Archive for the 'Tennis' Category

Wimbledon players ready for Semifinals

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Men’s quarter finals brought a lot of excitement, and 8 outstanding tennis players fought to eliminate the competition and get the Wimbledon glory. The best are still on the competition. Let’s see the 3 strongest ones:
Rafa Nadal: This fierce Spaniard faced Andy Murray, beating him in straight sets. Nadal’s resistance and agressiveness is well-known, so […]

Maria Sharapova kicked out of Wimbledon by low profile player

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Yes, it is real! One of the most bizarre events took place at Wimbledon, where Maria Sharapova got kicked out of the Grand Slam tournament during the second round.  What happened to the determination of repeating the glory of 2004?
The weirdest thing was the opponent that beat Sharapova: Alla Kudryavtseva, a fellow Russian tennis player, […]

Venus Williams is a good defending Champion at Wimbledon

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Venus Williams, 7th seed and one of the biggest tennis stars, had a great start at Wimbledon, winning the opener and seems like an excellent candidate for the Grand Slam title. Will this be Venus’ 5th Wimbledon title?
 

Williams showed a lot of energy and a great performance, defeating British player Naomi Cavaday 7-6 (5), 6-1. […]

Action is ready after Wimbledon Draft

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Now that NBA games are over and NFL games won’t start yet, it’s a great chance to look to the other events that will have as much adrenaline running as the rest of sports. Tennis betting is high this month with the upcoming Grand Slam event: Wimbledon.
The Wimbledon draft has been made and a lot […]

French Open - Sharapova almost eliminated in first round

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Maria Sharapova only has the French Open title left to complete her Grand Slam career. However, during this 2008 French Open this tennis star doesn’t seem to be on her way to change her luck.
The now top-seeded Russian had a very rough start on the tennis tournament against fellow Evgeniya Rodina, where the struggle wasn’t […]

Justine Henin retires from Tennis unexpectedly

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

With a very abrupt decision, Top seed Justine Henin says good-bye to tennis, putting an end to a very short but successful career.
On Wednesday, Henin gave her official announcement. We all know her game was a little bit sloppy lately and had a rough patch at every tournament since a couple of months ago, but […]

Davis Cup matches for the weekend - Safin gets early victory

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Tennis fans are not going to leave the house this weekend. Who would want to be out with all the Davis Cup action going on? April 11th-13th is for the World Group 2008 Quarterfinals.
The rush already started with an amazing victory by Russia over Czech Republic. Marat Safin showed his best skills on a […]

Roger Federer vs Peter Sampras: in the end Roger is the top player

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

It seems the Tennis world’s Champion is absolute. Not even a former #1 player and unquestionable star like Peter Sampras can beat almighty Roger Federer. But it was funny how it wasn’t that easy for Roger, even though Sampras has been retired for about 10 years.
During an exhibition match held recently at Madison Square Garden, […]

Monica Seles said Goodbye to tennis

Friday, February 15th, 2008

So, Monica Seles is officially out of the professional tennis world. To be honest, I thought that’d happened years ago. If you haven’t played in almost 5 years, how can people assume you haven’t dropped out yet? Well, but now it’s for sure and for good. She probably woke up yesterday and it just hit […]

Is 2008 finally a great year for Andy Roddick?

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

USA tennis star Andy Roddick seems to be enjoying 2008 a lot. So far he’s had a great year on tennis tournaments, and the best proof of it is the fact that he’s advancing smoothly through Australian Open rounds.
Roddick pulled a very impressive game against German player Michael Berrer with a great 6-2, 6-2, […]