Nadal: Gold medalist and 1st in world ranking

August 17th, 2008

Unbeaten and dominating Spaniard Rafael Nadal, just topped the tennis world ranking. After winning the French open and Wimbledon, the Spanish is now being crowned as the tennis tournament winner of the Beijing’s Olympics. thousands of spectators were filling their seats many hours before the start, to witness the final event of men’ tennis tournament.

6-3  7-6  6-3 a clear supremacy against Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez who saved 3 match points, only to postpone the inevitable.

The 22 years old Spanish will be designated as the world leader in tennis ranking, putting an end to Roger Federer’s domination for the past 4 and half years. Nadal is the first Spanish who brings home a golden reward in tennis.

Grand semi-final: Nadal and Djokovic

August 16th, 2008

Spaniard reigns! After the finals day, he will be on top of the world’s ranking, over coming Federer and a long list of stars…. Simply, he is the best!

As his dominance continues, Sir Rafael took out Djokovic out of his face, in his hike towards the golden medal.

In an impressive game of talent, experience and willpower, Djokovic couldn’t do better than 6-4 1-6 6-4 against this season 7 times rewarded player, in which 2 major events are included: Wimbledon and French open

Nadal who has already beaten number 2 and 3, is considered as the ultimate favorite to win Beijing’s gold medal.

Betting sites and windows are crowded, with betting fans placing their expectations and odds on the line. As for the fans, the stadium’s tickets are already sold out; you can still watch it on TV or on the sports news.

Federer is out!!! Casualty of rainy weather, or something deeper?

August 15th, 2008

His bet was to get to the finals, or at least to face Nadal for a revenge game, here in Beijing, to overcome his loss in the Wimbledon tournament. Every Tennis fan was betting on a final game, joining the 2 best players in the world.

Unfortunately, these odds seemed too hard to reach, after a night full of stress, anger and rainfall, where Federer, the world’s number 1 was eliminated by the American James Blake

The US player, who came crushing all Federer’s hopes of a medal in the tennis singles game, also defied every part of the expectations in the sports betting sites and windows. If the leader of the rank wants to stand on a podium in Beijing, his determination will have to be much stronger in the doubles games.

6-4  7-6(2) were the final score in a game that was played 3 and a half hours late, and ending in the early hours of the morning, not to mention that the precipitation of water was doing  a damage after another and letting Federer to drown.

Tennis doubles: Federer unhappy despite winning!

August 14th, 2008

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11 games, in 7 days? I find this so silly! That was the expression that Federer alleged after adding a new win to his “highway” in Beijing, in doubles along with Stanislas Wawrinka the team mate, who also had something to say about the games schedule.

This game kept going on till 11 PM.

Nadal and Tommy Robredo lost against their game to the Australian double team Lleyton Hewitt and Chris Guccione 6-2 7-6(5)

Davenport and Huber won in a close game in opposition to Belarus’ team, represented by Victoria Azarenka and Tatiana Poutchek 6-4 4-6 6-3

Federer: Yesss! Berdych, you are out!

August 14th, 2008

After loosing against Berdych in the 2nd round of Athens 2004, Federer joined all of his powers, setting 1 plan ahead of him, which is to beat Berdych in a revenge game here in Beijing.

In what he considered a real test, Federer seemed really excited to win every point, sending Yesss and punching the air, or making gestures with his fist. The world ranking leader, is willing to face Nadal in the finals, in what would be a vengeance game, knowing that world number 1 failed to beat Nadal, and came 2nd in Wimbledon.

6-3  7-6(4) was the score of the game, allowing Federer to reach the quarters. Still a long way to go, but the world champion is definitely single-minded about winning the game.

Novak Djokovic Vs Mikhayil Youzhni

August 13th, 2008

Novak Djokovic, is 3rd in the world ranking, and seems very high on motivation, is estimated to play in opposition Nadal in the semis. Novak qualified after winning the game against Russia’s Mikhayil Youzhni, ranked 13th : 7-6 (3), 6-3