TENNIS

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Roddick jumpa Federer di final

MELBOURNE: Juara bertahan, Andy Roddick menjelmakan pertemuan menentang pilihan pertama, Roger Federer di Kejohanan Tenis Jemputan Klasik Kooyong dengan kemenangan 6-4, 6-4 ke atas pemain Scotland, Andy Murray, semalam.


Roddick hanya meraih satu kemenangan dalam 13 perlawanan Jelajah ATP ke atas Federer, yang memiliki rekod lapan kemenangan ke atas pemain Amerika Syarikat itu.

Sungguhpun perlawanan terakhir cukup sengit dengan Federer terpaksa menyelamatkan tiga mata akhir sebelum memenangi perlawanan liga satu pusingan mereka di penamat musim Piala Masters pada November, tahun lalu.

Tiada yang dipertaruhkan bagi final hari ini di Kooyong sekadar kejohanan pemanas badan bagi Terbuka Australia minggu depan, tetapi Roddick tiada sebarang niat untuk membazirkan peluang itu.

揝aya akan ke sana dan mencuba untuk memenangi permainan tenis,

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Kim tetap gah

SYDNEY, Australia: Kim Clijsters memulakan tahun persaraannya dengan kejayaan, menewaskan pemain Serbia, Jelena Jankovic 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4 di final Antarabangsa Sydney, semalam.

Kim, selaku pilihan ketiga yang dijangka bersara pada penghujung tahun ini, memecahkan sembilan perlawanan kemenangan berturut-turut Jankovic, yang memenangi takhta Auckland WTA, minggu lalu.

Kim, 23, meraih takhta keduanya di Sydney, berikutan kejayaan pada 2003 bagaimanapun terpaksa bertarung hampir dua setengah jam untuk meningkatkan keyakinannya bagi Terbuka Australia, minggu depan di Melbourne.

揂pabila anda ketinggalan sebegitu, saya fikir satu-satunya perkara yang boleh anda lakukan ialah bertarung hebat. Keputusan tidak lagi begitu penting ketika itu,

naz_bella

Originally posted by epuel_slay at 10-1-2007 01:00 AM
I want somebody else other than masha wins the AO for women... and somebody else other than federer to win the mens AO...:pmuka:

:ah:

:setuju:

nadal :pompom: keeping my fingers crossed

dexa

kalau ikutkan performance -
memang fedex in top form sekarang -

tapi kalau ada cabaran untuk dia
baru la best -

AnBulisia

berita sedih untuk Federer's fan...

Final Kooyong AAMI Classic Federer baru kalah dengan ROddick 2-6, 6-3, 3-6

congrats to Roddick...nampak dia memang berusaha bersungguh sungguh untuk menag dalam game tadi..... even break time pun dia tak sabar sabar nak sambungkan permainan....dah tak leh duduk kat kerusi dah....:hmm:

tak nampak karakter tu pada Federer..... macam nak tak nak je.... apa apa pun....The King will be bounce back at Melbourne....for sure...:love:

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Jawairiah hampa gagal beraksi Terbuka Australia
Oleh Harris Rajahdin

DENGAN Kejohanan Tenis Terbuka Australia bakal membuka tirai di Melbourne Park, esok alangkah indah untuk melihat seorang pemain negara mengibarkan bendera Malaysia dalam acara pembukaan Grand Slam itu.


Namun, ia bukan angan-angan semata-mata tetapi hampir menjadi realiti - dalam acara remaja - berikutan kesempatan yang diberi pemain utama negara, Jawairiah Noordin ke pusingan kelayakan hasil senarai panjang pemain lain yang menarik diri.

Juara perseorangan wanita kebangsaan yang baru berusia 16 tahun itu pada awalnya tidak diberi sebarang harapan beraksi dalam kejohanan dinaungi Persekutuan Tenis Antarabangsa , namun ketiadaan beberapa pemain utama peringkat umurnya membuka ruang kepada penyertaan sulung buat negara dalam Terbuka Australia dengan satu syarat - menepati yuran penyertaan AS$5,450 (RM20,000).

