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viee:
wonder what it will take to get Venus back to what she use to be

More playing time, I guess.

Kim has finally decided to retire on Sunday (6 May 2007). I'm gonna miss those athletic skills of hers.

viee:
good one for her

had wanted venus to impress!

Henin has always been my favorite. Venus seems to be overworking herself, I just hope she doesn't get injured with the way she plays. I don't see her returning to the top ten anytime soon.

WTA Berlin

First Round Fixtures:

Justine Henin (BEL) - bye bye
Tatjana Malek (GER)  vs.  Vasilisa Bardina (RUS)
Jie Zheng (CHN)  vs.  Maria Elena Camerin (ITA)
Na Li (CHN)  vs.  Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)  vs.  Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE)
Shuai Peng (CHN)  vs.  Andrea Petkovic (GER)
Aravane Rezaï (FRA)  vs.  Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - bye bye
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - bye bye
Sybille Bammer (AUT)  vs.  Angelika Roesch (GER)
Eleni Daniilidou (GRC)  vs.  Martina Muller (GER)
Shahar Peer (ISR)  vs.  Anna-Lena Gronefeld (GER)
Elena Dementieva (RUS)  vs.  Mara Santangelo (ITA)
Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)  vs.  Tamira Paszek (AUT)
Séverine Brémond (FRA)  vs.  Sabine Lisicki (GER)
Nadia Petrova (RUS) - bye bye
Tathiana Garbin (ITA) - bye bye
Francesca Schiavone (ITA)  vs.  Alyona Bondarenko (UKR)
Elena Likhovtseva (RUS)  vs.  Emilie Loit (FRA)
Laura Granville (USA)  vs.  Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
Roberta Vinci (ITA)  vs.  Patty Schnyder (SUI)
Galina Voskoboeva (RUS)  vs.  Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
Kaia Kanepi (EST)  vs.  Katerina Bondarenko (UKR)
Martina Hingis (SUI) - bye bye
Dinara Safina (RUS)  -  bye bye
Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)  vs.  Elena Vesnina (RUS)
Lucie Safarova (CZE)  vs.  Olga Savchuk (UKR)
Samantha Stosur (AUS)  vs.  Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)
Katarina Srebotnik (SVN)  vs.  Meilen Tu (USA)
Flavia Pennetta (ITA)  vs.  Julia Vakulenko (UKR)
Zi Yan (CHN)  vs.  Kristina Barrois (GER)
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) - bye bye

WTA Berlin
Berlin, Germany
May 7-13, 2007
Tier I
Prize Money: $1,340,000
Draw: 56M/32Q/28D
Surface: Red Clay/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Ayman Azmy Galal

Defending Champion:  Nadia Petrova

Seeds:  ¹Justine Henin (BEL), ²Amelie Mauresmo (FRA), ³Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS), ⁴Martina Hingis (SUI), ⁵Jelena Jankovic (SRB), ⁷Nadia Petrova (RUS), ⁸Dinara Safina (RUS), ⁹Anna Chakvetadze (RUS), ¹⁰Elena Dementieva (RUS), ¹¹Daniela Hantuchova (SVK), ¹²Ana Ivanovic (SRB), ¹³Shahar Peer (ISR), ¹⁴Na Li (CHN), ¹⁵Patty Schnyder (SUI), ¹⁶Katarina Srebotnik (SVN), ¹⁷Tathiana Garbin (ITA)



Sixth seed Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic has pulled out of the German Open due to a hand injury, organisers said.

Italian Tathiana Garbin will take Vaidisova's spot as the number six seed and 16-year-old Tamira Paszek of Austria enters the main field as a "lucky loser".

WTA Warsaw

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Justine Henin continued her preparations for Roland Garros by winning the WTA Warsaw title with a 6-1 6-3 victory over unseeded Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko.

The Belgian completely dominated the first set with some sublime tennis but was a little erratic in the second set before finally clinching the match on her second match point.

WTA Estoril
Estoril Open
Estoril-POR
April 30 - May 6, 2007
$145,000

Seeds:  ¹Marion Bartoli (FRA), ²Francesca Schiavone (ITA), ³Lucie Safarova (CZE), ⁴Martina Muller (GER), ⁵Olga Poutchkova (RUS), ⁶Maria Kirilenko (RUS), ⁷Emilie Loit (FRA), ⁸Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)

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Greta Arn of Germany captured the women's title, rallying past Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (3).

Arn, ranked 176th, had won four lower-level competitions. Azarenka, ranked 68th, was playing in her first final.

Arn saved three match points in the third set before forcing the tiebreaker, where the German broke Azarenka three times.

