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Federer Will Face Ca

The Swiss tennis player Roger Federer will face Guillermo Cañas at the Rome ATP Masters Series tournament, after the Argentinean won on Monday in three sets his first match against the Italian Gianluca Nas; the tournament’s wild card. Cañas managed a victory 6-7 (8-10), 6-3 and 6-2 against Naso during the first round of games.

Cañas who is currently ranked 30 is one of the few players in the men’s professional circuit that has a favorable personal record against the world’s number one; basically three victories in five games. Nevertheless, Cañas will have to work hard on Monday to assure an encounter with the Swiss on the clay court in the Italian Capital.

The Argentinean’s first match against Naso was a real thriller as he kept pressuring the South American; both remained partial in the first set with a tiebreak. Then in the second set Cañas’ performance was better as he took advantage of a series of unforced errors made by the Italian, which led him to his victory in a game that lasted two hours and 37 minutes.

After this victory, Cañas was set on course to play against his best rival Roger Federer who comes from a previous loss to Rafa Nadal at the Monte Carlo Final only a week ago. The eight top players who lead the series will begin to play in the second round as all received a bye-card for the first entry. The Spaniard Rafa Nadal seeks his fourth consecutive title in Rome as he previously did in the French city of Monte Carlo.

On the other hand; the Peruvian Luis Horna won in consecutive sets 6-4 and 6-1 over the French who is currently in the top ten Richard Gasquet to advance into the second round. The Frenchman who is going through a difficult time lost perspective and was stopped by Horna during this serve.

In one hour the Peruvian managed to win over the French who is the only top 10 players who has not advanced past the quarterfinals in the 2008 ATP tournament circuit.

”Today I played probably my worse game of the year. After beginning losing the first set, I lost all my confidence and was really lost on the court. Nothing would have made me win here today” expressed Gasquet in a press conference.

Another game was that of the Belgian Steve Darcis who will face in the second round the Australian Open champion of this year, the Serbian Novak Djokovic; Darcis won over the Croatian Ivan Ljubicic for 7-5 and 7-6 (7-5). Later in the day, the Argentinean Juan Martin del Potro faced the Scottish Andy Murray in the first round; but retired in the third set 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 allowing Murray to continue.

The raising Spaniard star Nicolas Almagro won over the Italian Flavio Cipolla 6-1 and 6-3 and will be the rival in a second round encounter against the Argentinean David Nalbandian who comes from weary performance at the Barcelona Open where he was eliminated in the first rounds.

Who do you thik will win tomorow on the Sony Ericsson Open final tomorow, Canas or Djokovic?

Novak Djokovic – Guillermo Canas Miami 2007 Final

Last game in the match!!! Serb teenager Novak Djokovic became the youngest champion in the 23-year history of the Sony Ericsson Open when he defeated Argentine qualifier Guillermo Canas 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to win his first ATP Masters Series title.

Novak Djokovic – Guillermo Canas Miami 2007 Winners ceremony

Djokovic made in Serbia!!! “In a final nothing is easy especially when you are playing a great player like Guillermo,” Djokovic said on court after the match. “He has been through a tough period, but he has come back from suspension and in just a few months he has returned to the top of the game. “His fans really got behind him but thanks to all the Serbian fans, it was great to see all the flags, I’m so proud to win this for my country.”

Atp Tennis: Cañas Closes the Day Winning While Serena & Nadal Continue

This past Sunday the Argentinean Guillermo Cañas closed his match successfully in the male category at the Sony Ericsson Open; while the American Serena Williams and the Spaniard Rafael Nadal also had spectacular performances.

The fight between the Latin-American players, Cañas and Gonzalez was no more than breathtaking. Cañas who is currently ranked fifteenth stunned the Chilean Fernando González to advance to the Masters Series tournament’s quarterfinals.

The match lasted approximately two hours and 16 minutes; the Argentinean defeated the Chilean 7-6 (8/6), 7-5. Cañas will be facing next the Russian Igor Andreev, who overcame the South African Kevin Anderson by 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4. Anderson had previously won a first rounder against the Serbian Novak Djokovic (world ranking # 3), which was one of the first shockers of the tournament.