Namun, kegagalan menjana jumlah yang agak besar itu menyaksikan pemain kelahiran Pulau Pinang itu terpaksa menggigit jari terlepas peluang menjadi pemain pertama Malaysia beraksi dalam Grand Slam sejak H K Yip dalam acara perseorangan lelaki Wimbledon pada era 70an. Dia sudah pasti wanita negara pertama melakukannya pada sebarang peringkat.

Sikap Persatuan Lawn Tenis Malaysia (LTAM) yang mahu berdikari dan tidak mahu mengharapkan belas ihsan sesuatu langkah yang patut dipuji, namun jika dilihat pada sudut yang lain, ia bukannya satu kerugian bagi badan korporat menaja pemain terbaik negara pada kedudukan ke-204 dunia yang memiliki potensi untuk melangkah jauh di peringkat dunia.

payrol

aha...aku rase federer maen pun nak warm up je...no point for him nak habis-habisan for this exhibition tournament..but credit to roddick...for sure boost his confidence fo aussie open 07

tashieeya

Originally posted by payrol at 14-1-2007 11:41 PM
aha...aku rase federer maen pun nak warm up je...no point for him nak habis-habisan for this exhibition tournament..but credit to roddick...for sure boost his confidence fo aussie open 07

aku lak rasa, federer main tk bersungguh2 je masa final tu
nmpak muka mcm mals n poyo je
ahaks.......

AnBulisia

hari ni start Oz Open...

sempat tgk mauresmo main tadi.....

IrvingLorenzo

Alo ppl,
nak tanya, mana leh carik info psl the rules of tournament for tennis ha? ada website tak yg explain in an easy way to understand ke? sapa sini terer gila psl tennis and knows the rules like kacang je. aku susah nak phm la the rules of tennis nie. kindof complicated. pastu any websites or torrent sites ke yg aku leh dload tennis tournaments cam grand slam ke? im dead kalo tak phm sbb i need to become an umpire for a bunch of tennis tournaments tak lama lagi next month.

weta_studio

semalam tgk marat safin main...dah lama tak main mcm kaku je safin ni :hmm:

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BJORN BORG BACK
Jan 17 2007
by Terry Owen, Maghull and Aintree Star

  
BJORN Borg will be the star attraction in Liverpool this year when he plays on English grass for the first time since famously losing to John McEnroe in the men抯 1981 final at Wimbledon.

The five time Wimbledon champion is to play at the 2007 Liverpool International Tennis Tournament in his first playing appearance in the UK for almost a decade - and his only matches in the UK this year.

Organisers Northern Vision are delighted the Swedish legend has chosen the annual tournament at Calderstone抯 Park to dust off his grass court shoes.

Anders Borg, Tournament Director, said: 揑t is fantastic for the tournament and for tennis fans everywhere that Bjorn has agreed to play. He hasn抰 played in the UK for over 10 years, but had heard of our unique format of ATP, WTA and legends and was intrigued to see for himself. To have him at Calderstones is a major coup for Liverpool and a testament to how the event has grown.

To be held from June 12 to 17, the Liverpool International is now in its sixth year and, outside Wimbledon, boasts more tennis matches than any other British tournament. Previous years have attracted top ATP and WTA players such Marat Safin, Ivan Ljubicic and Martina Navratilova as well as legends such Ilie Nastase and Goran Ivanisevic.

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Sharapova dipaksa bergelut

Nadal, Nalbandian turut mara; perlawanan tangguh cuaca panas melampau


BERGELUT: Sharapova membuat pukulan kilas ke gelanggang
Camille dalam saingan awal tenis Terbuka Australia
di Melbourne, semalam. Bintang Russia ini terpaksa
berhempas pulas sebelum menang 6-3, 4-6, 9-7.

MELBOURNE: Pilihan pertama, Maria Sharapova bangkit daripada pergelutan sengit pada set ketiga dan juga gangguan bahang cuaca di gelanggang sebelum mengesahkan tempat ke pusingan kedua, Kejohanan Tenis Terbuka Australia, semalam.

