The Old Tennis Thread

[Marc]

We've had precise threads for the grand slams, just thought that there should be a thread for the tennis fans on TiBB to discuss all the tennis worldwide throughout the whole year!

Roger Federer just won his 15th Grand Slam title and his 6th at Wimbledon this year, breaking the record previously set by Pete Sampras (at 14). Next up is the hard court season! More success for the top 4? or is it time for someone else to join the elite four at the top! and Serena Williams has won her 3rd Wimbledon title against her sister Venus to make it her 11th Grand Slam title, will she do enough on the hard courts to clinch the No.1 position held by Safina?

I personally want new players to keep coming and improving the quality of tennis!

Major websites that may help with people who want to follow tennis throughout the year:

Men's ATP Tennis (http://www.atpworldtour.com/)

Women's WTA Tour (http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/Home/0,,12781,00.html)

Tennis.com (www.tennis.com)

[Novo]

Marc why dont you change the title off the Wimbledon thread to the official tennis thread

:bouncy:

[Jayson]

^^^^^

[Marc]

Originally posted by .Andy.
Marc why dont you change the title off the Wimbledon thread to the official tennis thread

:bouncy:

Ooh I could do! I think I will :tongue:

[Marc]

OK I'l going to keep this thread as the official thread. The other one was purely wimbledon. :bigsmile: :thumbs:

[Marc]

This Week's Tournaments

ATP Men's:

Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships (Newport, U.S.A) Website (http://www.tennisfame.com/ithof.aspx?pgID=966)

Category - ATP World Tour 250
Surface - Grass
Draws - Singles;32, Doubles;16

2008 Result : Fabrice Santoro [2] df. Prakash Amritraj 6-3 7-5



WTA Women's:

GDF SUEZ Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary Website (http://www.gazdefrancegrandprix.com/)

Surface - Clay/Outdoors
Draws - Singles;32, Doubles;16

2008 Result : Alize Cornet [2] d.f A. Klepac 7-6 6-3

COLLECTOR SWEDISH OPEN WOMEN, Sweden, Bastad Website (http://women.swedishopen.org/en/default.aspx)

Surface: Clay/Outdoors
Draws - Singles;32, Doubles;16

2008 Result : Caroline Wozniacki [4] df. V.Dushevina 6-0 6-2

[BigSister]

I wondered where this had disappeared too:cheer2:

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
I wondered where this had disappeared too:cheer2:

Well hello! I have a feeling me and you may be regular posters on here

[BigSister]

Yeah well hopefully *crosses fingers*

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
Yeah well hopefully *crosses fingers*

*crosses fingers* We're cool LOL

[Marc]

Sad News

Tennis star Montcourt dies at 24

French tennis player Mathieu Montcourt has died unexpectedly at the age of 24.
Montcourt, who was ranked 119 in the world, was found dead by his girlfriend in the stairwell of his Paris apartment.

The reason for his death is as yet unexplained and an autopsy will be carried out to determine the cause.

"Mathieu was an enthusiastic young man, passionate, and extremely appreciated for his kindness and politeness," read a French Tennis Federation statement.

In June, Montcourt achieved his highest career ranking of 104 after reaching the second round at the French Open, where he lost to Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic in four sets.

"Mathieu was a promising young player," added Patrice Dominguez, the FFT's technical director.

"We are totally devastated. Our first thoughts are with his family."
In August 2008, Montcourt was banned for eight weeks and fined £7,420 for betting on matches.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport later reduced his ban on appeal from eight to five weeks.

[Jen]

That is awful sad news. ):
My thoughts are with his family and girlfriend.
I watched him play at the french open a few times.. I remember him playing in the second round with Leyton Hewitt a few years ago, 2006? I think. He was a very promising player, and so young.. very sad news.

[Marc]

So young as well! Would tear any family apart

[Jen]

The fact his girlfriend found him.. very sad. :sad:

[Jen]

Question marc..
Will the Rogers Cup be shown on Sky this year?

[BigSister]

I read that on BBC yesterday. Very sad news although I didnt know him very well its still sad news

[Marc]

Originally posted by Jen
Question marc..
Will the Rogers Cup be shown on Sky this year?

I am not sure actually! Usually it is, I remember watching Ana win it in 06 :lovedup:
It usually changes every year from Toronto to Montreal and visa versa. But I've seen it on TV before so I am guessing they will show it, it is a Masters event afterall!

[Jen]

It's in Montreal this year and has been listed in Roger's schedual... but he said he's taking a break for a while.. (Until the US open, to defend his title :D) to be a dad and stuff... :P
I wanted him to be in it... anyway, I don't like watching highlights online.. it annoys me so I was just wondering. I hope it is (:

[Marc]

Latest WTA

Bastad-SWE

Wozniacki [1], Kirilenko, Pennetta [3], Kudryavtseva, Suarez Navarro [7], Martinez Sanchez and Dulko are all throw to the Quarters. Dulko will play the winner of Cibulkova Vs. Llagostera Vives.

Budapest-HUN

Schnyder [1] is through to the second round.
Peer df. Cornet [2], A. Bondarenko and Martic both through to Quarters.

[Marc]

Originally posted by Jen
It's in Montreal this year and has been listed in Roger's schedual... but he said he's taking a break for a while.. (Until the US open, to defend his title :D) to be a dad and stuff... :P
I wanted him to be in it... anyway, I don't like watching highlights online.. it annoys me so I was just wondering. I hope it is (:

If you have Sky then your sorted. But if not I'm not sure

[Jen]

I do have Sky (:
I will have to search through all the channels a week before it's due to start.

[Marc]

Originally posted by Jen
I do have Sky (:
I will have to search through all the channels a week before it's due to start.

404, 410, 411 usually key tennis channels

[Marc]

Also.. I'm pretty sure that Federer WONT miss a masters tournament

[BigSister]

Eurosport may have it?

[Marc]

Indeed I think thats 410 on Sky

[BigSister]

Yeah that rings a bell actually

[Marc]

The preliminary results of the autopsy showed that Montcourt had suffered a heart attack.

A statement from the player's PR agency Carre Final added that toxicology tests were negative.


Heart attack at just 24! its crazy!

[Marc]

Australian Brydan Klein banned for six months after making racial slur

http://images.watoday.com.au/2009/02/19/388521/article-klein-420x0.jpg

Brydan Klein, the former Australian Open junior tennis champion, has been banned for six months for making a racial slur during a qualifying match at Eastbourne last month against South Africa’s Raven Klaasen.

The ATP, tennis’s governing body, say 19-year-old Klein has been fined an additional £6,200 on top of the £8,600 fine which he received at the time.

An ATP statement said: 'Under the ATP Code of Conduct, Klein was found to have committed the Player Major Offense, Aggravated Behavior.

The incident was deemed to have been 'behavior that is flagrant and particularly injurious to the success of a tournament or is singularly egregious.'

The ATP said Klein had the option of appealing the decision, and if he enrolled onto a racial sensitivity training course within the first four months of the suspension, the remaining two months' suspension and additional fine would be waived.

Mathieu Montcourt, the 24-year-old French tennis player who died suddenly on Monday, had a heart attack according to the player’s PRagency

Raven Klaasen
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LGX-ae7EQBI/SJd5MkMQlPI/AAAAAAAAD2g/3tXZk1Ae5BU/S1600-R/RavenKlaasen60%25.JPG

[Marc]

The winners of this year's US Open men's and women's singles titles will each receive a record £992,000 ($1.6m) - nearly 6% up on 2008.

Total prize money will be a record £13m ($21.6m), the third straight year the purse has seen a million-dollar rise.

The top three men and women in the US Open Series can also earn up to an extra £1.6m in bonus payments.

The series of 10 tournaments culminates with the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York from 31 August-13 September.

The bonus money, which encourages players to enter the designated events, has resulted in the largest paydays in tennis history.

Roger Federer won a combined £1.4m in 2007 and Kim Clijsters won £1.3m in 2005.

[Marc]

SWEDISH OPEN WOMEN - Bastad

Final:
C. Wozniacki [1] vs. M. Martinez Sanchez

Wozniacki is doing very well this year. Currently at a career high ranking of 9, she won at Eastbourne just before Wimbledon and has won at Ponte Vedra Beach (Florida) in April. As well as being in 3 other finals (Memphis, Charleston and Madrid). M. Sanchez has won a title in Bogota in February and hasn't managed to get past the quarter final stage at any tournament since, falling at the first round at Wimbledon and 3rd round at Roland Garros. However I rate her on the clay courts, she has had a lot of success on the red stuff!

Head-to-Head: First meeting between the two. (0-0)


GDF SUEZ GRAND PRIX - Budapest

Semi-Finals:
A. Szavay [4] vs. A. Bonderenko [6] (Head-to-Head: 1-1)
E. Gallovits vs. (unconfirmed)

[BigSister]

I liked her at wimbledon as well one to watchme thinks

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
I liked her at wimbledon as well one to watchme thinks

Indeed, but Lisicki was so much better on the day. She's also one to watch! She beat Wozniacki at Charleston earlier this year too. :dance: loving tennis at this moment in time so exciting!

