March 2nd, 2010 by admin

Aussie tennis player Lleyton Hewitt has caused quiet a stir with his latests comments. He believes that the game has sunk to its lowest point in the country, saying that there was little cause for optimism in player development.

“Right at the moment it’s at its lowest point, I think. In terms of players coming through we don’t have a lot at the moment,” The Age quoted Hewitt, as saying.

“We’re looking at guys ranked 250 to 400 in the world, possibly getting a gold jacket to play Davis Cup, and that’s scraping the barrel. We’ve really got to try and make a change, and the best way comes back to the coaching,” he added.

Hewitt also stated that too much emphasis had been placed on irrelevant junior results, not enough had been done to involve respected senior figures in local coaching roles.

“I think we have struggled to make the transition from juniors to seniors. I think we emphasize junior results ways too much. I qualified for the Australian Open when I was 15 (years old) in the seniors,” Hewitt said.

January 31st, 2010 by admin

British hopes of seeing a British male Grand Slam winner were smashed in to pieces by a superb performance from Federer. Federer was simply too good for Murray and easily brushed of World No. 4 Andy Murray 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (13/11) in a flawless display to win his fourth Australian Open and the 16th Grand Slam singles title of his career.

January 28th, 2010 by admin

Justine Henin continued her amazing comeback by thrashing Zheng Jie 6-1 6-0 in their Australian open semi-final. The seven-times grand slam winner was simply far too good for her Zheng Jie, winning the last 12 games of the match on her way to a win in just 51 minutes.

“The dream continues,” Henin said.

“I am going to play the No.1 and defending champion. I wasn’t sure about what I would feel on the court and how things would go. I have just enjoyed my tennis and taken it step by step. I can’t wait for the final now, it is an amazing feeling,” Fox Sports quoted Henin, as saying.

January 27th, 2010 by admin

In form Roger Federer has made his his 23rd-straight grand slam semi-final by Russian Nikolay Davydenko. But, he faced a stiff fight from Russian Nikolay Davydenko before winning the match 2-6 6-3 6-0 7-5 after looking out of form and out of sorts early in the second set.

Federer turned the match around in the space of a few minutes and went on to win 13 games in a row to shut the sixth seed out.

Federers win keeps us on track for a mouth watering Federer v Murray final.

January 26th, 2010 by admin

Comeback quees Justine Henin continued her stunning comeback, as she powered into the Australian Open semi-finals after defeating Russian Nadia Petrova 7-6 (7-3) 7-5 in their quarter-final match. Henin’ is only the third women’s wildcard to reach the semi-final of any grand slam after Jie Zheng at Wimbledon in 2008 and Kim Clijsters at last year’s US Open.

January 19th, 2010 by admin

Roger Federer looked in top form as he eased into the Australian Open final destroying Wilfred Tsonga 6-2, 6-3, 6-2, in what can only be described as a one sided game.

“It is always difficult to play top players, sometimes it plays out the way you want it to and sometimes you have to work a lot harder,” The Guardian quoted Federer, as saying.

“It was just so important to win that first set and get that good start. I thought it was quite intense early, but maybe he was more fatigued mentally than physically, I think that showed near the end,” he added.

Federer will now play Andy Murray in the final.

January 9th, 2010 by admin

British tennis star, Andy Murray believes he can win the Australian Open as he is in the best shape of his career. Murray said if he can sustain the form he has show in the opening week of the season he is surely going to lift the Australian Open.

“In terms of the way I’ve been striking the ball and moving and playing well up at the net and taking chances, that’s probably the best I’ve played at the start of the year. Sometimes you play two, three matches like that a year – and fortunately one of them was today. Hopefully I’ve got a couple more in the Aussie Open,” The Independent quoted Murray, as saying.

January 1st, 2010 by admin

Telegraphs readers have voted Nadel’s epic defeat of Roger Federer in the 2008 Wimbledon’s men’s final as the sporting moment of the decade. In many cases these type of polls don’t really select the real winner but in the case I think they have the right result. Who can forget the epic seven hour battle which eventually saw Nadal’s power and poise finally got the better of Federer.

November 10th, 2009 by admin

Former multi grand slam winner Agassi thinks Andy Murray will win a Grand Slam.

“Murray has a self inflicting tortured spirit about him when he’s on the court. In the last 18 months, he’s learnt how to use it,” Agassi said.

“He needs to stay with it. I know he was on the verge in a couple of grand slams, with the hopes of doing it, and once he wins one, he’ll keep going.

He’s proved that he’s a strong person. My advice? To keep getting better. Every day’s an opportunity to get one day better. He shouldn’t get hung up on results. Results are a by-product of your commitment and work ethic and not cutting a corner,” The Times quoted Agassi, as saying.

July 5th, 2009 by admin

Roger Federer proved he is one of the best, if not the best by defeated Andy Roddick 5-7, 7-6(6), 7-6(5), 3-6, 16-14 in the final of 2009 Wimbledon to win a new record 15th Grand Slam titles. In an epic match that lasted over 4 hours, Roger Federer emerged as winner in a 5 set marathon that went 16-14 in the final set. This is Roger’s 15th Grand Slam title, 6th Wimbledon Title and with this win, he regained his No. 1 ranking.

Roger Federer quotes
“It’s not really one of those goals you set as a little boy, but man, it’s been quite a career and quite a month,”

“It feels amazing, but this is not why I’m playing tennis to break all sort of different records. But it’s definitely one of the greatest ones to have.”

Turning to Sampras – “Thanks very much for coming. I know it’s a long way, but you’re a member, man, we like to see you here. It’s such a pleasure to play in front of such greats legends.”

“It was a crazy match with an unbelievable end and my head’s still spinning,” “But it’s an unbelievable moment in my career.”