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Wimbledon Draw!

June 23rd 2006 10:47
Section 1
Roger Federer SUI (1) v. Richard Gasquet FRA
Robin Soderling SWE v. Tim Henman GBR

Nicolas Mahut FRA v. Jurgen Melzer AUT
Jiri Novak CZE v. Kristof Vliegen BEL (30)

Tommy Haas GER (19) v. Jiri Vanek CZE
Carlos Berlocq ARG v. Richard Bloomfield GBR

Wayne Arthurs AUS v. Fabrice Santoro FRA
Jan Hernych CZE v. Tomas Berdych CZE (13)

Tommy Robredo ESP (11) v. Simon Greul GER
Paul Goldstein USA v. Novak Djokovic SCG

Potito Starace ITA v. Mikhail Youzhny RUS
Igor Kunitsyn RUS v. Gael Monfils FRA (21)

Paradorn Srichaphan THA (29) v. Agustin Calleri ARG
Ivo Karlovic CRO v. Stanislas Wawrinka SUI

Davide Sanguinetti ITA v. Kevin Kim USA
Nicolas Almagro-sanchez ESP v. Mario Ancic CRO (7)

Section 2
David Nalbandian ARG (4) v. Wesley Moodie RSA
Albert Portas ESP v. Arnaud Clement FRA

Benjamin Becker GER v. Juan Ignacio Chela ARG
Vincent Spadea USA v. Fernando Verdasco ESP (28)

Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP (24) v. Fernando Vicente ESP
Roko Karanusic CRO v. Rainer Schuettler GER

Xavier Malisse BEL v. Benedikt Dorsch GER
Frank Dancevic CAN v. Radek Stepanek CZE (14)

Thomas Johansson SWE (12) v. Jonas Bjorkman SWE
Florent Serra FRA v. Lukas Dlouhy CZE

Stefano Galvani ITA v. Alexander Waske GER
Daniele Bracciali ITA v. Dominik Hrbaty SVK (20)

Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA (32) v. Mark Philippoussis AUS
Max Mirnyi BLR v. Ruben Ramirez-hidalgo ESP

Oliver Marach AUT v. Yeu-Tzuoo Wang TPE
Kristian Pless DEN v. James Blake USA (8)

Section 3
Lleyton Hewitt AUS (6) v. Filippo Volandri ITA
Flavio Saretta BRA v. Hyung-Taik Lee KOR

Albert Montanes ESP v. Tomas Zib CZE
Gilles Muller LUX v. Olivier Rochus BEL (26)

David Ferrer ESP (23) v. Simon Stadler GER
Ivo Minar CZE v. Guillermo Garcia-lopez ESP

Greg Rusedski GBR v. Marat Safin RUS
Luis Horna PER v. Fernando Gonzalez CHI (10)

Sebastien Grosjean FRA (15) v. Gilles Simon FRA
Jamie Delgado GBR v. Michael Berrer GER

Marcel Granollers-Pujol ESP v. Andrei Pavel ROM
Alan Mackin GBR v. Marcos Baghdatis CYP (18)

Nicolas Massu CHI (31) v. Andy Murray GBR
Bjorn Phau GER v. Julien Benneteau FRA

Robin Vik CZE v. Florian Mayer GER
Janko Tipsarevic SCG v. Andy Roddick USA (3)

Section 4
Ivan Ljubicic CRO (5) v. Feliciano Lopez ESP
Justin Gimelstob USA v. Christophe Rochus BEL

Alessio Di mauro ITA v. Alberto Martin ESP
Danai Udomchoke THA v. Dmitry Tursunov RUS (27)

Jarkko Nieminen FIN (22) v. Marcos Daniel BRA
Dick Norman BEL v. Martin Lee GBR

Razvan Sabau ROM v. Philipp Kohlschreiber GER
Alejandro Falla COL v. Nikolay Davydenko RUS (9)

Gaston Gaudio ARG (16) v. Jean-Christophe Faurel FRA
Alexander Peya AUT v. Irakli Labadze GEO

Melle Van gemerden NED v. Joshua Goodall GBR
Mardy Fish USA v. Robby Ginepri USA (17)

Andre Agassi USA (25) v. Boris Pashanski SCG
Andreas Seppi ITA v. Jamie Baker GBR

Yen-Hsun Lu TPE v. Robert Kendrick USA
Alex Bogdanovic GBR v. Rafael Nadal ESP (2)
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Stella Artois Queens Championships - About

June 18th 2006 01:05
This entry will be edited as more information is gathered.

The Stella Artois Championships

With its global audience, the Stella Artois Championships are recognised as one of the top 10 tennis events in the world. Held in the run up to Wimbledon, the Championships are consistently supported by the cream of men's singles and doubles players.



Since its inception in 1979, 25 of the last 27 Wimbledon champions have played at the Championships. Connors, Lendl, Edberg and Sampras are amongst the legends of the game who have proudly held the massive silver Stella Artois Championships trophy aloft.

Action shot at the Queens Club Courts Recent Championships have witnessed the irrepressible Lleyton Hewitt reign victorious; winning three times in a row, while the formidable Andy Roddick equalled Hewitt’s hat-trick in 2005.

