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bukan final hari ahad ke...
rasa nyer women final ari sabtu... |
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Originally posted by ednamod06 at 26-1-2007 12:50 PM
bukan final hari ahad ke...
rasa nyer women final ari sabtu...
maksud aku tuh final women.. |
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Henin-Hardenne will return to WTA tour in Paris next month
January 23, 2007
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Justine Henin-Hardenne is separating from her husband and plans to return to the WTA Tour.
Three weeks after pulling out of the Australian Open, Henin-Hardenne, the former No. 1, announced on her Web site Wednesday that she and her husband, Yves, had decided to separate and she planned to play next month in Paris.
The last few weeks were difficult for me," she said.
She was the runner up at the Australian Open last year and lost her No. 1 world ranking because of forfeiting the first Grand Slam of the year.
Henin-Hardenne, 24, won the French Open last year and reached the final at the three other majors before capping 2006 with a win in the season-ending WTA Tour Championship. She had a 60-8 record.
The Gaz de France tournament is set for Feb. 5-11.
"It's not far from my home, and it's always pleasant for me to be in Paris," the Belgian said. "This will be my first tournament for the season. I hope to find my form, and as usual will give all of myself."
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wud be great to see her playing in French Open nanti -- |
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Gonzalez dominates Haas to set up finals matchup with Federer
By PAUL ALEXANDER, Associated Press Writer
January 26, 2007
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- They call him "Speedy" Gonzalez, and he showed why.
Tenth-seeded Fernando Gonzalez put on another brilliant display of tennis Friday, sprinting all over the court to rip winners at will as he dominated Germany's Tommy Haas 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 to reach the Australian Open final.
It was a performance reminiscent of top-ranked Roger Federer's rout of Andy Roddick in the other semifinal a night earlier. Gonzalez was nearly flawless, leaving the capacity crowd gasping and the 12th-seeded Haas stunned and frustrated.
"It was a really good day for me," Gonzalez said. "I have been playing great tennis. I am enjoying it a lot."
Gonzalez had zero unforced errors in the first and third sets and only three for the match to go along with 42 winners that accounted for more than half of his 82 points.
For Haas, it was overwhelming.
"I played actually pretty good tennis," Haas said. "Every time I tried to do something differently, he came up with the answer. That's quite frustrating after a period of time. I just have to hand it to him, tip the hat, say that's too good tonight. Nothing I could have done."
Gonzalez, who had never reached a Grand Slam semifinal before, will face Federer on Sunday evening in the championship match.
"Roger is No. 1 one by far," Gonzalez said. "But there is only one match left. I have lost many times to him, but I know that I am playing much better than the last time that we played."
The women's final on Saturday pits top-seeded Maria Sharapova, the reigning U.S. Open champion, against two-time champion Serena Williams, unseeded while coming back from a bad knee that limited her to four tournaments last year.
Music from a nearby concert drifted into packed Rod Laver Arena on a brisk Australia Day evening Friday. Fireworks followed the match, but Gonzalez provided plenty before then.
Once known for a weak backhand and a fragile psyche, Gonzalez has improved both significantly in recent months and has won over thousands of fans here with his powerful serve and forehand.
He was excited about the match statistics.
"I have been playing many years with 45 unforced errors and three winners!" he said.
The Chilean ran off 11 points to start the first set, and Haas ended up with only 12 points in the seven games.
Gonzalez slipped only slightly in the second set with 12 winners and three unforced errors as Haas, his confidence shattered, spiked his racket once and came close to slamming it into the court on two other occasions.
Haas tried to pick on Gonzalez's backhand, but the Chilean just kept getting back slice after slice until he got a chance to wind up on a forehand and send zingers into the corners.
A group of vocal German fans included five young men with "Tommy Haas" spelled out on their bare chests and "Bye Bye Gonzalez" on their backs, cheered for Haas between points, but their support went for naught.
Gonzalez, who never faced a break point, finished it off with a backhand crosscourt winner for his seventh service break to end it in 1 hour, 31 minutes -- eight minutes longer than Federer's win over Roddick.
"I'm obviously trying to think what I could have done differently after the match like this. It's really hard," said Haas, who added that Gonzalez made him understand how Roddick felt.
