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Easy does it!                                                                  You'll soon grow old 

Third Round Fixtures (Gentlemen's Singles):

Roger Federer SUI (1) v Marat Safin RUS (26)
Dmitry Tursunov RUS (21) v Tommy Haas GER (13)
James Blake USA (9) v Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP (20)
Janko Tipsarevic SRB v Fernando Gonzalez CHI (5)
Andy Roddick USA (3) v Fernando Verdasco ESP
Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA v Ivan Ljubicic CRO (15)
Richard Gasquet FRA (12) v Edouard Roger-vasselin FRA
Feliciano Lopez ESP v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA
Nikolay Davydenko RUS (6) v Gael Monfils FRA
David Nalbandian ARG (23) v Marcos Baghdatis CYP (10)
Lleyton Hewitt AUS (16) v Guillermo Canas ARG (22)
Nicolas Kiefer GER v Novak Djokovic SRB (4)
Tomas Berdych CZE (7) v Hyung-Taik Lee KOR
Jonas Bjorkman SWE (19) v Wayne Arthurs AUS
Mikhail Youzhny RUS (14) v Jarkko Nieminen FIN (18)
Robin Soderling SWE (28) v Rafael Nadal ESP (2)

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viee:
i think Henin is overstressn herself
she should have rested before the wimbledon
so fatigue dosnt set in

i hope fatigue go catch am sha, make she no even reach the QF

She can't compare herself with Roger, who decided not to play any competitive match, losing some points in the process.

Henin had a week break after FO. She's not taking the International Women's Open tournament seriously; it's just for practice - trying to come out to the net more and get used to playing on grass.

But her final match today against Mauresmo would be taken seriously. She needs to revenge her Wimbledon final defeat.

Another potential Henin/Serena QF match? I hope there won't be any excuses this time around.

The guy they say has what it takes to beat Federer hands down, has a chance to show us he can do just that in the third round.

. . . and Nadal, let's see how far he goes.


See: Wimbledon 2006

Akolawole:
Where did you hear that?

On a sports program on a local station here, it was confirmed by the PRO of Police of Lagos

It's even reported that the guy is stil in Lagos.

International Women's Open

Second Round: Women's Singles

(1) Justine Henin (BEL)  vs.  Agnieska Radwanska (POL)   6-4, 6-1
(2) Amelie Mauresmo (FRA)  vs.  Mara Santangelo (ITA)   6-2, 6-3
(3) Nadia Petrova (RUS)  vs.  Nathalie Dechy (FRA)   7-5, 7-5
(4) Elena Dementieva (RUS)  vs.  Katie O'Brien (GBR)   6-3, 6-4
(5) Nicole Vaidisova (CZE)  vs.  Elena Baltacha (GBR)   6-3, 6-2
(6) Shahar Peer (ISR)  vs.  Aiko Nakamura (JPN)   6-3, 6-2
(7) Sybille Bammer (AUT)  vs.  Lucie Safarova (CZE)   7-5, 5-7, 6-3
(Marion Bartoli (FRA)  vs.  Melanie South (GBR)   6-1, 6-3

Singles - Quarterfinals

(1) Justine Henin (BEL) d. (5) Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 62 62
(2) Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) d. (6) Shahar Peer (ISR) 63 64
(3) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. (9) Sybille Bammer (AUT) 67(6) 75 64
(Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. (4) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 61 60

SF Fixtures:

(1) Justine Henin (BEL)  vs.  (Marion Bartoli (FRA)

(3) Nadia Petrova (Rus)  vs.  (2) Amelie Mauresmo (FRA)

The story has taken another turn; Obafemi was not in the car that was attacked.

Are u guys being realistic here?

See Also: Rafael Nadal Vs Roger Federer Who Is The Best?

International Women's Open

Eastbourne, England
June 16-23, 2007
Tier II
Prize Money: $600,000
Draw: 28M/32Q/16D
Surface: Grass/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Gavin Fletcher

Seeds: (1) Justine Henin (BEL), (2) Amelie Mauresmo (FRA), (3)Nadia Petrova (RUS), (4)Elena Dementieva (RUS), (5)Nicole Vaidisova (CZE), (6)Shahar Peer (ISR), (Marion Bartoli (FRA), (9) Sybille Bammer (AUT)

Ope, thanks for those words. Glad we've won ur heart to tennis.

WTA Birmingham
Birmingham, England
June 11-17, 2007
Tier III
Prize Money: $200,000
Draw: 56M/32Q/16D
Surface: Grass/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Marjory Howie

Seeds: (1) Maria Sharapova, (2) Jelena Jankovic, (3) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk), (4) Na Li (Chn), (6) Alona Bondarenko (Ukr), (7) Ai Sugiyama (Jpn), (8 ) Mara Santangelo (Ita), (9) Julia Vakulenko (Ukr), (10) Severine Bremond (Fra), (11) Olga Poutchkova (Rus), (12) Agnieska Radwanska (Pol), (13) Melien Tu (USA), (15) Eleni Daniilidou (Gre), (16) Maria Kirilenko (Rus)

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Jelena Jankovic won her fourth title of the year by beating Maria [i]Shrieka[/i]pova 4-6 6-3 7-5 at Birmingham. The other titles came on hardcourt(1) and clay(2). It was also her first win over the russian in four attempts.

