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Discussions on the women's game should be done here for clarity. Thanks.

Seeds: ¹Jelena Jankovic (SRB), ²Serena Williams (USA), ³Dinara Safina (RUS), ⁴Elena Dementieva (RUS), ⁵Ana Ivanovic (SRB), ⁶Venus Williams (USA), ⁷Vera Zvonareva (RUS), ⁸Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS), ⁹Agnieszka Radwanska (POL), ¹⁰Nadia Petrova (RUS), ¹¹ Caroline Wozniacki (DEN), ¹²Flavia Pennetta (ITA), ¹³Victoria Azarenka (BLR), ¹⁴Patty Schnyder (SUI), ¹⁵Alize Cornet (FRA), ¹⁶Marion Bartoli (FRA), ¹⁷Anna Chakvetadze (RUS), ¹⁸Dominika Cibulkova (SVK), ¹⁹Daniela Hantuchova (SVK), ²⁰Amelie Mauresmo (FRA), ²¹Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP), ²²Jie Zheng (CHN), ²³Agnes Szavay (HUN), ²⁴Sybille Bammer (AUT), ²⁵Kaia Kanepi (EST), ²⁶Ai Sugiyama (JPN), ²⁷Maria Kirilenko (RUS), ²⁸Francesca Schiavone (ITA), ²⁹Alisa Kleybanova (RUS), ³⁰Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN), ³¹Alona Bondarenko (UKR), ³²Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)

Defending Champ, Maria Shriekapova is out with a shoulder injury. Davenport is also out because she's pregnant.

Who takes the women's title?

Men's Draw:

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Christophe Rochus (BEL)     
Florent Serra (FRA) vs. Roko Karanubic (CRO)
Eduardo Schwank (ARG) vs. Tommy Haas (GER)
Flavio Cipolla (ITA) vs. Dimitry Tursunov (RUS)
Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs. Diego Junqueira (ARG)
Vincent Spadea (USA) vs. Denis Istomin (UZB)
Guillermo Canas (ARG) vs. Nicolas Kiefer (GER)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) vs. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)
Gaël Monfils (FRA) vs. Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs. Stefan Koubek (AUT)
Andrey Golubev (KAZ) vs. Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Nicolas Massu (CHI) vs. Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs. Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)
Wayne Odesnik (USA) vs. Mario Ancic (CRO)
Chris Guccione (AUS) vs. Nicolas Devilder (FRA)
Pablo Andujar (ESP) vs. Gilles Simon (FRA)
Andrew Murray (GBR) vs. Andrei Pavel (ROU)
Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) vs. Marcel Granollers-Pujol (ESP)
Andreas Beck (GER) vs. Colin Ebelthite (AUS)
Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs. Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs. Nicolas Lapentti (ECU)
Michael Berrer (GER) vs. Carsten Ball (AUS)
Sergii Stakhovsky (UKR) vs. Arnaud Clement (FRA)
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
James Blake (USA) vs. Frank Dancevic (CAN)
Sebastien De Chaunac (FRA) vs. Steve Darcis (BEL)
Albert Montanes (ESP) vs. Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
Peter Polansky (CAN) vs. Igor Andreev (RUS)
Rainer Schüttler (GER) vs. Dudi Sela (ISR)
Victor Hanescu (ROU) vs. Jan Hernych (CZE)
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) vs. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)
Juan Monaco (ARG) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

