Tennis 2011
Tennis 2011
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Mbu
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hha hha hha! Matchpoint Nadal!...final inanukia Nadal Vs Djokovic....!
Mbu
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Game!!! fabulous!!!
from a set down, mpaka ku win game.
Well, cant wait a final Nadal vs current world number One Djokovic
Waingereza wataendelea kusubiria sana Wimbledon Champion toka visiwa hivi!
Tusubirie tabloids kesho na visingizio vya injuries, blah blah...
Kisha jioni Hayes Vs Klitchko!
from a set down, mpaka ku win game.
Well, cant wait a final Nadal vs current world number One Djokovic
Waingereza wataendelea kusubiria sana Wimbledon Champion toka visiwa hivi!
Tusubirie tabloids kesho na visingizio vya injuries, blah blah...
Kisha jioni Hayes Vs Klitchko!
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..Tsonga mpaka afungwe ndo anapata charge!... Djoko yupo fit sana msimu huu na kama sio Fed kumfanyia kitu mbaya kwenye French open angekuja kumnyanyasa Nadal kwenye Final..natumai hata kesho Djoko ataibuka mshindi ..Nadal amekuwa kama mbwa kwa chatu akimwona Djoko!!
Mbu
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....Dahhh, ndio kusema akimshinda Nadal kesho kwenye Grass court jumatatu atang'ara ranking world number 1!!!
well, kesho ndio kesho...i hope Nadal ashinde.
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Kwa msimamo ulivyo mpaka sasa
Nadal anapoints ----12,070
Djoko 12 005
Federer 9230
By Monday watakuwa wanaupdate ila wanasema kwa ushindi wa jana Djoko anakuwa kamtoa Nadal kwnye nafasi yake
Novak Djokovic battled past Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to reach his first Wimbledon final and replace Rafael Nadal at the top of the world rankings.
Chanzo BBC..BBC Sport - Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic into first Wimbledon final
Nadal anapoints ----12,070
Djoko 12 005
Federer 9230
By Monday watakuwa wanaupdate ila wanasema kwa ushindi wa jana Djoko anakuwa kamtoa Nadal kwnye nafasi yake
Novak Djokovic battled past Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to reach his first Wimbledon final and replace Rafael Nadal at the top of the world rankings.
Chanzo BBC..BBC Sport - Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic into first Wimbledon final
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SHOT of THE DAY
SNAP OF THE SEMIFINALS
Maelezo na habri za picha tembelea http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/tennis/tramlines/article/2895/
SNAP OF THE SEMIFINALS
Maelezo na habri za picha tembelea http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/tennis/tramlines/article/2895/
ingaewa sikuona mechi yote lakini nimeona highlights za Tsonga na Djoko, men it was a good match, sasa Nadal ajiandae,manake djoko anawapelekesha kweli na sasa kisha kaa No. 1. hapo ndo unapoipenda Tennis...
mech ya kesho si ya kukusa Nadal v/s Djokovic
mech ya kesho si ya kukusa Nadal v/s Djokovic
SHOT of THE DAY
SNAP OF THE SEMIFINALS
Maelezo na habri za picha tembelea Tramlines: Murray the undisputed world number four - Yahoo! Eurosport UK
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Mie nilifurahi sana huyu kitovu (Kiczeck kitovu kinaandikwa Kvitova 🙂) kushinda jana maana wale "Tennis analysts" hawakumpa nafasi hata kidogo na wote walikuwa wameshamkabidhi ubingwa wa Wimbledon 2011 Sharammmmmm.
Breakfast in Wimbledon, baada ya timu zangu zote kutolewa Williams sisters, Tsonga na Monfils leo niko timu Djokovic. Itapendeza sana kama atashinda leo na pia tayari kishamshusha Nadal kwenye # 2 na yeye kuchukua # 1.
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Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Pick a winner. Photograph: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images
First set, Nadal 2-3 Djokovic* That's a plucky piece of play from Djokovic! Some might even call it suicidal. He plays a shot to the Nadal forehand and then comes in to close the net. Usually that's the end of the point, but although Nadal tries to pass him down the line, Djokovic sticks out his rally and drops a gorgeous volley over the net, the Spaniard nowhere near it. Djokovic holds to love and this is the first indication that he's not overawed by the occasion.
First set, Nadal* 2-2 Djokovic Boris Becker was at the boxing last night. He didn't need a roof where he was sitting though, he boasts. Oh Boris, you show-off. Once again it's an easy hold for the champion. Djokovic loses the first point with another wayward forehand, before Nadal races into a 40-0 lead thanks to an ace and an unreturnable serve, Djokovic flailing at it helplessly. Nadal holds to love thanks to yet another wide backhand from Djokovic. The number of unforced errors would be interesting to see already.
