TENNIS

the_trooper

Originally posted by payrol at 2-9-2005 06:44 PM
cool!!!
ade gak forumers nak bukak thread tennis...
tennis mmg no.1 sport aku..then comes F1 ...
holmes..sape ko nyer favourite player? both ATP and WTA ?
aku..kalo ATP..for sure Lleyton Hewitt ...

my fav player - agassi,hewitt,pete sampras,boris becker,federer

WTA-steffi graf,sharapova,anna kournikova  

payrol

federer dah menang lagi kat US open..
skrng takde ATP event sgt..baru je Russia menang Fed. Cup..kalahkan France..3-2..
this week event for WTA kat china..China Open..Maria Sharapova jadi top seed..baru je semalam Serena William dikalahkan oleh local player..huhuhu

sayangidaku

terkini...minat marat safin

dulu n kini...agassi n his wife, steffi graff

n dulu2... suka gak pete sampras, michael chang(betul ke eja?)., martina hingis
takde sapa ke minat venus n serena? aku takla minat, tp ikuti gakla perkembgn diorang kdg2...

btw...aku tak penah main tennis pon. cuma minat.
teringin gak nak main, tp takde kwn.

pelik gak nape kat mesia sukan ni tak begitu popular mcm badminton.

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rara_bella

Originally posted by sayangidaku at 22-9-2005 22:25
btw...aku tak penah main tennis pon. cuma minat.
teringin gak nak main, tp takde kwn.

pelik gak nape kat mesia sukan ni tak begitu popular mcm badminton.

aku main pon mase kat uni jee.. skang dok umah dah takde geng.. buat simpan dlm stor aje laa racket aku tu skarang..
jom laaa sayangidaku main ngan aku... hehehehhe

aku rase laa kan..kat mesia ni tennis tak glamor sbb tak ramai org yg berpeluang nak main..
ye laa..racket pon harge beratus2.. court pon tak banyak .. n certain tpt je ade..
badminton lak senang jee.. racket murah.. even kat pasaraya pon ade jual yg cikai nye harge rm10..
main lak kat memane pon bleh.. atas jln pon jadi.. hehehhe

holmes

Originally posted by sayangidaku at 22-9-2005 10:25 PM
btw...aku tak penah main tennis pon. cuma minat.
teringin gak nak main, tp takde kwn.

pelik gak nape kat mesia sukan ni tak begitu popular mcm badminton.

...

serupa ler kiter :cak:
holmes tak pernah main tennis...tapi minat giler gan permainan nie...pemain2nyer dsb.

infact holmes mmg peminat setia sukan :bgrin:

tapi tak brpa minat ler gan venus tu....holmes dulu2 paling suker tngk steffi graf main...shes beautiful.  Her figure tak ler mcm pemain2 tennis skrg nie...muscular
Dier sngt2 sepadan gan Agassi tu :love:
Masa ni holmes minat kat Maria Sharapova, Federer (Mr cool), safin, Nadal dan bnyk lagi :cak:

jofizo

sukan tenis nih syok tengok pemain wanita jek........

lebih2 lagi cam sharapova....... takpun cam kurnikova ka

the_trooper

Originally posted by rara_bella at 22-9-2005 11:47 PM

aku main pon mase kat uni jee.. skang dok umah dah takde geng.. buat simpan dlm stor aje laa racket aku tu skarang..
jom laaa sayangidaku main ngan aku... hehehehhe

aku rase laa kan..kat mesi ...

tak nak ajak aku main skali ker? :cak:
dah lama tak main nih...gian plak rasanya  

my fav.- federer, nadal, and sharapova

holmes

copied & paste from WTA Tour official site

Sharapova Through to Semis; Venus Out

BEIJING, China - World No.1 Maria Sharapova cruised through her quarterfinal on Friday while reigning Wimbledon champion Venus Williams was forced to withdraw prior to hers, as the semifinals were set at the $585,000 China Open in Beijing, a Tier II event on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.
Sharapova, the top seed in Beijing, struggled early against unseeded Shinobu Asagoe but pounced at the Japanese player's first sign of weakness and took complete control, posting a 64 61 win. The two traded breaks early and were on serve through the ninth game of the match, but Asagoe faltered while serving at 4-5, double-faulting on set point to hand Sharapova the first set. The Russian teenager stormed through the first five games of the second set, dropping the sixth game before closing out the victory in just over an hour.

"I played well today," said Sharapova, who has now won four of five career encounters with Asagoe. "I started off strong but then I made a few mistakes and she capitalized. She's a good player and has a strong return. I just tried to play my game and in the end I got the win."

Sharapova has now reached at least the semifinals at 10 of 13 events contested this year, and is just the third player this season to win at least 50 matches on the Tour, trailing Kim Clijsters' 56 and tying Lindsay Davenport. She also reached the semis last year at the inaugural China Open but fell to eventual runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets.