Andy Roddick (USA) vs. Bjorn Rehnquist (SWE)
Xavier Malisse (BEL) vs. Mickael Llodra (FRA)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) vs. Fabrice Santoro (FRA)
Sam Querrey (USA) vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs. Bobby Reynolds (USA)
Alberto Martin (ESP) vs. Viktor Troicki (SRB)
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) vs. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)   
Marc Gicquel (FRA) vs. David Pablo Nalbandian (ARG)
Robin Soderling (SWE) vs. Robert Kendrick (USA)
Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Simone Bolelli (ITA) vs. Kristof Vliegen (BEL)
Samuel Groth (AUS) vs. Mardy Fish (USA)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) vs. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Taylor Dent (USA) vs. Amer Delic (USA)
Jérémie Chardy (FRA) vs. Marcos Daniel (BRA)
Andrea Stoppini (ITA) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) vs. Mischa Zverev (GER)
Lamine Ouahab (ALG) vs. Florian Mayer (GER)
Potito Starace (ITA) vs. Bernard Tomic (AUS)
Gilles Muller (LUX) vs. Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
Marin Cilic (CRO) vs. Kevin Anderson (RSA)
Oscar Hernandez (ESP) vs. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) vs. John Isner (USA)
Denis Gremelmayr (GER) vs. David Ferrer (ESP)
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs. Ivo Minar (CZE)
Björn Phau (GER) vs. Brydan Klein (AUS)
Brian Dabul (ARG) vs. Philipp Petzschner (GER)
Robby Ginepri (USA) vs. Tomas Berdych (CZE)
Marat Safin (RUS) vs. Ivan Navarro (ESP)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs. Agustin Calleri (ARG)
Evgueni Korolev (RUS) vs. Carlos Moya (ESP)
Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs. Roger Federer (SUI)

The first grand slam of the year starts on Monday, January 19 2009.

Nadal, the top seed has been drawn with Murray. Federer, the second seed is in the bottom half as the defending champ, Novak Djokovic.

Will we see a new grand slam winner?

Who do you think will win the title?

wokess:
please where exactly is this place at Ilupeju [/b]and Oshodi. okota is too far from me because i leave in Ajah.

Try [b]Aftrade. The place is at Fountain of Life Church (Pastor Odukoya's church). They share the same compound.

Newcastle United  1 - 5  Liverpool (St James' Park)
                              31' Steven Gerrard
                              36' Sami Hyypia
45' David Edgar  
                              50' Ryan Babel
                              66' Steven Gerrard
                              76' Xabi Alonso (pen)

West Bromwich Albion  2 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur (The Hawthorns)
                              35' Benoit Assou-Ekotto (Red Card)
83' Roman Bednar
90' Craig Beattie

West Ham United  2 - 1  Stoke City (Upton Park)
                               5'  Abdoulaye Faye
51' Carlton Cole
                               53' Ricardo Fuller (Red Card)
87' Diego Tristán

Arsenal  1 - 0  Portsmouth (Emirates Stadium)
81' William Gallas

Bolton Wanderers  0 - 1  Wigan Athletic (Reebok Stadium)
                               44' Amr Zaki (pen)

Everton  3 - 0  Sunderland (Goodison Park)
10' Mikel Arteta
27' Mikel Arteta
83' Dan Gosling

Fulham  2 - 2  Chelsea (Craven Cottage)
10' Clint Dempsey
                           50' Frank Lampard
                           72' Frank Lampard
89' Clint Dempsey

Blackburn Rovers  2 - 2 Manchester City (Ewood Park)
45' Benedict McCarthy
84' Jason Roberts
                             88' Daniel Sturridge
                             90' Robinho

Stoke City  0 - 1   Manchester United (Britannia Stadium)
72' Andy Wilkinson(red card)       
                         83' Carlos Tevez

Chelsea  2 - 0   West Bromwich Albion (Stamford Bridge)
3' Didier Drogba
45' Frank Lampard

Portsmouth  1 - 4   West Ham United (Fratton Park)
8' Nadir Belhadj 
                        20' Jack Collison
                        67' Carlton Cole
                        70' Craig Bellamy
                        83' Craig Bellamy

Tottenham Hotspur  0 - 0   Fulham (White Hart Lane)

Liverpool  3 - 0   Bolton Wanderers (Anfield)
26' Alberto Riera
53' Robbie Keane
58' Robbie Keane

Manchester City  5 - 1   Hull City (City of Manchester Stadium)
15' Felipe Caicedo
27' Felipe Caicedo
28' Robinho
36' Robinho   
                            80' Craig Fagan
82' Stephen Ireland

Middlesbrough  0 - 1   Everton (The Riverside Stadium)
                            50' Tim Cahill

Sunderland  0 - 0   Blackburn Rovers (Stadium of Light)

