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This article is rundown on all the important sports tournaments across the world that have taken place till date.
TENNIS GRAND SLAMS
1. 2015 Australian Open- This is the first
Grand Slam tournament of the year and the 103rd edition of the
tournament was held at Melbourne Park this year. It is played on Plexicushion hardcourt.
Following are the players who won in the 2015 Australian Tournament.
Women’s Singles-Serena Williams
Men’s Singles- Novak Djokovic
Women’s Doubles- Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie
Šafářová
Men’s Doubles- Simone Bolelli and Italy
Fabio Fognini
Mixed Doubles- Martina Hingis and Leander
Paes
Boys’ Singles- Roman Safiullin
Girls’ Singles- Tereza Mihalíková
Boys’ Doubles- Jake Delaney and Marc
Polmans
Girls’ Doubles- Miriam Kolodziejová and Markéta
Vondroušová
Wheelchair Men’s Singles- Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair Women’s Singles- Jiske Griffioen
Wheelchair Quad Singles- Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair Men’s Doubles- Stéphane Houdet and
Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair Women’s Doubles- Yui Kamiji and Jordanne
Whiley
Wheelchair Quad Doubles- Andrew Lapthorne and
David Wagner
2. 2015 French Open: This is the second
Grand Slam tournament of the year that takes place on clay courts and this year
it was the 114th edition. It was held at Roland Garros stadium in
Paris.
Women’s Singles-Serena Williams
Men’s Singles- Stanislas Wawrinka (his
first French Open title)
Women’s Doubles- Lucie Šafářová and
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Men’s Doubles- Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo
Mixed Doubles- Bethanie Mattek-Sands and
Mike Bryan
Boys’ Singles- Tommy Paul
Girls’ Singles-Paula Badosa Gibert
Boys’ Doubles- Álvaro Lpez San Martín and Jaume
Munar
Girls’ Doubles- Miriam Kolodziejová and Markéta
Vondroušová
Wheelchair Men’s Singles- Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair Women’s Singles- Jiske Griffioen
Wheelchair Men’s Doubles- Shingo Kunieda
and Gordon Reid
Wheelchair Women’s Doubles- Jiske Griffioen
and Aniek van Koot
Legends under 45 Doubles- Juan Carlos
Ferrero and Carlos Moyá
Legends over 45 Doubles- Guy Forget and Henri
Leconte
Women’s Legends Doubles- Kim Clijsters and Martina
Navratilova
MAJOR TOURNAMENTS
1. Athletics
a. Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon (SCMM) – Held every year on the third Sunday of January, SCMM is the largest
marathon in the whole of Asia. This year Tesfaye Abera from Ethiopia was
declared the men’s winner as he completed the full marathon (42.19km) in
2:09:46. Dinesh Mekash, was declared the winner in the women’s category for the
second consecutive year. She finished the run in a time limit of 2:30:00.
2. Badminton
a. Malaysian
Open- The Men’s title was won by
Chinese player Chen Long while the Women’s title went to Spain’s Carolina
Marin. Chinese pair Luo Ying and Luo Yu won the women’s doubles whereas men’s
doubles was won by Indonesian pair Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan. The
mixed doubles title was taken by Chinese pair Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei.
b. All England Open Badminton Championship- This
is one of the oldest championships, having started in 1899. This year the men’s
singles title was won by Chen Long of China and the women’s title by Spain’s
Carolina Marin. The men’s and women’s doubles titles were won by Danish pair Mathias
Boe and Carsten Mogensen and Chinese pair Bao Yixin and Tang Yuanting respectively.
Mixed doubles was also claimed by Chinese players Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei.
c. India Open Super Series- Srikanth K and
Saina Nehwal won the men’s and women’s titles. The men’s and women’s titles were
clinched by Chinese pair Chai Biao and Hong Wei and Japanese pair Misaki
Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi respectively. The mixed doubles was won by Liu
Cheng and Bao Yixin.
3. Football
a. African Cup of Nations- Ivory Coast national
football team was declared the champion.
b. I-League Football Championship- This year one of Kolkata’s oldest clubs,
Mohan Bagan Athletic Club won the championship.
c. 2015 Santosh Trophy- Services lifted
the trophy this year after defeating Punjab.
4. Golf
a. Volvo China Open- It is a men’s golf
tournament held every year in China. This year Wu Ashen won the event. England
player David Howell was the runner-up.
b. New Zealand Women’s Open- It is a women’s professional golf tournament that started in 2009. This year Lydia
Ko from New Zealaand won the championship Hannah Green was the runner-up.
c. Louis Phillippe Cup- The Navratna Ahmedabad team lead by player
Mithun Perera won the cup this year.
d. Dubai Dessert Classic- Rory Mcllroy of
Northern Ireland was declared the winner. Alex Noren of Sweden was the
runner-up.
e. Phoenix Open- Also known as the Waste
Management Phoenix Open, this is part of the PGA TOUR (it organises all the major
golf events participated by players in the US and North America. This year
Brooks Koepka won this title.
f. Indonesian
Masters- Also known as the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters, this is a
tournament on the Asian tour that began in 2011. This year English player Lee Westwood was declared winner.
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