Ketika suhu mencecah 40 darjah selsius pada tengah hari, gadis poster dari Russia itu yang turut di serang kekejangan otot, mengumpul segala kudrat dimiliki untuk mengilhamkan kemenangan 6-3, 4-6, 9-7 ke atas lawan dari Perancis, Camille Pin dalam saingan pusingan pertama.

揂dalah mustahil bagi manusia untuk bermain tiga jam dalam bahang cuaca seperti ini. Saya berasa tubuh kita tidak dicipta untuk mengharungi cuaca seperti ini,

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Federer, Williams advance at Aussie Open

MELBOURNE, Australia - Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Amelie Mauresmo and Serena Williams all posted straight-set victories Wednesday to advance to the third round of the Australian Open, serving notice they're rounding into form after some opening-match nerves and glitches.

But Marcos Baghdatis, last year's losing finalist to Federer and a crowd darling, was ousted by Gael Monfils of France, who shrugged off a sore foot to advance 7-6 (5), 6-2, 2-6, 6-0.

Roddick and Williams set up showdowns with tough opponents. Sixth-seeded Roddick beat Frenchman Marc Gicquel, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-4 and next faces 2005 Australian Open champion Marat Safin, who is seeded 26th after a knee injury kept him from defending his title last year.

"When I saw the draw, I think I expected to play Marat," Roddick said. "I think we're both maybe better than a third-round matchup against each other. But that's the way it shakes out."

Safin was shaky in going the distance for the second consecutive match, benefiting from a rain break to rally from a set down to oust Dudi Sela of Israel 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0 in a match with 20 service breaks.

Play was halted with Safin serving at 5-6, 30-30 in the fourth set. After the roof was closed, Safin came out sharp, serving an ace on the first point and running through the tiebreaker against Sela, who lived down to his No. 202 ranking the rest of the way.

"If the rain doesn't come, I was lost," Safin said.

Baghdatis, seeded 11th, couldn't hope for such intervention, as the roof stayed closed for his match against the 20-year-old Monfils, who was plagued last year by a stress fracture in his left foot and sprains to his right.

Monfils took the first two sets, mixing whiplike groundstrokes with deft, well-disguised drops shots, and windmilling his arms after key points to get the crowd wound up.

Then the left foot started bothering him again, and he sought treatment after dropping the third set. Baghdatis' supporters from Melbourne's large Greek community were roaring and it looked like he might rally.

But Monfils ran off the last six games, grabbing his face in near disbelief when Baghdatis hit a forehand long on match point.

Defending woman's champion Mauresmo, seeded second, beat Olga Poutchkova 6-2, 6-2 and next faces unseeded Eva Birnerova.

Williams, a two-time champion here but unseeded after dealing with a knee injury, will play No. 5 Nadia Petrova.

"It's definitely a step up," Williams said. "I feel excited to go into the match. I feel ready."

On a much cooler day after searing heat postponed several matches Tuesday, top-ranked Federer generated his own heat, ripping six forehand winners in the first three games while dominating Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.

"I think I was pretty much in control of the match today," said Federer, seeking his 10th Grand Slam title and third in a row.

Federer served for the match just as the sun broke through the clouds briefly. On the final point, he jumped high for an overhead. Bjorkman got it back, only to have Federer whack another overhead, this time out of reach.

Federer next meets U.S. Open semifinalist Mikhail Youzhny after the 25th-seeded Russian beat Lu Yen-hsen of Taiwan 7-5, 6-4, 6-4. Next could be No. 14-seeded Novak Djokovic, who beat Feliciano Lopez in straight sets.

Roddick and Gicquel engaged in long rallies. The Frenchman won one 34-shot exchange, but it wasn't enough.

After fending off three break points in the first set, Roddick never faced another. He steadily cranked up his serve, smacking an ace to finish off the second-set tiebreaker. He finished with 18.

"Today, it felt like there was some good stuff. Feel like I'm pretty close to playing clean tennis," Roddick said.

Williams, who won the last of her seven Grand Slam titles here in 2005, rallied from 1-4 in the tiebreaker in her 7-6 (4), 6-2 win over Luxembourg's Anne Kremer.

