments at US … [Read more...]
ICC Cricket awards 2011
England batsman Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott won the ICC Test player and player of the year awards respectively. Sri Lankan Kumara Sangakkara won the ICC One Day player of the year award. Aleem Dar won the Umpire of the year award. Devendra Bishoo (West Indies) won the emerging player of the year award. New Zealand bowler Tim Southee got T20 performance of the year award. Ryan Ten Doeschate is the best player from associate and affiliate countries. Indian captain M.S. Dhoni got the spirit of the cricket award for recalling Ian Bell during Headingly Test match. West Indies cricketer Stafanie Taylor won the woman cricketer of the year award. Quiz questions: 1. Jonathan Trott is the first England cricketer to win the ICC Player of the year award. 2. Who is the ICC Cricketer of the year in 2010? Answer: Sachin Tendulkar. ICC Cricketer of the year: 2004: Rahul Dravid (India). 2005: Jacques Kallis (South Africa) & Andrew Flintoff (England). 2006: Ricky Ponting (Australia). 2007: Ricky Ponting (Australia). 2008: Shivnaraine Chanderpaul (West Indies). 2009: Mitchell Johnson (Australia) 2010: Sachin Tendulkar (India). 2011: Jonathan Trott (England) … [Read more...]
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