US Open 2014-Preview

Tennis has arrived at the last grandslam lap of the season. The year’s final major is preparing to thrill the fans over a memorable fortnight in the city that never sleeps. Fans had enough share of suspense and drama until last week about defending champion Rafael Nadal’s participation till thecurtains were put on the speculations…

ATP Indian Wells : Preview

Its March and it is time already for the year’s first ATP Masters 1000 series tournament-BNP PARIBAS OPEN, Indian Wells, California, USA or simply Indian Wells open to start. This is the 39th edition of this tournament since it’s foundation in 1974 and is one of the two ATP masters 1000 series tournaments played in…

Do Numbers Predict Better Than Nostradamus?

Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly’s Wings in Brazil set off a Tornado in Texas? [1] When I first presented my preliminary report on the test of divisibility of seven at the American Mathematical Society in 2002 [2], little did I know that my theory had a deep connection with Wawrinka’s Australian open 2014win?…

Five Great Women’s Performances at Melbourne Park

The Australian Open is now just days away. Here, Toby Reiner looks back at some of the great performances in the women’s singles at Melbourne Park. As with the men’s list, these matches are in chronological order. Steffi Graf (1) beat Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (2) 6-0 6-2 (final, 1994) That Graf won the “Golden Slam” in…