Arn rallied after the first set and broke Azarenka twice in the second set. She broke the 18-year-old Azarenka on her third try to open the third set, then saved three break chances before breaking again to lead 3-0.

Azarenka broke twice over the next six games and was up 40-15 in the 10th game. Arn pushed the score to deuce then saved match point for the third time before the players exchanged breaks to force the tiebreaker.

ATP Estoril Final

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Serbian teenager Novak Djokovic beat France's Richard Gasquet 7-6 0-6 6-1 in the youngest ever Estoril Open final on Sunday.

Third-seeded Djokovic saved three set points to take the first set in a tie-breaker. The 19-year-old world number five lost the second set without winning a single game but swept to victory in the final set.

"I hope to be back next year," said Djokovic after receiving a cheque for 74,300 euros and a trophy from the hands of Portugal's former soccer great Eusebio.

"He is a great player and he deserved to win," said the 20-year-old Gasquet, who lost to Djokovic in their only previous meeting in Madrid last October.

Arsenal  1 - 1  Chelsea (Emirates Stadium)
                   43' K Boulahrouz (red card)
43' Gilberto Silva (pen)
                   70' M Essien

Manchester United Takes the Premiership Title

ATP Estoril

Semi Final Results:

Gasquet - Mathieu 3-1 Retired
Djokovic - Robredo 7-5, 6-1


Final Fixture:

Gasquet R. - Djokovic N.

Semi Final Results:

Kohlschreiber - Baghdatis    6-2, 6-3
Youzhny - Berdych    6-3, 6-4

ATP Munich Final:

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Local favourite Philipp Kohlschreiber landed his first ATP title by upsetting Russia third seed Mikhail Youzhny 2-6 6-3 6-4 in the Munich Open final.

The unseeded Kohlschreiber, playing in his first final, looked in danger of being blown away by the more powerful Youzhny in the first set on the Munich clay but he hit back to take the second in 40 minutes and force a decider.

Kohlschreiber is the first German to win the Munich Open since Michael Stich in 1994.

Unseeded Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2 7-6 on Saturday to set up a final against world number one Justine Henin in the Warsaw Cup.

Henin withstood a strong challenge from Serbian Jelena Jankovic to win 7-5 2-6 6-4 and reach her fourth final of the year.

"I was expecting a tough match because she gave me a lot of trouble in the past," Henin told reporters. "I started the match pretty well, I was very aggressive and she made a couple of mistakes, but tactically it was pretty perfect what I was doing.

"Then I lost my intensity but finally I could finish the first set - not the way I wanted, but I won it. I didn't play well at all in the second set , and then in the third set it was a good fight," she added.

Saturday's (May 5) Result

Man City  0 - 1  Man Utd (City of Manchester Stadium)
                    34' C Ronaldo (pen)
81' D Vassell (pen miss)

Everton  3 - 0  Portsmouth (Goodison Park)
59' M Arteta (pen)
62' J Yobo
90' G Naysmith

Fulham  1 - 0  Liverpool (Craven Cottage)
69' C Dempsey
90' P Diop (red card)

Newcastle  0 - 2  Blackburn (St James' Park)
                    14' B McCarthy
                    73' J Roberts

Reading  0 - 2  Watford (Madejski Stadium)
                    60' D Shittu
                    85' M King
 
West Ham  3 - 1  Bolton (Upton Park)
10' C Tevez
21' C Tevez 
29' M Noble
                    67' G Speed

Wigan  0 - 1  Middlesbrough (The JJB Stadium)
                    29' M Viduka

Aston Villa  3 - 0  Sheff Utd (Villa Park)
25' G Agbonlahor
42' A Young
59' P Berger

ATP Estoril

Quarter Final Results:

Gasquet - Spadea 6-3, 6-4
Mathieu - Monaco 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
Djokovic - Garcia-Lopez 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
Robredo - Calleri 7-5, 6-7, 6-3

Semi-Final Fixtures:

Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)
Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. Tommy Robredo (ESP)

ATP Estoril

Second Round Results:

Spadea - Patience   2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Gasquet - Gil   6-1, 6-2
Mathieu - Kunitsyn   6-2, 6-1
Monaco - Querrey   3-6, 6-1, 6-4
Garcia-Lopez - Tursunov 6-4, 6-3
Djokovic - Ventura   6-2, 6-2
Calleri - Del Potro   7-5, 1-0
Robredo - Martin   6-7, 7-5, 6-2

Quarter Final Fixtures:

Vincent Spadea (USA)  vs.  Richard Gasquet (FRA)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)  vs.  Juan Monaco (ARG)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)  vs.  Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Agustin Calleri (ARG)  vs.  Tommy Robredo (ESP)

ATP Estoril

First Round Results:

Davydenko - Patience   7-5, 6-1
Spadea - Gabashvili   6-1, 5-7, 6-4
Gil - Ramirez Hidalgo   6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Gasquet - Mirnyi   6-3, 6-3
Mathieu - Gonzalez    6-2, 6-4
Monaco - Monfils    7-5, 1-6, 6-2
Tursunov - Serra   4-6, 6-3, 6-1
Ventura - Roitman   7-5, 6-2
Djokovic - Andreev   6-2, 4-6, 7-6
Calleri - Udomchoke   6-4, 4-6, 6-1
Garcia-Lopez - Russell   6-1, 6-2
Del Potro - Falla   1-6, 6-2, 6-4
Martin - Korolev   6-1, 2-0  Retired
Robredo - Montanes   6-4, 6-3

Second Round Fixtures:

Vincent Spadea (USA) vs. Olivier Patience (FRA)
Frederico Gil (PRT) vs. Richard Gasquet (FRA)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) vs. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)
Sam Querrey (USA) vs. Juan Monaco (ARG)
Dimitry Tursunov (RUS) vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Santiago Ventura (ESP) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Agustin Calleri (ARG) vs. Juan Marin Del Potro (ARG)
Alberto Martin (ESP) vs. Tommy Robredo (ESP)

ATP Munich

Quarter Final Results:

Kohlschreiber - Grosjean 6-4, 7-6
Baghdatis - Waske 2-6, 7-6, 6-4
Youzhny - Melzer 6-2, 7-6
Berdych - Devilder 6-4, 6-0

Semi-Final Fixtures

Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs. Tomas Berdych (CZE)

ATP Munich

Second Round Results:

Grosjean - Vassallo Arguello 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Kohlschreiber - Nieminen 6-1, 6-4
Baghdatis - Bachinger 6-7, 6-2, 6-4
Waske - Brands 7-6, 7-6
Melzer - Sluiter 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
Youzhny - Becker 7-6, 7-6
Devilder - Summerer 6-3, 7-5
Berdych - Massu 7-5, 6-1

Quarter Final Fixtures:

Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs. Alexander Waske (GER)
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
Nicolas Devilder (FRA) vs. Tomas Berdych (CZE)

Quarter final Results:

Henin - Santangelo 6-2, 6-1
Jankovic - Chakvetadze 7-6, 3-1 Retired
Kuznetsova - Williams 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Bondarenko - Vakulenko 6-2, 3-1 Retired

Semi-Final Fixtures:

Justine Henin (BEL)  vs.  Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)  vs.  Alyona Bondarenko (UKR)

WTA Warsaw
Second Round Result:

Henin - Groenefeld 6-1, 6-2
Santangelo - Petrova 6-3, 6-3
Jankovic - Vesnina 6-2, 7-5
Chakvetadze - Garbin 6-2, 6-2
Williams - Dementieva 6-1, 7-6
Kuznetsova - Bondarenko 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
Bondarenko - Radwanska 0-6, 6-4, 6-3
Vakulenko - Clijsters 7-6, 6-3

Quarter final Fixtures:

Justine Henin (BEL) vs. Mara Santangelo (ITA)
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) vs. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)
Venus Williams (USA) vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
Alyona Bondarenko (UKR) vs. Julia Vakulenko (UKR)

Good game by Milan. I would give Gattuso, though, the man of the match, he played really well today.

Really? I have to change my black and white TV  

Is it too early to change the topic to Chelsea's treble or Man utd's double?

Seedorf makes it two - nil

Kaka scores 10th champions' leagues goal.

I didn't watch the match either. I just woke up only to the final result. I can't wait to see the rematch or highlights.

Though it's an exhibition match and Federer said before the match that it was just for fun but I feel that his confidence level has been greatly affected this year, considering the number of losses he's had already.

It was played in Nadal's home, Mallorca.

Nadal get the best of Federer again. He won the battle of the surfaces by beating Roger 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(12-10).

viee, i guess u should always follow ur heart

The king of Grass, Federer plays the king of Clay, Nadal on a half grass half clay court on Wednesday. Who takes the bragging rights?