First set, Nadal 1-2 Djokovic* Nadal is making early inroads on the Djokovic serve. Djokovic has been too passive so far, and that's always going to be fatal against Nadal. Ask our Andy. At 30-15, he tries to change the momentum of the game with a drop shot, but it has to be perfectly judged against Nadal. This one wasn't, and Djokovic sends his cross-court backhand wide. Huge hitting from Nadal puts Djokovic on the back-foot again, but his defence is typically impeccable and eventually Nadal is driven to plonk a forehand just past the baseline. His spirit raised, Djokovic drops a delicious forehand out wide again and not even a stretching Nadal can lift his sliced backhand over the net. Djokovic holds again, but it's already a hell of a battle for him to do so. Now he needs to give Nadal something to think about. "I'd take those height stats with a pinch of salt if I were you Jacob - the shorter guys always like to add a bit on," says Gary Naylor. "If Lleyton Hewitt is an inch under six feet tall (as claimed), Robin Sodeling must be an inch under seven feet tall - and not six-four as listed." Well, the stats are from the BBC. Take it up with them.
First set, Nadal* 1-1 Djokovic A change of ends, but no change in the pattern of the game, with both men reluctant to come forward to the net. Whatever happened to the serve and volleyers? Not that it's making this any less compelling. The rallies are fast and ferocious, but three unforced errors on the Djokovic forehand, one long, one wide and one into the net, put Nadal in a comfortable position. Nadal polishes off the game with a careful forehand winner after Djokovic had dropped a blocked backhand short.
First set, Nadal 0-1 Djokovic* (*denotes server): A huge cheer greets both players as they make their way to their respective ends. Djokovic fires a hard serve down to Nadal's forehand. It clips the top of the net, but lands tantalisingly on Nadal's side. Perhaps Djokovic's luck is in today. Or perhaps not. What follows is an early warning, the first long rally won by Nadal with an unstoppable forehand down the line, Djokovic nowhere near it. That was recorded at 94mph. Just you try to reach that. Djokovic has been given fair warning, but he's not paying attention, as Nadal wins the next point in exactly the same fashion to go 15-30 up. Djokovic, though, responds with an ace, and then a cleverly placed backhand forces Nadal too wide for another forehand pass. This time he slams it into the net, and Djokovic sees out the game as Nadal mis-hits a forehand, the ball landing miles past the baseline. More of this please. Djokovic, needless to say, will be pleased with that, because Nadal means business.
Our first email. Guess who it's from. "Your photo suggests that Nadal is as tall as Djokovic, which surprises me as I always had Nadal down as five foot something Jimmy Connors style scurrier with Djokovic more your six-footer Edberg style strokeplayer," says Gary Naylor. "In almost every other sport, players are noticeably taller than they were a generation ago (rugby and football are prime examples) but male, if not female, tennis players seem the same height as they used to be. Even a shorty like Rod Laver could play today." Nadal is 6ft 1in, I believe. The average for a male tennis player is 6ft 2in.
Tok! Tok! Tok! The players are knocking up. A couple of weeks ago, Murray commented on how strange he finds this whole process. You wouldn't see boxers having a quick spar before a fight, I suppose.
The toss. Djokovic calls heads. And it's tails. An early psychological blow for Nadal, but he chooses to receive. Djokovic will serve first then.
The players are led through the corridors and out on to Centre Court. Djokovic, walking a few paces ahead of Nadal, is in his regulation cap, although there's not much sun today. Then again, my brother wears sunglasses inside. We all have our little quirks. Nadal is wearing his trademark headband. He's jumping up and down, a nervous ball of energy. He's got his game face on. This is going to be good.
Sue Barker asks what Tim Henman's handicap is. A useless second serve, I'd say. It's 10 years since this marvellous game, by the way.
I love John McEnroe. He exudes cool. And he was in Curb Your Enthusiasm. Anyway, turns out he's going for Nadal in five as well. Maybe he never backed Djokovic then. Or maybe he's changed his mind. It's not a crime.
Boris Becker is talking about the boxing farce last night. "At least David Haye went 12 rounds," says the German. There was more diving in that travesty of a match than in the Djokovic v Tsonga tussle on Friday.
Borg tips Nadal to win - in five sets. There, Borg agrees with me. Borg.
Bjorn Borg is on the BBC. A man who knows a thing or two about retirement, he expects Roger Federer to quit if he doesn't win a major next year. Ah, yes, Federer. How strange not to have him here on the final Sunday. Borg didn't say whether the Swiss great would win another major - but I think we know.
Imagine playing tennis against a brick wall that can predict what you're going to do in three shots' time. A brick wall that never misses. A brick wall with plenty of tricks of its own, one that can mix power and subtlety, slice and spin. A brick wall with formidable levels of self-belief. A sentient brick wall. I'm terrifying myself already, and having read this, you're probably sitting in a corner of your room, hunched over, rocking back and forth, furiously weeping. It's the Mitch Hedberg principle taken to the Nth degree and this is what it is like to play against Rafael Nadal. How do you beat this? Well, you can make like Andy Bernard, but that only leads to a disciplinary hearing, anger management and a broken fist.