Williams, the No.3 seed, was not so lucky on Friday, being forced to withdraw from prior to her quarterfinal match against Polish teenager Marta Domachowska due to left knee pain. The 25-year-old American called for the trainer during her second round victory over Nuria Llagostera Vives on Thursday but continued playing.

"I just couldn't play today's match," said Williams, who was making her debut in Beijing. "I'm not fit enough to play professional tennis and so I shouldn't be out there. It's really disappointing because I was having such a great time at this tournament. I've really enjoyed playing here and I hope that I can come back next year and pick up where I left off."

Also advancing to the final four were No.9 seed Anna-Lena Groenefeld, who defeated Chinese teenager Peng Shuai, and unseeded Maria Kirilenko, who ousted Chinese wild card Sun Tiantian.

Groenefeld, one of the Tour's biggest servers, posted a 75 61 victory over Peng in the day's first match. The 20-year-old German has reached three Tour semifinals previously, but just once at a Tier II event or higher, that coming at Stanford in July. Kirilenko defeated Sun 61 63 to reach her first Tier II semifinal. The 18-year-old Russian has reached two semis before, both at the Tier IV event in Hyderabad, India. Sun was responsible for ousting seven-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams in second-round action on Wednesday.

In Saturday's semifinals, Sharapova will take on Kirilenko while Groenefeld will face Domachowska. Sharapova is 1-0 against Kirilenko, prevailing 76(7) 62 over her countrywoman recently at Los Angeles. Groenefeld and Domachowska will square off for the first time.

"I don't think I have more of an advantage now that there are only two seeds remaining," said Sharapova, whose only remaining seeded competition at this event is Groenefeld. "Whoever I'm playing against, if it's in the quarterfinal or semifinal, has obviously played well enough to get there and deserves to be there."

The doubles semifinals will also take place on Saturday, with the possibility of an all-Chinese final as Yan Zi and Zheng Jie face No.2 seeds Corina Morariu and Flavia Pennetta and No.3 seeds Li Ting and Sun Tiantian take on Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Vento-Kabchi. The teams in the latter match-up advanced on Friday, with Li and Sun defeating Vera Douchevina and Natalie Grandin 16 76(5) 62 and Llagostera Vives and Vento-Kabchi ousting Liu Wan-Ting and Sun Shengnan 67(5) 62 76(4). The other semifinal pairs advanced on Thursday, with Yan and Zheng defeating Liga Dekmeijere and Martina Muller 75 62 and Morariu and Pennetta beating Li Na and Peng Shuai 64 63.

holmes

Federer in action


Federer, Nadal, Roddick Win Davis Cup Rubbers

Austria vs. Ecuador

Austria's Jurgen Melzer cruised past Giovanni Lapentti 6-1, 6-0, 6-2 in one hour, 42 minutes to give his team a 1-0 lead over Ecuador.

Nicolas Lappentti continued his solid play in Davis Cup defeating Stefan Koubek 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5), 7-5 in four hours, 33 minutes.

Lappentti, who holds an impressive 34-13 record in Davis Cup rubbers, leveled the tie at 1-1 with his come from behind win.

Czech Republic vs. Germany

Tomas Berdych erased a two-set deficit to defeat Tommy Haas 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(9), 6-3 and give Czech Republic a 1-0 lead over Germany.

Berdych blasted 21 aces while winning 77 percent of the points on first serve to seal his 3-hour, 47-minute victory over Haas.

Nicolas Kiefer defeated Tomas Zib of the Czech Republic 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to even the tie 1-1.

Italy vs. Spain

Italy’s Andrea Seppi secured the opening point to his country in the tie against Spain with a 5-7, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-2 win over former Roland Garros champion Juan Carlos Ferrero. Seppi fired 14 aces and broke Ferrero’s serve eight times in 19 opportunities to seal his victory in four hours, 14 minutes.

Rafael Nadal proved to be the best clay court player at the moment defeating Daniele Bracciali 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 in two hours, 17 minutes to help Spain to level the tie at 1-1.

Nadal has now won 35 consecutive clay court matches. He hasn’t lost a match on clay since early April when he was defeated by Russian Igor Andreev in the Valencia quarterfinals.
India vs. Sweden

Jonas Bjorkman gave Sweden a 1-0 lead with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win over India’s Prakash Amritraj. The Swede fired nice aces and went 4-for-14 in break point opportunities in the 2-hour, 10-minute rubber.

The second singles rubber between former Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson and India’s Rohan Bopanna was suspended due to rain when the Swede lead 7-6(3), 6-6 (5-0). Play will be resumed on Saturday morning at 11 am (local time), followed by the doubles rubber.

