Saturday, July 26, 2008

Watch Rafael Nadal vs Andy Murray ATP Toronto Semifinal Live

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Only four men remain in the hunt for the 2008 Rogers Cup singles title after Friday's Quarterfinal action.Frenchman Gilles Simon who stunned Federer in the 2nd round, continued his good form as he entered the semifinals with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Marin Cilic to set a clash with German Nicolas Kiefer, a former finalist in 1999 & 2004.


The second semifinal is not necessarily the one the fans had expected.British No.1 Andy Murray made an upset vicory over Defending Champion & World No.3 Djokovic to set up a semifinal clash with World No.2 Rafael Nadal.This semifinal will be a rematch of the 2008 Wimbledon Quarterfinal where Nadal beat Murray in straight sets.


Head to Head:
Nadal leads 4-0 but Murray has proven he can challenge Nadal in the past he has pushed him to five sets at the 2007 Australian Open.

Match Over
Nadal Won



Friday, July 25, 2008

Watch Rafael Nadal vs Richard Gasquet ATP Toronto Quarterfinal Live


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World No.2 Rafael Nadal eased into the quarterfinals of ATP Rogers Cup 2008 and kept his titles hopes alive when he defeated Igor Andreev 6-2,7-6(1) in third round.Nadal is chasing his 12th career ATP Masters Series title this week, and his second in Canada.He now faces World No.12 Richard Gasquet, a former Rogers Cup finalist in the quarterfinals, who defeated World No.5 David Ferrer 6-3,6-3.

Head To Head:
Nadal leads 4-0.Their last meeting was at the Tennis Masters Cup in 2007 which Nadal won 3-6 6-3 6-4 in third round.

Match Over
Nadal Won



Sunday, July 6, 2008

Rafael Nadal Wins Maiden Wimbledon Title

Wimbledon has a new Champ! Rafael Nadal ended Roger Federer's incredible five year reign at Wimbledon by winning the longest ever Wimbledon Final.Nadal defeated the five time Wimbledon Champion in a five set thriller match(6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(8), 9-7) and became the first man since Bjorn Borg to win the French Open and Wimbledon back to back.Though Roger Federer made an incredible comeback after being two sets down, saved three Championship points, Rafael Nadal withstood the incredible fightback to claim his First Grass Court Grandslam Title.

The defeat ended Federer's hopes of surpassing Bjorn Borg's record of 5 wimbledon titles in a row and also put an end to his 65 match unbeaten streak.The Swiss Star who is still 2 Grandslams short of equalling Pete Sampras record of 14 Grandslam titles took defeat like a true champion.



When asked how did he feel about the final he said"I tried everything, Rafa is a deserving champion, he just played fantastic.It's the worst opponent on the best court. It's been a joy to play here again. It's a pity I couldn't win it but I'll be back next year"

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Friday, July 4, 2008

Watch Venus Williams vs Serena Williams Wimbledon Final Live:

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Four time Wimbledon Champion Venus Williams advanced into her seventh Wimbledon final in nine years when she beat Elena Dementieva of Russia 6-1, 7-6 in the semifinals.This year Venus seems to be in very good form, she has not even dropped a single set on her way to the finals.With seven grandslam titles in her kitty, she is considered the favourite to win Wimbledon 2008.

Serena Williams eased into her third Wimbledon final, her first in four years when she beat Chinese Wildcard entry Zheng Jie 6-2, 7-6 and will play her older sister Venus in the finals.The will be their seventh meeting in a grandslam final.They last met in the Grandslam final in 2003 which Serena won 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.Of their previous six meetings in grandslam finals Serena has won five of them & Venus just one.

Head to Head: Serena leads 8-7 all time and 2-1 on grass.Their previous meeting this year was at the semifinal of Bangalore Open which Serena won 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4).

Match Over
Venus Won


Watch Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal Wimbledon Men's Final Live


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World No.1 & Five time Wimbledon Champion Roger Federer eased in to his sixth consecutive Wimbledon Final when he beat Former World No.1 Marat Safin 6-3, 7-6, 6-4 in straight sets in the semifinal.He now faces World No.2 Rafael Nadal in the Wimbledon final consecutively for the third time.With already 12 grandslam titles to his name, he is chasing for his 13th Grandslam title and sixth at Wimbledon, which would break Tennis legend Bjorn Borg's record of five consecutive titles.

Federer will surely try to avenge his defeat which he faced at French Open Final last month, where he was demolished by Nadal 6-1, 6-3, 6-0.Roger Federer has been unbeatable at Wimbledon for the last 5 years, winning 102 sets and losing just eight, and 671 games to 394.This year he has not even lost a single set on his way to the finals and is surely the favourite to win Wimbledon 2008.

