Re: Tennis 2008 Official Thread

[Nazrin]

Zheng Leading

6-1 , 4 -2 ..

Go Zheng.. ! Defeat the number one player..

[Nazrin]

Again a big shock.. Zheng Ji Defeats Ana Ivanovic! In straight set..

6-1 , 6-4..

[Nazrin]

14/32 = Gentleman Singles Seeded Player lost already

18/32 = Ladies Single Seeded Player lost already

[kRiSHNa]

Ivanovic suffers shock defeat



World number one Ana Ivanovic's Wimbledon campaign was brought to a shocking halt by world number 133 Jie Zheng.
The top seed was punished for an error-strewn display by being dumped out of the All England Club with a 1-6 4-6 defeat by Jie Zheng, a player ranked 133 in the world.
Zheng appeared to be half the size of her Serbian opponent but looks were deceiving as the world number 133 produced some ferocious shots from the baseline that belied her stature.
The problems continued for Ivanovic in the fourth when she conceded three break points as she continued to find the net with crippling frequency, double-faulting on the second.
Zheng was producing some fearsome strokes from the baseline and Ivanovic's frustration deepened when a Hawk-Eye challenge was rejected. Looking to steady the ship on her own serve, Ivanovic instead conceded another break point when Zheng made her pay for coming to the net.
She saved the danger but a minute later was back in trouble and when the net proved her undoing yet again, Zheng served to take the set. Ivanovic halted the slump by comfortably winning the opening game of the second set but by the third she was wobbling again.
Cranking up the power with her radar switched back on, she overwhelmed Zheng to win her first break game by concluding an enthralling rally.
The revival was short-lived, however, as Zheng's tenacity gave her a foothold in a marathon fifth and when break point arrived Ivanovic nudged the decisive shot wide. Serving for the match, Zheng overcame a shaky start to fire an unstoppable serve that landed the killer blow.
Elsewhere, Serena Williams took another step in the right direction with a 7-6 (7/5) 6-1 demolition of Amelie Mauresmo to set up a fourth-round meeting with fellow American Bethanie Mattek.
With seeds Maria Sharapova and Ivanovic having departed, the prospect of an all-Williams Wimbledon singles final remains an increasing possibility.


http://espnstar.com/tennis/wimbledon/news/detail/item80721/Ivanovic-suffers-shock-defeat/

[Nazrin]

Go William!

[Nazrin]

Venus William Vs Martina Sanchez ( Court 1 )
- Venus lead 5 -0


Jelena Jankovic Vs Caroline Wozniacki ( Centre Court )
- Jelena Lead 1 - 0

[Nazrin]

Venus William won the first set.. Go venus!

[Nazrin]

Jankovic lost in the first set.. 6-2..

I already expect this.. I think Wimbledon 08 Grand Slam are not for the seeded player ( except William Sister ) and the Serbian player of course..

Venus William Leading 1 set now..

Second set now.. the score is .. 6 -5 ..

woohoo.. Go Venus Go Venus!

[Nazrin]

Serena Won!

[Nazrin]

Serena Won!

Venus also Won!



Both in the quaterfinal already!

[Nazrin]

Congratulation Jelena Jankovic..

2-6 6-4 6-2

[alenn_wafu]

OMG Nole, Maria and now Ana.. haha lol GO JELENA! You're impressing me so much..

[Nazrin]

Murray leading right now..

[benjbuddy]

nAZ, have you tried playing tennis?

[Nazrin]

nAZ, have you tried playing tennis?

\

Of course.. But I'm suck.. Hahaha...

[Nazrin]

Andy Murray move to the next round by defeating Tommy Haas In Four Set

Another big shock,

Dinara Safina the Roland Garros 08 Grand Slam Finalist lose to number 24 seed Shaher Peer... in 3 set ..

[Nazrin]

No Tennis Today..

!! Tomorrow Got!

[Nazrin]

Venus Williams joins sister in 4th round


















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WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—One swing from completing her week’s work, Venus
Williams toed the baseline, dribbled the ball, gave it a toss and delivered yet
another thunderclap serve at sun-kissed Wimbledon.
The ace bounced off the Court 1 backstop as Williams trotted to the net to
bid another foe farewell.
The scoreboard said 127 mph, the fastest women’s serve ever recorded at
Wimbledon. The scoreboard also had Williams winning 6-1, 7-5 Saturday over
qualifier Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.
It was an upset-filled first week at Wimbledon and a rough one for American
tennis, but the nonconformist Williams sisters ignored both trends. Four-time
champion Venus and two-time champion Serena won three matches each without
dropping a set.
Both advanced to Monday’s round of 16, as did No. 2-ranked Rafael Nadal on
the men’s side.
With No. 1-ranked Ana Ivanovic and No. 2 Maria Sharapova eliminated, and
with No. 3 Jelena Jankovic limping to victory Saturday, prospects look good for
an all-Williams final next weekend.