[BigSister]

Yeah I couldnt think who she lost to now I remember. Yeah she pushed Safina hard in the quarters as well
And yeah it is exciting I agree esp the womens side

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
Yeah I couldnt think who she lost to now I remember. Yeah she pushed Safina hard in the quarters as well
And yeah it is exciting I agree esp the womens side

People would say thats because they are weaker. I prefer the women's side my knowledge is so much stronger on that side! However I still know my stuff on the men's side! :tongue:

[Marc]

ATP Last Week :

Davis Cup
Czech Republic df. Argentina - 3:2
Croatia df. United States - 3:2
Israel df. Russia - 4:1 (Wow!)
Spain df. Germany - 3:2

Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
R.Ram [LL] df. S. Querrey [3] - 6-7 7-5 6-3


WTA Last Week :

Collector Swedish Open Women
M. Martinez Sanchez df. C. Wozniacki [1] - 7-5 6-4

GDF SUEZ Grand Prix
A. Szavay [4] df. P. Schynder [1] - 2-6 6-4 6-2

[BigSister]

awwww she lost
Surprised isreal beat russia though

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
awwww she lost
Surprised isreal beat russia though

Wozniacki? Yehhh shame, it was her 19th birthday as well :laugh2: how mean

[BigSister]

that is mean but maybe she didnt play well. Oh well

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
that is mean but maybe she didnt play well. Oh well

haha bless her! Oh well she'll be a big top5 player in no time :bigsmile:

[Marc]

NEWPORT, RI, USA - During her career she charmed fans with her rambling, giggly speeches and on Saturday, July 10 Monica Seles showed she had lost none of her capacity to entertain. The occasion might have been the nine-time Grand Slam champion's induction into the august International Tennis Hall of Fame, but that didn't stop the 35-year-old from treating the assembled audience to a cheeky blast from the past.

"For old time's sake, here it is," the former world No.1 grinned as she prepared to unleash one of her trademark grunts. "Eeeunnh!

"I just had to do it," she smiled, having reminded all present that, as still-controversial grunts go, hers' was the original and best.

Admission to the Hall of Fame is, nonetheless, a serious business and Seles, with her withering double-fisted-off-both-sides groundstrokes, is certainly a worthy addition. The winner of 53 Tour titles sat atop the rankings for a total of 178 non-consecutive weeks (fifth all-time) and won the 1991 and 1992 US Opens, the 1990-92 French Opens and the 1991-93 and 1996 Australian Opens. She also captured the Tour Championships three years running, from 1990-92.

"Growing up as a little girl, I could never dream I would be inducted into the Hall of Fame," said the winner of nearly $15 million in prize money. "I have a hard time believing it now.

"I grew up on the WTA Tour. That was my home," added the Yugoslav-born American, who famously copied Madonna's platinum-blonde look in the early 1990s. "I grew up in the media spotlight. It can be challenging at times."

Indeed, Seles knows perhaps better than any other player in history the downsides that come with fame and fortune.

Her career was interrupted in the most terrible of circumstances when she was stabbed in the back by a fanatical supporter of Steffi Graf during a match at Hamburg in 1993. It took 27 months, but eventually Seles returned to competitive tennis, winning her comeback event at the Canadian Open, reaching the US Open final and then capturing what would prove to be her last major at the 1996 Australian Open.

And yet, things were never really the same. Since her retirement, Seles has spoken and written movingly of her struggle to come to terms with the stabbing, the loss of her beloved father Karolj in 1998, depression and body image issues. But through it all she carried herself with tremendous dignity, only adding to the regard with which she is held in tennis circles. Rather than dwell on what might have been, she has burnished her reputation by giving her time to a range of charities, including the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation and the UN's program for sports as a way to counter malnutrition.

Seles was one of four Hall of Fame inductees this year. Joining her were 1960s Spanish player Andres Gimeno, pioneering sports marketer Donald Dell and the late Robert Johnson, a junior player developer who helped launch the careers of Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe.

Whereas Seles became the youngest French Open winner when she won at Roland Garros aged 16-and-a-half, Gimeno became the oldest French Open men's winner by taking the 1972 title at age 34.

"What an amazing group," observed Seles. "It's such a great honor. Standing here, I'm just a bundle of nerves."

Seles, who played her last Tour match at Roland Garros in 2003 but officially retired only in February 2008, has donated many of her trophies to the Hall of Fame's 'honor shine'.

"I hope it will inspire young children to pick up a racket, hit a few balls and fall in love with the sport the way I did," she said. "I look forward to watching the sport and seeing how much faster it can get."


YAY! :bigsmile: :thumbs:

[BigSister]

We have her book at work. Glad she got in the hall of fame
And I didnt see the match I was just speculating

[Marc]

Aww I love Seles :thumbs:

[BigSister]

I remember when she got stabbed (I think it was her anyway I was a bit freaked out by that)

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
I remember when she got stabbed (I think it was her anyway I was a bit freaked out by that)

yeah in hamburg 1993.. that man was a freak! crazy graff fan who wanted graff to be no.1 in the world

[BigSister]

Aha i was right
I was only about 7 or 8 so it must have been on the news

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
Aha i was right
I was only about 7 or 8 so it must have been on the news

I was only 4 I wouldn't have seen it :tongue: but it was a big deal!

[Marc]

World number two Rafael Nadal will resume training on Monday before returning to action at the Montreal Masters in August.

The Spaniard, whose last match was a defeat by Robin Soderling at the French Open, was forced to miss Wimbledon because of tendinitis in his knees.

"I am really looking forward to practice again," the 23-year-old told his official website.
"The event in Montreal is important and I expect to be there fit to play."

Nadal was given the go-ahead to resume training after undergoing tests in Barcelona on Tuesday.

"I am happy with the way the tests went and of the positive evolution of the injury as the doctors are saying," added Nadal.

He will train at his home in Mallorca before his planned return to action in Montral on 10 August.

In Nadal's absence, Roger Federer won the Wimbledon title and returned to number one in the rankings at the expense of the Spaniard.

[BigSister]

Yay^_^*slinks away for Roger fans*

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
Yay^_^*slinks away for Roger fans*

hehe they will get you! I would like to see the competition come back :bigsmile:

[Marc]

France's Richard Gasquet has been cleared to return to competitive tennis after testing positive for cocaine.

The 23-year-old, ranked 32nd in the world, was provisionally suspended in May after failing a doping test at the Miami Masters in March.

But the International Federation (ITF) accepted his defence that "the cocaine entered his system through inadvertent contamination in a nightclub".

He was given a suspension of two months and 15 days, which ended on Wednesday.

"I am really happy, to put it simply, to return to the courts. It's a great joy," said `Gasquet.

"Justice has been done. It has been terrible in the last two months, an extraordinary pain. I couldn't go to either the French Open or Wimbledon."

The ITF's independent anti-doping tribunal found that "while he was at fault in exposing himself to the risk of such contamination, that fault was not significant.

"It further ruled that, in the exceptional and 'probably unique' circumstances of the case, it would be unjust and disproportionate to impose a 12-month sanction on Mr Gasquet."

At a hearing in London on 29 and 30 June, the tribunal found that he had tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, and rejected his suggestion that, because he withdrew from the tournament, it should be treated as an out-of-competition test.

After deciding to withdraw from the tournament, Gasquet went to a nightclub with friends to see a French DJ perform at a dance music festival in Miami, which the tribunal noted was "notoriously associated with use of illegal recreational drugs including cocaine".

Gasquet told the tribunal that he kissed a woman, identified in the ruling only as "Pamela", and suggested that was how the cocaine entered his system.

The tribunal stated, "this explanation is more likely than not to be the correct one", and said that it "found the player to be a truthful and honest witness, and a man of integrity".

It added that the quantity of cocaine detected in Gasquet's sample was "very small, about the size of a grain of salt".

Gasquet turned professional in 2002 and has won five singles titles and more than US$4m (£2.7m) in prize money during his career.

"It's a happy end to a painful ordeal," the Frenchman told French radio. "I'm delighted to be able to start competing again. Now, it's back to tennis."

[Novo]

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[Novo]

Yesterday I was in Basel and was given the award "Ehrespalebärglemer".This award is given to persons (born or living in Basel) who carry the City Basel in a positive sense beyond its borders and makes the city well known. This was a huge honor for me as Basel means so much to me. I had a chance to see so many family, friends and fans. It was very special that so many members of my fan club came to this event.

[Marc]

Originally posted by .Andy.
Yesterday I was in Basel and was given the award "Ehrespalebärglemer".This award is given to persons (born or living in Basel) who carry the City Basel in a positive sense beyond its borders and makes the city well known. This was a huge honor for me as Basel means so much to me. I had a chance to see so many family, friends and fans. It was very special that so many members of my fan club came to this event.

LOL they could of thought of a shorter name for the award surely?
Surprised he hasn't been given that way before now

[Marc]

WTA - ECM Prague Open 2009 (Czech Republic)

Semi Finals :
[1] F. Schiavone df. T. Bacsinszky 6-2 4-6 7-5
[2] S. Bammer vs. I. Benesova [3] 6-0 7-5


WTA - Internazionali Femminili Di Palermo (Palermo)

Semi Finals :
[1] F. Pennetta df. T. Garbin 6-1 6-1
[5] S. Errani df. A. Groenefeld 6-3 4-6 6-1


ATP - Catella Swedish Open (Bastad)

Semi Finals :
J. Monaco df. T. Robredo [3] 6-0 6-2
[2] R. Soderling df. A. Vinciguerra 6-1 7-6


ATP - Mercedes Cup (Stuttgart)

Semi Finals :
J. Chardy df. N. Kiefer 6-3 7-5
[4]V. Henescu df. F. Fognini 6-3 6-7 6-2

[Marc]

Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick has pulled out of the Indianapolis Championships with a hip injury.

The American was hurt during the marathon final against Roger Federer, who won 16-14 in the fifth set.

Roddick said in his Twitter feed he was disappointed to miss the tournament, which he has won twice, but is "not properly prepared at this point".

Tournament organisers are hoping James Blake will accept a wildcard for the event, which begins on Monday.

Roddick was also forced to pull out his country's Davis Cup quarter-final against Croatia, which the US lost.

The world number five fell during the fourth set of the Wimbledon final, but afterwards denied he had hurt himself.

[BigSister]

aww poor Andy. Hope hes better soon

[Marc]

WTA - ECM Prague Open 2009 (Czech Republic)
Final :
[2] S. Bammer df. F. Schiavone [1] 7-6 6-2


WTA - Internazionali Femminili Di Palermo (Palermo)
Final :
[1] F. Penneta df. S. Eranni [5] 6-1 6-2



ATP - Catella Swedish Open (Bastad)
Final :
[2] R. Soderling df. J. Monaco 6-3 7-6


ATP - Mercedes Cup (Stuttgart)
Final :
J. Chardy df. V. Henescu [4] 1-6 6-3 6-4

[Marc]

WTA Tour:

D. Safina [1] and S. Errani [5] reach semi finals at Slovenia Open. As does A. Brianti (plays Safina) and S. Voegele (plays Errani).

