Important Sports Events 2012 Lawn Tennis Wimbeldon Open Roger Fedrer won the men's single title,

while women's title was won by Serena W illiams. Men's double was won by Jonathan Murray of Great Britain and Fredreik Neilson of Denma rk. Ladies Double was won by Venus and Serena Williams. Mixed Double was won by Lisa Raymon d (US) and Mike Bryan (US). Aegon International Andy Roddick of USA won the men's title at the Aegon nternational beating Andrea s Seppi of Italy 63, 6-2, in the final played at Eastbourne, England on June 23, 2012. Women's Singles title was won by Tamira Paszek of Germany who defeated Angelique Keber of Austria 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 in the final. UNICEF Open Top-seeded David Ferrer beat unseeded Philipp Petzschner 6-3, 6-4 to win the UNI CEF Open tournament at Den Bosch, Netherlands on June 25, 2012. Nadia Petrova beat Urzula Radwanska to the women's title. Brussels Open Sania Mirza clinched her 14th WTA double title with victory in the Brussels Open on May 26, 2012 in Brussels, Belgium. Sania and her partner Bethanic Matek-Sands defeated Polish-Chinese duo Alicja Ro solska and Jie Zheng 6-3, 6-2. Rome Masters Rafael Nadal won the Rome Masters title beating Novak Djokovic in straight sets 7-5, 6-3 in the final onMay 21, 2012. Meanwhile Russian Maria Sharapova won the women's Rome INternati onal title on May 20 with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) victory over Li Na of China. Madrid Open Roger Federer of Switzerland defeated Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 3-6 75 7-5 to win the Madrid Open tennis in Madrid, Spain on May 13, 2012. Dubai Open Roger Federer beat Andy Murray 7-5, 6-4 to win the Dubai Tennis Championships fo r the fifth time on May 3, 2012. Barcelona Open Rafael Nadal defeated David Ferrer (Spain) 7-6(1), 7-5 on April 29, 2012 to win a seventh Barcelona Open title. Monte Carlo Masters Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic in the final 6-3, 6-1 on April 22, 2012 to win the Monte Carlo Masters for the eighth consecutive year. Charleston Claycourt Tournament Fifth seeded Serena Williams won the title by overpowering 9th seeded Czech Luci e Safarova. Miami Masters World No. 1 Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray 6-1, 7-6(4) on April 1, 2012 to win his second

straight ATP Miami Masters title and third overall. Sony Ericsson Open Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek clinched the Sony Ericsson Ope n, their second team trophy of the season at Miami. Paes and Stepanek, who were seeded se venth, rallied to upstage second seeds Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor 3-6, 6-1, 10-8 on March 31, 2012. Meanwhile, Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska captured her maiden Miami women's title beating World No. 2 Maria Sharapova 7-5, 6-4 in the final. Stuttgart Open Maria Sharapova earned her first WTA title of the year as she defeated Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-4 in the final. Indian Wells World No. 3 Roger Federe beat John Isner 7-6(7), 6-3 in the Indian Wells final o n March 18, 2012 to capture his third straight title and a record fourth Indian Wells crown. World N o. 1 Victoria Azarenka beat World No. 2 Maria Sharapova 6-2, 6-3 to win the women's title. Pattaya India's Saniz Mirza and her Australian partner Anastasia Rodionova beat the Chin ese Taipei pair of Hao-ching Chan dn Yung-jan Chan 3-6, 6-1, 10-8 to clinch the women's doubles tit le at the Pattaya Open in Pattaya, Thailand on February 12, 2012 Chennai Open Canadian Milos Raonic beat top seed Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-7 (4/7), 7-6(7/ 4), 7-6(7/4) to lift the singles title at the Aircel Chennai Open in Chennai on January 8, 2012.The d oubles title was won by the team of India's Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarevic who beat the Israel i dueo Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram 6-4, 6-4 in the final. Hopman Cup The Czech Republic thrashed France to lift its second Hopman Cup on January 7, 2 012 in the final played at Perth, Australia. World No. 2 Petra Kvitova put her country ahead with the fi rst victory of the day against Marion Bartoli, and her teammate Tomas Berdych wrapped up the contest beating Ri chard Gasquet, with neither dropping a set. It was the second title for the Czech Republic, after Jana Novotna and Petr Kord a lifted the Hopman Cup in 1994, while it was two looses out of two for France after its defeat in 1998. Cz echoslovakia also won the inaugural Cup in 1989. French Open 2012 Spain's Rafael Nadal won a record seventh Men's Singles title at the French Open when he defeated Novak Djokovic of Serbia the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 on June 11, 2012. Maria Sharapova of Russia beat Sara Errani of Italy 6-3, 6-2 in the final played on June 9, 2012 to win her maiden French Open Women's Singles title. Sharapova had earlier won Wimb ledon in 2004, US Open in 2006 and Australian Open in 2008. Men's Doubles title was won by Max Mirnyi (Belarus) and Daniel Nestor (Canada) f or the second

successive year defeating the American pair of Mike and Bob Bryan 6-4, 6-4 in th e final on June 9, 2012. The Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi won the Mixed Doubles title d efeating Santiago Gonzalez (Mexico) and Klaudia Jans-Ignacek (Poland) 7-6(3), 6-1 in the final pla yed on June 7, 2012. This is the second Grand Slam title for the Indian pairing, who won the Au stralian Open in 2009. Australian Open 2012 Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka won the Men's and Singles titles respective ly at the 2012 Australian Open tennis tournament organized in Melbourne in January 16-29, 2012. Novak Djokovic of Serbia successfully defended his title when he defeated Rafael Nadal of Spaif n in the final 5-7, 64, 6-2, 6-7, (5-7), 7-5 that lasted 5 hours and 53 minutes. Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated Maria Sharapova of Russia 6-3, 6-0 for her first Grand Slam title; Andover took Carloline Wozniacki as the number one ranked player on the W TA Tour. In Men's doubles, India's Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic won the title defeating the Australian pair of Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan, 7-6(7-1), 6-2. In women's doubles the Russian pair of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva be at the Italian team of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 to win the tittle. The Mixed Doubled title was won by Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) & Horia Tecau of Romania who defeated the pair of Elena Vesnina (Russia) and Leander Paes 6-3, 5-7.