"I was making a tremendous amount of errors. I just couldn't get the balls in for some reason," Williams said. "And the second set I was making more shots and I was playing just more what I had planned, more of the game that I had practiced."

Thailand's Danai Udomchoke upset No. 24 Juan Carlos Ferrero to oust the former world No. 1. A former Australian Open champion also tumbled, with 2002 winner Thomas Johansson losing to No. 16 David Ferrer.

Veteran Australian Wayne Arthurs beat American qualifier Zach Fleishman, who had his hair dyed in red, white and blue stripes. Other men's winners included No. 7 Tommy Robredo, No. 9 Mario Ancic, No. 18 Richard Gasquet, No. 20 Radek Stepanek and No. 22 Dominik Hrbaty.

Advancing on the women's side were former U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, the No. 3 seed, along with Petrova, No. 7 Elena Dementieva, No. 8 Patty Schnyder, No. 9 Dinara Safina, No. 10 Nicole Vaidisova, No. 11 Jelena Jankovic, No. 15 Daniela Hantuchova.

Three seeded women lost: Lucie Safarova beat No. 14 Francesca Schiavone, Victoria Azarenko downed No. 18 Marion Bartoli and Anastasiya Yakimova ousted No. 23 Ai Sugiyama.

weta_studio

bagdatis semalam mcm tak bleh lawan new comer tu

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Pemain Thai kejutkan Juan Ferrero

MELBOURNE: Budak emas Thailand, Danai Udomchoke mengibar megah bendera Asia, semalam selepas membuat kejutan menewaskan bekas juara Terbuka Perancis 2003, Juan Carlos Ferrero untuk mara ke pusingan ketiga Kejohanan Tenis Terbuka Australia.

Danai

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Serena emosi

MELBOURNE: Serena Williams tampak gagah di gelanggang, namun tidak mampu mengawal emosinya selepas memenangi pusingan kedua Terbuka Australia, semalam dan tidak ketinggalan memuji sikap tenang kakaknya, Venus.

Juara berganda Terbuka Australia itu tanpa segan memperlihatkan emosinya apabila mara ke pusingan ketiga terutama selepas terkejut dengan bunyi telefon dan sempat berkhayal sehingga menjejaskan permainannya.

揝aya sangat beremosi,

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Conors pakar rujuk Roddick

MELBOURNE: Selesai perlawanan pusingan keduanya di Terbuka Australia, semalam, Andy Roddick terus bergegas ke telefon untuk berbual bersama mentornya, Jimmy Conors selain merancang strategi.

Pemain Amerika Syarikat (AS) yang diletakkan selaku pemain pilihan keenam itu tampak gembira dengan aksinya mengalahkan pemain Perancis, Marc Gicquel 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 dalam tempoh dua jam.

Dia kini mara ke pusingan ketiga dan bakal berdepan juara 2005, Marat Safin.

Roddick, 24, mula mempamerkan peningkatan dalam permainan menerusi pukulan kilas, kedudukan seimbang dalam gelanggang dan lebih berfikiran matang sejak bersama Connors, Julai lalu.

Dia berjaya mengharungi sirkit musim panas AS dengan rekod kemenangan 18-2, selain tampil di final Terbuka AS sebelum rebah di tangan pemain nombor satu dunia, Roger Federer.

Connors yang juga juara lima kali Terbuka AS, juara berganda Wimbledon dan Terbuka Australia pada musim 1970-92, tidak hadir di perlawanan itu berikutan masih berkabung atas kematian ibunya, baru-baru ini.

Roddick berkata, dia sentiasa berbual dengan Connors menerusi telefon setiap hari di Australia dan turut bersimpati atas kehilangan ahli keluarga Connors.

揝emestinya saya lebih suka dia berada di sini. Saya selesa apabila dia bersama saya. Tapi, keadaan ketika ini tidak sesuai dan kami cuba sebaik mungkin mengatasinya.

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Clijster, Hingis sama handal

MELBOURNE, Australia

Ax

safin , rodik .. bes tul match ,...x abislg ni ..
mende safin arini pns baran je ade je x pueh ati