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20 years old Juan Martin del Potro from Argentina won the US Open 2009 Men’s Single Title by defeating 5 times defending champion, World’s No. 1 Roger Federer. The sixth seeded del Potro won his first Grand Slam title by upsetting the Federer in a five set match 3-6, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows. The 4-hour, 6-minute match was the first U.S. Open final to go five sets since 1999, and there were no early signs to indicate it would be this competitive

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Kim Clijsters of Belgium and her daughter Jada pose with the trophy after defeating Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark (L) to win the women's final at the 2009 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 13 September 2009.

26 years old Kim Clijsters made history on Sunday night at US Open 2009 finals, after coming back from two years break from the game, Clijsters became the first unseeded finalist at the US Open since Venus Williams in 1997. With a 7-5, 6-3 victory over world No. 9 Caroline Wozniacki to win her second US Open title, She became the first person to beat both Williams sisters en route to a Grand Slam title since countrywoman Justine Henin did so in 2007.

Earlier kim went on to upset World No. 3 Venus Williams in the fourth round 6–0, 0–6, 6–4. Clijsters beat 18th seed Na Li in straight sets 6–2, 6–4 to reach the semi-finals where she faced defending champion and World No. 2 Serena Williams, winning 6–4, 7–5 after Williams was given a point penalty on match point for verbally abusing an official over a foot fault call. , and the first wild-card to ever reach the U.S. Open final. Her US Open victory placed her in the top 20 in the world rankings. She also became the first unranked and unseeded champion of a Grand Slam title in history, and the first mother to win a Grand Slam title since Evonne Goolagong Cawley won Wimbledon in 1980. Clijsters now has a winning streak of 14 matches at the US Open.

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Some of the famous players who qualified for 2nd round of US Open 2009 are listed below. More detailed list can be seen on US Open official website.

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Andrew Stephen Roddick (Andy Roddick) celebrated his 27th birthday with his beautiful bride Brooklyn Decker on August 30th’ 2009. Happy Birth Day to Andy!

Birthdate – 8/30/1982

Birthplace – Omaha, Nebraska

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Elena Dementieva defeated Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-3 to win the 14th title of her career and 3rd of 2009 at the Rogers Cup at Centre Court, Rexall Centre in Toronto. Rogers Cup is one of the biggest titles that Elena has won. Congratulations Elena!

Dementieva also became the second consecutive Russian to win Rogers Cup, as fans were treated to fabulous tennis in the event’s first all-Russian final. Dementieva also raised her career head-to-head record with Sharapova to 3-8.

It was a long match, just over 2 hours and Elena was playing a player who was fighting until the end. Elena now leads the US Open Series standings and the only player who can stop her is Flavia Pennetta if she wins New Haven.

For Dementieva, it’s another significant accomplishment on her career resume, with a Grand Slam title as the only real challenge left. For now, she is simply thrilled to be a champion at Rogers Cup. This victory worth a lot for Dementieva as she moved back to her #4 position in the ranking which was overtook by Jelena Jankovic on the previous week. Elena will now take a week off and her next tournament will be the 4th and final Grand Slam of the year at the US Open and she will be going in as one of the favourites.

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“That’s the special part, especially winning for the first time as a dad,” Federer exclaimed with joy of stunning victory over Novak Djokovic,  this victory  brought him the Cincinnati Masters title, his first championship since his twin girls were born last month.

Federer defeated Novak Djokovic 6-1, 7-5 Sunday in Cincinnati to earn his 16th career ATP Masters title, second only to Andre Agassi’s career total of 17 in the elite series..

This was Roger Federer’s third Cincinnati title after victories here in 2005 and 2007.

Flavia Pennetta took advantage of error-prone Samantha Stosur for a 6-4, 6-3 victory in the LA Women’s Tennis Championships on Sunday, giving the Italian her second title of the year.

Pennetta followed up a three-set semifinal victory over Maria Sharapova by making quick work of Stosur, an Aussie doubles specialist who has yet to win a WTA Tour singles title. She is 0-5 in career finals.

Stosur’s serve let her down with eight double faults. She was broken four times, including three in the second set when she connected on just 52 percent of her first serves.

Stosur also struggled with her forehand, which led to many of her 32 unforced errors. Pennetta made just 16 unforced errors and kept the Aussie on the run throughout.

“My serve was very good,” the Italian said. “I was very aggressive and I went to the net a few times and every time I went there, I won the point. That was a big step to improve my game.”

Pennetta reached the final in Carson last year, losing to Dinara Safina, the world’s top-ranked player who lost in the third round here. Pennetta defeated seventh-ranked Vera Zvonareva in the quarterfinals, her third victory this year over a top-10 player. [Read More]

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Top Tennis player Roger Federer celebrated his  birthday with his wife Mirka and new born twin daughters Charlene Riva Federer and Myla Rose Federer. Twins were presented infront of media 1st time after there birth.

Birth Date: August 8, 1981

Time of birth: 08:40

Place of birth: Basel, Switzerland

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Juan Martin Del Potro edged top seed Andy Roddick to successfully defend his Legg Mason Classic title in Washington with a 3-6 7-5 7-6 victory in Sunday’s final. Roddick, who had never been beaten in a Washington final, bravely saved three match points, but his marginally long forehand proved his undoing. Del Potro is the first man since Andre Agassi in 1999 to win back to back titles at the hardcourt tournament. The Argentine produced five aces in the deciding tiebreaker which he took on his fourth match-point when the Hawk-Eye review system upheld a forehand winner. “I did my best services ever in my life,” Del Potro told the official ATP Tour Web site www.atpworldtour.com after making 19 aces in the grueling two and a half hour match. Sweltering and humid conditions made it difficult for both players and Del Potro admitted it had been tough. “After the first set I couldn’t move any more. It was impossible. It was serve and one more ball. If you run, you die.” Roddick, playing his first tournament since his five-set defeat to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final also believed conditions proved a factor. The three-time tournament winner in Washington had been afforded the honor of playing night matches all week and found the afternoon heat stifling. To be honest, it hasn’t been a typical Washington summer, he said. “Today was brutal. To play (at 2:30) was tough. Credit to him for winning. The guy has been a solid top five player for over a year now.” Roddick went a set up with a single break of service in the opener, but was broken twice in the second set as the second seed leveled. Del Potro fell behind to an early break in the decider, but Roddick double faulted on break point to even the set at three-all. Del Potro opened the tie-breaker with an ace and three more gave him a 6-3 lead. Roddick, who had never been beaten in a Washington final, bravely saved three match points, but his marginally long forehand proved his undoing. Del Potro is the first man since Andre Agassi in 1999 to win back to back titles at the hardcourt tournament.

Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic from Canada won the Wembledon 2009 Mens Double on 4th of July by defeating American twins Bob and Mike Bryan by 7-6 (3), 6-2.

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At Fourth of July, America’s Independence Day, Venus Williams was far from the best. Her progress in wimbledon 2009 Women Final match against her sister Serena Williams had been more impressive, contained fewer games and less stress, but there was not enough in the tank today once the match hit its stride.

At London Club in an 87 minutes match Serena removed the ladies’ singles championship crown from the custody of her older sister Venus. In straight sets of 7-6 (7-3) and 6-2 in. This was Serena’s third Wimbledon title and 11th Grand Slam and was ample amends for her loss to her big sister 12 months ago. It was well deserved as Venus admitted, saying: “Serena had the answer for everything and played the best tennis today, so congratulations.”

Serena had been saying from the start of tornament that it is her turn to win Wimbledon. And since the Williamses have turned this event into a private affair, the only one she really needed to defeat was Venus.

The job was accomplished in typical powerful style, with Venus so worn down that her own game collapsed spectacularly from 2-2 in the second set.

Serena expressed disbelief that she was finally holding once more the Wimbledon trophy, the Venus Rosewater Dish, which might have been named for her sister, who has won it five times, and paid full tribute: “Venus is the greatest on this surface.” At which they both went off for a rest before playing the doubles final.

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A new record has been setby Roger Federer, he will play his seventh Wimbledon final and twentieth Slam final. The world no. 2 Swiss player, beat Germany’s Tommy Haas by 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, 6-3, and now very hopeful to win his 5th Wimbledon tournament that would also give him a chance to secure a record 15 slam tournaments. Federer commented that “I am very proud of my records because as a kid I never imagined I could be so successful”. In the final he will play against Andy Roddick from USA.

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Two time Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick once again reached in Wimbledon final by beating British hope Andy Murray 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5). This is his 3rd Wimbledon Final.
Roddick will face five-time champion Roger Federer on this Sunday in Wimbledon 2009 Final Match for the title. Roddick has lost the final games in 2004 and 2005 to  Federer, as well as the 2003  Wimbledon semifinals.
Federer has already booked his space in Final earlier by defeating Tommy Haas from Germany 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-3.
Murray had been trying to become the first British man to win the title at the All England Club since Fred Perry in 1936.