But will one of these two players match McEnroe and Becker and take a fourth title victory?



from http://www.stellaartoistennis.com
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Rafael Nadal on Spain in the World Cup

June 15th 2006 02:37
From www.atptennis.com

Nadal Says Spaniards Must Beleive in World Cup Title



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Rafael NadalBy Rafael Nadal/DPA

I must confess: I don’t know where to start from. If I can remember right, this is the first time I’m writing a column for any publication.

I love soccer and the World Cup fascinates me! My uncle Miguel Ángel played in the past three World Cups (United States, France and Korea/Japan) and because of that my family and I become apprehensive before the World Cup’s kick off. I have to say that this time I was not as nervous as the previous World Cups because I had my focus (and nervousness) in Roland Garros.

Unfortunately I haven’t had much time to watch the matches, although I did manage to see a few. The match I enjoyed the best so far was Argentina against Côte d'Ivoire. I also enjoyed watching Sweden, even thought they were unable to impose their style: counterpunching.

Spain has a young but experienced team. Most of the Spaniards play for good European teams, which make them more used to the pressure of important matches.

Spain also has an experienced coach in Luis Aragonés. My uncle Miguel Angel played for him in Mallorca and said that Aragonés is one of the most incredible coaches he has ever played for.

I think that Spain must believe that they can win the title. Maybe that’s what has been missing for them to win their first World Cup trophy.

We have a lot of great players in the Spanish soccer team but I believe that the mental aspect is a key factor that will determine whether we will win or lose. In my opinion Germany and Italy are teams that in the past were better prepared mentally and because of that they have been so successful.

Without a doubt, Brazil is the favorite. I think that they have a dream team, however there is a big gap between being the best and winning it all. There are also many aspects that can help or thwart the teams during the World Cup such as pressure, luck, etc… especially in the second round, when losers go home.

Underneath Brazil, there are many teams at the same level. I believe that England has a very compact team; that the Germans are usual winners and are playing at home; that France is a mystery; and Italy always has a shot. Not to mention Argentines always play their hearts out.

Before I finish this column I must say that I’m extremely happy for winning Roland Garros. I hope that when the World Cup ends our players can feel the same joy as I did. This would mean that we would have won the World Cup. Go Spain!!!
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Off to Grass in HALLE!

June 13th 2006 00:23
The Draw for Halle:

(1) FEDERER, Roger SUI v Qualifier


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ATP Tennis and the World Cup

June 10th 2006 05:56
I don't know why but almost every tennis player I know seems to love the game that is soccer/football. Here are pictures from www.ATPtennis.com (Copyright, all rights reserved) of Rafael Nadal, David Nalbandian, and a whole group of Germans in Halle (for the grass tournament coming up) cheering on their teams.


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Croatia leads Germany; Clement out, Guga, Agassi,

May 27th 2006 12:45
Karlovic Hands Croatia Lead Over Germany

Ivo Karlovic gave Croatia a 1-0 lead over defending champions Germany in the final of the 29th ARAG ATP World Team Championships at the Rochusclub on Saturday


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More Injury News, Roddick, Lleyton ARAG World Te

May 26th 2006 12:04
2004 French Open Finalist Guillermo Coria has pulled out of the French Open due to an elbow injury. The clay court specialist was favourite to win in 2004 but was beaten by fellow Argentinian countryman Gaston Gaudio in five sets.

Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt are set to play at Roland Garros despite attaining injuries


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French Open Draw!

May 26th 2006 11:44
I think the French Open draw is horrid. But then that's because I have a lot of players that I would like to see go far in this tournament BUT they're all playing each other in the first round.

I've yet to check the Women's Draw but it can be seen here (click on the thumbnail for a bigger view


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Grand Slam at the Laureus Sports Awards!

May 23rd 2006 08:55
LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS AWARDS

May 21 , 2006
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What's Cool on Clay

May 22nd 2006 08:49
Okay so the last Masters Series Tournament on Clay ended for another year with

TOMMY ROBREDO
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Where have all the top players gone?

May 17th 2006 10:43
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have pulled out of the Hamburg Masters (this week) after claiming to be too exhausted from the epic 5 hour, 5-set final they played in Rome a few days ago.

Also absent are:
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So okay, Australian Tennis..

May 16th 2006 21:09
Lleyton Hewitt has cracked the top ten again for the first time since...well, the first tiime in a while.

Lleyton has not won any tournaments since the Sydney International last year and was unable to beat James Blake or Andy Murray in the finals of Las Vegas and San Jose respectively. Because of this Lleyton's ranking had slipped to 14 early on in the year


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The one we've been waiting for

May 14th 2006 04:05
ROGER FEDERER V RAFAEL NADAL!!

The top and second seed go head to head for the 3rd time this year. AND..Rafael's beaten Roger in their last 3 games - French Open last year, Dubai hardcourts at the beginning of the year and the most recent being Monte Carlo Masters several weeks ago


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Surprises abound - Rome Day 3

May 11th 2006 10:08
There was a mistake on the Rome Masters Website! Yesterday night the Order of Play stated that second seed Rafael Nadal would be playing Scottish teenager Andy Murray. I found this strange because Andy Murray had lost in the first round, and was very confused because I do not currently have tennis coverage! But today they changed it to say that Rafael was playing Andy's victor Filippo Volandri (ITA). Nonetheless, Rafael demolished the Italian 6-1 6-2.

Marat Safin(RUS) lost to Ruben Ramirez Hildalgo (ESP) after leading in the match 6-0 4-1! The final score was 0-6 7-6 (6) 7-6 (3


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