Thursday, February 4, 2010

Current Affairs PTR II - 2010

Australia Open 2010:
§  Men’s Single: Roger Federer(Swiz) bt Andy Murray(Britian).
§  Women’s Single: Serena Williams(US) bt Justin Henin(Bel).
§  Men’s Doubles: B. Bryan, M.Bryan(US) bt D Nestor(Can), N zemonjic(Serb).
§  Women’s Doubles: Serena, Venus(US) bt C Black(Zim) bt L Huber(US).
§  Mixed Doubles: L.Paes(Ind), Cara Black(Zim) bt E Makarova(Rus), J Levinsky(Czech).
US Open 2009:
§  Men’s Single: J M Del Potro(Arg) bt Roger Federer(Swiz).
§  Women’s Single: Kim Clijsters(Bel) bt Caroline Wozniacki(Den).
§  Men’s Doubles: L Paes(Ind), L Dlouhy(Czech) bt M Bhupathi(Ind), M Knowles(Bah).
§  Women’s Doubles: Serena, Venus(US) bt C Black(Zim) bt L Huber(US).
§  Mixed Doubles: C Gullikson(US), T Parrott(US) bt  L.Paes(Ind), Cara Black(Zim).
Grammy Awards 2010:
§  The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards took place on January 31, 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
§  A R Rahman won two Grammy Awards, for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album (Slumdog Millionare) and Best Song (Jai Ho) Written for a Visual Media.
§  He shares the first award with Lyricist Gulzar and Tanvi Shah.
§  "Jai Ho" has been sung by Sukhvinder Singh, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Tanvi Shah, Vijay Prakash and Rahman himself.

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