Archive for June, 2006

The announcer called it a sure thing, “Nadal would loose against qualifier Robert Kendrik.” Others thought it would be a cake walk for Nadal who is picked to challenge Federer for the Wimbledon title. Number 1 vs Number 2 in the world. That hopeful match up almost didn’t happen thanks to Robert Kendrik.

Two of the first three sets went to Kendrik 6-7 (4), 3-6, 7-6 (2). Then in the fourth set Kendrik was only two points away from knocking out the #2 player in the world when Nadal took over. He finished out the fourth set winning 7-5, and then followed that up with 6-4 victory in the fifth to close out Kendrik and win the set.

Nadal will meet Andre Agassi next who won today over Andreas Seppi in three straight sets 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-4. That will be a great match up to watch and from Agassi has been announcing, his last Wimbledon tournament.

June 26th, 2006 marked the first day of Wimbledon and in true London style there was rain. Lot’s of it. A down pour soak the lawn Monday delaying some very interesting matches until tomorrow’s Wimbledon gets underway.

On Center Court, three time champioin Roger Federer was delayed in his matchup against Frenchman Richard Gasquet. Roger Federer won the first set 6-3 before rain stopped the match. Also notable delays on the court were Kim Clijsters facing the Russian Vera Zvonareva with Clijsters leading the first set 5-4 and Martina Hingis vs Olga Savchuk of the Ukraine with Hingis taking the first set in a comanding 6-2.

For all the scores and day to day action check back here as well as the Official Wimbledon Scores page.

Rafael Nadal took his second French Open title beating the number one ranked player in the world Roger Federer. Federer kept and increased his number 1 world ranking despite the loss to Nadal. Of the last seven times the two have faced Nadal has come out victorious six.

After dropping the first set Nadal powered his way through the next three taking the match and the title from the tennis great. The reasoning behind Federer’s increasing the lead in the world’s rankings is said to be due to his better finish at the French Open this year compared to last year.

Great Job Nadal and keep plugging away at that top spot, with play like this weekend you’ll move beyond Federer’s shadow soon enough.

Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium won her third women’s French Open title on Saturday and second in a row. She played Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova and beat her in two sets 6-4, 6-4.

Henin-Hardenne played very powerful tennis and quickly disposed of her counterpart. She was on, and that was it. Tennis at its finest.

Next up on Sunday is the men’s final featuring the much anticipated match between defending champion Rafael Nadal the world’s number 2 player and Roger Federer, the world’s number 1 player. It should be a great match, don’t miss it.

Rafael Nadal won his 58th straight on clay today. Nadal was up two sets to Novak Djokovic when Novak had to retire early with a back injury sending Nadal into the Semi Finals.

Be sure to tune in and see how the defending champion and number two ranked in the world does against Ivan Ljubicic in their semi-final match and Roland Garos.