Djokovic loses another final
MADRID .- Tommy Haas again demonstrated its effectiveness in the finals to beat Novak Djokovic in Halle, by 6-3, 6-7 (4) and 6-1. For the first time in the last nine years, a local tennis player held the title on grass in Germany. Djokovic surrendered the fourth of his six final disputes in 2009.
Haas in the balance of the Finals disputed in the circuit throughout his career is 12-9 with a victory in the last seven. Djokovic had been imposed on Germany in the previous two matches in Roland Garros in 2006 and this season at the Indian Wells Masters 1000, which Haas has broken the trend and also at home. Djokovic, winner in Belgrade and Dubai Period during their quarter final after their defeats in Miami (with Murray), Montecarlo (to Nadal), Rome (to Nadal) and the latter in Halle.
Haas, 31, started playing a tennis great, with good services that facilitated the error in the remains of Djokovic. While seeking to match rival game and the track, the German won the first set. Equality continued in the second race, which Djokovic won in the tiebreaker, which dominated from the start.
In the third and final set, Haas got to 3-0, after breaking the Djokovic serve. Each item was played to the limit and every game was decided after several draws. Though Djokovic got the 3-1, then cleared the runway and Haas won easy the rest of the points to 6-1.
With the triumph of Haas, four Germans have won the tournament in 17 years of history. Roger Federer, absent this year, has lifted the trophy five times.
‘It is wonderful to be the best of the best’
* Cavaliers held the title with her parents and younger brother
* Thanks for ‘lucky’ by calling at Lakers
* Stresses that the conditions so that they can repeat that success
ORLANDO (USA) .- At 1:30 am in Orlando, three hours after the final conclusion of the NBA, Pau Gasol had not yet returned to the hotel from the Lakers. A friend of Memphis player and assistant during the season in Los Angeles waiting, room key from Pau in hand, to be ‘liberated’. Neither they, being close, they had still managed to congratulate the champion. It seems that the Spanish had been kidnapped by the NBA for the future operation of a media title “forever” in the words of the player.
“I have a unique feeling of enjoying a moment that I am missing words …. It’s so hard to achieve this,” said the actor in the costume of the Lakers, a skating rink with champagne firm, where they danced also parents and the younger brother of the first Spanish ring that reached the NBA. Do not know when it will, but knows that will come as a result of this miraculous change of air in February 2008. “I was lucky to stop at this great team and this organization, the Lakers. But I try not to think too much in the past. I try to enjoy being champion and be the best of the best, it’s wonderful.”
The regusto is not comparable to any other and has the reach, the possibility of the plate. The current team, is committed to the continuity Odom and Ariza, who is not little. The Spanish hoped to continue both, which is not easy with calculator in hand. “We have a group of players with a high quality and technical staff to be seized. That’s what allows us to be with this cup and this gives us the chance to win more.”
Gasol was in desgañita commended his colleagues, starting with Kobe Bryant and followed by the main ‘threat’, that Lamar Odom accompanying him in the international press. The audience is Marisa Sáez, the mother of the Spanish international, who is not exhausted in the attempt to stop this happy time in your camera. Click, click … It occurs when one of those moments worthy of a portrait. Bursts in the room Derek Fisher, the grandfather. In a step to meet the 35, after winning the fifth game of the final against the Magic (86-99), builds up his fourth ring and, even as it celebrates the first day.
To the right of the table where his companions speak, begins to jump like a wild child, with tight fists in the direction of Gasol and Odom. “I am delighted that so many people proud of us right now,” says Spanish “wanted to win this title since I was nine or 10 years, and I finally completed that dream,” the U.S. is tender, which concludes: ” When I was going to say that it would be champion of the NBA. ” “Well come on, that I” could have completed Pau, already poses new challenges. “I would like to achieve the gold medal in a European, open the box of thunder, and does not say whether it will attempt this summer, against the forecast, or wait for 2011.
Queiroz: ‘Cristiano was to be followed in Manchester’
MADRID .- Whoever outside the Real Madrid coach Carlos Queiroz, he believes Cristiano Ronaldo has been wrong to leave Manchester United. For the current coach of Portugal, the champion of the Premier League club was the “right” to the end.
“I have my opinion about the race and I think Cristiano Ronadlo should have remained in the United,” said the Portuguese in a statement released by the digital edition of ‘The Times’, which coincided with the most expensive player in the world stage as a technical assistant in the English club and is now in his ward luso combined.
The coach believes that life in Madrid can distract the player. “The television and fashion games are different from the normal day to day of a player, I must say that Madrid can easily fall into it.”