"Pretty much everything he touched tonight seemed to go his way. He's playing some good tennis, that's for sure." |
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for final --
saya hope for fedex -- men's single
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saya hope for serena williams -- women's single - |
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yesss.....Serena menang......6 -1,6 -2
bravo serena :pompom: |
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Aku dah cakap daaaahhhhhh.....minah ni kalau "in-form", yang lain tu boleh balik jer laaaaaa, buang masa je turun court. Pendapat aku cuma dua player je yang mampu saingi Serena bila tengah top form, iaitu kakak dia sendiri, Venus Williams dan Monica Seles. Dua orang ni memang bagus dari segi "power", "mental toughness" dan "determination".
To Sharapova, jadi model iklan sabun Daia jer laaaaaaa....buat malu jer....world no.1 main cam tu. |
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Reply #849 wgd4082's post
tapi kalau jumpe JHH belum tentu serena bleh menang!betul x payrol?? hehehe
glad that JHH will be back to the tour!
JHH pls defend ur french title!!! :pray: |
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tapi geram gak aku ngan sharapova..penat2 je kalahkan clijster aku tapi tak leh rampas OZ nie!! :geram: |
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Pasangan Afrika juara beregu
MELBOURNE |
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Federer lenyap bayangan Roddick
MELBOURNE |
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Naluri senjata Sharapova
Saya bukan seorang pemikir dan tak perlu terlalu banyak berfikir: Williams
MELBOURNE: Pilihan utama, Maria Sharapova berkata dia tidak akan menggunakan pelan permainan sukar ke pertarungan penentuan tenis wanita Terbuka Australia menentang Serena Williams, sebaliknya lebih gemar bergantung kepada nalurinya.
Bintang tenis Russia berusia 19 tahun itu, berkata dia tidak akan menonton rakaman video permainan Williams hingga ke final dan enggan mendedahkan sama ada akan menggunakan tanggapan bahawa pencabarnya tidak cergas dengan memaksa pemain itu berlari sekeliling gelanggang.
Juara bertahan Terbuka Amerika Syarikat, Sharapova, yang kemaraannya ke final Terbuka Australia menyaksikan dia merebut kembali ranking nombor satu dunia, berkata dia akan menumpukan kepada permainannya sendiri berbanding terlalu menganalisis apa yang pencabarnya akan lakukan.
揝udah tentu apabila awak menuju ke perlawanan, jika awak pernah menentang pencabar itu dan tahu kekuatan dan kelemahan mereka, anda tahu pukulan yang berkesan dan pukulan yang mereka suka, |
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Serena routs Sharapova to win Australian
MELBOURNE, Australia - Don't ever tell Serena Williams she can't do something. Her response will be devastating for her opponents. Just ask top-ranked Maria Sharapova.
Serena Williams of the U.S. celebrates her women's
singles final win over Maria Sharapova
Sharp and intensely focused from the start, Williams simply overwhelmed Sharapova 6-1, 6-2 Saturday to win the Australian Open and her eighth Grand Slam title.
"It was an awesome win, because I had so many critics. So many people ... saying negative things," Williams said. "Saying I wasn't fit, when I felt that I was really fit, and I could last three sets.
"It's always like, tell me no and I'll show you that I can do it. I get the greatest satisfaction just holding up the Grand Slam trophy and proving everyone wrong."
Williams was eager for the French Open to start, even though it's four months away.
"I'm ready to start training on the clay already," she said. "I saw some things here I want to work on. I'm ready to do that now, ready to take my game to a new level."
Only the second unseeded woman to win the Australian title in the Open era, Williams came into the tournament ranked No. 81 after playing in only four tournaments last year due to a bad knee. She will jump to No. 14 when the new rankings come out next week.
It was the 25-year-old American's first title in 15 tournaments since winning the 2005 Australian Open, and the most dominating win in a completed championship match at Melbourne Park since Steffi Graf beat Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 6-0, 6-2 in 1994.
"She came out today and she really played flawless tennis," said a downcast Sharapova, the reigning U.S. Open champion who had a 13-match Grand Slam winning streak snapped. "It was my mom's birthday today and I couldn't win for her."
Williams put together the third consecutive singles rout in Rod Laver Arena, after top-ranked Roger Federer pounded Andy Roddick and No. 10 Fernando Gonzalez was nearly flawless in beating Tommy Haas in the semifinals. They will play for the men's title Sunday.
"I was really inspired," Williams said of the performances by Federer and Gonzalez. "I thought if they could do it, so could I."
With occasional showers and a strong wind outside, the roof was closed on packed Rod Laver Arena. Williams saw it as an omen: She won her other two titles here, in 2003 and 2005, with the roof closed.
Williams, who had started slow in her earlier matches, was clearly into it from the start this time. She was pouncing on Sharapova's second serves, standing inside the baseline to send them back faster than they came over.
