Daily Archives: April 29, 2012
TENNIS : LOVE GAME OF GOD :17 week 2012
BARCELONA, Spain –
The third-seeded Ferrer will face six-time champion and fellow countryman Rafael Nadal in Sunday’s final. Nadal beat 2010 winner Fernando Verdasco 6-0, 6-4 in the other semifinal.
“I’m very happy to make my fourth final,” Ferrer said. “I have a special relationship with this tournament. I hope I can fulfil my dream of finally winning here.”
A ruthless Nadal dominated from the start against Verdasco, winning 21 of 27 points to steal his opponent’s first three service games and set him on his way to his 33rd straight win at the competition.
“Rafa is the best clay-court player ever,” said Ferrer. “He has beaten me three times in the finals here. I hope tomorrow is different.”
ATP Schedule : May 2012
| 7TH | MUTUA MADRID OPEN MADRID, SPAIN |
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| 14TH | INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA ROME, ITALY |
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| 21ST | OPEN DE NICE COTE D’AZUR NICE, FRANCE |
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| 21ST | POWER HORSE WORLD TEAM CUP DUSSELDORF, GERMANY |
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| 28TH | FRENCH OPEN PARIS, FRANCE |
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WTA Schedule : MAY 2012
| 7TH | MUTUA MADRID OPEN MADRID, SPAIN |
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| 14TH | INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA ROME, ITALY |
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| 21ST | BRUSSELS LADIES OPEN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM |
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| 21ST | INTERNATIONAUX DE STRASBOURG STRASBOURG, FRANCE |
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| 28TH | FRENCH OPEN PARIS, FRANCE |
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STUTTGART, Germany –
Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, the top ranked players in the world, will contest the final of the Porsche Grand Prix on Sunday.
No. 1 Azarenka of Belarus cruised past Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-1, 6-3 in the first of Saturday’s semifinals.
Second-ranked Sharapova then outlasted No. 3 Petra Kvitova, the Wimbledon champion, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Azarenka is seeking a tour-high fifth tournament title of the year. She went on a 26-0 start to the year that included winning the Australian Open title.
Second-ranked Sharapova then outlasted No. 3 Petra Kvitova, the Wimbledon champion, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Sharapova is off to a promising start to her clay court season as she seeks her first title of the year.
Azarenka leads Sharapova 5-3 in career meetings.
BUCHAREST, Romania – Top-seeded Gilles Simon beat Matthias Bachinger of Germany 7-5, 6-2 on Saturday to advance to the final of the Nastase Tiriac Trophy.
The Frenchman, who won the tournament in 2007 and ’08, will attempt to clinch a hat-trick of titles when he meets Italy’s Fabio Fognini on Sunday.
Fognini reached his first ever ATP World Tour final with a win over 450th-ranked Attila Balazs of Hungary, 6-3, 6-1.
News from 17 week 2012 : 22 April 2012 to 28 April 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Lewis extends lead at Mobile Bay LPGA Classic
Azarenka, Sharapova to meet in Porsche Grand Prix final
Bertens beats Pous-Tio to win first title at Grand Prix SAR
Raonic falls to Ferrer in Barcelona semifinals
Top-seeded Simon reaches final at Nastase Tiriac Trophy
Friday, April 27, 2012
Raonic knocks off Andy Murray on clay at Barcelona
No. 1 Azarenka outlasts Barthel at Porsche Grand Prix
Pous-Tio, Bertens move into Grand Prix SAR final
Thursday, April 26, 2012
No. 1 Azarenka advances after Petkovic retires in Stuttgart
Two-time runner-up Halep knocks out Garrigues in Fez
Troicki, Baghdatis lose in Tiriac Trophy second round
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Nadal overcomes sore knee to cruise into 3rd round
Sharapova and Wozniacki advance at Porsche Grand Prix
Kuznetsova retires in third set, Scheepers also beaten in Fez
Malisse ousts defending champ in Nastase Tiriac second round
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Kuznetsova wins in straight sets, Cetkovska also through
Stosur and Bartoli reach 2nd round at Porsche Grand Prix
Murray kicks off clay-court season with win at Barcelona
All England Club increases Wimbledon prize money 10 per cent
Monday, April 23, 2012
Defending champ Brianti loses in first round at GP SAR
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Cibulkova, Hantuchova win to lead Slovakia in Fed Cup playoff
Williams beats Tsurenko to lead US to Fed Cup victory
Nadal defeats Djokovic for eighth straight Monte Carlo title
Nestor and Mirnyi lose Monte Carlo doubles final to Bryans
Jankovic, Ivanovic win as Serbia reaches Fed Cup final
Stosur wins to give Australia Fed Cup World Group place
Kvitova downs Schiavone to clinch Fed Cup semis for Czechs
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Champion’s point : 2
“I don’t want to be like some of those celebrities walking around, just so full of themselves.
I always want to be down-to-earth, want to be a person like when you meet them, they’re the same person that you think of them in the article or something.”
— Serena Williams.
Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women’s Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on November 2, 2009.[2] She is considered by many to be the greatest female tennis player in the modern era
Good and God’s morning …..
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today match to watch live :
World No. 2 Rafael Nadal set a repeat of the 2011 final with David Ferrer at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell after dismissing Fernando Verdasco 6-0, 6-4 in the semi-finals on Saturday.
so have a happy day ….
love all.
Ball of Timelessness 