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“The chances were wonderful from the beginning, from round one,” Venus
said. “That’s how we see it. The more we progress, obviously the closer it
gets.”
It would be their first meeting in a Grand Slam final since Serena beat
Venus for the 2003 Wimbledon title.
Potential pitfalls remain, Jankovic foremost among them. But she hurt her
left knee in the first set against 17-year-old Caroline Wozniacki.
Jankovic won 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, finishing the match with her leg heavily
wrapped. She planned to have an MRI exam before facing Tamarine Tanasugarn on
Monday.
“I don’t think it’s that bad,” Jankovic said. “I hope for the best so
that I will be able to play my next match.”
Unable to overcome injury was French Open runner-up Dinara Safina, who
finished in tears as she lost to Shahar Peer 7-5, 6-7 (4), 8-6. Safina, who
required treatment of her thighs during at least two changeovers, cried between
points and hit half-speed serves in the final game, then double-faulted on match
point.
Alla Kudryavtseva had a successful encore to her upset of Sharapova,
reaching the fourth round at a major event for the first time by beating Peng
Shuai 6-3, 1-6, 6-4.
With a late start on Centre Court, Nadal barely beat darkness but easily
defeated Nicolas Kiefer 7-6 (3), 6-2, 6-3. Runner-up to Roger Federer the past
two years, Nadal is trying to become the first man to consecutively win the
French Open and Wimbledon since Bjorn Borg in 1980.
On Monday he’ll play No. 17-seeded Mikhail Youzhny.
In the wake of the worst showing by American men at Wimbledon since 1926,
with no one reaching the second week in singles, top-seeded Bob and Mike Bryan
advanced to the doubles quarterfinals.
But the U.S. curse extended to Russian Dmitry Tursunov, who lives in
California, and German Tommy Haas, who lives in Florida. Both lost.
Tursunov was beaten by Janko Tipsarevic, who upset Andy Roddick in the
second round. Haas was defeated by Andy Murray, seeking to become the first
British man to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936.
The marquee men’s match Monday will be five-time defending champion Federer
against 2002 winner Lleyton Hewitt.







Defending women’s champion Venus Williams is to play Alisa Kleybanova, and
Serena Williams faces unseeded Bethanie Mattek, the only other remaining
American. Those matches are back to back on Court 2—the “Graveyard of
Champions”—but the sisters will nonetheless be heavily favored, as usual at
Wimbledon, where they’ve won six of the past eight titles.
Venus and Serena have settled into a groove on grass after enduring
third-round upsets at the French Open—only the second time both lost on the
same day at a major event. Serena cleared Wimbledon’s third-round hurdle Friday,
and Venus was in a hurry to follow.
Her opponent was a Spanish left-hander with a lifetime record of 4-7 in
Grand Slam matches. Predictably, Martinez Sanchez had no chance in baseline
rallies, and the first set was a tennis clinic of sorts, with Williams whacking
winners all over the court.
Her serve was especially impressive—she finished with 11 aces and won 33
of 38 points on her first serve. Even Martinez Sanchez’s supporters could
appreciate the overpowering performance.
“Vamos, Venus,” someone shouted.







But in the second set Martinez Sanchez changed strategy and began to play
serve and volley. It was a curious tactic to counter Williams’ booming
groundstrokes, like diving into the barrel of a howitzer, but for a while it
worked.
Martinez Sanchez won three games in a row for a 5-4 lead. Then Williams
began to treat her like slow traffic on the British motorway, passing her on the
left, then on the right, then on the left again.
“I was pretty happy, because she started putting some pressure on, and I
had some good answers,” Williams said.
Williams won 12 of the final 14 points, the last with the record serve. At
127 mph, it topped the previous Wimbledon high of 126 achieved by both Venus and
Serena. Venus holds the women’s tour record with a 129 mph serve at last year’s
U.S. Open.
“The power that I have … it’s a real blessing,” she said. “I’m actually
never really trying to serve that hard, if that makes any sense. It just comes
big. It’s just how I serve. It’s just me.”
Williams celebrated the victory with her customary pirouette and wave, and
as she left the stadium, she spotted a friend in the stands. She put her thumb
to her ear and her little finger to her lips and mouthed the words “Call me.”
Time to start making dinner plans for the second week.

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Court 2 12:00 noon Start

1 Ladies' Singles - 4th Rnd. Venus Williams (USA)[7] v. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 2 Ladies' Singles - 4th Rnd. Bethanie Mattek (USA) v. Serena Williams (USA)[6] 3 Gentlemen's Singles - 4th Rnd. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) v. Rainer Schuettler (GER) 4 Ladies' Doubles - 3rd Rnd. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)[5]/ Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)[5] v. Serena Williams (USA)[11]/ Venus Williams (USA)[11]

[Nazrin]

Serena and Venus william will play 2 times today..

[Nf-Heartbreaker]

Come on Andy! You beat the guy who has the same birthday as me...LOL.

[Nazrin]

Come on Andy! You beat the guy who has the same birthday as me...LOL.

Who?