A. Petkovic continues her brilliant week with a win over Y. Shvedova to reach her first WTA Tour final. She will play I. Olaru in the final on Sunday, who defeated A. Cornet [1].

ATP Tour

F. Dancevic, S. Querrey [3], J. Isner and R. Ginepri make it an all North-American semi final line up in Indianapolis.

Hamburg's semi finalists are P. Mathieu [13] who plays P. Cuevas and D. Ferrer [6] who plays N. Davydenko [2]

[BigSister]

Federer became a dad this week to twins ^_^

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
Federer became a dad this week to twins ^_^

Ooh yeah why didn't I post that on here?
Mehh oh well! Only babies hehe

[BigSister]

I couldnt find this thread to post it
Its still tennis news though as hes a tennis player ^_^

[Marc]

WTA - Banka Koper Slovenia Open (Slovenia)
Final :
[1] D. Safina df. [5] S. Errani 6-7 6-1 7-5

WTA - NÜRNBERGER GASTEIN LADIES 09 (Austria)
Final :
A. Petrovic df. I. Olaru 6-2 6-3


ATP - Indianapolis Tennis Championships (USA)
Final :
R. Ginepri df. [9] S. Querrey 6-2 6-4

ATP - International German Open (Germany)
Final :
[2] N. Davydenko df. P. Mathieu [13] 6-4 6-2

[Marc]

Big tournament this week for the ladies, Bank of the West Classic. S. Williams, Jankovic, Dementieva, V. Williams, Bartoli, Radwanksa, Cibulkova all seeded for it

[BigSister]

ooh good*rubs hands*

[Marc]

Would also like to mention Errani has done very well recently with two straight finals :) No.38 now her career high has been No.31, hope she can surpass this

[Marc]

BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC
Monday, July 27, 2009

Singles - First Round
(3) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Anne Keothavong (GBR) 61 64
(5) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 63 36 63
(7) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 60 61
Melinda Czink (HUN) d. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 60 75
Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 64 67(6) 61
Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 61 60

Doubles - First Round
(2) Williams/Williams (USA/USA) d. Chen/Washington (TPE/USA) 64 62
Dekmeijere/Ditty (LAT/USA) d. (WC) Barte/Burdette (USA/USA) 64 76(5)

[Marc]

BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC
Stanford, CA-USA
July 27-August 2, 2009
$700,000/Premier
Hard/Outdoors

Second Round

(1) Serena Williams (USA) d. Melinda Czink (HUN) 63 76(7)
(2) Venus Williams (USA) d. (Q) Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 61 75
(4) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 26 62 64
(8) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. (Q) Melanie Oudin (USA) 75 64
Daniela Hantuchova d. (7) Agnieszka Radwanska 46 76(6) 61
(3) Elena Dementieva d. Maria Kirilenko 61 62
Maria Sharapova d. (5) Nadia Petrova 61 62
Samantha Stosur d. Monica Niculescu 61 75

Quarter-Finals:

1. Hantuchova vs. Dementieva
2. S.Williams vs. Stosur
3. Jankovic vs. Bartoli
4. Sharapova vs. V.Williams

[BigSister]

looks agood line up

[Marc]

BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC
Stanford, CA-USA
$700,000/Premier
Hard/Outdoors

Quarter-Finals:

(3) Elena Dementieva df. Daniela Hantuchova 62 64
Samantha Stosur df. (1) Serena Williams 62 36 62
(8) Marion Bartoli df. (4) Jelena Jankovic 36 76(3) 63
(2) Venus Williams df. Maria Sharapova 62 62

Semi-Finals:

(2) Venus Williams d. (3) Elena Dementieva 60 61
(8) Marion Bartoli d. Samantha Stosur 63 16 61

Final:

(8) Marion Bartoli df. (2) Venus Williams 62 57 64


ISTANBUL CUP
Istanbul-TUR
$220,000/International
Hard/Outdoors

Quarter-Finals:

Timea Bacsinszky df. Urszula Radwankska 60 61
(5) Vera Dushevina df. (3) Anabel Medina Garrigues 61 62
(8) Lucie Hradecka df. Marta Domachowska 61 57 64
Andrea Petkovic df. (7) Olga Govortsova 63 63

Semi-Finals:

(5) Vera Dushevina df. Timea Bacsinszky 62 64
(8) Lucie Hradecka df. Andrea Perkovic 67(5) 75 75

Final:

(5) Vera Dushevina df. Lucie Hradecka 60 61

[BigSister]

ooooh re run of 07 Wimbledon final then ^_^(I think )

[Marc]

LA Tennis Open
Los Angeles, USA
$630,500
Hard

Quarter-Finals:

(1) T. Haas df. (8) M. Safin 76(3) 62
(6) S. Querrey df. (4) D. Sela 63 75
C. Ball df. J. Isner 64 64
L. Mayer df. (2) M. Fish wo.

Semi-Finals:

(6)S. Querrey df. (1) T. Haas 63 75
C. Ball df. L. Mayer 75 76(3)



ALLIANZ SUISSE OPEN GSTAAD
Gstaad, Switzerland
€ 450,000
Red Clay

Semi-Finals:

T. Bellucci df. (3) I. Andreev 64 75
A. Beck df. M. Daniel 76 63

Final:
T. Bellucci df. A. Beck 64 76(2)



ATP Studena Croatia Open
Umag, Croatia
€ 450,000
Red Clay

Semi-Finals:

(1) N. Davydenko df. (4) J. Melzer 61 61
(5) J. Ferrero df. (7) A. Seppi 61 67(1) 75

Final:
(1) N. Davydenko df. (5) J. Ferrero 63 60

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
ooooh re run of 07 Wimbledon final then ^_^(I think )

Yeahh :) See how Marion can do this time around.. she's pretty much came out of nowhere getting to the final. She's so on and off

[Jayson]

I need to start watching tennis again :dazzler:

[Marc]

you do Jayson its like... awesome :shocked:

[BigSister]

And i was right(Checked BBC tennis page on interactive red button)

[Gemmer-x]

can't wait for the US Open not long now :cheer:

[BigSister]

Theres a compettion next week as well washington something
And yeah us open cant be too far off now

[Marc]

LA tomorrow for the ladies.. - big tournament
and Cinci!

Rogers Cup next week for the men. Washington this week for men with the likes of Roddick, Del Potro, Robredo, Fish, Berdych, Cilic, Soderling

[BigSister]

Thats the one im talking about. Might try and cay=tch ut as its on sky sports two

[Marc]

Women's LA draw : Here (http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/SEWTATour-Archive/PDFsLive/2009/805/MDS2.pdf)

Men's Washington draw: Here (http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2009/418/mds.pdf)

[Marc]

OMFG

(8) Marion Bartoli df. (2) Venus Williams 62 57 64

To win the title at Stanford! Well Done Marion massive scalp!

[BigSister]

I read that this morning. Well done Marion

[Marc]

WTA Tour - LA Women's Tennis Championships presented by Herbalife
Los Angeles, CA, USA
WTA Premier - $700,000
Hard

Seeds:

(1) Dinara Safina - scheduled to meet (14) J. Zheng in 3rd round
(2) Vera Zvonereva - scheduled to meet (16) F. Schiavone in 3rd round
(3) Victoria Azarenka - scheduled to meet (15) K. Kanepi in 3rd round
(4) Caroline Wozniacki - scheduled to meet (17) S. Lisicki in 3rd round
(5) Nadia Petrova - scheduled to meet (10) F. Pennetta in 3rd round
(6) Ana Ivanovic - scheduled to meet (13) S. Stosur in 3rd round
(7) Dominka Cibulkova - scheduled to meet (12) N. Li in 3rd round
(8) Agnieszka Radwanksa - scheduled to meet (11) V. Razzano in 3rd round

[Noticable floaters; M. Sharapova - scheduled to meet K. Kanepi in 2nd round]


ATP Tour - Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Washington, DC, United States
Hard, DecoTurf 2
$1,402,000

Seeds:

(1) Andy Roddick - scheduled to meet (16) S. Querrey in 3rd round
(2) Juan Martin Del Potro - scheduled to meet (15) D. Sela in 3rd round
(3) Jo-Wilfred Tsonga - scheduled to meet (14) D. Tursunov in 3rd round
(4) Fernando Gonzalez - scheduled to meet (13) I. Andreev in 3rd round
(5) Robin Soderling - scheduled to meet (12) V. Troicki in 3rd round
(6) Marin Cilic - scheduled to meet (11) I. Karlovic in 3rd round
(7) Tommy Robredo - scheduled to meet (10) T. Haas in 3rd round
(8) Tomas Berdych - scheduled to meet (9) M. Fish in 3rd round

[Noticable floaters; L. Hewitt - scheduled to meet D. Sela in 2nd round]

[BigSister]

Yay go Andy and Del poto(He shares my bday thats why)

[Marc]

WTA Los Angeles
Singles - First Round
(10) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (LL) Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 62 57 60
Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) d. (11) Virginie Razzano (FRA) 76(5) 63
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. (15) Kaia Kanepi (EST) 63 76(4)
(Q) Jill Craybas (USA) d. (16) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 76(7) 62
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 36 63 63
Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. Agnes Szavay (HUN) 61 60
Peng Shuai (CHN) d. (Q) Michaella Krajicek (NED) 63 67(4) 63
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 61 63
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 61 61
Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Jarmila Groth (SVK) 60 64
Shahar Peer (ISR) d. (Q) Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) 75 41 ret. (left ankle injury)
Ai Sugiyama (JPN) d. (Q) Carly Gullickson (USA) 63 61
(WC) Vania King (USA) d. Sybille Bammer (AUT) 63 62
(WC) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d. Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 64 64



ATP Washington:
Singles - First Round
M Youzhny (RUS) d R Kendrick (USA) 75 36 61
P Petzschner (GER) d T Gabashvili (RUS) 46 63 64
[Q] S Devvarman (IND) d [Q] Y Sugita (JPN) 60 76(6)
Y Lu (TPE) d [WC] M Russell (USA) 46 61 75
F Dancevic (CAN) d [Q] S Giraldo (COL) 64 63
L Hewitt (AUS) d [WC] D Young (USA) 75 62
J Isner (USA) d A Golubev (KAZ) 76(8) 63
M Gicquel (FRA) d [WC] J Janowicz (POL) 75 26 64
[Q] A Falla (COL) d [Q] J Witten (USA) 61 64
I Kunitsyn (RUS) d F Gil (POR) 76(1) 64

[BigSister]

Yay hewitt won

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
Yay hewitt won

:thumbs2: and sharapova... my two floaters!

