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Old Boys Fight Out Epic to Meet Nadal in Semi-finals

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Sometimes you have to simply admire the determination of the top sportspeople and after following five hours and 12 minutes of play on Court One over two rain-delayed days at Wimbledon, hats should be doft to Reiner Scheuttler and Arnaud Clement especially as they knew the victor would have to return the following day to face the unenviable task of taking on the fully-rested Rafael Nadal on centre court.

The veterans – both in their thirties – began their match on Wednesday afternoon on a fine Summers afternoon in South West London but soon after the rain began to, well, rain down on SW19 with the players returning to the dressing room after managing just one set of tennis, which Scheuttler won 6-3. The heavens eased and the players returned to the court in an attempt to complete their match but were forced off due to bad light and returned to action at 1pm the following day tied at one set all.

Scheuttler appeared the better player on Thursday afternoon and really took the game to his French counterpart, Clement hung in and forced a tie break but was soon behind once again in the set decider, falling to a 6-0 deficit almost in the blink of an eye and it looked certain that the German was going to take the third set. Betting on tennis however can sometimes lead to many heart in mouth’s situations where the seemingly impossible becomes a reality and as Scheuttler took is foot off the gas Clement clawed the breaker back to 6-6. The 32-year-old regained his composure though, claiming the next two points to take the set 7-6 (8-6).

By this point you would have thought that both men would have been exhausted from their earlier exchanges but if that was the case it did not show, fighting their way through the fourth set with one point standing alone as the finest of the match.

After a super rally Scheuttler looked as though he had won the point, racing to pick up a deliciously executed drop-shot from Clement but the Frenchman showed all the dogged determination which has been a mainstay throughout his career to hunt down the angled return, flicking the ball back across court to which Scheuttler replied with a perfectly hit cross-court pass yet somehow the 30-year-old stretched out a backhand to volley back down court and end an enthralling passage of play. It is no wonder the match lasted so long with rallies like this! It is hard to imagine how the bandanna sporting Clement managed to reach the winning volley but it surely has something to do with his remarkable doubles talent, after all he and Michael Llodra are the reigning men’s doubles Champions at Wimbledon.

The fourth set went to a tie-break which rather predictably Clement won – after all this match had to go the distance – and just to follow suit the breaker finished 7-9.

Early on in the fifth it appeared that it was going to be the Frenchman’s day, breaking Scheuttler’s serve but on cue the unseeded Scheuttler broke back, saving a match point with the set at 5-4.

The precipitation perplexed players and audience once more as the final set was halted at 6-6 40-40 on Clement’s serve and after the delay, Scheuttler wasted no time, breaking his opponents serve before holding on to his own, taking this epic match 6-3 5-7 7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (7-9) 8-6.

We can only hope – for the sake of a match rather than walk-over – that Scheuttler can recover from this testing encounter to take on Nadal, a man more than 10 years his junior on Friday afternoon otherwise although already crowned King of clay the betting would point to Rafa being given yet another shot at dethroning Federer on the lawns of the All England Club come Sunday evening.

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Ljubicic to meet Monfils in Montpellier

Ljubicic to meet Monfils in Montpellier
Croatia’s Ivan Ljubicic beat Spaniard Albert Montanes 6-3 7-6 (7-4) in the semi-finals of the ATP event to reach his sixth career final on French soil.

Bryan Twins Handle Giant Task, While Nadal and Almagro Will Meet at Quarterfinals

The twin Bob Bryan 6.4 ft, and his brother Mike Bryan with one inch shorter have been making a big impression in the ATP tournaments as a duo. At the French Open the Bryans had to face the couple of the yet taller Americans, Sam Querry of 6-6 ft and John Isner of 6-9 ft.

“That’s the largest team we’ve played,” Bob said. “It’s not comfortable playing those guys.”

The Bryan twins, who are the number one seeded, have a lot more experience, counting a Grand Slam history in doubles. The fact is that the twins prevailed with low shots and they defeated Querrey and Isner 7-6 and 6-2, accomplishing the quarterfinals at the Roland Garros.

“If you make them bend, you could see whenever they missed a first serve and you made a good return down at their feet, they’re pretty much almost out of the point,” Mike said. “When the big-hitting Isner served for the first set with a 5-3 lead, we were already looking forward to the second, we figured a break there would be awfully tough”, stated Mike.

In addition to make the strategy work, the twins won the point and with their hurting breaking serve, the Bryans twisted the match roughly and triumph by far at the end.

Now the twins prepare themselves to play against Luis Horna and Pablo Cuevas on Monday. (O lo deja como estaba, si va a agregar que ganaron el partido)

Bob and Mike won the French Open in 2003 and were finalists in the year 2005 and 2006. In contrast, Isner and Querrey are playing just their second tournament together as a team.

“They’re still pretty green on doubles,” Bob said. “They’re both young in their careers, and you could just see them being better and better as the match went on.”

On the other hand, Rafael Nadal will play on the single’s quarterfinal against his fellow countryman, Nicolas Almagro, who celebrated his qualification to the quarterfinals by shaving the head of some friends and family members. Almagro, who’s number 19th in the ATP world ranking, defeated Jeremy Chardy 7-6, 7-6, 7-5.

“I’m going to shave their heads. I’ll use the razor. I don’t know if I’ll shave just part of it. We’ll see,” Almagro said. “I don’t know how my father is going to react when I shave his head. I won’t do that to my mother, because this is the person who is the most important for me in my life.”

Additionally, triple champion Rafael Nadal scored his 25th win in 25 Roland Garros matches, defeating Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, the 22nd seed, with a 6-1, 6-0, 6-2 result.

Verdasco was broken three times in the first set and had to wait until the sixth game of the second set were he managed to cut out a break point, which Nadal comfortably saved. Fernando, had been beaten by Nadal in all five of their matches.

On Tuesday Nadal will face Nicolas Almagro, for a trip to the semis, where he most likely will meet No. 3 seed Novak Djokovic. The Nadal-Djokovic winner will play the final against Roger Federer.

Ally White is a top senior copy writer for the international tennis championships as well as the top ranking online bookmaker www.instantactionsports.com/uk/

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Djokovic to meet Verdasco in Rome quarters
Novak Djokovic will play Fernando Verdasco in the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters after both players won in straight sets Thursday.

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