tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68146800850229919442024-12-18T19:23:44.264-08:00SPORT NEWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761127463469529655noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814680085022991944.post-11449645437705351972011-11-29T05:54:00.001-08:002011-11-29T06:38:16.635-08:00<br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> Roger Federer claims he has rediscovered his mental to clinch a record sixth title at the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals after defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 6-7 6-3. This must be one of Federer's greatest victories. </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> There was so much pressure on him. His 100th final, the possibility of his 70th title and his 6th end of year championship title and of course an opponent who could blast any player off the court. Tsonga has always been capable of challenging the very best and he was in inspired form once again in that second set against Federer.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> But Federer, who became the tournament's oldest winner with his 70th final victory and will take a winning streak of 17 matches into next season proved his nerve to fight off a spectacular comeback from his French opponent.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <o:p></o:p></div> <a name='more'></a><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> Tsonga looked to be heading for a quick defeat as the 16-time grand slam champion in becoming the first player to beat him at a grand slam from two sets down at <st1:place w:st="on">Wimbledon</st1:place>. </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> It was happen for the match in the second set, but some free-hitting sparked him into life and he levelled the match in a tie-break. </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> In crucially the break did not come and in the eighth game Federer made his move, winding up his backhand to earn three break points and taking the second. when his opponent netted an attempted drop volley.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> The crowd roared their appreciation, with the Swiss flags waving again shortly afterwards when his opponent netted an attempted drop volley.</div> <br />SPORT NEWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761127463469529655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814680085022991944.post-50889515154144189722011-11-28T23:14:00.000-08:002011-11-29T05:53:48.794-08:00<table border="1" bordercolor="#FFCC00" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="ss-stat-style1" style="background-color: #00ffcc;" summary="Association of Tennis Professionals Schedule"> <caption>ATP Schedule and Result</caption> <thead> <tr> <th nowrap="">Start Date</th> <th>Tournament</th> <th>Venue</th> <th>Winner</th> </tr> </thead> <tfoot></tfoot> <tbody> <tr> <th colspan="4"><b>January 2011</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td>ATP Brisbane International</td> <td>Brisbane, Australia</td> <td>Robin Soderling</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td>ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open</td> <td>Doha, Qatar</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td>ATP Aircel Chennai Open</td> <td>Chennai, India</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>10th</td> <td>ATP Heineken Open</td> <td>Auckland, New Zealand</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>10th</td> <td>ATP Medibank International</td> <td>Sydney, Australia</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>17th</td> <td>Australian Open</td> <td>Melbourne, Australia</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>31st</td> <td>ATP PBZ Zagreb Indoors</td> <td>Zagreb, Croatia</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>31st</td> <td>ATP SA Tennis Open</td> <td>Johannesburg, South Africa</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>31st</td> <td>ATP Movistar Open</td> <td>Santiago, Chile</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="4"><b><a name='more'></a>February 2011</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td>7th</td> <td>ATP ABN AMRO World Tennis</td> <td>Rotterdam, NED</td> <td>Robin Soderling</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7th</td> <td>ATP ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament</td> <td>Rotterdam, Netherlands</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>7th</td> <td>ATP SAP Open</td> <td>San Jose, California, USA</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>7th</td> <td>ATP Brasil Open</td> <td>Costa do Sauipe, Brazil</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>14th</td> <td>ATP Regions Morgan Keegan Championships</td> <td>Memphis, Tennessee, USA</td> <td>Andy Roddick</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14th</td> <td>ATP Tour Open 13</td> <td>Marseille, France</td> <td>Robin Soderling</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14th</td> <td>ATP Copa Claro</td> <td>Buenos Aires, Argentina</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>21st</td> <td>ATP Delray Beach International Tennis Championship</td> <td>Delray Beach, Florida, USA</td> <td>Juan Martin Del Potro</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21st</td> <td>ATP Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships</td> <td>Dubai, United Arab Emirates</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>21st</td> <td>ATP Abierto Mexicano Telcel</td> <td>Acapulco, Mexico<b><br /></b></td><td></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="4"><b>March 2011</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td>10th</td> <td>ATP BNP Paribas Open</td> <td>Indian Wells, California, USA</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>23rd</td> <td>ATP Sony Ericsson Open</td> <td>Miami, Florida, USA</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="4"><b>April 2011</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td>ATP Grand Prix Hassan II</td> <td>Casablanca, Morocco</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td>ATP US Men's Claycourt Championships</td> <td>Houston,Texas, USA</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>18th</td> <td>ATP Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell</td> <td>Barcelona, Spain</td> <td>Rafael Nadal</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24th</td> <td>ATP BMW Open</td> <td>Munich, Germany</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>25th</td> <td>ATP Estoril Open</td> <td>Estoril, Portugal</td> <td>Juan Martin Del Potro</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25th</td> <td>ATP Serbia Open</td> <td>Belgrade, Serbia</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="4"><b>May 2011</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td>ATP Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open</td> <td>Madrid, Spain</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>8th</td> <td>ATP Internazionali BNL d'Italia</td> <td>Rome, Italy</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>15th</td> <td>ATP Open de Nice Cote d' Azur</td> <td>Nice, France</td> <td>Nicolas Almagro</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15th</td> <td>ARAG ATP Power Horse World Team Championships</td> <td>Dusseldorf, Germany</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>22nd</td> <td>French Open</td> <td>Roland Garros, Paris, France</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="4"><b>June 2011</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td>6th</td> <td>ATP AEGON Championships</td> <td>London, England</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>6th</td> <td>ATP Gerry Weber Open</td> <td>Halle, Germany</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>12th</td> <td>ATP UNICEF Open</td> <td>'s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>13th</td> <td>ATP AEGON International</td> <td>Eastbourne, England</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>20th</td> <td>All England Lawn Tennis Championships</td> <td>Wimbledon, England</td> <td>Jacco Eltingh &amp; Paul Haarhuis</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="4"><b>July 2011</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td>ATP Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships</td> <td>Newport, Rhode Island, USA</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>11th</td> <td>ATP Mercedes Cup</td> <td>Stuttgart, Germany</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>11th</td> <td>ATP SkiStar Swedish Open</td> <td>Bastad, Sweden</td> <td>Robin Soderling</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18th</td> <td>ATP Atlanta Tennis Championships</td> <td>Atlanta, Georgia, USA</td> <td>Mardy Fish</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18th</td> <td>ATP bet-at-home Open German Tennis Championships 2011</td> <td>Hamburg, Germany</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>25th</td> <td>ATP Credit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad</td> <td>Gstaad, Switzerland</td> <td>Marcel Granollers</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25th</td> <td>ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag</td> <td>Umag, Croatia</td> <td>Alexandr Dolgopolov</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25th</td> <td>ATP Farmers Classic</td> <td>Los Angeles, California, USA</td> <td>Ernests Gulbis</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31st</td> <td>ATP Legg Mason Tennis Classic</td> <td>Washington D.C, USA</td> <td>Radek Stepanek</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31st</td> <td>ATP Bet-At-Home Cup Kitzbuhel</td> <td>Kitzbuhel, Austria</td> <td>Robin Haase</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="4"><b>August 2011</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td>8th</td> <td>ATP Rogers Cup</td> <td>Montreal, Canada</td> <td>Novak Djokovic</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14th</td> <td>ATP Masters Series Western &amp; Southern Financial Group Masters</td> <td>Cincinnati, Ohio, USA</td> <td>Andy Murray</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21st</td> <td>ATP Winston-Salem Open</td> <td>Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA</td> <td>John Isner</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29th</td> <td>US Open</td> <td>Flushing Meadows, New York, USA</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>29th</td> <td>US Open</td> <td>Flushing Meadows, USA</td> <td>Novak Djokovic</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="4"><b>September 2011</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td>19th</td> <td>ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy</td> <td>Bucharest, Romania</td> <td>Florian Mayer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19th</td> <td>ATP Tour Moselle Open</td> <td>Metz, France</td> <td>Jo-Wilfried Tsonga</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26th</td> <td>ATP PTT Thailand Open</td> <td>Bangkok, Thailand</td> <td>Andy Murray</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26th</td> <td>ATP Malaysian Open</td> <td>Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia</td> <td>Janko Tipsarevic</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="4"><b>October 2011</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td>ATP Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships</td> <td>Tokyo, Japan</td> <td>Andy Murray</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td>ATP China Open</td> <td>Beijing, China</td> <td>Tomas Berdych</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10th</td> <td>Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, Presented by Rolex</td> <td>Shanghai, China</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>17th</td> <td>ATP Kremlin Cup</td> <td>Moscow, Russia</td> <td>Janko Tipsarevic</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17th</td> <td>ATP Tour If Stockholm Open</td> <td>Stockholm, Sweden</td> <td>Gael Monfils</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24th</td> <td>ATP Tour St. Petersburg Open</td> <td>St. Petersburg, Russia</td> <td>Marin Cilic</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24th</td> <td>ATP Bank Austria Tennis Trophy</td> <td>Vienna, Austria</td> <td>Jo-Wilfried Tsonga</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30th</td> <td>ATP Valencia Open 500</td> <td>Valencia, Spain</td> <td>Marcel Granollers</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31st</td> <td>ATP Swiss Indoors Basel</td> <td>Basel, Switzerland</td> <td>Roger Federer</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="4"><b>November 2011</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td>20th</td> <td>Barclays ATP World Tour Finals</td> <td>O2 Arena, London, England</td> <td>Roger Federer</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br /> Source <a href="http://www.skysports.com/tennis/schedule/0,19800,12053_1,00.html" target="_blank">here</a>SPORT NEWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761127463469529655noreply@blogger.com0