"She started doing that from the beginning of the match," said Sharapova, who won only a quarter of her second serves. "She was aggressive from all her shots. She was going for it, making most of it."
As the match wore on, Sharapova's shoulders drooped when she missed a first serve, clearly dreading another zinging return, then staring back in frustration when it left her flat-footed. After one, she muttered: "Yeah, too good."
Sharapova sets the pace against most opponents, but Williams' power cut the rallies short and had the crowd gasping. The American had nine winners in the first four games alone, a stretch in which she won 12 straight points after Sharapova held a game point while serving at 0-1.
Sharapova finally got on the board, holding serve while trailing 0-5. During the game, Williams glared at the 19-year-old Russian and had several word for her after getting hit by an overhead.
At the changeover following the 26-minute first set, Sharapova leaned over in her chair, talking to herself as she rocked back and forth, but she didn't get any better.
After taking the match in just 1 hour and 3 minutes, Williams tossed her racket in the air and dropped on her back. Then she hopped around on the court in jubilation before slapping hands with her mother, Oracene, and some of the fans in the first row of seats, and dancing a little jig.
"I'd like to thank my mom. I was a bad student this fortnight," Williams said. "I yelled at her, said some things under my breath. But she just kept coming. I really appreciate it.
"My plan was just to play my game. I finally played it for the first time this whole tournament. When I'm playing well, it's difficult for anyone to beat me. Tennis is what I think I was born to do."
Williams dedicated the title to her half-sister, Yetunde Price, who was shot to death in 2003.
"I just love her so much," she said, her voice cracking. "I'll try not to get teary-eyed but I said a couple of days ago, if I win this it's going to be for her. So thanks Tunde."
"Every match I wrote notes. Usually I write, `Look at the ball,' `Move forward,' `Do this, do that.' Today my note was just `Yetunde.' Every changeover I looked at it."
Chris O'Neill, who was ranked No. 111 when she won the 1978 title, was the only other unseeded woman to win an Australian Open.
Sharapova, who will assume the No. 1 ranking from Justine Henin, suffered her worst loss in a Grand Slam tournament.
"I don't like losing," she said. "You go back in the locker room, like, `Darn it, I just lost. Someone is celebrating over there. They're going to be opening a bottle of champagne."
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yeah!!!
serena menang ----
WTG serena -
an awesome win !! -- |
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Serena benam Sharapova
MELBOURNE |
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Serena Williams of the U.S. holds her trophy
for photographers after winning the women's singles...
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macam nak tercabut lak baju kemban dia ni ;) 
apa2 pun congrats serena!!! -- |
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Bryan brothers win second straight Australian Open doubles title
By ROHAN SULLIVAN, Associated Press Writer
January 27, 2007
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- No chest bump, just a big hug.
American twins Bob and Mike Bryan skipped their usual celebration ritual Saturday but were jubilant anyway after grabbing their fifth Grand Slam men's doubles title by beating Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi 7-5, 7-5 at the Australian Open.
It's great to come out and start this year well," Bob Bryan said. "Winning that first one is awesome."
It was the Bryans' fourth straight appearance in the Australian Open final and their second consecutive win.
"To come down here and get to the finals four years in a row, to defend our first ... that's special," Bryan said.
Tour veterans Bjorkman and Mirnyi were seeded second to the Bryans' No. 1, and came into the match with a 4-4 record against the brothers but with three straight wins, including last year's French Open final.
But Mike Bryan's powerful serve helped the brothers to dominate the match, and Bjorkman and Mirnyi scrambled to save five championship points in the last game before Bob Bryan slammed a forehand winner to seal the win.
"I want to congratulate these guys," Bryan said. "They are both friends of ours, they're great doubles players, they are both legends. We were lucky today."
The Bryans, born two minutes apart in Camarillo, Calif., have come to dominate men's doubles in the past few years. The pair completed a career Grand Slam at Wimbledon last year, and Saturday was their 10th appearance in a Grand Slam final. |
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Tahniah untuk Roger Federer...... :love:
Kemenangan 7-6, 6-4, 6-4 ke atas Fernando Gonzales
Grand Slam yang ke 10
Pemain pertama sejak 1972 yang tidak kalah walau satu set untuk muncul sebagai juara Terbuka Australia
Pencabar datang silih berganti...tetapi juara tetap kekal  |
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Post time 26-1-2007 10:09 AM
Post time 26-1-2007 07:49 PM