Wigan Athletic  2 - 1   Newcastle United (JJB Stadium)
29' Ryan Taylor
                           72' Sebastien Bassong (red card)
73' Amr Zaki (pen) 
                           88' Danny Guthrie (pen)

Aston Villa  2 - 2  Arsenal (Villa Park)
                          40' Denilson
                          49' Abou Diaby
65' Gareth Barry (pen)
90' Zat Knight

Blackburn Rovers  3 - 0  Stoke City (Ewood Park)
9' Benedict McCarthy (pen)
18' Jason Roberts   
27' Benedict McCarthy

Bolton Wanderers  2 - 1  Portsmouth (Reebok Stadium)
1' Matthew Taylor
3' Ricardo Gardner     
                             20' Peter Crouch

Fulham  3 - 0  Middlesbrough (Craven Cottage)
40' Jimmy Bullard   
53' Danny Murphy (pen)
59' Clint Dempsey

Hull City  1 - 4  Sunderland (Kingston Communications Stadium)
                                 10' Steed Malbranque
19' Nick Barmby 
                                 78' Kamil Zayatte (og)
81' Samuel Ricketts (red card)
                                 84' Kenwyne Jones
                                 90' Djibril Cisse
 
West Ham United  0 - 1  Aston Villa (Upton Park)
                                  78'     Lucas Neill (og)

Goodguy once created a thread like this.

See: Ronaldinho or Okocha: Who Is More Skillful?

This thread's been resurrected for the benefits of those who still have interests in the league.

Today's Results:

Davydenko - Del Potro 6-3, 6-2
Tsonga - Djokovic 1-6, 7-5, 6-1

From eurosport.co.uk:

Davydenko will play the winner of the Andy Murray-Roger Federer clash in the semi-finals. If Murray wins he will top the Red Group and defending champion Federer will crash out of the tournament, with Gilles Simon qualifying second from the group.

"Murray is playing very good tennis in the moment," said Davydenko. "I have had much better results against Murray because this year I won one and I lost one but against Federer I have a 12-0 record. I never win.

"So against Murray I have more chance. It doesn't matter how Murray plays, I have more chance. Federer is not playing his best tennis but you never know. Federer is a different guy every day."

Federer beat Stepanek yesterday 7-5, 6-4 to keep his hopes of qualifying for the SFs alive.

I read somewhere that Stepanek had to borrow Djokovic's racket and wear Murray's socks for the match. Just to show how unprepared he was.

World number six Andy Roddick has pulled out of the Masters Cup because of a right ankle injury.

First alternate Radek Stepanek, the Czech world number 27, will step in to take on Federer.

Meanwhile, the match between Murray and Simon is in progress.

I have a feeling Federer may not make it to the semi-finals because on current form, I don't see Federer beating Murray. I hope he proves me wrong.

Novak Djokovic beat Nikolay Davydenko 7-6 0-6 7-5. He's through to the SF of the Masters Cup.

Tsonga is yet to win a set as he lost 6-7, 6-7 to Del Potro.

One thing Federer's opponents in this group have in common is that they all have beaten him this season. Simon has just done it again - he beat Federer 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Let me help since muki's still busy celebrating her our team's victory 

Arsenal  2 - 1  Man Utd (Emirates Stadium)
22' Samir Nasri
48' Samir Nasri
                   90' Rafael
Wigan  0 - 0  Stoke (JJB Stadium)

Hull  0 - 1  Bolton (The Kingston Communications Stadium)
                 50' Matthew Taylor

Sunderland  1 - 2  Portsmouth (Stadium of Light)
4' Djibril Cisse
                 51' Nadir Belhadj
                 90' Jermain Defoe (pen)

West Ham  1 - 3  Everton (Upton Park)
63' Jack Collison
                 82' Joleon Lescott
                 85' Louis Saha
                 87' Louis Saha

Today's SF Fixtures:

Elena Dementieva vs. Vera Zvonareva
Jelena Jankovic vs. Venus Williams

Following the withdrawal of Serena Williams and Ana Ivanovic, Petrova and Radwanska have been called up as last-minute replacements for them.

Yesterday's Results:

Zvonareva bt. Jankovic 2-6 6-3 6-4
Dementieva bt. Petrova 6-4 4-6 6-4
Radwanska bt. Kuznetsova  6-2 7-5

FINAL ROUND ROBIN GROUP STANDINGS
(matches won/lost : sets won/lost)

White Group
1. Zvonareva (3-0 : 6-2)
2. Jankovic (2-1 : 5-2)
3. Radwanska (1-0 : 2-0)
4. Kuznetsova (0-3 : 0-6)
Out: Ivanovic (0-2 : 1-4)

Maroon Group
1. V.Williams (3-0 : 6-2)
2. Dementieva (2-1 : 5-3)
3. Safina (0-3 : 0-6)
4. Petrova (0-1 : 1-2)
Out: S.Williams (1-1 : 3-2)

Yesterday's Results:

Dementieva - Safina 6-2, 6-4
Williams - Williams 5-7, 6-1, 6-0
Jankovic - Kuznetsova 7-6, 6-4

Today's Fixtures:

Vera Zvonareva  vs.  Jelena Jankovic
Elena Dementieva  vs.  Serena Williams
Svetlana Kuznetsova  vs.  Ana Ivanovic

Yea, that was total destruction.

Jankovic and Venus are through to the semis.

If she doesn't withdraw, Serena will join them provided she beats Dementieva convincingly.

Zvonareva should complete the line-up.

Yesterday's Results:

S. Williams - Safina  6-4, 6-1
V. Williams - Dementieva  6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Zvonareva - Ivanovic  6-3, 6-7, 6-4

Today's Fixtures:

Svetlana Kuznetsova  vs.  Jelena Jankovic
Venus Williams  vs.  Serena Williams
Elena Dementieva  vs.  Dinara Safina

Today's Fixtures:

Vera Zvonareva  vs.  Ana Ivanovic
Venus Williams  vs.  Elena Dementieva
Serena Williams  vs.  Dinara Safina

Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai
Shanghai, China
November 9-16, 2008
$4,450,000 / 8 Draw
Indoor Hard

Red Group: 1-Roger Federer, 3-Andy Murray, 5-Andy Roddick 8-Gilles Simon

Gold Group: 2-Novak Djokovic, 4-Nikolay Davydenko, 6-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 7-Juan Martin Del Potro

The top two players from both groups advance to the semi-finals of the tournament after playing everyone else in their group once.

The tournament begins on Sunday at the Oi Zhong Arena with the final due to be contested eight days later, on November 16.

DavidDylan:
Not shocking news. the ATP calendar is obscene.

Yea, it is crazy but he has a choice of cutting down on the number of tournaments he participates in. Let's see how far his body takes him next season.

@iice, Venus got lucky

Jelena Jankovic enjoyed her first victory over Ana Ivanovic [/b]for three years to open up her Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships campaign with a 6-3 6-4 victory.

In the tournament's first match Vera [b]Zvonareva [/b]enjoyed a 6-2 6-3 victory over Svetlana [b]Kuznetsova [/b]as she handled the windy conditions in the Qatar capital better.

Today's final match between Venus [b]Williams and Dinara Safina is underway.

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Meanwhile, the women's season-ending tournament will start tomorrow. The serbs are in the same group while the williams' sisters will face each other in the same group.

Sony Ericsson Championships - Doha 2008
Doha, Qatar
November 4-9, 2008
Season-Ending Championships
Prize Money: $4,550,000
Draw: 8M/4D

White group:
Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
Svetlana Kuznetdova (RUS)
Vera Zvonareva (RUS)

Maroon group:-
Dinara Safina (RUS)
Serena Williams (USA)
Elena Dementieva (RUS)
Venus Williams (USA)

Another Shocking News:

World number one Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the Masters Cup in Shanghai due to injury.

The Spaniard pulled out of the Paris Masters last week with a knee injury, and has taken the decision not to compete in the season-ending tournament in order to give himself the best chance of regaining fitness in time for the Davis Cup final in Argentina.

Nadal's place in Shanghai will be taken by Frenchman Gilles Simon, ranked ninth in the world