Tennis betting fans are enjoying the rush of the upcoming Davis Cup. The World GroupSemifinals just begun and will be on until Sunday 21st.
The battle between Spain and USA has turned on the heat. Top seed Rafael Nadal scored the first point against the United States, and later David Ferrer added one more victory when he defeated U.S. promise Andy Roddick on a 3-hour match.
Many assure that having Spaniards on clay means America’s inevitable defeat. So far they seemed to be right! For the way it looks, the Spaintennis squad could jump into the finals, which will begin on November 21st.
On the other side, Russia is trying hard as Argentina beats them with 2 points in favor. Is Argentina going to be the Davis Cup final contender along with Spain? Don’t miss the Davis Cup schedule and results this weekend! There will be a lot of action and many bets to place!
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 it’s not much of a surprise. But Nadal himself thinks that match has been the best performance he’s had at Wimbledon.
Roger Federer: Of course! The Wimbledon Champion is looking for another title.He played Mario Ancic, a croatian tennis player who crushed Federer in 2002. This time, Roger didn’t underestimate Super Mario, and walked out with a victory (6-1, 7-5, 6-4)! Now he has jumped into semifinals and has good chances to be the winner again.
Marat Safin has been a good surprise for these upcoming Wimbledon semifinals. Many thought he wasn’t going to make it through the first rounds, and now he’s placed with the other 3 best players. The weird thing is that he doesn’t seem to have a very positive attitude about it. He said that the fact that he’s on semifinals doesn’t mean he has a chance. Well, if he doesn’t have the confidence, I don’t think any Wimbledon betting fans will.
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, barely known and seeded 151st. What happened? How did someone that had so much expectations upon her could just get kicked out a Grand Slam event? That will definitely change the things we thought were obvious when looking at the Wimbledon odds.
But what actually made me upset was Sharapova’s reaction about all this: “it wasn’t my day”. That’s what she said. What do you mean you think it wasn’t your day? It’s Wimbledon, for crying out loud! Great tennis players don’t screw up because they just have “bad days” at Grand Slam tournaments. I’m sure Andy Roddick used that excuse too. Anybody that claims having a bad, unlucky day will expect less people judging their performance and skills.
Kudryavtseva is now getting the world’s attention for being the tennis player that crushed Maria Sharapova in straight sets (2-6, 4-6) and she will be followed by everyone during every one of the Wimbledon games she has left. Will she be good enough to win the third round too? We’ll see… her opponents will only get tougher, and more experienced for sure.
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’ 5thWimbledon title?
Williams showed a lot of energy and a great performance, defeating British player Naomi Cavaday 7-6 (5), 6-1. Although Cavaday didn’t seem like a big opponent (she’s ranked 197th), a tiebreaker was needed, and that’s where Venus Williams was better. It was weird to see Williams so tied-up by a low-profile player, which could concern some tennis betting fans… but in the end she was the winner and that’s what matters, at least for the moment. She’s now going to the Wimbledon second round, very excited and emotional about it.
There’s still more action left to crown any Champions. However, Venus started the Wimbledon tennis tournament with the right foot, no doubt about that. Follow her closely: that’s where your money could be.
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 of interesting things came up for many tennis players. Andy Murray is back in the game (after missing last year’s Wimbledon due to an injury) and will open thetennis tournament against Fabrice Santoro. Quite a veteran! But at leasthe managed to avoid other big figures like Andy Roddick.
Roger Federer, winner of the last 5 Wimbledon tournaments, will have a hard time as a defending Champion. He will have to defeat stars like Novak Djokovic, Juan Carlos Ferrero and Marat Safin. Tough luck!
On the girls’ side, top seed Ana Ivanovic will have a good start and not much to worry about. She won’t have to deal with players like Maria Sharapova until the competition has advanced.
So, that’s how things are. Many options to consider, top-class tennis players and the possibility of winning BIG. Who would turn down a combination like that?
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 to win, but avoiding to lose. After more than 2 hours, Sharapova barely made it to the second round, and there were possibilities that Rodina was suffering from some sort of cramps that could’ve affected her performance on the third set. In the end, Maria Sharapova herself admitted that she had some kind of “lucky escape” from being defeated.