[BigSister]

And so she did. yay for her as well
Sorry only glanced at the mens because im not feeling so well got a cold and achyness

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
And so she did. yay for her as well
Sorry only glanced at the mens because im not feeling so well got a cold and achyness

Oh no :( not the flu is it? hope not

[BigSister]

I dont think it is as i dont have a fever yet or a sore throat

[Marc]

WTA Los Angeles
Singles - Second Round
(2) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Peng Shuai (CHN) 36 63 76(6)
(6) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. (WC) Vania King (USA) 64 46 61

Singles - First Round
(12) Li Na (CHN) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 60 20 ret. (GI illness)
(13) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Monica Niculescu (ROU) 61 62
(14) Zheng Jie (CHN) d. (Q) Olga Savchuk (UKR) 75 16 62
(17) Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. (Q) Kimiko Date Krumm (JPN) 76(5) 26 75
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. (Q) Melanie Oudin (USA) 67(3) 62 62
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. (WC) Michelle Larcher de Brito (POR) 64 75
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 75 75
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. Melinda Czink (HUN) 36 64 61
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. (Q) Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 46 63 61
Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. Julie Coin (FRA) 61 62




ATP Washington:
Singles - Second Round
[2] J Del Potro (ARG) d Y Lu (TPE) 46 63 62
[Q] S Devvarman (IND) d [6] M Cilic (CRO) 75 64
[8] T Berdych (CZE) d E Gulbis (LAT) 62 76(6)
[10] T Haas (GER) d F Dancevic (CAN) 61 46 64

Singles - First Round
[Q] S de Chaunac (FRA) d D Istomin (UZB) 63 76(7)
B Becker (GER) d R Ginepri (USA) 76(3) 67(1) 76(4)
J Ferrero (ESP) d [LL] N Lapentti (ECU) 64 67(5) 60
R Schuettler (GER) d L Mayer (ARG) 61 36 76(5)

[BigSister]

Yay del potro won as well

[Marc]

WTA - Los Angeles

Singles - Second Round
(1) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 62 64
Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (3) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 67(4) 64 62
(5) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. Shahar Peer (ISR) 64 26 63
Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. (7) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 64 67(6) 64
(8) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 62 61
(10) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (WC) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 62 64
(12) Li Na (CHN) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 46 64 62
(13) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 62 64
(14) Zheng Jie (CHN) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 64 46 60
(17) Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 61 64
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 57 64 75
Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) d. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 63 36 61
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. (Q) Jill Craybas (USA) 76(2) 61



ATP - Washington

Singles - Second Round
[1] A Roddick (USA) d B Becker (GER) 63 62
J Isner (USA) d [3] J Tsonga (FRA) 46 76(2) 76(4)
[4] F Gonzalez (CHI) d [Q] A Falla (COL) 75 75
[5] R Soderling (SWE) d M Youzhny (RUS) 63 61
J Ferrero (ESP) d [7] T Robredo (ESP) 63 62
P Petzschner (GER) d [9] M Fish (USA) 16 64 61
[11] I Karlovic (CRO) d R Schuettler (GER) 64 75
M Gicquel (FRA) d [12] V Troicki (SRB) 30 ret. (right foot)
W Odesnik (USA) d [13] I Andreev (RUS) 26 75 64
[Q] S de Chaunac (FRA) d [14] D Tursunov (RUS) 36 76(3) 75
L Hewitt (AUS) d [15] D Sela (ISR) 63 26 62
[16] S Querrey (USA) d I Kunitsyn (RUS) 63 64

[BigSister]

Yay and yay. Go Maria and Lleyton ^_^

[Marc]

WTA - Los Angeles

Singles - Third Round
(14) Zheng Jie (CHN) d. (1) Dinara Safina (RUS) 75 46 64
(2) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 76(5) 46 64
(10) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (5) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 63 63
(13) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (6) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 63 62
(8) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 63 62
Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. (12) Li Na (CHN) w/o (right knee injury)
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. (17) Sabine Lisicki (GER) 63 10 ret. (shoulder injury)
Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 46 60 63


ATP - Washington

Singles - Third Round
[1] A Roddick (USA) d [16] S Querrey (USA) 76(4) 64
[2] J Del Potro (ARG) d L Hewitt (AUS) 64 36 76(2)
[4] F Gonzalez (CHI) d W Odesnik (USA) 62 64
[5] R Soderling (SWE) d M Gicquel (FRA) 75 57 63
[8] T Berdych (CZE) d P Petzschner (GER) 46 63 63
[10] T Haas (GER) d J Ferrero (ESP) 75 26 61
[11] I Karlovic (CRO) d [Q] S Devvarman (IND) 75 61
J Isner (USA) d [Q] S de Chaunac (FRA) 62 64

[BigSister]

aww my birthday friend beat Hewitt but yay for roddick and sharapova

[Marc]

Sharapova should get through to the semi's quite easily... she'll either play Penetta or Zvonereva if she does.. which shouldn't be too hard for her! I predict her getting to the final and playing against Stosur :thumbs: I'd like that :spin2:

Men's is harder to predict but I see Roddick winning the title possibly with ease

[BigSister]

That be good enough for me
And if that is the final i wouldnt be too fussed either as i like both women sharpova a bit more though
And adds yay Del Potro got through

[Marc]

WTA : Los Angeles

Singles - Quarterfinals
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. (8) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 76(4) 16 75
(13) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (14) Zheng Jie (CHN) 46 63 64
Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Urszula Radwanska (POL) 64 75
(10) Flavia Penetta (ITA) d. (2) Vera Zvonereva (RUS) 64 62


ATP : Washington

Singles - Quarter-finals
[2] J Del Potro (ARG) d [5] R Soderling (SWE) walkover (right elbow)
[4] F Gonzalez (CHI) d [10] T Haas (GER) 75 64
[1] A Roddick (USA) d [11] I Karlovic (CRO) 76(4) 76(5)
J Isner (USA) d [8] T Berdych (CZE) 63 67(10) 62

[Marc]

Semis:

Stosur Vs. Cirstea
Sharapova Vs. Penneta

Roddick Vs. Isner
Gonzalez Vs. Del Potro

[BigSister]

ooh might be a roddick del potro final
And you might be right about womens too

[Marc]

Roddick Vs. Gonzalez I think
Sharapova Vs. erm... eee I dunno I'll say Cirstea now!

[BigSister]

Lol changing your mind now
Del potro shares my birthday though so i hope he gets through(I only found that out recentely(

[Gemmer-x]

glad Roddick got through, was a close match

[Marc]

Was always going to be a close match with those two Gemmer.. they both have massive serves... bet it was quite a boring match to watch.

LOL Rebecca you should like people for their game not their D.O.B :tongue:

[BigSister]

I do that as well and i liked him before hand as well but i like him even more now ^_^

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
I do that as well and i liked him before hand as well but i like him even more now ^_^

:laugh: hehehehe

[Gemmer-x]

aha it was actually quite interesting to watch, as like you said, they both have huge serves and both managed to break each other's serve a couple of times so i wasn't sure who would edge it..
i only watched it because there was nothing else on though :tongue:

[Marc]

WTA - Los Angeles

Semi Finals:

(13) Samantha Stosur (AUS) df. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 63 62
(10) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Maria Sharapova (RUS) 62 46 63


(1) Dinara Safina - l. to (14) J. Zheng R3
(2) Vera Zvonereva - l. to (10) F. Pennetta QF
(3) Victoria Azarenka - l. to M. Sharapova R2
(4) Caroline Wozniacki - l. to S. Cirstea R2
(5) Nadia Petrova - l. to (10) F. Pennetta R3
(6) Ana Ivanovic - l. to (13) S. Stosur R3
(7) Dominka Cibulkova - l. to U.Randwanska R2
(8) Agnieszka Radwanksa - l. to S. Cirstea QF
(10) Flavia Penneta - plays S. Stosur
(11) Virginie Razzano - l. to A. Chekvetadze R1
(12) Na Li - w/o U. Radwanska R3
(13) Samantha Stosur - plays F. Penneta
(14) Jie Zheng - l. to (13) S. Stosur QF
(15) Kaia Kanepi - l. to L. Safarova R1
(16) Francesca Schiavone - l. to J. Craybas R1
(17) Sabine Lisicki - l. to S. Cirstea R3


ATP - Washington

Semi Finals:

[2] J. Del Potro (ARG) d. [4] F. Gonzalez (CHI) 76(2) 63
[1] A Roddick (USA) d J Isner (USA) 67(3) 62 75


(1) Andy Roddick - plays [2] J. Del Potro
(2) Juan Martin Del Potro - plays [1] A. Roddick
(3) Jo-Wilfred Tsonga - l. to J. Isner R2
(4) Fernando Gonzalez - l. to [2] J. Del Potro SF
(5) Robin Soderling - l. to [2] J. Del Potro QF
(6) Marin Cilic - l. to Devvarman R2
(7) Tommy Robredo - l. to J. Ferrero R2
(8) Tomas Berdych - l. to J. Isner QF
(9) Mardy Fish - l. to P. Petzchner R2
(10) Tommy Haas - l. to F. Gonzalez QF
(11) Ivo Karlovic - l. [1] A. Roddick QF
(12) Viktor Troicki - l. to M. Gicquel R2
(13) Igor Andreev - l. to W. Odesnik R2
(14) Dmitry Tursunov - l. to S. De Chaunac R2
(15) Dudi Sela - l. to L. Hewitt R2
(16) Sam Querrey - l. to [1] A. Roddick R3

[BigSister]

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy i was right*ahem* hehe
And womens 1 down 1 to go

[Marc]

Sharapova is out!
Stosur/Pennetta final.