For a set and three-and-a-half games on Friday, Nadal was outplayed by Andy Murray, who produced some of his finest tennis ever. We can all pinpoint the moment the match changed though: that missed forehand at 15-30 on Nadal's serve. It wasn't Gascoigne against Germany at Euro 96 territory, but it was close. Reprieved, Nadal was never going to lose. Drop your level for a millisecond, and you've got more chance of finding your way out of the Bermuda Triangle than locating a route back against him. Which is precisely what happened to Murray. It's debatable whether Murray actually did anything wrong. Plenty of his shots were hard, accurate and in the corner; it's just that they kept on coming back over the net, and when that happens, it can drive a player to the edge of insanity. Watch Nadal when he loses a point. The camera pans to him and he's livid with himself, frowning, grunting and thoroughly resolved to bludgeon a path to the next 20. How intimidating is that?
Perhaps not so much for Novak Djokovic. There was a time when this match would have been a foregone conclusion in fact, probably only a year ago. For a while, it seemed like Djokovic, if not wasting his talent, was certainly not making the most of it. Too often, he would crumble on court, always ready to find a reason to lose. That Djokovic is history. He's already the world No1, and a 43-match unbeaten run was only ended by a superhuman effort from Roger Federer in the French Open semi-final. His backhand is glorious, his forehand has improved immeasurably and his movement rivals Nadal's. He's won the Australian Open and he's won his last last four matches against Nadal (although he still has an 11-6 losing record overall). But he's never beaten Nadal in a grand slam match, and even though he was outstanding when the pair met in the US Open final last year, he was defeated. If this match is half as good as that one, we could be in for a treat. And it still might not be enough for Djokovic. Over five sets against Nadal, it's not enough to be excellent; you have to be perfect.
My prediction A stick to beat me with once Djokovic wins 6-0, 6-0, 6-0: Now then, I don't like disagreeing with John McEnroe not that he'll be bothered but I fancy Nadal to edge it in four sets (or, if we're being greedy, five). Although it's surely not going to be straight sets, I can't go against Nadal. This is Djokovic's first Wimbledon final though. It could spur him on.
If Nadal wins, The Leftorium will be the place to be tonight. Following on from Petra Kvitova's win yesterday, it could be a famous weekend for lefties.
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First set, Nadal 3-4 Djokovic* Oh I say, as they say round here, that is brilliant from Djokovic. At 15-0, Nadal smashes one of those forehands back off the Djokovic serve. Some might wilt there, but Djokovic simply answers it with an even better forehand, back down the line with Nadal wrong-footed. This is warming up nicely. And so is Djokovic. At 30-15, he refuses to let Nadal's scurrying at the back of the court wear him down, which Murray did on Friday. Although Nadal manages to retrieve several fine forehands - shots that would be winners against any other player - Djokovic stays on the offensive and when he gets a chance, he dispatches a smash with aplomb. See, Andy? Not difficult. An ace confirms that Djokovic is very much in this final. It is on.
First set, Nadal* 3-3 Djokovic Serve and volley's back. What next, wooden rackets and Cliff Richard? Nadal sees Djokovic's volley and raises it with one of his own, although this one was of the backhand variety to go 15-0 up. Djokovic sneaks back into the game though, as Nadal cracks a forehand pass into the net, the Serbian's forward approach again surprising the Spaniard. With the retro-tennis safely out of their system, both players revert to type, trying to out-hit each other from the back of the court. Djokovic is starting to come into this more and more now, only to wastefully net a backhand return at 30-30. An ace down the middle means we stay on serve. I'm starting to think of a tie-break.
First set, Nadal* 3-3 Djokovic Serve and volley's back. What next, wooden rackets and Cliff Richard? Nadal sees Djokovic's volley and raises it with one of his own, although this one was of the backhand variety to go 15-0 up. Djokovic sneaks back into the game though, as Nadal cracks a forehand pass into the net, the Serbian's forward approach again surprising the Spaniard. With the retro-tennis safely out of their system, both players revert to type, trying to out-hit each other from the back of the court. Djokovic is starting to come into this more and more now, only to wastefully net a backhand return at 30-30. An ace down the middle means we stay on serve. I'm starting to think of a tie-break.
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First set, Nadal* 4-4 Djokovic Nadal's seen it all before though. His serving has been exemplary so far, and he's barely given Djokovic a sniff. This game is carried out with the minimum fuss. Djokovic needs to do more when returning. Although he gets within touching distance of Nadal, at 40-30, he throws the game away with a terrible drop shot into the net. He was way too far behind the baseline for that.