Tennis Season 2013

[oasisbobo]

Once again Andy Murray has done us proud!

[Wardo]

What a nice afternoon watching this match with friends!

Federer is so good that I can't even measure how important is to achieve a 7th Wimbledon number 1!

Murray will never be on Fed's level, but his speech was heartbreaking. I'd be proud to be British in that moment.

[shirley]

Wimbledon 2012 Roll of Honour:
Ladies Singles: S Williams (USA)
Gentlemen's Singles: R Federer (SUI)
Mens Doubles: J Marray (GBR)/ F Nielsen (DEN)
Ladies Doubles: S and V Williams (USA)
Mixed Doubles: L Raymond/M Bryan (USA)
Boys Singles: F Peliwo (CAN)
Girls Singles: E Bouchard (CAN)
Girls Doubles: E Bouchard (USA)/T Townsend (USA)
Boys Doubles: A Harris/N Kyrgios (AUS)
Ladies Invitation Doubles: L Davenport (USA)/M Hingis (SUI)
Gentlemen's Senior Invitational Doubles: P Cash/M Woodforde (AUS)
Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles: G Rusedski (GBR)/F Santora (FRA)
Wheelchair Ladies Doubles: J Griffioen/A Van Kootin (NED)
Wheelchair Mens Doubles: T Egberink (NED)/ M Jeremiasz (FRA)

[aaliyahman]

^ Well, better than showing no emotion at all, like his opponent.

He doesn't need to shout and scream after every point.

[Formusic]

http://espn.go.com/tennis/wimbledon12/s ... edon-title



WIMBLEDON, England -- Once the Centre Court roof was closed, nothing could stop Roger Federer from winning his record-tying seventh Wimbledon title.

The 30-year-old Federer finally equaled Pete Sampras' record at the All England Club, and won his 17th Grand Slam title overall, by beating Andy Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday.

"I'm happy that closing the roof maybe helped me today because I wasn't sure if that was going to help me or not," said Federer, who took advantage of the windless court and won 65 of the 117 points played indoors.

Once Murray's forehand landed wide on match point, Federer collapsed to the grass with tears welling in his eyes. He got up quickly and shook hands with Murray at the net.

Up in the players' box, Federer's wife and twin daughters cheered and smiled as he took his seat to await yet another Wimbledon trophy presentation.

"When the roof closed, he played unbelievable tennis," Murray said.

Federer is now 17-7 in Grand Slam finals, including 7-1 at Wimbledon. Murray dropped to 0-4 in major finals, with three of those losses coming against Federer.

"It's amazing. It equals me with Pete Sampras, who's my hero," said Federer, who lost in the quarterfinals at the All England Club in 2010 and '11. "It just feels amazing."

Besides Sampras, 1880s player William Renshaw also won seven Wimbledon titles, but he did it at a time when the defending champion was given a bye into the following year's final.

"He doesn't want to stop now," Sampras said in a telephone interview of Federer. "He knows he's going to continue to play well and try to break seven, and he could very well end up with eight or nine Wimbledons. I just think he's that much better than the other guys on grass, and he loves the court the way I loved that court. He's a great champion, a classy champion, and I'm really happy for him."

Sunday's match was the first Wimbledon singles final to be played with the roof closed. The roof was first used on Centre Court in 2009.

Britain has been waiting 76 years for a homegrown men's champion at the All England Club, and the expectations on Murray were huge. Thousands of fans watched the match on a huge screen on "Murray Mount," but left the grounds still waiting for a British winner.

Inside the stadium, Prince William's wife, Kate, sat in the Royal Box along with David Beckham, British Prime Minister David Cameron and a slew of former Wimbledon champions.

Many of them left a bit disappointed as well.

"Everybody always talks about the pressure of playing at Wimbledon, how tough it is," said Murray, who held back tears while speaking in front of the crowd. "It's not the people watching. They make it so much easier to play. The support has been incredible, so thank you."

With his victory, Federer regained the No. 1 ranking from Novak Djokovic, allowing him to equal Sampras' record of 286 weeks as the top-ranked player.

"This year I guess I decided in the bigger matches to take it more to my opponent instead of waiting a bit more for the mistakes," Federer said. "Yeah, this is I guess how you want to win Wimbledon, is by going after your shots, believing you can do it, and that's what I was able to do today.

"It's special."

Murray is coached by eight-time Grand Slam champion Ivan Lendl, the only other man to lose his first four major finals.

But after going 0-9 in sets in the previous three, Murray finally won a set Sunday.

"I played better this time in the final, and that's the main thing," Murray said. "It's not an easy tournament for British players in many ways, but I think I dealt with all of the extra things away from the tournament pretty well, better than maybe I had done in the past."


At the start of the match, Murray was the one dictating play and winning the tough points. He broke Federer in the first game of the first set, then broke again late before serving it out.

The second set was much more even, and both had early break points that they couldn't convert. Federer, however, finally got it done in the final game of the set, hitting a backhand drop volley that Murray couldn't get to.

Both held easily to start the third set, but then the rain started abruptly, suspending play for 40 minutes. Shortly after they returned, it turned into a one-man show.

With Federer leading 3-2, they played a 26-point, 20-minute game in which Federer finally converted his sixth break point -- after Murray had slipped on the grass three times. Federer lost only five points on his serve in that set.

"When we came out after the break, he was more aggressive on my serve," Murray said. "He has excellent timing, so when there's no wind or anything under the roof, he times the ball very, very well."

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As of July 9, 2012

ATP Rankings

Rank, Name & Nationality Points Week Change Tourn Played

1 Federer, Roger (SUI) 11,075 0 20
2 Djokovic, Novak (SRB) 11,000 0 19
3 Nadal, Rafael (ESP) 8,905 0 20
4 Murray, Andy (GBR) 7,460 0 20
5 Ferrer, David (ESP) 5,430 0 23
6 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) 5,230 0 24
7 Berdych, Tomas (CZE) 4,515 0 23
8 Tipsarevic, Janko (SRB) 3,215 0 28
9 Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG) 3,180 0 22

WTA Rankings

Curr Prev Name DOB Nation Rank pts Tours


1 2 Azarenka, Victoria 31/07/89 BLR 8800 19
2 3 Radwanska, Agnieszka 06/03/89 POL 8530 23
3 1 Sharapova, Maria 19/04/87 RUS 8370 17
4 6 Williams, Serena 26/09/81 USA 7360 15
5 5 Stosur, Samantha 30/03/84 AUS 6195 22
6 4 Kvitova, Petra 08/03/90 CZE 5275 19
7 8 Kerber, Angelique 18/01/88 GER 5170 20
8 7 Wozniacki, Caroline 11/07/90 DEN 4091 20
9 10 Errani, Sara 29/04/87 ITA 3410 23
10 9 Bartoli, Marion 02/10/84 FRA 3400 27

[aaliyahman]

Does anyone know the points break down of winning a Grand Slam?

[Formusic]

Does anyone know the points break down of winning a Grand Slam?

A Grand Slam singles champion earns 2,000 points. The next highest total possible is 1,500 ranking points to an undefeated ATP Tour Finals champion like Roger Federer in London 2011.
Masters 1000 (1,000 points), ATP 500 (500 points) and ATP 250 (250 points).

[aaliyahman]

Does anyone know the points break down of winning a Grand Slam?

A Grand Slam singles champion earns 2,000 points. The next highest total possible is 1,500 ranking points to an undefeated ATP Tour Finals champion like Roger Federer in London 2011.
Masters 1000 (1,000 points), ATP 500 (500 points) and ATP 250 (250 points).

Thanks! So literally if you won all 4 grand slams you'd be pretty much top 5?

[Formusic]

Does anyone know the points break down of winning a Grand Slam?

A Grand Slam singles champion earns 2,000 points. The next highest total possible is 1,500 ranking points to an undefeated ATP Tour Finals champion like Roger Federer in London 2011.
Masters 1000 (1,000 points), ATP 500 (500 points) and ATP 250 (250 points).

Thanks! So literally if you won all 4 grand slams you'd be pretty much top 5?

yea, with 8000 pts you d be 1-5 because nobody will get 2000 pts but you and even if some player wins 6 masters 1000, he will end up with ~7000-8000 pts...but it s still small to me, a GS title should give you 2500 pts esp. with the WTA system, therefore no random girl can hit the top.

[Formusic]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/ju ... sfeed=true

Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the London Olympics, saying he is "not in condition" to compete.

Nadal, who won gold at Beijing four years ago, said in a statement that it was one of the saddest moments of his career and that he will not travel with the Spanish delegation to the Olympic Games. He was set to be Spain's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.

Nadal has not played since his shock defeat by the then 100th-ranked Lukas Rosol in the second round at Wimbledon. He has been struggling with a knee injury since the French Open but had been working hard to be fully fit for London 2012.

"I have to think about my companions, I can't be selfish and I have to think of what's best for Spanish sport, especially tennis and Spanish players and give fellow sportsmen with better preparation the chance to compete," the 26-year-old said. "I tried to hurry my preparations and training to the very last minute, but it was not to be."

He said that the decision "is one of the saddest days of my career as one of my biggest ambitions, that of being Spain's flag bearer in the opening ceremony of the games in London, cannot be. You can imagine how difficult it was to take this decision."

[Formusic]

The biggest sporting event on the planet : The Olympic Games

[RaFanatic]

I dont know what to say I'm shocked I'm so sad for Rafa... Hope he feels better soon

[Lorenzo]

It's sad that Nadal can't play. But at least he can recover and be at his best at the US Open.
I feel 2013 is gonna be Nadals year. I so want him to win us open this year. It's been a while since he won a grandslam outside of RG.

[Eamon]

I'm looking forward to this.

It's going to be a different pressure for the players. I wonder will Serena and Roger just dismiss all to win the singles golds.

Disappointed for Rafa.

[Lorenzo]

My prediction: Djokovic & Serena.
I'm hoping for Venus or Serena & Murray.

[Eamon]

I think Venus & Serena will win the doubles anyway.

Federer is desperate for the singles gold so I think he's on a mission but Djokovic will surely play better than the way he played in the semi at Wimbledon.

I'm not sure about Murray. Depends on whether the hangover from Wimbledon has worn off.

[cooldeepak]

If
serena doesnot reach the final, sharapova will win gold for golden slam
and if serena reaches final , that will be a epic match and sharapova
will gave all of her and serena singles olympic record is bad
my prediction sharapova and roger

[stevyy]

If
serena doesnot reach the final, sharapova will win gold for golden slam

to win the golden slam you have to win all grand slam singles titles in the year of Olympiad and then the gold medal.

[Formusic]

Only Steffi Graf has done it before^

Here is the list of players with the most GS titles.

Margaret Court 24
Steffi Graf 22
Hellen Wills 19
Chris Evert 18
Martina Navratilova 18
Roger Federer 17
Pete Sampras 14
Serena Williams 14
Roy Emerson 12
Billie Jean King 12
Suzanne Lenglen 12
Rafael Nadal 11
Bjorn Borg 11
Rod Laver 11
Bill Tilden 10

I wonder why the WTA circiut is now irrelevant with no leadership while the greatest players of all time with the most GS titles are women.

[aaliyahman]

Does anyone know the points break down of winning a Grand Slam?

A Grand Slam singles champion earns 2,000 points. The next highest total possible is 1,500 ranking points to an undefeated ATP Tour Finals champion like Roger Federer in London 2011.
Masters 1000 (1,000 points), ATP 500 (500 points) and ATP 250 (250 points).

Thanks! So literally if you won all 4 grand slams you'd be pretty much top 5?

yea, with 8000 pts you d be 1-5 because nobody will get 2000 pts but you and even if some player wins 6 masters 1000, he will end up with ~7000-8000 pts...but it s still small to me, a GS title should give you 2500 pts esp. with the WTA system, therefore no random girl can hit the top.

