Russia’s Sharapova loses out to Germany’s Petkovic in Australian Open
Russia’s Sharapova loses out to Germany’s Petkovic in Australian Open
Russian tennis star and former World No. 1 Maria Sharapova was beaten by Germany’s Andrea Petkovic in the fourth round of Australian Open in Melbourne on Sunday.
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Why do the commentators on tennis always make excuses for Roger Federer when he loses a match?
Stating he was sick but do they say that about other players? No they say the other players sometimes fake sickness. Just be up front and say Federer lost and give the other player credit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Del Potro loses on return
Del Potro loses on return
Former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro lost his comeback match against Olivier Rochus in the first round of ATP Bangkok.
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BBC loses exclusive Masters golf rights
BBC loses exclusive Masters golf rights
Sky Sports ends corporation’s 24 years of exclusive rights and will share TV coverage of tournament from next year The BBC has lost exclusive live TV rights to the Masters golf tournament after 24 years and will be sharing coverage with Sky Sports from next year. BSkyB’s sports channels will broadcast exclusive live TV coverage of the opening two rounds of the tournament, one of golf’s landmark …
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Fourth-Seeded Jankovic Loses at Windy Open
Fourth-Seeded Jankovic Loses at Windy Open
It was no surprise that fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic, who had struggled with injury and inconsistency this season, was unsettled by the wind swirling inside Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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Berdych loses to Malisse at Legg Mason
Berdych loses to Malisse at Legg Mason
String of upsets continues Friday at Legg Mason. Tomáš Berdych – Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Xavier Malisse – Tennis – Sports
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Top seed Youzhny loses at Swiss Open
Top seed Youzhny loses at Swiss Open
Top-seeded Mikhail Youzhny lost to 147th-ranked Yuri Schukin of Kazakhstan in the Swiss Open quarterfinals. Kazakhstan – Mikhail Youzhny – Yuri Schukin – Asia – Business and Economy
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ATP Tennis – James Blake Loses in the First Round and is out of Wimbledon
The American and ATP No. 17th, James Blake, was unable to win for the third straight time in Grand Slam tournaments, losing against the 50th ATP-ranked, Italian Andreas Seppi, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6(5), this past Monday.
Blake had beaten the Italian in their last two meetings, but for some reason he couldn’t do it this time at Wimbledon. Moreover, the American also lost in the first round of this year‘s French Open, after exiting in the fourth round of the Australian Open back in January.
Nevertheless, Blake thought he was ready for Wimbledon since he has trained hard and his fitness was extremely well, but maybe his confidence was the problem.
Since the beginning Blake started making too many errors, which gave Seppi an advantage in the first set by winning it 7-5. During the second set, Blake expected to take advantage of his best shot, the forehand, but Seppi managed to neutralize it forcing Blake into exchange backhands and at the end the Italian won the second set as well, 6-4.
In the third set, Blake though he had chances to get back into the match when he held one set point with a lead of 6-5, but he missed a forehand that went too long and tied the set. Blake then missed a 5-0 lead in the tiebreaker when the Italian went into a 7-0 run to win the set and the match.
At the end of the match, the American expressed his frustration for his bad performance and the disappointment of not getting further in Wimbledon.
“I still feel like I can play with anyone in the world, but it’s just, for some reason lately, it’s been very inconsistent. I’ve been doing all the training. I’ve been doing all the conditioning. I’m fit as I’ve been. I just haven’t been as confident, I guess. But I still have the ability. It’s just frustrating, because it’s happening at big tournaments where I’m having my not-so-good performances,” stated the former world No.4.
On the other hand, the Italian Andreas Seppi stated his satisfaction on his performance especially because he played more aggressively than usual on Blake’s serve, which used to be one of his weaknesses. Seppi also said that he was a little happier when he found out that his opponent would be Blake, instead of Juan Martin Del Potro, as it was originally planned but changed after the bracket was modified due to Nadal’s withdraw. According to Seppi, Del Potro has a very strong serve and he considered he would have a better chance with Blake, which he proved right on Monday.
Now after this loss, James Blake expects to regain his confidence and play better in the following tournaments since he knows in spite of his age, he still can compete within the top 10 players of the ATP rankings. Whereas for Andreas Seppi, this win increases his confidence and grows his expectations to advance in the tournament.
The next opponent of the Italian will be the French Marc Gicquel and the game will be played on June 24th.
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Roger Federer loses to Juan Martin Del Potro in the US Open 2009 Final
Roger Federer lost 6-3, 6-7, 6-4, 6-7, 2-6 in the US Open 2009 final against Juan Martin Del Potro. Federer served under 50% for the match and had over 60 unforced errors. It was Del Potro’s first ever grand slam win, preventing Federer from getting 16 grand slams, a third slam for the year, and 6 straight US Open titles.
Patrombon loses singles bid in Italian Open
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