Finally, Carlos Queiroz has sent a message to Jorge Valdano and Florentino Perez, president and general manager of Real Madrid, respectively, the same as in 2003, confided in him. “I hope that at this time have learned from past mistakes, when the players were too related to advertising.”
Murray knocks down another wall
* Succeeds’ Bunny ‘Austin (1938) as the last British champion at Queen’s
* Defeat the American James Blake in the final by 6-4 and 7-5
MADRID .- ‘Bunny’ Austin died nine years ago, the day of its 94th birthday just a month after stepping on the track last central Wimbledon. Never won the trophy in the ‘Cathedral’-end there and lost two in a Roland Garros, but served as a perfect complement to Fred Perry during the golden years of British tennis.
Joined together four consecutive titles in the Davis Cup (1933-36). More than for his elegant playing, man, ‘Bunny’ Austin revolutionized the history of tennis during the hot summer of 1932 to appear in the U.S. Championships (now U.S. Open) wearing shorts. The organizers, visibly upset, asked him: “Do not you forget something, Mr. Austin? Of his pants, perhaps?”. “The following year, he took the Wimbledon and, surprisingly, nobody seemed wrong,” available at each interview. In any event, no great champion followed suit in 1947 to Jack Kramer.
The man who discovered the world was his knees, until today, the last tennis player from United Kingdom able to lift the cup at Queen’s after getting rid of the Chinese Non-Khie Kho. 71 years later, Andy Murray returns to stand as a major innovator of British tennis. By defeating James Blake in the final of 2009 (7-5 and 6-4), the Scots broke a new barrier.
Murray, the first British in third place in the classification since the beginning of the ‘professional era’ (1968)-Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski have not gone beyond the quarter-square, add the fourth title of the course-without giving a set – , one less than Rafael Nadal, and the twelfth of his career-one on grass in 18 finals. While Nadal, despite his knee injury, is still sending in the odds of Wimbledon, Murray many places at nearly the same height as the number one and who intends to be back, Roger Federer.
British Queen’s finalists
* 2009: Andy Murray (def James Blake 7-5 6-4)
* 2002: Tim Henman (lost to Lleyton Hewitt 4-6 6-1 6-4)
* 2001: Tim Henman (Lleyton Hewitt lost 7-6 (3) 7-6 (3)
* 1999: Tim Henman (Pete Sampras lost 6-7 (1) 6-4 7-6 (4)
* 1977: Mark Cox (lost to Raul Ramirez 9-7 7-5)
* 1973: Roger Taylor (10-8 lost to Ilie Nastase 6-3)
* 1972: John Paish (lost Jimmy Connors 6-2 6-3)
* 1967: Roger Taylor (lost John Newcombe 7-5 6-3)
* 1938: Bunny Austin (Sin-def Khie Kho 6-2 6-0)
Federer won French Open – Roger crys because the first Roland Garros title
* The Swiss completed the Grand Slam after beating Robin Soderling in a resigned
* Equals 14 Grand Slam of Pete Sampras in straight sets and only two hours of play
* Andre Agassi, the last champion of the four ‘big’ gave the trophy
PARIS .- Ni ‘Jimmy Jump’, the creep of barretina, devolved to Roger Federer on his way to his first Roland Garros title, to his appointment with the legend. Neither Robin Soderling upset the script. Their game plan, to the waist, was a gift for the Swiss. Without disheveled, won at last in his quarter final in Paris, the Musketeers Cup after a comfortable 6-1, 7-6 (1) and 6-4 in one hour and 55 minutes. You can now watch in front of Sampras, Laver, Agassi and company. [Narration and statistics]
The unique tennis Las Vegas, as required for specified occasion, presented the trophy to a course, tear champion. In victory or in defeat, Federer always cries. “Thanks for being here, Andre,” said the replacement of the Musketeers Cup to end in his hands. “You were the last to complete the Grand Slam. Now I know how it feels.” Like Agassi, Federer won in the French capital at the eleventh attempt.
After one more first round itself, the world number two, with options to regain first place in Wimbledon when Nadal finally arrives late for the event, matched the record of 14 ‘major’ which until now held in solitary Pete Sampras. The U.S. has achieved after 52 ‘majors’ dispute, over the thirty, while Federer sum 27 years and contested his 40th Grand Slam.
Also obtained the exclusive membership card for the club champions from the four most important tournaments in the world. Federer enters it as the sixth man after Fred Perry (1935), Donald Budge (1938), Rod Laver (1962), Roy Emerson (1964) and Andre Agassi (1999).
Without resources, beyond some modest increases in the network, tremendous Swedish tennis returned to a more heap in his first major final, with a tennis player who has only caught one after September 10 clashes. Only in the second part is sensed the new player, capable of rendering high on a surface which never stressed. Forced the game tiebreaker, but Federer then responded with four direct services in as many attempts. Incontestable.
During the remainder of the meeting, before and after, he merely comparsa Soderling at the party of the emperor, whom the storm, threatening throughout the end of this intermittently, but never enough to stop the duel, “nor would bother. “I have given a lesson in how to play tennis, Roger,” Soderling said at the ceremony, little affected by the defeat. “To me, you’re the best in history. You deserve this victory.”
Soderling, the world number 12
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Scandinavian tennis, from Monday to jump to the twelfth position classification, showed a more friendly face than usual. “Before the final, talking to Magnus [Norman, his coach], we promised that no one could earn 10 times in a row,” he said. “Now I say that nobody can defeat him 11 times in a row.” The copyright of the joke, however, belong to Vitas Gerulaitis. “Nobody beats Gerulaitis 14 times in a row,” said a day before facing Bjorn Borg. They were not 14 but 16 times when the U.S. fell sequentially to the ‘invincible’ at the time.
Federer, as in previous days, again to the left hates so much that in the past, once it became clear that it does not suffer much from the baseline to 11 after shares in Paris has learned how to suffer on the slow surface . Faced only two points of ‘break’ against, one in the fourth game of the third manga, resolved with a masterful right, and when pulled to close the game, solved thanks to an error by Soderling. Then he dropped on the clay. “Now I can rest easy,” he told French television. “I won Roland Garros.”
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Chelsea won the Cup in England
* Drogba and Lampard certified comeback to the London team Everton (2-1)
LONDON .- Upon giving the forecast as a bookmark, the Dutchman Guus Hiddink Chelsea saved the season at Wembley in the imposition of David Moyes Everton 2-1 and take the Cup in England.
The “Blues”, which ended the League in third position overall in the table, behind Manchester United and Liverpool’s Rafa Benitez and Arsenal ahead of Cesc, used today, under a scorching sun, his last to finish the cartridge course with a trophy in his hands.
It was an opportunity, in addition, this template of “reward” her coach, who has acted as interim technical and will leave Stamford Bridge this summer to return to direct the selection of Russia.
Everton tried. For eleven o’clock this was their first Cup final in the last fourteen years, since it will mark Paul Rideout scored the only goal that gave the trophy in 1995 against Manchester United.
Hiddink was left eleven original German Michael Ballack in the midfield while putting his colleague at Everton, David Moyes, starting with the French Louis Saha in the starting team after missing several matches due to injury, took prize . And did not expect.
Everton which was premiered on the scoreboard 25 seconds of play. Occurred through an action of Saha, who attacked domains wretched doorkeeper “blue” Petr Cech from inside the large area to put his team ahead. And of course, to sign the much more rapid in the history of the finals of this tournament.
This unexpected start to put pressure on the London squad, although he knew digest. Hiddink’s men were clearly dominated the ball, had the possession but not-yet-materialized options. Until Didier Drogba came.
Always effective, the attacker managed to level the Ivorian rid of a marker at the Everton defense and finish on the head 20 minutes without giving respite to the U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard.
Chelsea grew up in the domain match after match. They tried to give air to the marker Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, John Terry and Didier Drogba. Hiddink’s team in control, marking guidelines and did not give a respite to zagueros rivals.
The temperature continued burning on the pitch and pace of the party, furious over the second act.
Anelka enjoyed a good time to increase the advantage of the eleven Hiddink, after collecting a pass from his French compatriot Florent Malouda and bypass marking Yobo. His shot at goal was disturbed to Howard, but came off the crossbar.
A threatening shot from Saha headed to three meters from the goal of Cech was near the tip marker to Everton.
But what made the whole of London, with a goal that initialed the English international Frank Lampard, from outside the area, to the horror of David Moyes.
Chelsea was packed. The last minutes of the final belonged to the formation of Stamford Bridge, which was not pressed until the final whistle and could have further inflated the score with another action Malouda.
Nadal lose from Soderling – The fight is not always enough you have to play good tennis
* ‘If I lost it because the preparation was not perfect’
* ‘The fight is not always enough, you have to play good tennis’
* The number one Roger Federer wants to get his first Roland Garros
* Wilander: “I think Roger will open today a beer ‘
PARIS .- Robin Soderling has a scale proportionate. It is a very long player that allows you to save a step further. Solve many of the early onslaught of Rafael Nadal and then organize their pattern of play during the exchanges. Opposed to champion better than others often do, forcing him to make more shots from the usual.
Unlike what is sometimes customary, the Swedish were more content, despite its worst showing in the face off the second part. Their service was crucial, not only by the speed of ball, which came to be quite regularly above 220 kilometers per hour, but by the same boat, forcing Nadal to subtract from behind and go to From there, a trailer. The Spanish, by contrast, went slack with their service. Do not get hurt with them and decided to secure the draw and reducing risks losing domain options as well.
Soderling forced him to play almost always behind the net, getting their first shipments, either the service or the other, it could mandar. Nadal took only moments of respite, it was puff, without being able to find solutions.
With days like yesterday, cloudy, windy, the ball does not take the weight and become devalued the effects that can impress the world number one, who knows what is roll back the opponent through the power of your lift. Nor Soderling, Swedish, suffered the heat sometimes punished both in this competition.
He had a delightful afternoon to stay cool physically and mentally, without carrying the party to a melee in which almost all losers often end up before a man of strength and rennet, Nadal. His ball yesterday, did not fly much, so the giant could walk properly Tibro forward. There was this time the man with a tendency to shoot away, but its shares eased with serenity and intelligence. He had the conviction to develop inner happiness with some quite clear, well defined.
Soderling knew the formula to try to beat the great dominator of the earth and knew how to implement it. Nadal had arrived in Paris better than ever, with more titles and more wins for the first time as world number one. He did what he had to do, which was planned as planned, as in previous years things were great.
Simply, you might miss something cool in sets of maximum demand. And it was less robust than normal in the early days.
The Spanish Rafael Nadal lamented its decline in Roland Garros, the first of its life on the Parisian clay, pointing out that the losses “do not enhance anything,” while he complained of the lack of affection that the public in Paris to him: “It is a pity that a detail never have me,” he regretted.
“The defeats did not enhance anything, unfortunately,” said world number one after falling 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 6-4 and 7-6 (7-2) to Swedish Robin Soderling, 25 world ranking in the final round.
The trip became “human” Nadal, who had 31 victories and four consecutive titles on clay in the Bois de Boulogne. “It’s not my best day …”, admitted Nadal. “I’m not very happy, that is true. It’s hard to lose in a Grand Slam, especially in one where you have better chance of winning than the other.”
“I have to trust me to follow, but if I missed it because the preparation was not perfect,” added the Spanish, who joked with his preparation for the season on British turf. “My preparation for the swimming pool is now my home,” he said laughing before resuming serious analysis of his defeat.
“The fight is not always enough, you have to play good tennis. Many people think that the physical gain. Today, when I had my time to take advantage of it.” Nadal played the game against Soderling, three and a half hours, with constant encouragement from the Swedish public towards Paris, which did not pass unnoticed in Spanish. “I’m accustomed, I know the names of all my rivals here.” “It’s a shame that in a tournament that means so much to me never have a breakdown of the public,” he added. Nadal said it was “much less” the worst defeat of his career.
With the Swiss Roger Federer still in the race in the contest, Nadal wish the world’s number two in its attempt to win the only Grand Slam that he resists. “It would be good (to win) to complete the Grand Slam. If anyone deserves it is him.”
Wilander: “I think Federer will open a few beers tonight ‘
The Swedish Mats Wilander, triple Roland Garros champion, believes the Swiss Roger Federer “Abir few beers” to celebrate the surprise defeat of Spanish Rafael Nadal. “I think Federer will open a few beers tonight,” said former world number one, you see a tournament “open” as ever.
“Without Rafa opens the tournament, all are candidates. But Roger is a great opportunity is your chance,” added the Swede, who currently serves as a tennis analyst in the chain “Eurosport”.
Federer, 27, sum of 13 Grand Slam titles, one fewer than the record 14 in the hands of American Pete Sampras. The big challenge is the Swiss winning Roland Garros, the only one of the four Grand Slam not won the championship trophy.
Nadal defeated then world number one in the 2005 semifinals and the finals in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Especially humiliating to the Swiss was falling 12 months ago, when the Spanish dealt him a 6-0, 6-3 and 6-1.
Federer will face German Tommy Haas morning by the round, and with all the pressure of knowing that this time Nadal was not to stop on their way to the title, and also eliminated the Serbian Novak Djokovic.
According Wilander, Soderling “did not play,” Nadal today, he met the first defeat on clay in the Bois de Boulogne.