World No.2 Rafael Nadal reached his third consecutive Wimbledon final when he beat Rainer Schuettler of Germany 6-1, 7-6, 6-4 in the semifinals.The Four time French Open Champion lost both the finals against Federer at Wimbledon in their previous meetings.Last time Federer was stretched by Nadal for the first time to five sets, where he wasted four break points in the fifth set.

But this year Nadal has improved a lot and has been playing the best tennis at Wimbledon.He entered the semifinals with dominating 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 victory over British No.1 Andy Murray & now advanced to finals with straight sets victory over unseeded Schuettler.Nadal may have lost both the Wimbledon finals against Federer but he still leads the all time record against Federer, and definitely poses serious threat in the Wimbledon 2008 Final.

Head to Head:
Rafael Nadal leads 11-6 all time but on grass Roger Federer leads 2-0.Nadal has won all the matches in their 3 meetings this year but all of them were played on clay.

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Thursday, July 3, 2008

Watch Rafael Nadal vs Rainer Schuettler Wimbledon Semifinal Live

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Rainer Schuettler of Germany defeated Arnaud Clement of France in a five set thriller match which lasted for five hours & twelve minutes and was streched for 2 days due to rain, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6, 6-7, 8-6 in the quarterfinals to set up a semifinal clash with Rafael Nadal.Ranked at 94, Schuettler is Wimbledon's lowest-rated semi-finalist since Goran Ivanisevic.

World No.2 and twice Wimbledon Finalist Rafael Nadal defeated British No.1 Andy Murray in the quarterfinals to advance to the last four.The eagerly anticipated quarterfinal match turned out to be completely one sided when he beat him 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

Head to Head: Nadal leads 3-1.Schuettler's victory was four years ago when Nadal was 18 years old.Nadal's last win was at the 2007 Chennai Open in R32.

Match Over
Nadal Won



Roger Federer vs Marat Safin Wimbledon Semifinal Live



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World No.1 and Five Time Wimbledon Champion Roger Federer is just one step away from entering the finals.Federer has been unbeaten at Wimbledon for the last five years and has won Wimbledon five times in a row.He is chasing for his sixth consecutive title at Wimbledon which would break Tennis legend Bjorn Borg's record.

Former World No.1 Marat Safin entered the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time when he beat Felancio Lopez 3-6, 7-5, 7-6, 6-3.Wimbledon remained his only slam where he has never made it to the last four.This was the first time since last year he had been able to win three consecutive matches.He defeated World No.3 Djokovic 6-4, 7-6, 6-2 in the third round whic was the biggest upset of the tournament and then beat No.29 seed Andreas seppi followed by Wawrinka & Lopez.

Head to Head: Federer leads 7-2 all time and 2-0 on grass.Federer's last win against Safin was in 2007 Wimbledon in R32.Safin's last win was in the semifinal of Australian Open but that was 3 years ago.

Match Over
Federer Won

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Watch Venus Williams vs Elena Dementieva Wimbledon Semifinal Live

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Elena Dementieva has won a silver medal in the Sydney Olympics in 2004, she also finished runner up at Roland Garross and US open in the same year and the russian has been in the world top ten for about a decade.The hard working 26 year old entered the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time and is aiming for maiden Wimbledon Grandslam title.

Venus Williams
the defending Champion and with six grandslam titles to her name is surely the favourite to win Wimbledon 2008.With no titles this year, she has not had the greatest start to 2008 but former World No.1 seems to be in good form and is very confident of winning her 5th Wimbledon title.

Head to Head William leads 5-2 but no matches were played on grass court.

Match Over
Venus Won


Watch Jie Zheng vs Serena Williams Wimbledon Semifinal Live

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China's Jie Zheng became the first wildcard entry to reach the semifinal of Ladies Singles and the first chinese woman to reach the Semifinal of a grandslam when she defeated 18th seed Nicole Vaidisova 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 in the quarterfinals.She is ranked 133rd in the world and has beaten three seeded players already which includes top seed Ana Ivanovic & will face Serena Williams in the semifinals.

Two time Wimbledon Champion Serena Williams eased into the semifinals after a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Agnieszka Radwanska and kept hopes alive of an all William Wimbledon final.She will be aiming for her third Wimbledon Grandslam title.

Head to Head Serena leads 1-0 but it was played.......4 years ago at Wimbledon.Serena won the match 6-3, 6-1.

Match Over
Serena Won