I'm supporting Andy Murray for Gentleman

while

William Sister for Ladies..!

[Nf-Heartbreaker]

Andy beat Tommy Haas...whose bday is 3rd April...same as mine. ahahaha. I am supporting Janko Tipsarevic.
I dont really care who wins ladies title lah...maybe Tanasugarn or Zheng, since they're asian...haha.

[Nazrin]

Andy beat Tommy Haas...whose bday is 3rd April...same as mine. ahahaha. I am supporting Janko Tipsarevic.
I dont really care who wins ladies title lah...maybe Tanasugarn or Zheng, since they're asian...haha.

No way,, you're not support YELENA YANKOVIC? lol?

I wonder why call JELENA - YELENA!

Go Go William Sista!

[Nf-Heartbreaker]

dunno...you ask the serbian ancestors ah...maybe they will answer you. Hahaha.
Jelena is a crazy person. LOL my friend met her while training overseas.

[Nf-Heartbreaker]

jia you!
Jankovic losing to Tanasugarn 5-2!
YES YES.

[Nf-Heartbreaker]

Tanasugarn won first set 6-3!

[Nazrin]

Jelena Jankovic lost to Tanasugarn ( Thai ) 6-3 6-2

Serena William def B.Mattek 6-3 6-3

Venus William def A. Kleybanova 6-4 6-3..

Andy Murray won in 5 sets..

Federer def Lleyton Hewitt in straight set..

In the same day Serena and Venus william won in the ladies double's ..

Really love them!!

Haha..

[Nazrin]

For the quaterfinal today , ( ladies )

Elena Dementieva Vs Nadia Petrova

Agniezska Radswanka Vs Serena William ( Serena will win )

Venus William Vs Tamarine Tanasugarn ( Venus will win hehe )

Zheng Jie ( China ) vs Nicole Vaidisova..

As far as I know, this is the first time for Tamarine and Zheng to be in the quaterfinal..

[Nazrin]

Svetlana Kuznetsova(4seed) lost to Radswanka (14seed)

It's really not a good wimbledon for seeded player this year huh..

[Nazrin]

Top 10 seeded in Ladies single's only

- Elena Dementieva ( 5 )
- Serena William ( 6 )
- Venus William ( 7 )

left..

Top 10 seeded in Gentleman single's only

- Roger Federer ( 1 )
- Rafael Nadal ( 2 )

left..

[Nazrin]

Wooooohoooooooooooooooo!!

Serena William , Venus William, Elena Dementieva and Zheng Jie in the semifinal!!!!

[Nf-Heartbreaker]

ZHENG JIE!!!!!

[Nazrin]

Nah, eventhough I want an asian to be in final!

I still want William Sister both to be in the final!!

[alenn_wafu]

OMG My ideal final 4 in the women's draw is this..

-Dementieva
-Serena
-Zheng Jie
-Tamarine

I was totally cheering for Tamarine..

[Nazrin]

OMG My ideal final 4 in the women's draw is this..

-Dementieva
-Serena
-Zheng Jie
-Tamarine

I was totally cheering for Tamarine..

Sorry alenn,, Tamarine outwitted by Venus

[Nazrin]

Match - Delay RAIN!

[Nazrin]

Safin won,

Federer won,

Nadal won,

=)..

[Nazrin]

Woohoo,,

Venus , Serena through to the Ladies singles and double's semifinals..

[Nazrin]

Today is the day!

Go Williams!

[Nazrin]

Congrats Venus for 7 final in nine years!

OMG! Serena William struggling

6-2 5-5 .. OMG! go williams go!

[Nf-Heartbreaker]

ZHENG DOUBLE-FAULTED ON MATCH POINT!!!!!
Can you believe that. OMG.

[Nazrin]

Marat Safin vs Roger Federer

Nadal vs IDK

LOL!

FEDERER WILL WIN! BUT ROOTING FOR MARAT..!

[Nf-Heartbreaker]

Nadal vs Rainer Schuetler.

Aiyah Nadal will win lah, Schuettler is old and will be outclassed. He's 32. HAHAHAHA.

GO MARAT!!!
Hey do you know Marat is a Muslim? HAHAHA.

[Nazrin]

Nadal vs Rainer Schuetler.

Aiyah Nadal will win lah, Schuettler is old and will be outclassed. He's 32. HAHAHAHA.

GO MARAT!!!
Hey do you know Marat is a Muslim? HAHAHA.

Marat Muslim? are u sure?.. I though Dinara Safina is his sister..

[Nazrin]

Nadal Federer in the final!

[happy_face]

So it is

Serena Williams Vs Venus Williams

Roger Federer Vs Rafael Nadal

[alenn_wafu]

Venus Williams is your Champion! WOW 5 times already!

The William Sisters will also play in the finals of the Doubles hehe

[kRiSHNa]

Congratz Big Sister Venus Williams!!

[Nazrin]

Yes Yes Yes Yes Venus Won!!

Haha, they'll play again today in the Ladies Double Final!

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