Del Potro/Roddick final. oooo :laugh:

[Alf]

get your money on andy murray for the us open, i've had a tip for him of a good source

[BigSister]

aww poor maria
But i was right for mens*does happy dance*

[Marc]

My women's final prediction went t*ts up LOL
but men's was right! I knew I should have stuck with Stosur.. damn me

[Marc]

WTA - Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH, USA
$2,000,000
Hard Court


(1) Dinara Safina - scheduled to meet (15) D. Cibulkova in 3rd round
(2) Serena Williams - scheduled to meet (13) A. Radwanska in 3rd round
(3) Venus Williams - scheduled to meet (14) F. Pennetta in 3rd round
(4) Elena Dementieva - scheduled to meet (16) V. Razzano in 3rd round
(5) Jelena Jankovic - scheduled to meet (9) V. Azarenka in 3rd round
(6) Svetlana Kuznetsova - scheduled to meet (12) M. Bartoli in 3rd round
(7) Vera Zvonereva - scheduled to meet (10) N. Petrova in 3rd round
(8) Caroline Wozniacki - scheduled to meet (11) A. Ivanovic in 3rd round

[Floaters; Clijsters, Szavay, Cirstea]

Full draw: HERE (http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/SEWTATour-Archive/PDFsLive/2009/1017/MDS2.pdf)

ATP - Montreal
Montreal, Canada
$3,000,000
Hard Court

(1) Roger Federer - scheduled to meet (16) R. Stepanek in 3rd round
(2) Rafael Nadal - scheduled to meet (15) T. Robredo in 3rd round
(3) Andy Murray - scheduled to meet (13) G. Monfils in 3rd round
(4) Novak Djokovic - scheduled to meet (14) M. Cilic in 3rd round
(5) Andy Roddick - scheduled to meet (10) F. Verdasco in 3rd round
(6) Juan Martin Del Potro - scheduled to meet (17) T. Berdych in 3rd round
(7) Jo-Wilfred Tsonga - scheduled to meet (9) G. Simon in 3rd round
(8) Nikolay Davydenko - scheduled to meet (11)F. Gonzalez in 3rd round

[Floaters; Hewitt, Haas, Karlovic, Safin]

Full draw: HERE (http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2009/421/mds.pdf)

[BigSister]

This is more like it *does happy dance*
Starts tommorow:hello:

[Marc]

ATP - Washington

Final:
[2] J. Del Potro (ARG) d. [1] A. Roddick (USA) 36 75 76(6)


(1) Andy Roddick - l. to [2] J. Del Potro F
(2) Juan Martin Del Potro - Won Title
(3) Jo-Wilfred Tsonga - l. to J. Isner R2
(4) Fernando Gonzalez - l. to [2] J. Del Potro SF
(5) Robin Soderling - l. to [2] J. Del Potro QF
(6) Marin Cilic - l. to Devvarman R2
(7) Tommy Robredo - l. to J. Ferrero R2
(8) Tomas Berdych - l. to J. Isner QF
(9) Mardy Fish - l. to P. Petzchner R2
(10) Tommy Haas - l. to F. Gonzalez QF
(11) Ivo Karlovic - l. [1] A. Roddick QF
(12) Viktor Troicki - l. to M. Gicquel R2
(13) Igor Andreev - l. to W. Odesnik R2
(14) Dmitry Tursunov - l. to S. De Chaunac R2
(15) Dudi Sela - l. to L. Hewitt R2
(16) Sam Querrey - l. to [1] A. Roddick R3


WTA - Los Angeles

Final:
(10) F. Pennetta (ITA) d. (13) S. Stosur (AUS) 64 63


(1) Dinara Safina - l. to (14) J. Zheng R3
(2) Vera Zvonereva - l. to (10) F. Pennetta QF
(3) Victoria Azarenka - l. to M. Sharapova R2
(4) Caroline Wozniacki - l. to S. Cirstea R2
(5) Nadia Petrova - l. to (10) F. Pennetta R3
(6) Ana Ivanovic - l. to (13) S. Stosur R3
(7) Dominka Cibulkova - l. to U.Randwanska R2
(8) Agnieszka Radwanksa - l. to S. Cirstea QF
(10) Flavia Penneta - Won Title
(11) Virginie Razzano - l. to A. Chekvetadze R1
(12) Na Li - w/o U. Radwanska R3
(13) Samantha Stosur - l. to F. Penneta F
(14) Jie Zheng - l. to (13) S. Stosur QF
(15) Kaia Kanepi - l. to L. Safarova R1
(16) Francesca Schiavone - l. to J. Craybas R1
(17) Sabine Lisicki - l. to S. Cirstea R3


:hello: yay for Pennetta!!

[Marc]

WTA - Cincinnati

Singles - First Round
(9) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Kaia Kanepi (EST) 63 76(2)
(11) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. (Q) Melanie Oudin (USA) 26 61 61
(WC) Kim Clijsters (BEL) d. (12) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 64 63
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) d. (16) Virginie Razzano (FRA) 63 36 64
Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. Gisela Dulko (ARG) 64 60
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 60 63
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 63 76(7)
Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. (Q) Tatjana Malek (GER) 64 61
Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 75 63
Melinda Czink (HUN) d. Alizé Cornet (FRA) 63 62
(Q) Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 62 62
(Q) Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 61 63

ATP - Montreal

Singles - First Round
[9] G Simon (FRA) d [WC] F Dancevic (CAN) 61 62
[13] G Monfils (FRA) d M Safin (RUS) 62 36 62
M Youzhny (RUS) d [14] M Cilic (CRO) 46 76(4) 61
[WC] F Niemeyer (CAN) d I Kunitsyn (RUS) 75 61
R Schuettler (GER) d F Serra (FRA) 64 60
I Andreev (RUS) d D Tursunov (RUS) 55 ret. (ankle)
P Mathieu (FRA) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 75 06 61
J Chardy (FRA) d Y Lu (TPE) 67(5) 63 64
[WC] P Polansky (CAN) d [WC] B Agostinelli (CAN) 63 76(6)
S Wawrinka (SUI) d N Kiefer (GER) 64 61
P Petzschner (GER) d S Querrey (USA) 75 63
L Mayer (ARG) d M Zverev (GER) 76(6) 63

[BigSister]

Aww Andy lost but yay for Del potro
Surprised for the womens though but well done to her

[Marc]

Results updated!

Clijsters won! :bigsmile:

[BigSister]

Yay ive seen her*does happy dance*
Well done Kim

[Gemmer-x]

ooh Murray serving for the match now against Chardy eeeeeeee

[Marc]

:hello: he's playing okay.. not overly great but he doesn't need to be!

[Marc]

(3) Andy Murray (GBR) d. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 64 62 :hello:

[Gemmer-x]

yay! :hugesmile:

[BigSister]

Yay again
Well done murray
How have federer and nadal done or do they have byes
Oh and well done ferrero as well i call him ferrero rosche lol

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
Yay again
Well done murray
How have federer and nadal done or do they have byes
Oh and well done ferrero as well i call him ferrero rosche lol

Nadal and Federer haven't played yet, they have both received byes (as has Murray)

Federer plays later tonight and Nadal tomorrow

[BigSister]

thanks ill prob know tommorow when i come home from work

[Marc]

WTA - Cincinnati

Singles Second Round:
(1) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 26 75 64
(3) Venus Williams (USA) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 62 62
(6) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 63 67(2) 76(4)

Singles First Round:
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. (10) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 63 62
(13) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 62 61
(14) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. [Q] Ayumi Mortia (JPN) 62 63
Shuai Peng (CHN) d. (15) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 62 61
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 63 64
Agnes Szavay (HUN) d. [Q] Urszula Radwanska (POL) 75 75
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Sara Errani (ITA) 36 63 61
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 75 75
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 64 61
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. Aravane Rezai (FRA) 63 63
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) d. Vera Dushieva (RUS) 64 36 63
Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. Jie Zheng (CHN) 62 46 62

ATP - Montreal

Singles Second Round
(1) Roger Federer (SWI) d. Frederic Niemeyer (CAN) 76(3) 64
(3) Andy Murray (GBR) d. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 64 62
(4) Novak Djokovic (SRB) d. Peter Polansky (CAN) 64 76(8)
(8) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) d. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 76(4) 76(2)

Singles First Round
(10) Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d. Feliciano Lopex (ESP) 61 67(5) 61
(11) Fernando Gonzalez (ESP) d. Milos Raonic (CAN) 46 76(6) 64 - saved 1 M.P
(15) Tommy Robredo (ESP) d. Alex Bogomolov Jr (USA) 64 62
Andrey Golubev (KAZ) d. (16) Radek Stepanek (CZE) 63 64
Phillipp Kohlschreiber (GER) d. (17) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 76(5) 67(9) 64
Victor Hanescu (ROU) d. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 64 63
John Isner (USA) d. Jesse Levine (USA) 63 64
Alejandro Falla (COL) d. Dudi Sela (ISR) 64 36 63
Tommy Haas (GER) d. Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 46 76(3) 64
Jan Hernych (CZE) d. Julien Benneteau (FRA) 62 63
David Ferrer (ESP) d. Viktor Troicki (SRB) 63 60
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) d. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 61 64

[BigSister]

Yay djoko won as well ^_^ and Federer

[Marc]