Switzerland vs. Great Britain

World’s top player Roger Federer cruised past Alan Mackin 6-0, 6-0, 6-2 in the opening rubber of the tie between Switzerland and Great Britain to give the host nation a 1-0 lead.

In the second rubber of the day, Stanislas Wawrinka downed Andy Murray 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-4 stretching Switzerland’s lead to 2-0.

Belgium vs. USA

Olivier Rochus defeated James Blake 6-4, 7-5, 6-1 giving Belgium a 1-0 lead over the Americans. Rochus broke Blake’s serve seven times in 17 opportunities and won 23 more points than the American (97-73) to clinch his win in exact two hours.

Andy Roddick eased past Christophe Rochus 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 in one hour, 43 minutes leveling the tie at 1-1. Roddick, a former World No. 1, fired 14 aces and went 7-for-18 in break point opportunities.


Chile vs. Pakistan

Fernando Gonzalez wasted no time in dismissing Aqeel Khan 6-0, 6-0, 6-1 in one hour. With the win, Gonzalez improved his singles Davis Cup record to 11-3 while helping Chile to gain a 1-0 lead.

Nicolas Massu dismissed Aisam Qureshi 6-2, 7-6(4), 6-1 in two hours, 19 minutes to give Chile a 2-0 lead over the Pakistanis.


Canada vs. Belarus

Frank Dancevic won a grueling five set match against Vladimir Voltchkov to give the host nation a 1-0 lead. The young Canadian defeated the veteran Belarus 5-7, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-3 in four hours, one minute.

rara_bella

Originally posted by the_trooper at 24-9-2005 12:00


tak nak ajak aku main skali ker? :cak:
dah lama tak main nih...gian plak rasanya  

jom jomm.. ko dok kat mane??
tapi aku tak terer laa.. hahahha.. saya budak baru belajar..

holmes

*deleted* sorry it was a repeated article.....technical server error kot?

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holmes

*deleted* sorry it was a repeated article.....technical server error kot?

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holmes

*deleted* sorry it was a repeated article.....technical error kot? :bgrin:

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holmes

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holmes

Injured Sharapova quits during Beijing semifinal      :cry:

By STEPHANIE HOO, Associated Press Writer
September 24, 2005


BEIJING (AP) -- Maria Sharapova quit because of a chest injury while trailing in the China Open semifinals Saturday, sending Russia's Maria Kirilenko into the title match against Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld.

Kirilenko, ranked 45th, was ahead 6-4, 2-1 and ``very surprised'' when Sharapova stopped. The decision by the top-ranked Russian prompted boos from the crowd at a tournament beset by injuries.

Sharapova said a muscle on the right side of her chest is inflamed, causing recurring pain. The problem began in Zurich, Switzerland, last October, and she said a switch to heavier balls in that tournament may have been a factor.

The pain ``comes on unexpectedly from day to day,'' she said. ``It's very mysterious.''

Sharapova said her father, also her coach, decided to end the match Saturday.

``I'm very disappointed, obviously,'' she said. ``With every shot, with every forehand and serve I hit, it got worse and worse.''

Groenefeld defeated Poland's Marta Domachowska 7-5, 6-3 in the other semifinal. The big-serving Groenefeld, ranked 30th, won the double's championship in Bali last week. Groenefeld and Kirilenko and will be going for a first WTA singles title.

Sharapova's pullout followed injuries to Serena and Venus Williams and Lindsay Davenport.

Davenport withdrew before the tournament because of a lower back strain. Venus Williams pulled out before her quarterfinal because of a leg injury. Defending champion Serena Williams lost in the second round to China's Sun Tiantian and attributed her poor play to an ailing leg.


Maria Sharapova at the Press conference after the match.

payrol

yang injury sharapova ni jugak yg menyebabkab sharapova pull out from Rogers Cup/Canada Open awal ogos this yr..ingatkan biler dh perform time US Open tuh injury dier dh ok..rupa2nya masih lg injured...

epuel_slay

Originally posted by rara_bella at 24-9-2005 09:27 PM

jom jomm.. ko dok kat mane??
tapi aku tak terer laa.. hahahha.. saya budak baru belajar..

woi!! aku pun nak join gak. same laa, aku pun baru belajar main. Jom lah kita buat club ker ape2 pastu kita main same2.
Takpun buat tournament ker...ape2 laaa asalkan dapat main tennis.

holmes

Originally posted by payrol at 26-9-2005 08:38 AM
yang injury sharapova ni jugak yg menyebabkab sharapova pull out from Rogers Cup/Canada Open awal ogos this yr..ingatkan biler dh perform time US Open tuh injury dier dh ok..rupa2nya masih lg injur ...

Sebagai ahli sukan, susah...once injured, tak leh back to normal lg   Tu yg sakitnyer yer.... :cry:

holmes

Selamat berpuasa semua.... :bgrin:
...payrol main tennis ker bulan posa nie?
:bgrin: