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Roger Federer vs Robin Soderling US Open video Highlights

andreiwildman — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:45:17 +0000

Roger Federer show us his champion quality in a long match against Robin Soderling.
They played the quarterfinal round of US Open 2010.
Match duration was 1 h:56′ .
Here is the summary:
Roger Federer vs Robin Soderling
Set 1: 6-4;
Set 2: 6-4;
Set 3: 7-5;
So we will see Federer in the semifinals of US Open and maybe in the final.

Victor Hanescu Magican Trick US OPEN 2010

Sport — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:53:59 +0000

Victor Hanescu (from Romania) lost against Michael Llodra, but he realized maybe the most beautiful shot from this US Open edition.

He was prepared for a strong smash but he miss it intentionally. Llodra was tricked by that and he run in other way. In that moment Victor Hanescu simply put his racket under the ball and he simply sent it over the net.

Watch this perfect shot below:

Fights at US open between fans

Sport — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:32:51 +0000

Something extremely rare happened in the fourth day at US Open, during Novak Djokoivc’s game against Philipp Petzschner (from Germany) when three fans fight each other.

The fight starts when a young man was slapped by a woman because of his language. After that he starts to fight with woman’s father.

In this moment, both the woman and the young man were arrested by police.

The incident is very rare for a tennis tournament.

Andy Murray – Wimbledon interview

Sport — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:28:52 +0000

Andy Murray had an interview today. He played at Wimbledon against Nieminen (Finland) and he won in three sets.

Next round he will play against G. Simon from France. Watch what he said in this interview:

Isner v Mahut – World Record Longest Game

Sport — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:11:41 +0000

John Isner (Usa) and Nicolas Mahut played today (and yesterday) a match at Wimbledon which will remain for a long time from now World Record for longest professional tennis match.

After two sets the score was equal and they start decisive set which normally can’t be ended until a player reach six or two points away after 5-5. And in this set none of the players did a break before first 138 games and the game’s end came only after 11 hours and five minutes. The final score was 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68.

Yesterday, the game was stoped when the score was 59-59 because of the dark. Only three breaks were realized during the entire game.

Not only the longest game World Record was achieved in this match. John Isner has now World Record title for most aces in one match: 112. Mahut has also 102 aces which could be easy an World Record without Isner.

Roland Garros Ball Kids

Sport — Sat, 29 May 2010 18:57:26 +0000

Roger Federer and other tennis stars capture all attention and no one talk about ball kids, who play an essential role at each tournament.

Watch a short video with some ball kids from Roland Garros at French Open Tonight:

Davenport and Corina Morariu at French Open Toninght

Sport — Sat, 29 May 2010 18:47:09 +0000

Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu, former double-couple in professional tennis, were today at French Open Tonight with Bill Macatee. They talked about this edition of Roland Garros.

Watch what they said:

Roger Federer interview 29 May

Sport — Sat, 29 May 2010 18:11:41 +0000

Roger Federer come again at Bill Macatee (French Open Tonight) to speak about Roland Garros. He advanced in round four where he will meet his Davis Cup colleague Stanislas Wawrinka.

Watch what he said:

Jarmila Groth interview (third round)

Sport — Sat, 29 May 2010 15:20:27 +0000

Jarmila Groth advanced for first time in carer in fourth round at Roland Garros (France).

In third round she beats her compatriot Anastasia Rodionova in three sets: 6-3, 5-7, 6-2. Next round she will play against Shvedova from Kazakhstan.

Aussie tennis results: 28 May (Roland Garros)

Sport — Sat, 29 May 2010 15:12:48 +0000

See here Aussie player involved in Roland Garros matches in 28 May:

Jarmila Groth defeat Kimiko Date Krumm 6-0/6-3. Anastasia Rodionova beat Vera Zvonareva with 6-4,6-4.

Another girl from Australia, Sophie Ferguson lost at Italian Francesca Schiavone (top seed number 17). The score was 6-2, 6-2.

On boys competitions, Leyton Hewitt advance to the third round.

For other results from Challengers competitions watch the video: