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TENNIS : WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIP 25 June- 8 July 2007 -
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Wimbledon Championships 2007: Sania rises above Peer pressure
Sania insists her partnership with Shahar (inset) is all about friendship and
compatibility on the court.
INDIA抯 Sania Mirza insists there is no reason why her decision to reunite with Israel抯 Shahar Peer for the Wimbledon ladies |
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Wimbledon Championships 2007: Patty's story to blow big secret
PATTY Schnyder (picture, below) said yesterday her forthcoming book would include a big secret that tops the tales of her bizarre relationship with her ex-coach which included allegations of brainwashing.
The 28-year-old Swiss gave few clues away but said The White Mile contains "a big thing that no one knows of," adding that the stories already known about her were "nothing compared to the other stuff."
"We have been involved in some things that haven抰 been nice and pretty scary," she said.
The book is known to detail her 1999 association with German faith healer, and former boyfriend, Rainer Harnecker.
It will also tell of how she eventually married the private detective hired by her parents to investigate Harnecker whose hold over Patty was so strong that he once convinced her to drink several litres of orange juice a day, telling her that it was just like "mother抯 milk."
However, "that抯 not the story you抮e going to read about," the Swiss said, seemingly uncomfortable about going into details.
Patty, whose husband Rainer Hoffman also acts as her coach, has carved out a steady if not spectacular career collecting 10 titles as well as over US$6 million (RM21 million) in prize money.
"We抳e known each other so well, and we stick together in all those situations," Patty said.
"It抯 just great to be with him and talk about tennis with him, talk of other things with him. Just having him around, it feels so much better."
Patty, the 15th seed, faces top seed Justine Henin of Belgium for a place in the Wimbledon quarter-finals. |
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Wimbledon Championships 2007: Easy for Justine and Serena
JUSTINE Henin and Serena Williams moved closer to another Grand Slam quarterfinal match, each easily advancing to the fourth round at Wimbledon yesterday.
Justine, trying to complete a career Grand Slam with a title at the All England Club, beat Elena Vesnina of Russia 6-1, 6-3.
Serena defeated Milagros Sequera of Venezuela 6-1, 6-0 in only 43 minutes.
Justine beat Serena in the quarter-finals of the French Open, and then went on to win her third straight title at Roland Garros.
Serena, who had 27 winners and saved three break points yesterday, won the Australian Open in January.
The top-ranked Justine, who lost to Amelie Mauresmo in last year抯 Wimbledon final, again played with a long strip of black tape running down the side of her right leg. She said she抯 been bothered by tendinitis in her right foot.
"I could do very good things during my first three matches," the Belgian said.
"Especially today, I抦 very happy the way I played, very aggressive, very consistent."
The match was suspended for more than an hour by rain with Justine leading 3-2 in the second set. When play resumed, Justine broke in the eighth game and then served out the match.
In three rounds so far at this year抯 tournament, Justine has dropped only 11 games.
"It抯 good I don抰 spend a lot of time on the court because physically I really need to rest a little bit," Justine said. "It抯 going to be good for my next match, I hope."
Security at Wimbledon increased yesterday after British police thwarted an apparent car bomb attack in central London. Police discovered a parked car packed with gas containers, nails and a detonator.
"Everyone heard about that," said Justine, who added she wasn抰 nervous about playing.
Number three Jelena Jankovic, a French Open semi-finalist, rallied to beat Lucie Safarova 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2, and No 31 Michaella Krajicek upset No 8 Anna Chakvetadze 7-6 (10-8), 6-7 (7-5), 6-2.
Jelena double-faulted to lose the first set, and then was broken in the final game of the second set to send it to a tiebreaker. In the third set, which started after a 30-minute rain delay, the Serb broke Safarova in the sixth and eighth games.
"It was a big battle out there," Jelena said. "At some point I was thinking, 扢y God, is there any way out?" |
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i minat tengok gaya henin main
[ Last edited by dexa at 1-7-2007 07:41 AM ] |
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Reply #64 dexa's post
nak sgt tngk henin menang wimbledon kali ni.... |
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Reply #66 holmes's post
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saya pun harap henin menang juga |
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QuickServes: Serena just keeps improving
SERENA Williams (pic) moved one Wimbledon win away from another Grand Slam quarter-final against Justine Henin but she didn抰 want to look ahead just yet.