So why is it so hard for Maria Sharapova to do well at French Open? Is it the place or does she lack certain skills? That’s a mistery. Some argue that the windy weather has been an important factor at Roland Garros, but still is weird to see the top female tennis player of the world trying so hard to stay on the competition, instead of cruising by the first stages to compete against the best on the finals.
As Maria Sharapova keeps trying to get all this overwith and complete her biggest tennis challenge, the excitement of tennis betting is raising with every matchup.
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 that still doesn’t look like a good reason to quit playing tennis for good. These bad times have no comparison to all her victories, starting with the 7 Grand Slam Titles she owns.
The announcement has shocked everyone, since nobody could expect something like this just 2 weeks before the French Open. It seems the Belgian player didn’t want to take the risk, given the awful losing streak she’s been going through. But seriously, who retires at 25?!
Most tennis betting fans are probably not going to be so affected by the news, because everyone that has been watching Justin Henin lately knows the betting odds on her for the next tennis tournament were not going to be that good anyway. However, this makes me feel upset as a devoted tennis fan who admires real athletes. What kind of pro tennis player chickens out like that and prefers to hide forever instead of working hard and re-gaining that performance that put her at the top in the first place? They say it’s better to leave professional sports when you’re enjoying your peak of glory, but this is ridiculous. She had at least 10 years left of good play to come, it’s far too soon to give up. And I’m pretty sure she will regret the decision eventually.
But oh, well. This is how the sports world moves, and new talented female tennis players will rise to fill that empty spot the current #1 tennis player of the world is about to abandon.
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 five-set match, beating Tomas Berdych 6-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
It was a surprising result considering that Berdych is number 9 in the world and his performance is just brilliant. However, Tomas flawless game began to fade around the third set, when Safin himself said he took the opportunity when Berdych started to miss shots and got a little nervous. These are big words coming from a small enigmatic player that seemed to have more luck than skills (at least compared to Tomas Berdych), but it’s still fair. In the end, he was the winner and we all got shocked by that. Is Marat Safin finally back?
There are more great matches worldwide to come. If you don’t want to miss anything, stay tuned with www.daviscup.com .
It seems the Tennis world’sChampion 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, Peter Sampras and Roger Federer faced each other to measure their skills. The game was quite interesting: Sampras had the advantage with a 5-2, until Federer finally came through to win the match. The last sets were 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6).
It’s very possible that Peter Sampras hasn’t wasted all these years sitting on the couch with a beer and a bag of Doritos, but still, his condition is impressive. Federer has more Grand Slam titles than him, and you would expect the #1 seed in the world to crush the old retired player. But even though Sampras lost, nobody had a doubt of why he used to be the world’s #1. That’s great but this also could be a warning for Federer: maybe he felt too confident or didn’t give his best because it wasn’t a championship match. Let’s hope that, because otherwise it could mean he’ll have to put an extra effort to beat the other top tennis players.
Exhibition games are quite a show for tennis fans. They give them the chance to evaluate their favorite players’ performance without the rush of making bets and with no titles at stake. It’s like having a fine taste of what you’ll see during the year. And what could be more tasteful than two huge tennis players with outstanding skills facing each other?
So, Monica Seles is officially out of the professionaltennis 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 her: She was never going to play tennis again but she didn’t want to face it. Now, at age 34, Monica made the announcement to the public.
Seles was definitely a key figure of tennis for many years, one of the first true female tennis stars in the world. Not many of the current ones can match what Monica Seles did during her career (with girls like Ana Kournikova calling themselves “pro tennis players” you could think a real star should feel insulted! Don’t get me wrong; Kournikova is hot as hell, but she should be modeling tennis gear or something, not making a fool of herself at the court). Not to say that I don’t really think other players have had to put up with so much pressure and weird dangerous stuff. You’re right, I’m talking about one of the most vivid memories we will have of her for the rest of our lives: Monica Seles stabbed by a crazy fan during a match. Damn, if you survive that and keep playing, you deserve some serious respect!
There’s no doubt Monica Seles leaves with a lot of things to be proud of, like almost Grand Slam titles, a ranking of #1 in 1991, 53 total career titles and a bronze medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, representing USA. That’s why this is some kind of important loss to the US (she’s Yugoslavian but became US citizen in 1994, for those who didn’t know). But even with those gaps in time when she didn’t play at all, it’s a bigger loss to the tennis world.
There are some promising female tennis players right now. Let’s hope at least one of them keeps the level Monica Seles reached one day.
