Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Federer vs Karlovic Wimbledon Quarterfinal Live

Federer vs Karlovic Wimbledon Quarterfinal Live:

World No.2 Roger Federer fired 23 aces to pack off inform Swede Soderling in fourth round of Wimbledon 2009 thereby setting up a clash with Croatian giant Ivo Karlovic who powered into his maiden quarterfinal in a grandslam with a four set victory over Fernando Verdasco.

Federer hit 34 winners and committed just eight unforced errors in a 6-4, 7-6(5), 7-6(5) win in one hour and 59 minutes. For the eighth time at Wimbledon, Federer hit more than 20 aces in a match.
No.22 seed Karlovic hit 35 aces to wrap up the match, he has hit a total 137 aces in four matches.

Head to Head:
Federer leads 8-1

Match Over.
Federer Won.



Monday, June 29, 2009

Federer vs Soderling Wimbledon Fourth Round Live

Federer vs Soderling Wimbledon Fourth Round Live:

Five time Wimbledon Champion Roger Federer sets up a French Open Final rematch with Robin Soderling of Sweden in the fourth round of Wimbledon 2009.Roger Federer is bidding for his 15th major title after winning French Open 2 weeks ago, the swiss maestro seems to be good form losing just a set enroute to final.Robin Soderling in his best form of his career having made his maiden grandslam final at Roland Gaross, defeating World No.1 Rafael Nadal & other top 10 players enroute.

Head to Head:
They have met each other 10 times with Federer winning all of them.

Match Over
Federer Won



Thursday, June 25, 2009

Federer vs Kohlschreiber Wimbledon Third Round Live

Federer vs Kohlschreiber Wimbledon Third Round Live:

5 time Wimbledon Champion Roger Federer after two easy straight set victories faces German Philipp Kohlschreiber in the third round of Wimbledon 2009.The recently crowned French Open Champ is on his quest for his 6th Wimbledon title after losing in last year's epic Wimbledon Final against Rafael Nadal, who withdrew this year due to knee tendonitis.

Match Over
Federer Won


Saturday, June 13, 2009

Roddick vs Blake ATP AEGON Semifinal Live

Roddick vs Blake ATP AEGON Semifinal Live:
ATP Queen's Semifinal Live:

World No.6 Andy Roddick overcame a very tight encounter against Croatian giant Ivo Karlovic in a match featuring 50 aces & no service breaks.Karlovic fired 26 aces & set a new record of 106 aces in a week breaking his own previous record of 96.The five time former champion at Queen's will next face compatriot James Blake who defeated Mikhail Youzhny 7-6(5), 6-3 in the AEGON Championship's semifinal.

Match Over
Blake Won



Saturday, June 6, 2009

French Open Final Federer vs Soderling Live

French Open Final Federer vs Soderling Live:

Thirteen time grandslam champion & 3 time French Open finalist Roger Federer is just one match away from a mark into the history when he takes on No.23 seed Robin Soderling of Sweden in final of French Open 2009, as he would be the sixth man to win all the four grandslam titles since Andre Agassi in 1999 & also achieve his long cherished dream of equalling Pete Sampras's all time record of 14 grandslam titles.

Federer is making his 19th appearance in a grandslam final with a 13-5 record(all the five loses coming from Nadal) which equals Ivan Lendl's all time record (8-11) in finals.After the shock exit of the four time French Open Champion Rafael Nadal the way seems to be more smooth but he has shown himself to be quite vulnerable losing six sets enroute to finals the highest he has dropped on his way to a grandslam final.Federer is on incredible record run of 20 grandslam semi-finals or better over the past five years & has not lost to a player outside the Top 5. He is has an amazing 111-0 win-loss record against players ranked outside the Top 5 and 15-8 against Top 5 opponents.

Robin Soderling of Sweden is in his maiden grandslam final & is attempting to become the fourth Swede to capture the Roland Garros title since Sven Davidson (1957) Bjorn Borg (1974-75, '78-81) and Mats Wilander (1982, '85, '88).He stunned the tennis world when he dethroned the King of Clay in 4 sets in the fourth round & also defeated higher seeded players like Davydenko, Gonzalez enroute to final.Soderling will move to a new career-high ranking of No. 12 by reaching the final and If he wins the title, he will break into the Top 10.

Head to Head:
Soderling has never beaten Federer so far in nine matches, he has only won a single set from the Swiss maestro.Federer leads 9-0 all time & 2-0 on clay.

Match Over
Federer won



Thursday, June 4, 2009

French Open Semifinal Soderling vs Gonzalez Live

French Open Semifinal Soderling vs Gonzalez Live:

World No.25 Robin Soderling of Sweden, the conqueror of Nadal made his best grandslam performance by making it to the semifinals defeating Nikolay Davydenko.He now faces World No.12 Chilean Fernando Gonzalez in the semifinal of the French Open 2009.Fernando Gonzalez is bidding to make his 2nd grandslam final appearance he previoulsy made it to the finals of Australian Open 2007 & Soderling will be keen to continue his dream run.

Head to Head:
Gonzalez leads 4-3 all time & 2-0 on clay.

Match Over
Soderling Won.