WTA Warsaw
First Round Results:

Groenefeld - Kanepi   6-2, 6-4
Santangelo - Brémond   6-2, 6-3
Petrova - Piter   6-3, 7-5
Vesnina - Radwanska   2-6, 7-6, 6-3
Garbin - Granville   6-4, 6-2
Chakvetadze - Craybas   7-6, 7-5
Dementieva - Tu   6-7, 6-0, 7-5
Bondarenko - Paszek   6-1, 6-7, 6-1
Bondarenko - Srebotnik   6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Radwanska - Pironkova   7-5, 6-1
Vakulenko - Likhovtseva   6-4, 6-1

Second Round Fixtures:

Justine Henin (BEL)  vs.  Anna Lena Groenefeld (GER)
Mara Santangelo (ITA)  vs.  Nadia Petrova (RUS)
Jelena Jankovic (SRB)  vs.  Elena Vesnina (RUS)
Tathiana Garbin (ITA)  vs.  Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)
Elena Dementieva (RUS)  vs.  Venus/Krajicek
Katerina Bondarenko (UKR)  vs.  Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
Alyona Bondarenko (UKR)  vs.  Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
Julia Vakulenko (UKR)  vs.  Kim Clijsters (BEL)

ATP Munich
Second Round Fixtures:

Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) vs. Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs. Matthias Bachinger (GER
Daniel Brands (GER) vs. Alexander Waske (GER)
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs. Jan Hajek (CZE)
Benjamin Becker (GER) vs. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
Nicolas Devilder (FRA) vs. Tobias Summerer (GER)
Nicolas Massu (CHL) vs. Tomas Berdych (CZE)

ATP Munich

Unseeded Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean crushed the hopes of home fans by beating top seeded German Haas 6-4 6-4 in their opener.

To further the woes of Munich organisers, Argentine giant-killer Guillermo Canas was forced to withdraw from his first-round match with France's Nicolas Devilder because of abdominal muscle problems.

Add the first-round defeat of sixth seeded Czech Radek Stepanek to home favourite Alexander Waske 7-6 (7-3) 6-3, and only five of eight seeded players remain in the German claycourt tournament.

Defending champion Oliver Rochus of Belgium was beaten late on Monday by eighth seed Juergen Melzer of Austria 6-2 6-4.

First Round Results:

Grosjean - Haas    6-4, 6-4
Vassallo Arguello - Lee   7-6, 6-4
Kohlschreiber - Clément   6-2, 7-6
Nieminen - Schuettler   6-4, 6-4
Baghdatis - Hartfield   7-6, 6-3
Bachinger - Beck   6-2, 6-7, 7-5
Brands - Verkerk   7-6, 6-3
Waske - Stepanek    7-6, 6-3
Melzer - Rochus   6-2, 6-4
Sluiter - Hajek   3-6, 6-2, 6-6
Becker - Zimonjic   7-6, 6-3
Youzhny - Koubek   6-4, 3-6, 6-1
Devilder - Canas    4-6, 2-1 (Retired)
Summerer - Gulbis   5-7, 6-4, 6-4
Massu - Johansson   6-2, 6-1
Berdych - Mayer   6-2, 6-1

Eyah! Quadruple dream shattered

ATP Munich  (GER)
Munich, Germany
April 30 - May 6, 2007
€353,450 / 32 Draw
Clay

Seeds:   ¹Tommy Haas (GER), ²Tomas Berdych (CZE), ³[/b]Mikhail Youzhny (RUS), ⁴Marcos Baghdatis (CYP), ⁵Jarkko Nieminen (FIN), ⁶Radek Stepanek (CZE), ⁷Guillermo Canas (ARG), ⁸Jurgen Melzer (AUT)

[b]First Round Fixtures:

Tommy Haas (GER)  vs.  Sebastien Grosjean (FRA)
Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG)  vs.  Hyung-taik Lee (KOR)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)  vs.  Arnaud Clement (FRA)
Rainer Schuettler (GER)  vs.  Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)  vs.  Diego Hartfield (ARG)
Andreas Beck (GER)  vs.  Matthias Bachinger (GER)
Daniel Brands (GER)  vs.  Martin Verkerk (NLD)
Alexander Waske (GER)  vs.  Radek Stepanek (CZE)
Jurgen Melzer (AUT)  vs.  Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Jan Hajek (CZE)  vs.  Raemon Sluiter (NLD)
Benjamin Becker (GER)  vs.  Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)  vs.  Stefan Koubek (AUT)
Guillermo Canas (ARG)  vs.  Nicolas Devilder (FRA)
Tobias Summerer (GER)  vs.  Ernest Gulbis (LVA)
Thomas Johansson (SWE)  vs.  Nicolas Massu (CHL)
Florian Mayer (GER)  vs.  Tomas Berdych (CZE)