WTA Rome Final:

(3) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt (2) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 7-5 6-1

davidylan:
Give it to Mahut! Classic game that saw only one break of serve in the first set.
Roddick won this game by the skin of his teeth. You've got to say his serve on grass is a monster!!!

If only he had other weapons.

ATP Halle:

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Berdych ruined Baghdatis' birthday today when he beat him in the final.

Fourth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych dropped just two points on his first serve in a 7-5, 6-4 win over eighth seed Marcos Baghdatis to win the Halle title, one year after finishing runner-up to Roger Federer.

Berdych, 21, clinched his first title since winning ATP Masters Series Paris in late 2005. It was his third career title.

ATP Halle
Halle, Germany
June 11-17, 2007
€680,250 / 32 Draw
Grass

Seeds:  DAVYDENKO, Nikolay (RUS/2), BLAKE, James (USA/3), BERDYCH, Tomas (CZE/4), GASQUET, Richard (FRA/5), YOUZHNY, Mikhail (RUS/6), NALBANDIAN, David (ARG/7), BAGHDATIS, Marcos (CYP/

Top seed, Roger Federer withdrew from the tournament citing fatigue. (He won here 2003, 04, 05, 06).

Naldandian was beaten 5:7, 6:2, 6:4 by Gicquel in the first round.

Gasquet was dumped out in the first round by a qualifier (QURESHI, Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK).

Davydenko could not go beyond the first round.

Youhny and Blake bowed out in the QF.

ATP Queen

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Roddick                                                               Mahut

Andy Roddick saved a match point and won his fourth Queen's title despite failing to break Nicolas Mahut's serve in an epic 4-6 7-6 7-6 final victory.

Madrid have won the Liga title.

It's a pity Barca's five away goals couldn't save them.

The situation is looking bleak for Madrid at the moment - they are trailing by a goal, while their rival, Barca have banged in 4 goals already.

For the world number 2, u mean not going past the round of eight in the OZ open should be considered good? Federer should then be applauded for being twice runner-up at the French.

If Federer had also converted his numerous breakchances in the FO final, the story would have also changed.

You guys should be more scared because Fed is gradually becoming comfortable on clay (his worst surface), but we can't say the same for Nadal on the other surfaces.

Safin has lost his shine; bring him on and we'll show you how it's done.

Better now? Is she really into fashion? I think she should stick to wrestling tennis

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Federer scared ke? Remember the clay season is over. What reasons has he to fear Nadal? 'cause Rafa lost to a guy ranked 104 places below him .

Viee, u know who to support at this time of the season in order not to get heartbroken again.

Thot u'd gone to bed.

Nadal should ve taken a break then, just like my pal did.

Wimbledon? He can't improve on last year's performance, that's for sure.

London, England
June 11-17, 2007
€680,250 / 56 Draw
Grass

Seeds: (1)Rafael Nadal, (2)Andy Roddick, (3)Fernando Gonzalez, (4)Novak Djokovic, (5)Ivan Ljubicic, (6)Lleyton Hewitt, (7)Dmitry Tursunov, (Marat Safin, (9)Mardy Fish, (10)Julien Benneteau, (11)Jonas Bjorkman, (12)Paul-Henri Mathieu, (13)Hyung-Taik Lee, (14)Arnaud Clement, (15)Robby Ginepri, (16)Fernando Verdasco

Fish, Lee, Henman fell in the first round.
Monfils, Hewitt, Stepanek were dumped out in the second.
Ljubicic, Djokovic, Safin, Ginepri, Tsonga, Mathieu all crashed in the third.

Today's result (QF):

Mahut - Nadal 7-5, 7-6
Clement - Karlovic 7-5, 6-4
Tursunov - Gonzalez 6-3, 6-7, 6-4
Roddick - Cilic 6-4, 7-6

I finally got the motivation I needed to continue my reports.

You may neva change afterall.

Bro, always look before you leap.

See: Real Madrid: 90 Minutes Away From Title!

Another opportunity gone begging  .

All Hail the King of Clay.   Hopefully, we shall meet on grass again. 

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The much expected final is underway. It's 2-2 at the mo' (first set).

Pictures from Roland Garros Women's Final:

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Didn't know she has those! 

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Close ur eyes! 

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Of course, she can.  Her game has improved since the last grass tournament.  Besides, the other players aint playing too well to challenge her.  So, she has a chance.

Her biggest opponent is Serena.

All hail the Queen of Clay.

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She thrashed Ivanovic 6-1, 6-2 to claim the French title.

The Sharap-Schnyder match was the tightest match. Would have been my best but my fav lost. So, I'll pick the one between Henin and muscular Serena.