The Argentinean knew how to take advantage of the 47 unforced errors of González. At the end of the game, Cañas stated that it was a great game for both players, who showed a good level of play especially Fernando, as he is a difficult and powerful player.

On the other hand, Serena Williams managed to advance to the quarterfinals by winning over the Italian Flabia Pannetta (#27). The match which lasted two hours and 12 minutes ended 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, 6-2 in favor of the WTA ranked number eight player.

The youngest Williams sister is seeking her fifth Miami Masters title in the last seven years; Serena obtained three of these titles consecutively in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and her last one in her triumph over Justine Henin world’s number one. If Serena manages to win again at the Sony Ericsson Open she will draw with the German Steffi Graf.

The Spaniard Rafael Nadal, second in the ranking, defeated easily the German Nicolas Kiefer 6-2, 6-4 after a brief recess due to rain showers, which affected some of the courts at the sports facility. With this triumph, the Iberian will face in the fourth round against the French Paul-Henri Mathieu, who defeated another Spaniard Carlos Moyá 7-6 (7/1), 7-5.

Nadal continues to overcome obstacles, as he keeps moving forward in Key Biscayne. Right now Nadal holds a current year record of 18-5 and will seek his first title of year and the 24th of his career.

Furthermore; we have the very well recovered – the American Lindsay Davenport, who eliminated the world’s number two the Serbian Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 6-2. Davenport will face the Russian Dinara Safina who defeated the Austrian Sybille Bammer 4-6, 6-1, 6-0.

Davenport is searching her title number 56 and her third of the year, after winning in Auckland and Memphis.

The oldest Williams sister Venus defeated New Zealander Marina Erakovic in two easy sets 6-2, 6-1 and she will now play against the Danish Caroline Wozniacki

Another American who has advanced to the quarterfinals is James Blake who played the French magician Santoro 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4 and will now face the Czech Radek Stepanek

World’s number one Justin Henin defeated easily the Italian Sara Errani for 6-2, 6-1 and will face in the quarterfinals the Russian Elena Vesnina, who eliminated Ashley Harkleroad (6-4, 5-7, 6-4).

Hewitt race to initial round Houston win

Lleyton Hewitt started and opened up his 2009 claycourt movement in style with an attack beginning round win at Houston Open. Hewitt required immediately 65 minutes to release Argentine seventh seed Diego Junqueira 6-0 6-2.

Hewitt prescribed, “I didn’t know what to wait for. It’s my primary clay court tournament since last year. He further said, “I wasn’t raised on clay so it’s a matter of making your footwork downward and getting the anxiety out of the way.”

Though Hewitt has achieved and won just one title on clay, at Delray Beach in Florida a decade ago, he has a sound career record of 80-37 on the surface.

He said, “I must be doing something right.

Now on the other hand Australian top one ahead faces another Argentine, Sergio Roitman, for a berth in the quarter finals.

Top two seeds of the tournament, Americans James Blake and Mardy Fish, were both did away with on Tuesday. Blake lost 6-4 6-4 to Argentine Guillermo Canas, while Fish succumbed 6-3 5-7 6-3 to German Bjorn Phau.

Canas, who has drooping to 113th in the world, used his claycourt experience to end a sorry run of six directly first round overcomes this year.

Canas said, “It’s tough to increase self-assurance when you misplace in the first round, this year has been a tough start. I haven’t played and performed very well for the past two months. Now for me, I expect to carry on on with the tournament.”

Blake neglected to 39-41 in career claycourt matches.

He said, “At times, I hit myself out there. I completed a lot of faults. He type of violence you into that the way he plays defence. It’s no reason for some faults, particularly the ones I built at key times. If you wait for to win matches, you have to put that around big points.”

The 28th ranked, Fish was the crowd preferred at the beginning of the match but by the third set, Phau’s resolute to play opening drawing dotted applause. In the third game of the decisive set Phau cracked Fish game and ruled out the triumph with one more smash in the eighth game.

Phau described, “At the starting, I didn’t suffer as well but I began to feel improved by the third set, I struggled to obtain into a rhythm and I think I got it.”

In additional matches, veteran Tommy Haas punch fellow Germany Denis Gremelmayr 6-3 6-3.