WTA - Cincinnati

Singles Second Round
(2) Serena Williams (USA) d. Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 63 62
(4) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 63 64
(5) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 76(6) 63
(7) Vera Zvonereva (RUS) d. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 64 16 75
(8) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Alexandra Wozniak (CAN) 46 64 64
(9) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 64 62
Melinda Czink (HUN) d. (11) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 76(6) 75
Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. (13) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 60 75
(14) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Agnes Szavay (HUN) 62 64
[W] Kim Clijsters (BEL) d. Patty Schnyder (SWI) 62 75
Shuai Peng (CHN) d. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 57 62 61
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Alona Bondarenko (URK) 75 16 64
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) 63 62


ATP - Montreal

Singles Second Round
(2) Rafael Nadal (ESP) d. David Ferrer (ESP) 43. ret
(5) Andy Roddick (USA) d. Igor Andreev (RUS) 61 76(3)
(6) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) d. Jan Hernych (CZE) 62 75
(7) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Rainer Schuettler (GER) 46 63 64
(9) Giles Simon (FRA) d. Alejandro Falla (COL) 46 62 62
(10) Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d. Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 61 61
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) d. (13) Gael Monfils (FRA) 63 76(7)
Peter Petzschner (GER) d. (15) Tommy Robredo (ESP) 76(2) 76(4)
Mikel Youzhny (RUS) d. John Isner (USA) 67(8) 61 63
Victor Hanescu (ROU) d. Phillip Kohlschreiber (GER) 63 46 75
Stanislas Wawrinka (SWI) d. Andrey Golubev (KAZ) 75 64

[Gemmer-x]

Ferrero beats Monfils 6-3 7-6 woop i wanted him to win :)
he plays Murray tomorrow..

[BigSister]

oooh ferrero rosche plays Murray again
And both Andy R and Del potro wins again

[Marc]

Ana out :(

But Clijsters and Cirstea are through woo!

[Marc]

WTA - Cincinatti

Singles - Third Round
(1) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. Peng Shaui (CHN) 63 64
Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. (2) Serena Williams (USA) 75 64 WATCH HIGHLIGHTS (http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/Video/HighlightsDetail/0,,12781~1754131,00.html)
(14) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (3) Venus Williams (USA) 76(2) 64 WATCH HIGHLIGHTS (http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/Video/HighlightsDetail/0,,12781~1754129,00.html)
(4) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 64 64
(5) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (9) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 75 76(4)
(WC) Kim Clijsters (BEL) d. (6) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 64 46 62 WATCH HIGHLIGHTS (http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/Video/HighlightsDetail/0,,12781~1754130,00.html)
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. (7) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 76(6) 06 76(5)
(8) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Melinda Czink (HUN) 30 ret. (low back injury)


ATP - Montreal

Singles - Third Round
(1) Roger Federer (SWI) d. Stanislas Wawrinka (SWI) 63 76(5)
(2) Rafeal Nadal (ESP) d. Peter Petzschner (GER) 63 62
(3) Andy Murray (GBR) d Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 61 63
(4) Novak Djokovic (SRB) d Mikel Youzhny (RUS) 63 64
(5) Andy Roddick (USA) d (10) Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 76(2) 46 76(5)
(6) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) d Victor Hanescu (ROU) 36 63 64
(7) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. (9) Giles Simon (FRA) 63 63
(8) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) d. (11) Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 76(2) 75

[BigSister]

aww poor Ana but yay for Kim *does happy dance*

[Marc]

I hope Kim can beat Kuznetsova!

[BigSister]

Same but shes doing great whatever, Cant wait for USA open now

[Gemmer-x]

Murray thrashes Ferrero 6'1 6'3 :cheer: Brilliant performance by Andy tonight!

[BigSister]

yayyy
And Roddick and del potro won as well ^_^

[Marc]

Scores updated... Clijsters just beat Kuznetsova to reach the Quarter Finals! Thats bloodly brilliant! :hugesmile:
Glad Murray is continuing his good form, looks a much better result than the first round. I was at work so I didn't see it

[BigSister]

yayyy
And Roddick and del potro won as well ^_^

[BigSister]

yayyy
And Roddick and del potro won as well ^_^
Well done Kimi as well ^_^

[Marc]

Very happy Kim won! she's playing so well

[BigSister]

Same here ^_^

[Marc]

WTA - Cincinnati

Singles, Quarter Finals
(1) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. Kim Clijsters (BEL) 62 75 WATCH HIGHLIGHTS (http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/Video/HighlightsDetail/0,,12781~1755480,00.html)
(4) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. (8) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 62 61 WATCH HIGHLIGHTS (http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/Video/HighlightsDetail/0,,12781~1755482,00.html)
(5) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Sybille Bammer (AUT) 60 63
(14) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 63 63 WATCH HIGHLIGHTS (http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/Video/HighlightsDetail/0,,12781~1755481,00.html)


ATP - Montreal

Singles, Quarter Finals
(7) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. (1) Roger Federer (SWI) 76(5) 16 76(3)
(6) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) d. (2) Rafael Nadal (ESP) 75(5) 61
(3) Andy Murray (GBR) d. (8) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 62 64
(5) Andy Roddick (USA) d. (4) Novak Djokovic (SRB) 64 76(4)

[BigSister]

noooooooooooooooooooooooooo Nadal plays my birthday person
same with djoko and roddick*cries*
And kimi plays safina as well. that will be tough

[Marc]

Yeah kimmy has a tough one!

I just added highlights to the above results!

[Marc]

Quarter Final result:

(3) Andy Murray (GBR) d. (8) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 62 64

Into the semi-final.. possible meeting with Federer

[BigSister]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooop yay
You dont understand how happy thats made me(Dont really like his opponant)
If he loses to Federer than its not too bad

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
wooooooooooooooooooooooooop yay
You dont understand how happy thats made me(Dont really like his opponant)
If he loses to Federer than its not too bad

Hmm I'm not a massive fan of Nikolay, he is very on and off but I am very happy to see Murray in the semi finals!

[BigSister]

Its for personal reasons as well
And yep another semi final for Murray

[Gemmer-x]

wahoooooo! yayayayyayay [abit excited?! :D]
Murray da' man :dazzler:

[Gemmer-x]

Tsonga takes the first set against Feds, brilliant tie-breaker

[Marc]

Some excellent points in that tie breaker! :D

[Marc]

Kim out :( 62 75 defeat to Safina

[Gemmer-x]

oh dear, feel bad for tsonga, he's playing rubbish now :(

[Marc]

LOL he's only won like 1 game in the past 11

[Gemmer-x]

he's kind of picked it up now mid-third set. would love him to break fed's serve now and bring it to 5-5

[Marc]

Anti climax? build up before the end..?

[Gemmer-x]

haha! he's managed to break! this has been an interesting match :bigsmile:

[Gemmer-x]

OMG tsonga has match point! wtf! this is un-believeable

[Gemmer-x]

.. and federer has managed to save 3 break points! now it's a tie-breaker eeeep
if only tsonga played this well during the 2nd set..

[Gemmer-x]

Tsonga wins! oh my. what an amazing victory.

[BigSister]

aww poor Kim
but OMG Federer is out. Knowing Murray hell prob lose

[Marc]

LOL Murray really needs to play his best tennis tomorrow!

[BigSister]

I hope so*crosses fingers*

[Marc]

WTA - Cincinnati

Singles, Semi Finals
(1) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. (14) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 62 60
(5) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (4) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 76(2) 06 76(6)



ATP - Montreal

Singles, Semi Finals
(3) Andy Murray (GBR) d. (7) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 64 76(8)
(6) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) d. (5) Andy Roddick (USA) 46 62 75

[BigSister]

Andy won again*does happy dance*
Hes number 2 now as well

[Marc]

he hasn't won yet? lol

[BigSister]

It said on radio he had*is confused*

[Marc]

he's won the first set :)

[BigSister]

I swear on radio he said hes through to the final*kicks BBC*

[BigSister]

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR BBC is just so stupid he hasnt won yet but i swear they said on radio. Oh well

[Marc]

break points to serve for the match and world no2.

[BigSister]

oooooooooooooooooooooooooh*crosses fingers*

[Marc]

FFS :mad:

[BigSister]

what now....

[Marc]

C'mon Murray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WORLD NUMBER TWO!

[BigSister]

yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
I knew he was on tiebreaker
*does happy dance*

[Gemmer-x]

that was a ridiculously hard match to watch especially towards the end, and especially with andy's serve being rubbish but really happy with the result!
Andy into the final and into the world no.2 ranking spot! :cheer2::cheer2:

[Marc]

WTA - Cincinnati

Singles Final
(5) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (1) Dinara Safina (RUS) 64 62


(1) Dinara Safina - l. to J. Jankovic F
(2) Serena Williams - l. to S. Bammer
(3) Venus Williams - l. to Pennetta R3
(4) Elena Demetieva - l. to J. Jankovic SF
(5) Jelena Jankovic - winner
(6) Svetlana Kuznetsova - l. to K. Clijsters R3
(7) Vera Zvonereva - l. to D. Hantuchova R3
(8) Caroline Wozniacki - l. to E. Dementieva QF
(9) Victoria Azarenka - l. to J. Jankovic R3
(10) Nadia Petrova - l. to A. Bonderenko R1
(11) Ana Ivanovic - l. to M. Czink R2
(12) Marion Bartoli - l. to K. Clijsters R1
(13) Agnieszka Radwanska - l. to S. Bammer R2
(14) Flavia Pennetta - l. to D. Safina SF
(15) Dominika Cibulkova - l. to S. Peng R1
(16) Virginie Razzano - l. to A. Groenefeld R1


ATP - Montreal

Singles Final
(3) Andy Murray (GBR) df. (6) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 67(4) 76(3) 61


(1) Roger Federer - l. to J. Tsonga QF
(2) Rafael Nadal - l. to J. Del Potro QF
(3) Andy Murray - winner
(4) Novak Djokovic - l. to A. Roddick QF
(5) Andy Roddick - l. to J. Del Potro SF
(6) Juan Martin Del Potro - l. to A. Murray F
(7) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - l. to A. Murray SF
(8) Nikolay Davydenko - l. to A. Murray QF
(9) Giles Simon - l. to J. Tsonga R3
(10) Fernando Verdasco - l. to A. Roddick R3
(11) Fernando Gonzalez - l. to N. Davydenko R3
(12) Robin Soderling - retired (right shoulder)
(13) Gael Monfils - l. to J. Ferrero R2
(14) Marin Cilic - l. to M. Youzhny R1
(15) Tommy Robredo - t. to Petzschner R2
(16) Radek Stepanek - l. to A. Golubev R1
(17) Tomas Berdych - l. to P. Kohlschreiber R1

[BigSister]

*kicks del potro*
Murray vs my birthday friend

[Marc]

I want to top this thread... the football is topped so why can't this one be

[BigSister]

I agree nods
Although Murray lost the first set this thread rocks

[Lee.]