Yep I totally agree, I am sick of these faceless number 1's.

[cooldeepak]

If

serena doesnot reach the final, sharapova will win gold for golden slam

to win the golden slam you have to win all grand slam singles titles in
the year of Olympiad and then the gold medal.

no u r wrong
if u have won 4 slams in your career and a gold medal, still that is counted as golden slam
u r talking about calender year golden slam
nadal and aggasi are also considered as golden slam winners and they have not won all slams in a year

[Eamon]

^Yeah it's a Career Golden Slam.

What Steffi has is a Calender Year Golden Slam.

[Formusic]

http://www.london2012.com/news/articles ... falla.html

Federer hangs on to beat Falla

Federer went into the tournament as the favourite to pick up a first Singles gold medal after his Wimbledon triumph.

His defeat of Andy Murray three weeks ago took him back to number one in the world.

The 30-year-old, who won Doubles gold four years ago for Switzerland with Stanislas Wawrinka, fought back from two sets to love down against Falla in the first round at Wimbledon two years ago.

Federer looked completely in control at a set and a break up and had three match points at 6-3 5-3 to wrap up what would have been a textbook victory.

However, he could not take them and from there things got a lot more complicated. Falla broke back to make it 5-5, saved three more break points and then incredibly broke again to win the set.

It was some turnaround and the Colombian looked like he might be able to cause a huge upset when he retrieved another break at the start of the decider.

But Federer dug in, broke again to lead 4-3, and this time there was no way back for Falla, the Swiss player converting his fifth match point to triumph 6-3 5-7 6-3.

Next the world number one will meet another of the protagonists in one of his Wimbledon dramas, Julien Benneteau.

Federer trailed the Frenchman two sets to love in the third round of Wimbledon four weeks ago before turning things around.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18904095

Britain's Andy Murray delighted the home crowd with a confident victory over Stanislas Wawrinka in round one of the Olympic singles at Wimbledon.

Murray suffered a shock first-round loss in Beijing four years ago, but made no mistake against Swiss flag-bearer Wawrinka under the Centre Court roof.

The third seed beat his 29th-ranked opponent 6-4 6-3 to set up a second-round meeting with Finland's Jarkko Nieminen or India's Somdev Devvarman.

Heather Watson and Laura Robson are also scheduled to play singles on Sunday, while Anne Keothavong and Elena Baltacha team up in the doubles

[stevyy]

If

serena doesnot reach the final, sharapova will win gold for golden slam

to win the golden slam you have to win all grand slam singles titles in
the year of Olympiad and then the gold medal.

no u r wrong
if u have won 4 slams in your career and a gold medal, still that is counted as golden slam
u r talking about calender year golden slam
nadal and aggasi are also considered as golden slam winners and they have not won all slams in a year

this diminishes the idea of THE Grand Slam.. because it's so much harder to actually win all 4 grand slam tournaments consecutively in a calender year.

so Steffi won 4 career grand slams because she won all majors at least 4 times, including the WTA championship.


anymway i hope 1 of the 3 german girls win gold. They are still running for it.

[Formusic]

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/murr ... 30955.html

The world number three took under an hour to see off his Spanish competitor on Court One in his second Olympics, dominating his opponent with a series of ferocious aces.
However the Scotsman will face tough opposition in the semis after Almagro battled a shoulder injury that heavily reduced his stroke making Murray's journey largely easier.
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic awaits Murray in the last four as he hunts a gold medal to heal his Wimbledon wounds. One win in his next two matches will guarantee Murray a medal.
Murray, who is close to his second final at Wimbledon in the space of four weeks, felt he dealt with the conditions well – including Almagro’s injury and the arrival of Prince William and his wife Kate.
He said: “You try not to change too much. I think that's one of the most important things. You need to try and stick to the tactics you had when you came out on court.
“It's difficult but it's something with experience and age you learn to deal with.
"The crowd make a lot of noise when they come out. It's great for tennis when you get people like that coming to watch. They were here during Wimbledon as well so it's good fun."