Finally after 11 hours and 5 minutes of battle on the court Isner defeated Mahut in the first round of the Wimbledon 2010 championships. The match consisted of 183 games, this was by far the longest match in the terms of the number of games played as well as the duration of the match. This [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Wimbledon 2010 – The Isner-Mahut match is Finally Over!
Posted: June 24, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in TennisTags: John Isner, Nicolas Mahut, Tennis, Wimbledon
India Win the Asia Cup 2010!
Posted: June 24, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, ICC Rankings, IndiaTags: Ashish Nehra, Asia Cup, Cricket, Dinesh Karthikh, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, ICC Rankings, India, Indian Cricket Team, MS Dhoni, Praveen Kumar, Rahul Dravid, Ravindra Jadeja, Sachin Tendulkar, Sri Lanka Cricket Team, Zaheer Khan
India finally wins the Asia Cup after 15 years. With this they also win a multi-nation series after some time now. Incidentally the last time won a multi-nation tournament was a tri-series tournament in Sri Lanka. Win this win the team would probably go to the second spot in the ICC ODI team rankings. Everybody [...]
Sachin Tendulkar to Join the Indian Air Force Soon!
Posted: June 24, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Awards, Cricket, India, Sachin TendulkarTags: Awards, Cricket, ICC Rankings, India, Indian Air Force, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar soon will be conferred the honorary rank of Group Captain. Yes he is all set to join the Indian Air Force. This is very good news for all Sachin’s fans. I must say this is another feather in his cap. As a fan of Sachin I am very happy for the honour he [...]
Wimbledon 2010 Day 1 – Day of Complete Drama!!
Posted: June 22, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Ana Ivanovic, TennisTags: Ana Ivanovic, Andy Roddick, Marin Cilic, Novak Djokovic, Rafeal Nadal, Roger Federer, Tennis
Day 1 at the Wimbledon turned out to be very dramatic, as many high seeded player in both men’s and Women’s section either lost or almost got a scare. In men’s round, Marin Cilic was the biggest casualty, while Ivan Ljubicic, Stanislas Warwinka, and Tommy Robredo also lost in the first round of the tournament [...]
Ana Ivanovic out of Wimbledon 2010!
Posted: June 22, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Ana Ivanovic, TennisTags: Ana Ivanovic, Ana Ivanovic pictures, Tennis, Wimbledon, WTA Rankings
Ana Ivanovic crashed out of the Wimbledon yesterday, suffering a heavy defeat at the hands of Shahar Peer. I am very disappointed with her performance since I was expecting a little more from her. A first round exit is something one does expect from a grand slam winner. One can say that she got a [...]
A Trip to Sinhgad Fort!!
Posted: June 19, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Adventure, India, Just For FunTags: Adventure, Khadakwasla Dam, Panshet Dam, Shishir Gupta, Sinhgad Fort, Trekking
Well today I went for a trip to Sinhgad fort, along with a group of friends and I must say it was the most enjoyable trip for quite some time. For the start this plan was made in a few seconds but also was much planned, and of course had a lot of confusion attached [...]
Blackle.com – A New Search Engine?
Posted: June 15, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Computer Articles, Google, TechnologiesTags: Blackle, Google, Technologies
Blackle is a website powered by Google Custom Search, which aims to save energy by displaying a black background and using grayish-white font color for search results. It is also a search engine and uses the same database used by Google so there is no difference in the results displayed by the two sites. I [...]
Dr. Yuvraj and Dr. Suvarna also quit Dill Mill Gayye!
Posted: June 15, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Dill Mill Gayye, Television Personalities, Television ShowsTags: Atul, Dill Mill Gayye, Naina, Ridhimma, Shilpa Anand, Star One, Suvarna, Television Personalities, Television Shows, Yuvraj
After Dr. Atul and Dr. Naina it is the turn of two other interns that is Dr. Yuvraj and Dr. Suvarna to exit from the show. Although I got this news about a week back, but could not get the time to write it down here. Today in the show they showed both these interns [...]
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Posted: June 9, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Just For Fun, UncategorizedTags: Deepwater Horizon, Deepwater Horizon Oill Spill, Oil Spill
This is one of the most shocking disasters in the recent times. An explosion in British Petroleum’s offshore oil rig at Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico has led to this massive oil spill. It has caused It is causing a lot of loss in the economy, and that is not it, in fact it harming [...]
Rafael Nadal wins French Open 2010!!!
Posted: June 6, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Rafael Nadal, TennisTags: ATP Rankings, French Open, Rafeal Nadal, Robin Soderling, Roger Federer, Spain, Tennis, Wimbledon
Rafael Nadal wins the french open. He defeated Robin Soderling in straight sets 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Finally Nadal is back, he gets a grand slam. It has been more than year that he last time won. In fact it has been the injuries that have been the cause and not the form. He won his [...]
India out of the Zimbabwe tri-series!
Posted: June 5, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, IndiaTags: Cricket, Dinesh Karthikh, ICC Rankings, India, Indian Cricket Team, Pragyan Ojha, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma, Sri Lanka Cricket Team, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe cricket team
India again lose in a tri-nation tournament. Well this is not something new for the team, in fact I had written a post on it earlier as well when the team lost a tri-series. Something that is different this time is that Indian team were the favourites to win the tournament, and they could not [...]
Federer is out of French Open 2010!
Posted: June 1, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in TennisTags: French Open, Rafeal Nadal, Robin Soderling, Roger Federer, Tennis
Robin Soderling defeated Roger Federer in the quarter finals of the French Open 2010. 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. Soderling started scratchy but displayed some great game to get past the World No.1. I am a fan of Federer, but to be honest I like Nadal more, and here is a chance for Rafeal Nadal to [...]
Indian Cricket Teams not a part of Asian Games 2010!
Posted: June 1, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, IndiaTags: Asian Games, Cricket, India, Indian Cricket Team
Well BCCI has decided not to send any of the Indian cricket teams to the Asian Games. Well this means that India will definitely come back with two medals short. Which could have been two Gold Medals as well. Though seeing the form of the Men’s cricket team I really don’t think they had many [...]
Dill Mill Gayye – Shilpa Anand to be back!!!
Posted: June 1, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Dill Mill Gayye, Television Personalities, Television ShowsTags: Armaan, Dill Mill Gayye, Karan Singh Grover, Ridhimma, Shilpa Anand, Star One, Television Personalities, Television Shows
Well I am very excited in writing this post, but I am just praying that this news is true. Well I have found this article from the source I have believed on for the past year or so. Since it comes from this source I do believe that this is finally going to happen. Shilpa [...]