"I have a very tough fourth-round match," Serena said after beating Milagros Sequera of Venezuela 6-1, 6-0 in the third round.
"I have to get over that hump first."
Serena lost to top-ranked Henin in the quarter-finals of the French Open this month, and the Belgian went on to win her third straight title at Roland Garros.
At Wimbledon, Serena is just getting started.
"I抦 ready to play now," she said after beating Milagros in 43 minutes. "This is great. I couldn抰 be more ready to compete in any event."
Serena struggled in the first round and complained of a tight hamstring. After winning her second-round match, she said it was no longer bothering her.
"My hamstring is a lot better, which I抦 really excited about," said Serena, the surprise Australian Open champion who compiled a 27-3 edge in winners on Friday. "It抯 the first time it抯 felt this good. So it抯 just, you know, all coming together."
That could be dangerous for Daniela Hantuchova, Serena抯 next opponent.
The 10th-seeded Slovak beat No. 19 Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
"I know it抯 definitely going to be a tough match," Serena said. "She抯 serving well, moving well. She抯 really fit.
Justine now meets No. 15 Patty Schnyder after beating Elena Vesnina of Russia 6-1, 6-3. Patty defeated No 24 Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-4, 3-6, 8-6. |
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Tennis / Wimbledon Championships 2007: Maria wins controversial tie
MARIA Sharapova was plunged into a Wimbledon rain row yesterday when she secured a last 16 place in controversial circumstances.
The Russian pin-up defeated Japanese veteran Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 6-3 on Court One which was deluged by torrential rain as she served for the match.
Ai was furious with umpire Lynn Welch, claiming that the surface was too treacherous to continue.
"I抦 very disappointed. I thought it was too wet to play because the conditions were not perfect," said Ai, a veteran of 15 Wimbledon campaigns.
"It抯 tough to say whether it should have been called off. I couldn抰 refuse to play and I didn抰 want to give it away."
Diplomatically, the 31-year-old Ai refused to speculate on whether the tie would have been halted had the 20-year-old Russian, the 2004 champion and the poster girl of the sport, been the one facing match points.
Maria, dressed appropriately for the conditions in her Swan Lake-themed dress, insisted that the court was safe to play.
"It wasn抰 that wet and the surface wasn抰 that slippery. The umpire came down on to the court, felt the grass and said we should continue," she said.
"But it was a tense time wondering if you might have to go off on match point."
Maria will now face either former triple champion Venus Williams or Japan抯 Akiko Morigami for a place in the quarter-finals.
The American won the first set 6-2 but was trailing 4-1 in the second set when heavy rain, which had already delayed the start of play by almost four hours on the outside courts, returned.
The only other women抯 third round match to get finished in the brief dry window between the downpours saw defending champion Amelie Mauresmo, the fourth seeded Frenchwoman, take just 57 minutes to dismantle the feeble challenge of Italian 28th seed Mara Santangelo 6-1, 6-2.
Watched from the Royal Box by former West Indian cricket skippers Clive Lloyd and Brian Lara, who are familiar with wet English summers, Amelie was untroubled in her third round match which she wrapped up with an ace.
Worryingly for her rivals, the 26-year-old has dropped just 10 games in three matches at the 2007 championships.
Amelie, who goes on to face either Czech 14th seed Nicole Vaidisova or Victoria Azarenka of Belarus for a place in the quarter-finals, was delighted to have got on Centre Court.
"I was glad to get it finished and put this round behind me," said Amelie.
Despite the torrential rain, Wimbledon organisers insisted there were no plans to play today, a contingency plan which has only been put into use three times in the tournament抯 history.
"Irrespective of the amount of play on Saturday (yesterday), I can confirm that we are sufficiently on schedule and that, therefore, there will be no play tomorrow (Sunday) July 1," said Ian Ritchie, the chief executive of the All England Club.
Later yesterday, triple French Open champion Rafael Nadal was due to take on Robin Soderling while 2002 winner Lleyton Hewitt was up against Guillermo Canas of Argentina. |
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Tennis / Wimbledon Championships 2007: Americans fail to soar
Blake was beaten by Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6,
leaving Andy Roddick the only American man to fly the Stars & Stripes.