I forgot all about this tonight. What's the score?

[BigSister]

Murray lost first set 6-7 not sure about the 2nd set

[Marc]

4-4 second set

[Jayson]

Marc, only 3 people post in here, it doesn't need to be topped :conf2:

[Marc]

It can be topped at my discretion kthnx

Murray just took second set!

[BigSister]

Woop yay ^_^I dunno who im supporting....

[Marc]

Murray commanding lead :D

[BigSister]

Yay!
And im only joking at the dunno who im supporting

[Lee.]

Is this best of 5?

[Marc]

Nope!

Murray wins 67 76 61 :hello:

[BigSister]

*does happy dance*
Great week for murray

[Lee.]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
Nope!

Murray wins 67 76 61 :hello:

Really?? Woooo Hoooo!

When does the U.S open start? I think I may have to subscribe to Sky Sports!

[BigSister]

31st August so 2 weeks tommorow

[Gemmer-x]

AHHHHHHHHHHHH! yes yes yes :D
that was so hard to watch during the 2nd set, i actually gave up and turned it off.. lasted about 5mins then it was back on :tongue:
so glad murray got the win despite not playing amazingly tonight he deserves it
bring on cincinatti (sp?) next week!

[Gemmer-x]

-dances- :cheer:

[BigSister]

Yeah I didnt know he was the holder of that title next week
Theres lots ive got to learn

[Gemmer-x]

haha yeah, murray has to defend his title in Cincinatti, i'm sure he's up for the challenge and is perfectly capable of doing it ;)

[BigSister]

Indeed I agree
Theres another tournament after that one as well. i was reading up about it on wikipedia

[Gemmer-x]

really? before the US open? yikes that's alot of tennis in not alot of time lol

[BigSister]

yup but i dunno if murray will play in that one as well

[Marc]

Cincinnati for the men and Toronto for the women

[Marc]

WTA - Toronto
Singles - First Round
Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (10) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 63 64
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. (13) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 64 63
(14) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 63 63
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. (15) Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) 62 36 61
Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (Q) Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) 76(2) 76(4)
Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 62 61
Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 36 64 62
Agnes Szavay (HUN) d. (WC) Valérie Tétreault (CAN) 62 64
Aravane Rezai (FRA) d. Alizé Cornet (FRA) 64 75
Ai Sugiyama (JPN) d. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 63 64
(Q) Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. (WC) Stéphanie Dubois (CAN) 61 62
(Q) Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. (Q) Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 76(4) 62


ATP - Cincinnati

Singles - First Round
[9] G Simon (FRA) d [WC] W Odesnik (USA) 63 62
I Karlovic (CRO) d [13] G Monfils (FRA) 64 67(5) 76(2)
[14] M Cilic (CRO) d J Ferrero (ESP) 63 64
J Chardy (FRA) d [15] T Robredo (ESP) 63 75
[16] R Stepanek (CZE) d V Troicki (SRB) 76(2) 10 ret. (foot)
I Andreev (RUS) d N Kiefer (GER) 61 75
B Becker (GER) d M Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 63 63
N Almagro (ESP) d D Sela (ISR) 64 10 ret. (groin)
P Mathieu (FRA) d M Zverev (GER) 67(4) 75 63
[Q] I Ljubicic (CRO) d F Serra (FRA) 46 63 64
D Ferrer (ESP) d S Wawrinka (SUI) 75 62
J Acasuso (ARG) d [Q] L Kubot (POL) 64 63
[WC] M Safin (RUS) d [WC] R Ginepri (USA) 75 76(2)
S Querrey (USA) d [Q] Y Lu (TPE) 63 64

[Lee.]

I caanot enjoy women's tennis for some reason.. I'll watch it if it's one of the biggies playing but I lose interest every time. I could watch men's tennis for hours, even if I'm not sure who the players are!

[Marc]

Originally posted by happyland
I caanot enjoy women's tennis for some reason.. I'll watch it if it's one of the biggies playing but I lose interest every time. I could watch men's tennis for hours, even if I'm not sure who the players are!

Aw thats a shame, women's tennis is getting stronger and better with every tournament. The competition is becoming immense, some really great youngsters emerging :)

But a lot of people are like you, they prefer men's tennis. Suppose its faster and harder. Plus murray is doing amazingly so it's great to watch him! :laugh:

[Lee.]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
Originally posted by happyland
I caanot enjoy women's tennis for some reason.. I'll watch it if it's one of the biggies playing but I lose interest every time. I could watch men's tennis for hours, even if I'm not sure who the players are!

Aw thats a shame, women's tennis is getting stronger and better with every tournament. The competition is becoming immense, some really great youngsters emerging :)

But a lot of people are like you, they prefer men's tennis. Suppose its faster and harder. Plus murray is doing amazingly so it's great to watch him! :laugh:

Yeah I love watching Andy... His mum used to coach at our local tennis club and Andy has trained there so I feel especially proud of him.

I have always had a thing for Lleyton Hewitt too.. I adore him and love watching him play..

The screaming and grunting during women'smatches puts me off a lot. I had to turn tv down quite a few times during Wimbledon this year and then it's not really the same!

[Marc]

Originally posted by happyland
Originally posted by Marcjswp
Originally posted by happyland
I caanot enjoy women's tennis for some reason.. I'll watch it if it's one of the biggies playing but I lose interest every time. I could watch men's tennis for hours, even if I'm not sure who the players are!

Aw thats a shame, women's tennis is getting stronger and better with every tournament. The competition is becoming immense, some really great youngsters emerging :)

But a lot of people are like you, they prefer men's tennis. Suppose its faster and harder. Plus murray is doing amazingly so it's great to watch him! :laugh:

Yeah I love watching Andy... His mum used to coach at our local tennis club and Andy has trained there so I feel especially proud of him.

I have always had a thing for Lleyton Hewitt too.. I adore him and love watching him play..

The screaming and grunting during women'smatches puts me off a lot. I had to turn tv down quite a few times during Wimbledon this year and then it's not really the same!

I know how you feel I HATE the screaming and grunting, I don't think its necessary in the game, I can't see how it can help a player much. It can put off their opponents though and thats not cool. Thats cool that Judy used to coach at your local tennis club! I'm guessing your from Scotland then?

Yeah you can't really not like Hewitt or the golden oldies (not even that old) like Safin, Ferrero, they've brought so much to the game in their wonder years! Especially Hewitt.. QF at wimbledon this year was amazing

[Lee.]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
Originally posted by happyland
Originally posted by Marcjswp
Originally posted by happyland
I caanot enjoy women's tennis for some reason.. I'll watch it if it's one of the biggies playing but I lose interest every time. I could watch men's tennis for hours, even if I'm not sure who the players are!

Aw thats a shame, women's tennis is getting stronger and better with every tournament. The competition is becoming immense, some really great youngsters emerging :)

But a lot of people are like you, they prefer men's tennis. Suppose its faster and harder. Plus murray is doing amazingly so it's great to watch him! :laugh:

Yeah I love watching Andy... His mum used to coach at our local tennis club and Andy has trained there so I feel especially proud of him.

I have always had a thing for Lleyton Hewitt too.. I adore him and love watching him play..

The screaming and grunting during women'smatches puts me off a lot. I had to turn tv down quite a few times during Wimbledon this year and then it's not really the same!

I know how you feel I HATE the screaming and grunting, I don't think its necessary in the game, I can't see how it can help a player much. It can put off their opponents though and thats not cool. Thats cool that Judy used to coach at your local tennis club! I'm guessing your from Scotland then?

Yeah you can't really not like Hewitt or the golden oldies (not even that old) like Safin, Ferrero, they've brought so much to the game in their wonder years! Especially Hewitt.. QF at wimbledon this year was amazing

His supporters were amazing this year.. they really created a fantastic atmosphere!

[Marc]

Originally posted by happyland
Originally posted by Marcjswp
Originally posted by happyland
Originally posted by Marcjswp
Originally posted by happyland
I caanot enjoy women's tennis for some reason.. I'll watch it if it's one of the biggies playing but I lose interest every time. I could watch men's tennis for hours, even if I'm not sure who the players are!

Aw thats a shame, women's tennis is getting stronger and better with every tournament. The competition is becoming immense, some really great youngsters emerging :)

But a lot of people are like you, they prefer men's tennis. Suppose its faster and harder. Plus murray is doing amazingly so it's great to watch him! :laugh:

Yeah I love watching Andy... His mum used to coach at our local tennis club and Andy has trained there so I feel especially proud of him.

I have always had a thing for Lleyton Hewitt too.. I adore him and love watching him play..

The screaming and grunting during women'smatches puts me off a lot. I had to turn tv down quite a few times during Wimbledon this year and then it's not really the same!

I know how you feel I HATE the screaming and grunting, I don't think its necessary in the game, I can't see how it can help a player much. It can put off their opponents though and thats not cool. Thats cool that Judy used to coach at your local tennis club! I'm guessing your from Scotland then?

Yeah you can't really not like Hewitt or the golden oldies (not even that old) like Safin, Ferrero, they've brought so much to the game in their wonder years! Especially Hewitt.. QF at wimbledon this year was amazing

His supporters were amazing this year.. they really created a fantastic atmosphere!

