Posted by
Kristy on Thursday 2 July 2009

In London, at the Wimbledon tournament, it’s getting down to the wire! There are only four players left on either side. The Final Four. On the Men’s side, Roger Federer has jumped into the lead, which was completely expected. Andy Murray will be trying to push him out of the way and get into the Wimbledon Finals. This will be an amazing match, because these two players are fairly evenly matched and a lot of fun to see. Andy Roddick and Tommy Haas are also in the Semifinals. This means there’s a possibility for an Andy-Andy Wimbledon Final, but it seems less likely. Federer is highly expected to go to the Finals and might even win the whole thing. For the women, we will see the Williams sisters, Dinara Safina and Elena Dementieva in the semifinals. It will be a lot of fun on both sides, with all the best players right up!
Posted by
Kristy on Monday 29 June 2009

Venus and Serena Williams made it to the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Tournament! So did Radwanska, Dementieva, Azarenka and Sabine Lisicki. It remains to be seen in the next hour or two is Safina makes it into the Q-finals. The big surprise was in the match that Venus Williams won, because Ana Ivanovic quit near the beginning of the second set, having apparently injured her leg during the match or sometime recently. On the men’s side, only Roger Federer and Tommy Haas are in the quarterfinals at this point with several matches to be played yet today. This is a relatively typical tournament so far, with relatively few surprises. We shall see where all this ends up over the course of this week.
Posted by
Kristy on Friday 26 June 2009

Venus Williams, a five-time champion, and Dinara Safina seem to be on the way to a showdown during this year’s Wimbledon tournament. Safina is a three-time runner up in Grand Slam events, with two Finals losses this year so far. She said that she feels extra confident this time around. Meanwhile, the Williams sisters are out for blood. They know that Safina is biting at their heels and they want to reassert their strength in the league. At the same time, Federer seems to be headed deep into this tournament as well, though there are still a few more rounds to go. Get ready for this fun tournament to continue!
Posted by
Kristy on Tuesday 23 June 2009

The Wimbledon challenge has begun and people are ready to make this happen. It’s a great day for anyone who wants to be on top of tennis events. The first day was nothing particularly exciting for any of the main tennis players in the sport. Then we will be looking at the different tennis players to see which ones are on a roll and which are going to be on the way to the semifinals and finals this year. Wimbledon is always a big challenge, especially coming on the heels of the other tournaments like the French Open and others. This means that some of the players are especially tired out at the moment and they will be working hard to get themselves this prestigious win.
Posted by
Kristy on Friday 19 June 2009

On Monday, one of the most famous tennis tournaments in the world, Wimbledon, will begin in London. It’s going to be a very interesting battle this year, because many of the best players have been injured this year, clearing the way for many second-tier players to take tournaments. At the same time, Federer has been on an incredible upswing! A few months ago, I thought he was done, but the last month has been fantastic for him. So we should look for him to try to get into the the championship again. Rafael Nadal seems to be the major question mark going on, because he hasn’t been playing well, with his injuries slowing him down. On the women’s side, things seem to be very much up for grabs, with the Williams sisters hoping to make it back into the top level of the tennis world again.
Posted by
Kristy on Tuesday 16 June 2009

Novak Djokovic didn’t play all that well this week in Halle and so we may have to rethink some of the possibilities for his near future prospects. He was expected to do very well in Wimbledon, possibly even win, but that will probably not happen, and he said so himself. He was disappointed with his play and really doesn’t expect that he will win or anything in London next month. He’s a great player, and we wont take that away from him, but he just seems to be out of his element at the moment. Perhaps in a few months he will get his stride back, but right now he doesn’t seem to be on track for a strong showing in London. But on the other hand, he has had a lot of practice to do well, now after several different tournaments in the last few months.
Posted by
Kristy on Thursday 11 June 2009

There are more details coming out about the guy who came out to Roger Federer on the tennis court this last weekend during the French Open final. The man who came out to him is called Jimmy Jump and this isn’t the first time that he put himself in this situation. He has crashed various games, mainly in his home country of spain, again and again. Formula 1 races, rugby, soccer, and all kinds of other big sporting events. Tennis seems a little different because it’s not one team against another. In tennis, storming the court looks a lot more like a personal attack rather than a prank. And tennis has seen some very dangerous attacks, including the stabbing of Monica Seles over a decade ago. Anyway he usually just gets tackled or something and then it’s over.
Posted by
Kristy on Monday 8 June 2009

Roger Federer can pretty well be considered back in the real world of tennis. He finally completed his career sweep of the Grand Slam tournament and has tied Pete Sampras with the most Grand Slam championships over the course of that great career. He dominated Sweden’s Robin Soderling, who had one of his best showings ever in the French Open. During the final, there was a bit of extra drama, when a man nicknamed Jimmy Jump hopped onto the court and tried to put a red cap onto Federer’s head. It’s one of the strangest moments that we’ve seen in a Grand Slam in a long time. The man was taken into custody and will face jail time. No one was harmed in the incident and the Final continued.
Posted by
Kristy on Thursday 4 June 2009

The French Open Semi Finals are going to start shortly, but we wanted to talk about something a little more funny. A Portuguese tennis player named Michelle Larcher de Brito has been complained about lately. She’s only 16, but her playing style really bothers a lot of people. She shouts and screams while she plays. Practically every hit has a squeal connected to it and people love it at first and then they really don’t like it. De Brito didn’t get deep into the French Open, but she was there long enough to encounter a lot of annoyed tennis fans. Her opponent even complained to the umpire that it was distracting her. She said that she wasn’t distracting anyone until she started playing well. She was sad after she left, especially with the booing and whistles she heard while leaving the stadium. Anyway, she’s young and will probably learn better fairly soon!
Posted by
Kristy on Monday 1 June 2009

Rafael Nadal has been dropped from the French Open by Robin Soderling. This is one of the most exciting moments in this years French Open, as Nadal hasn’t lost a set at this tournament since 2007. He was hoping, but Soderling really brought his game and smashed some amazing serves. He was able to throw Nadal off the track again and again. The audience at the stadium was expecting Nadal to pull off another one of his well-known come-from-behind wins, but he couldn’t do it. In other tennis news, Roger Federer moved into the 16 round of the French Open. It’s going to be interesting to see if Federer can win, especially with Nadal, the #1, out of the tournament.