Venus Williams kamshinda kwa set 2 kwa 0 Ana Ivanovic SRB (13)
Serena Williams mpaka sasa anaongoza kwa set 1kwa 0
Roger Federer (1) mpaka sasa anaongoza kwa set 2 kwa 0 dhidi ya Soderlin.
Yote inapatikana BBC 1, BBC 2,HD na online The Championships, Wimbledon 2009 - Grand Slam Tennis - Official Site by IBM
Baada ya game ya Federer itafuatiwa na game ya Andy Murray.
Tutaendelea kufahamishana kila linalojiri asanteni.
Last edited by Ng'wanza Madaso; 29th June 2009 at 05:26 PM..
Reason: Ana safina insited of Ana Ivanovic
Venus Williams’s heavily strapped left leg has been a big talking point of The Championships and the defending champion showed signs of a limp as she booked her place in the ladies doubles semi-finals with sister Serena.
Again she took to No. 2 Court with industrial strength taping above and below her left knee but if she was in discomfort it appeared to do little to affect her performance as she and Serena disposed of 12th seeds Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Vania King 6-2, 7-5.
Serena took to the court in a three-quarter length top – an interesting choice considering the sweltering conditions – and also with taping of her own: a strapped right wrist and ankle supports.
The sisters have a string of Grand Slam doubles titles to their name – three Wimbledon titles, one French Open, one US Open and three Australian Opens.
And here it was evident why. Dominant, aggressive play saw the Americans threaten their opponents from the start, although it was not until the fourth game that they broke serve – thanks to a winning lob by Serena. That was when father Richard, who had been observing the proceedings from the competitor’s guest box, decided to whip out his camera.
However, he seemed more intent on snapping the spectators and the new arena rather than his daughters who were watertight at the net and firing bullets on serve.
The German and USA duo challenged a call on set point – they had nothing to lose – but the result failed to go their way. The ball was out and the set belonged to Williamses.
When the sisters broke at the same point in the second set the arena was at near full capacity and father Richard opted to shelter from the sun’s blistering rays under a blue umbrella.
It was then that Lena-Groenfeld and King started to up their game, attacking the net well to win two games on the trot and break Venus as she served for the set at 5-3. Soon the set was level at 5-5.
But the 12th seeds were unable to maintain the intensity and the Williamses earned a place in the doubles semi-final for the fourth time in their career.
The player known as “the mosquito” was on the receiving end of a painful sting from Andy Murray as the number three seed beat Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 on Centre Court. The authoritative victory over the former world number one puts Murray through to his first Wimbledon semi-final.
In the first set it seemed that Ferrero was intent on avoiding a repeat of their one career encounter to date, last month at Queen’s where Murray wrapped up a simple straight sets victory. True, the Spaniard had a couple of jitters at the outset, and he pushed a half-volley long to give Murray an early chance to break. But the chance went by.
Oddly at this stage many rows of the Centre Court were empty, with some in the crowd permitting themselves a short break from the sizzling July heat after witnessing Roger Federer’s earlier victory over Ivo Karlovic.
Murray was winning his serve with ease, and Ferrero was having to work much harder to hold on to his. But nonetheless the Spaniard was playing a canny game. As late as 5-5 it seemed possible he could snatch the set. With Murray seeming a little heavy after his marathon Monday night victory over Stanislas Wawrinka, the loss of the set could have been an important blow.
But it didn’t happen. At 5-6 Ferrero left the court open for a Murray passing shot. One point later the Scot got a lucky netcord, and he then he brought up set point at 40-30 with a powerful crosscourt forehand that left his opponent stranded. That one went by, but a backhand return brought up another opportunity, whereupon Ferrero delivered his first double fault of the day.
Early in the second, it all seemed to be going wrong for Murray. In the first game Ferrero produced a forehand crosscourt winner to bring up two break points. The Scot pulled out the fastest serve – 132mph – of the tournament so far to rescue the first. But when he put a backhand in the net on the second, the game and the break belonged to the Spaniard.
The turning point came out of the blue with Murray at 1-3 deuce, when he won an astonishing 20 of the next 21 points. He was helped by the 2003 Roland Garros champion delivering his second double fault of the match at exactly the wrong moment to put the set back on serve, but a newly energised Murray was making no mistakes and a deflated Ferrero could not stay with him.
Ferrero has enjoyed a resurgence this year. He was given a wild card here on the basis of his ranking of 115 in May. But a good Roland Garros took him to number 70, and before this match he was assured of a spot in the top 40 when the new rankings come out next Monday. For Murray the stakes are higher. He can take the number two spot from Roger Federer by winning the title here – and if he does, he will be a mere five points short of Rafael Nadal’s tally at number one.
Ferrero, who has never made the last four at Wimbledon, needed to state his case early in the third set if he was to stay in the match. Instead, break point chances were coming Murray’s way. Ferrero delivered a delightful dropshot to save the third of these at 2-2. But a fourth was too much and Murray converted it with a forehand that he made look straightforward.
He was playing so briskly between points that it was clear he wanted to spend as little time as possible baking beneath the sapping heat of the Centre Court. Moreover, he was overwhelming Ferrero on the Spaniard’s serve, and broke him to love for 5-2.
In the end he required just one hour and 41 minutes to complete a comprehensive victory.
Ms. S.Williams has just beaten Ms. Dementieva in a fiercely contested match..She was really against all odds in 40 Celsius degree daylight and she shown how she is a poacher..
6-7,7-5, 8-6
Go Serena!!
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