He deserves everything he's getting, such a hard worker and its shown! Glad he's no.2 and he's soon to win his first GS :spin:

[Lee.]

Yes I agree with you but I actually meant Hewitts's supporters :laugh2:

[BigSister]

lol I thought you meant hewitt
Rankings are up now as well Murray number 2 ^_^

[Marc]

Originally posted by happyland
Yes I agree with you but I actually meant Hewitts's supporters :laugh2:

Oooh right! :laugh2: oops!

yeah they were awesome too! They camped in a field near wimbledon for like the whole fortnight!

[30stone]

LOL at the Andy Murray advert.

that makes me laugh so much..

[Marc]

Originally posted by 30stone
LOL at the Andy Murray advert.

that makes me laugh so much..

Which one?

[30stone]

The one where he is training on the weights n then gets in the boxing ring lol..

makes me laugh..

Same with the reports that come out saying he had 20 inch arms lol!!

[Gemmer-x]

Originally posted by 30stone
LOL at the Andy Murray advert.

that makes me laugh so much..

i LOVE that advert. he look's beautiful :lovedup:

[Lee.]

I've not seen that advert?! What is it for?

[Marc]

I've not seen the advert either, but Ben probably laughed at it cos it shows murray training :rolleyes:

[Lee.]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
I've not seen the advert either, but Ben probably laughed at it cos it shows murray training :rolleyes:

Why's that funny? I don't get it... :sad:

[King Gizzard]

My favourites are Roddick and Safin, but I can't say I watch much tennis apart from Wimbledon

[Gemmer-x]

Originally posted by happyland
I've not seen that advert?! What is it for?

It's too promote the US open :)

[Marc]

Originally posted by Nathan
My favourites are Roddick and Safin, but I can't say I watch much tennis apart from Wimbledon

Thats a shame :sad: get on it Nathan!

[Marc]

WTA - Toronto

Singles - Second Round
(Q) Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. (3) Venus Williams (USA) 16 75 64
Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (6) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 64 63


Singles - First Round
(9) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Peng Shuai (CHN) 63 63
(11) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. (Q) Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 26 63 62
(12) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (Q) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 63 63
(16) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Sara Errani (ITA) 64 62
Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 67(3) 60 62
Zheng Jie (CHN) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 63 62
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 64 64
Shahar Peer (ISR) d. (Q) Monica Niculescu (ROU) 64 46 76(4)
(Q) Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Kaia Kanepi (EST) 64 76(3)
(Q) Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 76(1) 76(4)
(Q) Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) d. (Q) Julie Coin (FRA) 26 61 76(6)
(WC) Kim Clijsters (BEL) d. (Q) Elena Baltacha (GBR) 63 64

Kateryna Bondarenko played some awesome tennis today! WATCH HIGHLIGHTS HERE (http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/Video/HighlightsDetail/0,,12781~1760475,00.html)

ATP - Cincinnati

Singles - Second Round
[9] G Simon (FRA) d I Andreev (RUS) 76(5) 67(6) 61
D Ferrer (ESP) d [14] M Cilic (CRO) 76(4) 62

Singles - First Round
T Berdych (CZE) d [10] F Gonzalez (CHI) 64 ret. (knee)
G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d [11] F Verdasco (ESP) 76(4) 76(4)
L Hewitt (AUS) d [12] R Soderling (SWE) 36 76(8) 63 - saved 2 M.P.
[Q] M Youzhny (RUS) d V Hanescu (ROU) 75 62
J Melzer (AUT) d F Lopez (ESP) 57 76(4) 76(7)
A Seppi (ITA) d [Q] J Hernych (CZE) 36 64 61
[Q] C Guccione (AUS) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) 75 26 63
I Kunitsyn (RUS) d J Blake (USA) 76(5) 67(5) 64
P Petzschner (GER) d [Q] S Bolelli (ITA) 76(6) 63
[WC] J Isner (USA) d T Haas (GER) 76(5) 57 76(3)

[King Gizzard]

Tsonga looks decent. too, and has a cool name/ look :joker:


I am determined to watch the us open. ive always slated tennis but i ll give it a go

[Marc]

You better! :tongue:

[BigSister]

yay Kim won and so did hewitt

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
yay Kim won and so did hewitt

Kim beat Elena though :( lol

[BigSister]

Yeah thast the only bad thing
But i rather Kim beat her than somebody else somebody random who ive never heard of

[30stone]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
I've not seen the advert either, but Ben probably laughed at it cos it shows murray training :rolleyes:

Yes, whats worng with that lol its funny..

[Lee.]

Originally posted by 30stone
Originally posted by Marcjswp
I've not seen the advert either, but Ben probably laughed at it cos it shows murray training :rolleyes:

Yes, whats worng with that lol its funny..

Eh? I don't get it. What's funny about seeing Andy training? :conf:

[Marc]

Originally posted by happyland
Originally posted by 30stone
Originally posted by Marcjswp
I've not seen the advert either, but Ben probably laughed at it cos it shows murray training :rolleyes:

Yes, whats worng with that lol its funny..

Eh? I don't get it. What's funny about seeing Andy training? :conf:

Ben does weightlifting and he doesn't like that Murray is beefed up too :tongue:

[Lee.]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
Originally posted by happyland
Originally posted by 30stone
Originally posted by Marcjswp
I've not seen the advert either, but Ben probably laughed at it cos it shows murray training :rolleyes:

Yes, whats worng with that lol its funny..

Eh? I don't get it. What's funny about seeing Andy training? :conf:

Ben does weightlifting and he doesn't like that Murray is beefed up too :tongue:

Oh right, that kind of training! :laugh:

Aww bless :pat:

[Gemmer-x]

Grr silly rain stopping play in the Murray match

[Marc]

Grr rain! I'm conflicted, I'm watching spurs


though... safina is out ouchh

[BigSister]

ooooooooh
and yeah i agree silly rain

[Gemmer-x]

Hooraaaah!
7'6 6'2 to Andy :bigsmile:

[BigSister]

yay*dances*

[Marc]

WTA - Toronto

Singles - Second Round
Aravane Rezai (FRA) d. (1) Dinara Safina (RUS) 36 62 64
(2) Serena Williams (USA) d. (Q) Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 63 62
(4) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 63 62
(5) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Patty Schnyder (SUI) 75 64
(7) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. (Q) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 63 63
Zheng Jie (CHN) d. (8) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 75 63
(WC) Kim Clijsters (BEL) d. (9) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 75 46 61
(Q) Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. (11) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 36 75 63
Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. (12) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 63 61
(14) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Agnes Szavay (HUN) 61 61
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. (16) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 61 46 76(4)
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. (Q) Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 63 60
Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Sybille Bammer (AUT) 63 76(5)
Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 76(2) 64


ATP - Cincinnati

Singles - Second Round
[1] R Federer (SUI) d J Acasuso (ARG) 63 75
[2] R Nadal (ESP) d A Seppi (ITA) 76(4) 76(3)
[3] A Murray (GBR) d N Almagro (ESP) 76(3) 62
[4] N Djokovic (SRB) d [Q] I Ljubicic (CRO) 76(5) 64
S Querrey (USA) d [5] A Roddick (USA) 76(11) 76(3)
[Q] C Guccione (AUS) d [7] J Tsonga (FRA) 76(12) 62
[8] N Davydenko (RUS) d I Kunitsyn (RUS) 62 16 63
[16] R Stepanek (CZE) d [WC] M Safin (RUS) 46 63 61
G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d [Q] M Youzhny (RUS) 75 63
P Mathieu (FRA) d I Karlovic (CRO) 76(9) 64
[LL] J Benneteau (FRA) d J Melzer (AUT) 62 36 62
T Berdych (CZE) d P Petzschner (GER) 76(8) 67(7) 64
J Chardy (FRA) d [WC] J Isner (USA) 67(1) 63 41 ret. (illness)
L Hewitt (AUS) d B Becker (GER) 63 63

[Vladimir]

I'm so disappointed in Ana's game. :bored: I enjoyed watching Djokovic's match last night!

[BigSister]

yay for Kim and Maria and djoko as well ^_^

[Marc]

Originally posted by Vladimir
I'm so disappointed in Ana's game. :bored: I enjoyed watching Djokovic's match last night!

I've kinda lost hope :bawling: she was serving for the match 5-3 up in the second set

[Gemmer-x]

Pretty comfortable win for Murray just now: 6'4 6'1 :dazzler: He's into the QF's and faces Bennetaeu tomorrow
Fed looking abit shakey today, Ferrer nearly took him out!

[Marc]

Murray eased through... Stepanek is usually much better than that, but thats Murray for ya! He disintegrates his opponents game

[BigSister]

I checked my phone for murray win ^_^

[Marc]

WTA - Toronto

Singles - Third Round
(2) Serena Williams (USA) d. Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 61 64
(4) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Shahar Peer (ISR) 61 16 64
(5) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (WC) Kim Clijsters (BEL) 16 63 75
Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (7) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 62 76(3)
(14) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (Q) Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 75 63
Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Virginie Razzano (FRA) 63 61
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. Aravane Rezai (FRA) 63 64
(Q) Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Zheng Jie (CHN) 76(3) 64


ATP - Cincinnati

Singles - Third Round
[1] R Federer (SUI) d D Ferrer (ESP) 36 63 64
[2] R Nadal (ESP) d P Mathieu (FRA) 75 62
[3] A Murray (GBR) d [16] R Stepanek (CZE) 64 61
[4] N Djokovic (SRB) d J Chardy (FRA) 75 63
[9] G Simon (FRA) d [8] N Davydenko (RUS) 67(6) 64 64
L Hewitt (AUS) d S Querrey (USA) 61 26 63
[LL] J Benneteau (FRA) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 46 64 76(4)
T Berdych (CZE) d [Q] C Guccione (AUS) 64 63

[Marc]

Murray qualifies for the end of tour championships in London :hello: I'm going!