THE frantic rally on the final point of the second set left both players scrambling to hit shots that don抰 even have names. When the exchange ended with James Blake pushing a forehand long, he and Juan Carlos Ferrero smiled at each other, then exchanged a high-five at the net.
Two sets later, Blake was again congratulating his opponent. Ferrero rallied to win 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Friday, leaving Andy Roddick as the lone American man to reach the second week at Wimbledon.
"Juan Carlos raised his game unbelievably in the second and third sets," Blake said. "I tried to weather the storm, but he kept pushing."
Seeded ninth, Blake lost in the third round at Wimbledon for the second year in a row, and has yet to advance beyond that point.
"I抦 sure James would tell you he might have been able to play a little bit better," Roddick said. "It抯 probably a tough loss for him. ... We thought he would win it."
The No 3-seeded Roddick won his 17th tiebreaker in a row to close out a victory over Fernando Verdasco of Spain 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (2).
There was one upset win by a US player |
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Tennis / Wimbledon Championships 2007: Martina vows to master injury woes
Martina admits she should not have played.
MARTINA Hingis is adamant she can recover from the injury that ruined her Wimbledon challenge.
Martina decided to play at the All England Club even though she was not fully recovered from a hip injury that had forced her to miss the French Open.
But the former world number one抯 gamble backfired as she lost 6-4, 6-2 in the third round against unseeded American Laura Granville on Friday.
Martina, who won Wimbledon in 1997, has struggled to recapture her former glories since coming out of retirement last year, but she believes her early exit was solely down to the injury.
The Swiss knows a return to full fitness in time for the US Open in late August would present her with the perfect chance to prove herself at a tournament she won in 1998 and 1999.
"I said after Berlin, I won抰 come back until I抦 super healthy," she said.
"But then it gets kind of tiring when you just watch others.
"I had to miss out on the French Open. I just didn抰 want to miss Wimbledon. I抦 getting into better condition instead of not doing anything.
"I wish I had done better but I抦 happy that I抦 getting healthier again. That抯 the most important thing.
"The US Open is a long way ahead and hopefully until then I can definitely do whatever I need to do and have some good preparation now four or five weeks until the next tournament."
Martina had been tempted by the lure of Wimbledon but, after her defeat on Court Two, the graveyard of champions, she admitted she shouldn抰 have played.
"Overall I shouldn抰 have played," said Martina.
"Probably it wasn抰 the smartest thing, but at least I gave myself a chance. |
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Roddick抯 not an ace
ANDY Roddick is the man no one wants to play golf with.
The American抯 big serves on the tennis court translate into big frustration on the golf course and he said his competitiveness meant he was difficult to play with.
揑抳e been the guy you can抰 play golf with because he really gets that upset and ruins everybody抯 day, |
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Federer mudah ke suku akhir
LONDON |
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wah..federer dpt gi suku akhir...best nyer... |
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Reply #74 ednamod06's post
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lah mana best senang2 masuk suku akhir....tommy haas sedap gak main tu..x tau pasai apa selalu injured..kesian |
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Originally posted by harisbee at 2-7-2007 11:04 AM
lah mana best senang2 masuk suku akhir....tommy haas sedap gak main tu..x tau pasai apa selalu injured..kesian
mmng best what...bkn senang...dh dier tarik dier...xkan nk suruh federer merayu kot suruh dier main...
klu dier main pon musti federer dpt kalahkan dier gak... |
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takut la tu... buat alasan cedera... |
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Originally posted by ednamod06 at 28-6-2007 02:11 PM 
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g108/ednamod81/gramood/kasutfederer.jpg
kasut federer utk wimbledon thn nie...
wah lawanya kasut.... |
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Serbian Jankovic thinks Murray has made a mistake
ANDY Murray抯 brother Jamie must have thought he had pulled off a coup when Jelena Jankovic (pic) agreed to play mixed doubles with him at Wimbledon.
The women抯 world number three, however, thinks the British doubles specialist has made a huge mistake.
揑t抯 not my thing. I抦 not a good doubles player. I don抰 think I抦 going to be useful for him. He made a bad choice, |
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Post time 1-7-2007 07:17 AM
