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...]
Sports quiz: Cricket and Tennis questions and answers
Sports quiz: 1. Who is the first double amputee to qualify for an able-bodied athletic event? Answer: Oscar Pistorius (South Africa). "Blade runner" is his nickname. 2. Who is the first athlete to participate in World Athletics Championships? Answer: Oscar Pistorius (400 metres) – He reached semi-finals in 2011 World Championships. Cricket quiz: 3. Which Indian batsman scored 3 consecutive centuries at Lord's cricket ground? Answer: Dilip Vengsarkar. He scored centuries at Lord's in 1979, 1982 and 1986 Test series. 4. Who was the captain of Indian cricket team when it played first ever Test match against England in June, 1932? Answer: C.K. Naidu. Douglas Jardine captained England team. 5. India recorded first victory in Test cricket against which team? Answer: England in 1952 at Chepauk stadium in Chennai. Vinoo Mankad took 12 wickets while Pankaj Roy scored a century in that match. 6. India recorded first series victory in Test cricket against which team? Answer: Pakistan in 1952. 7. First Indian bowler to take 5 wickets in an innings of a Test match? Answer: Mohammad Nissar (Punjab). He took 5 wickets for 93 runs in the first innings of first ever Test match played by India in 1932. He took the wickets of legendary players like Herbert Sutcliffe, Percy Holmes & Les Ames. 8. Who was the highest scorer in an innings in India-England Test cricket series history? Answer: England batsman Graham Gooch. He scored 333 runs against India at Lord's in 1990. Vinod Kambli (224) is the highest scorer for India against … [Read more...]
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