Notable Sporting Moments of 2012

Serena Williams
Serena Williams has conquered the tennis world with her sturdy performance over the years. She is the American tennis player who has been ranked World number one in singles by the Women’s tennis Association on five separate occasions. For the first time she was tagged the world number one on 8^th July 2002.  She won the 2012 Gold Medel in the 2012 London Olympics after defeating Maria Sharapova in the finals. Serena at 31, with her body injury and health concerns still aims to become world number one again, and said, “I've been No.1 before and believe me I'll be No.1 again. It's just a matter of time,” as reported by yahoo.com

Indian Tennis Duo
The new coupling in Tennis of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna turned out to be one of the grand Indian tennis fiascos that hit the foregrounds right in time for the London Olympics. It started with Mahesh Bhupathi refusing to play with partner Leander Peas, as nominated by AITA. Instead Mahesh Bhupathi asked to be teamed with Rohan Bopanna, who has been his partner in mega event. After all the haul and hoot Bhupathi got paired with Bopanna and Paes was partnered with rookie Vishnu Vardhan. Unfortunately even with or without chosen partners India didn’t earn any medals from tennis.

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