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Once again defending champion Venus Williams will play against her sister Serena Williams in the Wimbledon Tennis Tornament  final for the second straight year. Both sisters ousted Russian opponents today. The 29-year-old Venus took just 51 minutes to beat No. 1 seed Dinara Safina 6-1, 6-0 at the All England Club in London, while Serena saved a match point in the third set before winning 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 8-6 over Elena Dementieva in a match that lasted almost two hours long (2:49). This was the longest women’s semifinal in Wimbledon history.

“It’s a dream come true to be here again and to have the opportunity to hold the plate up,” Venus told the News Channels. “The hardest part is yet to come, and thats to play with my sister, Serena Williams.” Venus is aiming for her sixth title at the only Grand Slam played on grass, and would become the first player since Germany’s Steffi Graf from 1991 to 1993 to win the tournament three years in a row. The sisters will face off in the final at a major for the eighth time. Serena, seeded No. 2 this year, beat Venus, seeded No. 3, for the Wimbledon championship in 2002 and 2003. The championship match will be played on 4th of July 2009, at the U.S. Independence Day holiday. Venus, who also has two titles at the U.S. Open, swept aside Safina with ease, converting all five break points and making just one unforced error.

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World number one and top ranked Rafael Nadal beaten Portugal’s Federico Gil to lead the top seeds into the Barcelona Open third round on Wednesday. Nadal positioned the great winning instance with his 6-2, 6-2 opening triumph over Gil, and the number 75 whom he hit last month in Miami.

In spite of now possessing a 22-1 record at his “home” event, the phenomenon from across the water in Mallorca said it was not as simple as it expected.

Nadal said, “Winning has not become usual for me. Tennis is also a game of losses; somebody gains every week but not always the same player. Just like in Miami against him, even though I achieved easily I never actually felt entirely relaxed until the ending.”

Nadal now stands 30-3 on the season as he intentions for a fifth Barcelona title in a row to copy his feat last week in Monte Carlo. The Spaniard spanned the first round alongside Gil and played his way out of risk early in the second as he preserved three break points in the second game to make it 2-0 with an inside out forehand winner.

Once the 22 year old settled in, he relieved towards the third round after 89 minutes on court. Nadal stands 139-4 on clay since 2005 and 23-1 in clay court finals. His only failure here came in the 2003 second round to compatriot Alex Corretja. Participating in the day’s triumph progress was Nadal’s second seeded compatriot Fernando Verdasco, with the Australian Open semi finalist taking out Nicolas Lapentti 7-5, 6-3.

World number three Nikolay Davydenko complied suit, dispatching French veteran Arnaud Clement 7-6 (7/2), 6-2. Gaudio, now the world 966, was the 2002 Barcelona champion back in his heyday, exciting the initial of eight career titles starting at the Real club.

Robredo said, “I wished to win poorly in front of the Spanish fans. Gaston was producing all of the faults. He indicated what a grand player he was by playing me hard in the initial set, it was not easy for me to close it out. But after that I comfortable and wind up the match much easier.”

Number 14 Swede Robin Soderling took a failure and loss as he went out to Italy’s Potito Starace 7-6 (7/5), 2-6, 6-2.

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Previous French Open champion Gaston Gaudio achieved his initial and first match in almost two years on Tuesday, downing Argentine countryman Diego Junqueira 6-4 3-6 6-4 at the Barcelona Open.

Gaudio, the Barcelona winner seven years ago, transformed six of his seven break chances and rallied from a break down in the final set for his earliest triumph at ATP level since the 2007 French Open, a span of 23 months.

Gaudio said, “It’s always pleasant to gain after being out for so long, but I’m scarcely at a level where I can be contented”.

Fourth seeded David Ferrer waited a stubborn face from Kazakhstan qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin to win 6-s3 3-6 6-1. After winning the opening set, the 12th ranked Spaniard cracked for a 3-1 lead in the second frame before Kukushkin used his dominant ground strokes to score consecutive breaks and take it to a third set.

But Ferrer made steady himself and set the Kazakh on the run in the fourth game and impelled a return into the net for a break point and a 3-1 lead that would push him to conquest. Igor Andreev also recently linked up Ferrer in the third round when he downed Spanish wild card Alberto Martin 6-2 6-2.

In other primary round matches, seeded players Radek Stepanek, Robin Soderling, Richard Gasquet and Feliciano Lopez all won. The merely seed to exit was No.11 Marat Safin, the 2000 champion missing to Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-4 6-1.

Third seeded Nikolay Davydenko will fight in opposition to Arnaud Clement on Wednesday after the Frenchman ousted Guillermo Canas 7-6 (7-0) 6-3.

Top ranked Rafael Nadal starts his trail for a fifth straight Godo trophy against Portuguese qualifier Frederico Gil on Wednesday.

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Pat Rafter never achieved a Davis Cup as a player but he now might land one as captain after creating a fortunate and successful first appearance in charge of Australia’s junior team.

Rafter hasn’t dominated out following in the well-known footsteps of Harry Hopman, Neale Fraser and John Newcombe after leading the national under 16 boys’ team to the world finals of the Junior Davis Cup.

Rafter told AAP, “Six days of that, mate three matches each day for six days. It was intense and pretty exhausting by the end, that’s for confident. I have never made this before so it was an excellent learning experience for me knowing what I should express and what I shouldn’t say and when I should keep calm and when I should some kind of acquire a bit stroppy with them.”

It is asked that if he was eager to one day captain the senior Davis Cup team, one of the most prominent positions in Australian sport, Rafter said “never say never, mate”.

He said, “This was in fact my initial jump into anything like this. I will return and see if positive and certain chances present themselves and see if Tennis Australia wants me. And if I have gained the true time to do those things then, yeah, I might attempt and do something like that again as well.”

The reality is, the perfectly credentialed Rafter is obviously being groomed by TA as probable Cup captain of the future perhaps even as successor to the long serving Fitzgerald. Leading and captaining the Davis Cup team would give the former Australian of the Year the opportunity to fulfill his splendid CV after he was harshly deprived of having his name etched onto the most coveted trophy in teams’ tennis.

Boasting a desirable 21-11 Cup record, Rafter was wounded and injured when Australia won the 1999 final against France and then he misplaced finals against Spain and France the following two years. Sorrowfully, Rafter’s recent professional match was his critical doubles defeat partnering Hewitt against Fabrice Santoro and Cedric Pioline in the Melbourne Park final loss in 2001.

With the bind then protected at two rubbers apiece, Rafter was not able to play the deciding singles match because of an arm injury that eventually broken his career.

Alicia Molik too prepared a victorious opening to the captaincy ranks at Mildura, serving the Australian Junior Fed Cup team of Viktorija Rajicic, Molly Polak and Alexandra Nancarrow to the world finals.

Molik said, “It was my opportunity and I think Pat’s chance to return back a little bit”. We have been lucky to have had big careers so it’s enormous that we can still be part of it.”

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Rafael Nadal finished up a fifth successive Monte Carlo Masters title and is overcoming preferred to create it five in a row at the French Open, but his uncle and coach Toni is still not pleased.

World No.1 Nadal played a 6-3 2-6 6-1 triumph over Novak Djokovic in the final on Sunday to equal the five titles achieved by New Zealander Anthony Wilding a century before.

He is now 23-1 in clay court finals, with his only defeat coming at Hamburg in May 2007 to Roger Federer and has attracted level with the Swiss with 14 Masters Crowns.

Nadal said, “He performed a good third set, but it’s understandable he must play superior to this week”. He was losing a little confidence in his game and you could see that his serve was amazingly weak. But it’s the first tournament on clay this season for him and I hope that with some more matches, it’ll get better. We award that there’s a lot of work to do before Roland Garros. But he still achieved. It’s a very imperative tournament for us and to win for a fifth time is incredible.”

Nadal, who has now a 139-4 winning record on clay since 2005, insists that thoughts of a fifth French Open victory are at the back of his mind with the Barcelona and Rome Masters to come in between a return to Paris.

Nadal further said after gathering his third title this season following the Australian Open and Indian Wells Masters, “I am not thinking about Roland Garros so far, I’m paying attention on Barcelona and Rome, there are more significant tournaments before Paris”.

“It’s amazing to win and achieve five titles in Monte Carlo. If I had to choose one Masters Series to win before the season it would be here. I found myself very well physically and mentally on the court.”

Djokovic, the world number three, valued Nadal’s claycourt power.

“You just have to pay attention on every single point because you have a player on the other side of the net that doesn’t actually give you any points,” said the Serbian. You could see him at 5-1 in the third set; he played like its 5-all. He really doesn’t worry about the consequence. He just wishes to provide his best every solitary point. Therefore he’s very exclusive and unique and that’s why he’s the most excellent now.”

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Top seeded Rafael Nadal extended his winning line at the Monte Carlo Masters to 25 matches by defeating Ivan Ljubicic 6-3 6-3 on Friday in his second match of the day, to proceed one step away from a fifth straight final.

After crushing Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador 6-3 6-0 in a rain late third round match, the four time French Open champion indicated few symbols of exhaustion in winning his 19th straight match on clay to reach the semifinals.

Nadal elaborated who only had time to play one game on Thursday, “I don’t keep in mind ever winning two singles matches in one day, only doubles. I didn’t have a lengthy match in the morning, so I was completely 100 per cent to play the second. That’s imperative.”

Nadal settled the match when Ljubicic attempted to finish a short rally with a backhand winner which went long. Though Nadal has not threw a set in Monte Carlo since downing Roger Federer in four sets in the 2006 final, he said he’s still adjusting to playing on his favorite surface again.

Nadal said, “Have to play some more inside, fewer faults, serve a little bit well, I think all expressions of the game I have to get better.”

The Spaniard has achieved the last four Monte Carlo titles, and has gone on to capture the French Open each time. His final defeat on clay was to Juan Carlos Ferrero in the second round of the Rome Masters in May last year. Nadal ahead plays the fourth seeded Andy Murray, who found his initial career semifinal on clay after crushing No.8 Nikolay Davydenko of Russia 7-6 6-4.

Also, third seeded Novak Djokovic qualified for the semifinals for the second successive year by defeating No.7 Fernando Verdasco of Spain 6-2 4-6 6-3 on Friday. Djokovic burst Verdasco, the Australian Open semi finalist, in the sixth game of the deciding set and closed out the match on serve.

Djokovic said, “I could have over the job in two sets, but then he came back, adding that serious rain from Thursday made for tricky situation on the clay. The courts were actually damp. Even today you could feel it. The balls were getting bald and really fast. It was tough to control.”

Djokovic, who qualified for the semifinals of the French Open last year, will meet No. 13 Stanislas Wawrinka in the last four after he punch German qualifier Andreas Beck 6-2 6-4.

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Andy Murray improved from a deprived beginning to lead Italy’s Fabio Fognini by a set when rain halted third round play at the Monte Carlo Masters 1000. The Briton was leading 7-6 (13-11) 1-0 after improving from 5-0 down in the starting set on Court des Princes.

Murray will begin again at 0930 BST on Wednesday, with a potency quarter final to follow later on in the day. Roger Federer’s fights continued as he downed 6-4 7-5 to fellow Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka on Thursday.

The world number two had received a wildcard into the occasion as he appears for a first title since October.

Federer said, “I was producing a little too many faults that sort of gave him the benefit. I just thought Stan played well. I’m pleased and contented for him that he has made progressed so much in the last couple years. He’s lastly building a push, acquiring close to top players and crushing top players like myself. I think it’s big for him.”

Federer downs Italian Andreas Seppi easily sufficient in his starting match but 13th seed Wawrinka, who achieved the Olympic doubles title with Federer in Beijing, proved far tougher. The beginning of play was late by over five hours and saw Murray’s match changed to the second show court, while Federer got centre stage on Court Central.

But it was Wawrinka who burst serve in the seventh game when he changed his sixth break point, while Federer had yet to manage one. The natural mistakes that have haunted Federer all year continued to run and, after the pair swapped breaks at the beginning of the second set, an untamed forehand put Wawrinka forward once more at 6-5.

Federer made two break points as Wawrinka served for the match but the fewer heralded Swiss held his courage and defended back to get his first match point, and claim a first win over his compatriot in three meetings.

Wawrinka said, “It was not such a trouble free match but of course I am pretty happy to have achieved it. I am a little bit uncomfortable to celebrate it.”

The world number 108 stormed into a twice smash lead but unsuccessful to serve out at the first chance and paid the price. Murray rose in confidence, spinning off five games in a row to draw level before Fognini gathered himself adequately to force a tie break.

And it demonstrated to be an amazing climax to the set as both players frequently took, and threw away, the initiative.

The couple had seen three set points apiece go begging before Murray lastly changed the fourth when the Italian missed a break, and the rain that followed gave Fognini a welcome opportunity to regroup before the match resumes on Friday.

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