Wczorajszy mecz dużo lepszych, ale znów po I zrobił się monotonny.

Federer-Nadal exhibitions raise almost $4 million

The charity exhibition matches played by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in Zurich and Madrid last week have raised almost $4 million so far.

The day after the match in Zurich, Federer announced that the event had raised $2.5 million for his foundation to support projects in Africa.

On Thursday, Nadal's foundation said the Madrid event brought in $1.32 million, a figure that will increase once pieces of the court have been sold off. A small portion of the surface on which the match was played is being offered for sale, packaged in a clear plastic box signed by Nadal.

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World Tennis Challenge - wyniki:

11 stycznia

Australia i Azja - USA 1:2

Matosevic - R. Harrison 6:4, 7:5; P. Cash - J. McEnroe 6:7; Matosevic/P. Cash - R. Harrison/J. McEnroe 3:6

Miedzynarodowa - Europa 1:2

Ljubicic - Llodra 2:6, 6:7; Lendl - Leconte 6:7; Ljubicic/Lendl - Llodra/Leconte 7:6

12 stycznia

Międzynarodowa - Australia i Azja 0:3

Ljubicic - Matosevic 6:3, 4:6, 3:10; Lendl - P. Cash 6:7; Ljubicic/Lendl - Matosevic/P. Cash 6:7

USA - Europa 2:1

R. Harrison - Llodra 4:6, 7:6, 8:10; J. McEnroe - Leconte 8:4; R. Harrison/J. McEnroe - Llodra/Leconte 6:4

13 stycznia

Australia i Azja - Europa 3:0

Nishikori - Llodra 8:6; P. Cash - Lendl 8:4; Nishikori/P. Cash - Llodra/Leconte 7:6

Międzynarodowa - USA 1:2

Ljubicic - R. Harrison 8:7 (4); Lendl - J. McEnroe 6:7; Ljubicic/Lendl - R. Harrison/J. McEnroe 6:7

World Tennis Challenge wygrała reprezentacja USA.

Agassi will watch his mouth in new Sampras exhibition



Andre Agassi has vowed to be on best behaviour when he and longtime rival Pete Sampras meet in a charity exhibition at Madison Square Garden prior tothe start of the North American spring hardcourt ATP season.

The occasion, the BNP Paribas Showdown, is designed to raise funds for youth tennis as well as Agassi's Las Vegas education charity.

The date falls almost a year after the pair of old stagers went after each other at the Hit for Haiti exho at Indian Wells last March. On court and wearing head mics and playing with the well-mannered pair of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, the Americans let rip at each other through evil jokes and outright insults - most of them coming from Agassi, the one-time bad-boy of the game.

"Our relationship is strictly platonic," Agassi joked in the run-up to the event. "As much time as we spent together, I never really knew him. Two different people, two different styles. Those differences were never bridged between us. But I recognize him as a superior athlete."

Agassi now says he's put the childish games behind and will be all business at the New York showdown. He added that he had apolosied to Sampras after last March. "I brought it about myself. I had a mic in my hand way too long," he said. "I've since apologized. We've looked at life differently over the years. Hopefully, we'll get to know each other better going forward."

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MSG Exhibition: Sampras d. Agassi



NEW YORK—It was old-timers' night at Madison Square Garden, full of flashbacks on both the video board and the court. The most striking one of all? A running forehand winner in the second game of the match—by who else but Pete Sampras?—earning the 14-time Grand Slam champion two break points over longtime nemesis Andre Agassi. The balder man returned the favor later in the set, dismissing a fine Sampras serve with a laser-like return winner. Opposites in so many ways, Sampras and Agassi also have contrasting signature shots: Pete the unreturnable serve, Andre the unreturnable return.

There were more of the former than the latter in this match, a 6-3, 7-5 win for Sampras. But Sampras was sharper in all aspects: He seemed to move better, appeared more comfortable out there (did his match against Roger Federer at MSG in 2008, on a similar if not the same court, help his cause today?) and of course, had that potent serve. Agassi said afterward that one of his goals was to break Sampras' serve once. It took him until the fourth game of the second set to do it, and it would be the only time he did so.

As the match progressed, we saw less of the old and more of the new: Two icons whose games have inexorably been impacted by age. Sampras rarely served-and-volleyed; his net forays were often exposed by cross-court passes. But Agassi wasn't his usually reliable, sharp self from beginning to end. He struck too many errors, and two of the ugliest came in the penultimate game of the match, where Sampras broke serve for a 6-5 lead. Sampras has always had Agassi's number in New York City; the flashbacks reminded us of that. Even if the present didn't reflect the past in quality, it did in the result.

—Ed McGrogan

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Jakim wynikiem zakończyła się pokazówka Nadala z Djoko w Kolumbii?

Po co oni tam polecieli? Czyżby znów magia $$$ zadziałała?

Nadal Gains Revenge Over Djokovic In Bogota Exhibition



Rafael Nadal gained revenge over Novak Djokovic in an exhibition match in Bogota, Colombia, just over 24 hours after they contested the BNP Paribas Open final in Indian Wells.

The World No. 1 defeated No. 2-ranked Djokovic 7-6(5), 6-3 in front of 14,000 spectators at the Coliseo El Campin in Bogota on Monday. Before the match, Djokovic performed a song and dance routine, while Nadal treated a female member of the crowd to his Latino dancing skills.

Both players have received byes into the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open, an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Miami, which begins on Wednesday.

Nadal has won a record 18 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles, while Djokovic is riding a 20-match winning streak, which includes lifting three tour-level trophies.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis … kovic.aspx

Robertinho napisał:

Szakira była?

Nie. Zapewne przebywa w Hiszpanii, gdzie pomaga Pique "dojść" do formy, że tak powiem.

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Masters Guinot Mary Cohr

Środa, 18 Maja 2011
Jo - Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) def. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 6-2 7-6(6)
Gael Monfils (FRA) def. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 6-2 7-6(11)

Czwartek, 19 Maja 2011
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) def. Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-3 6-4
Michael Llodra (FRA) def. Julien Banneteau (FRA) 6-1 6-2

Piątek, 20 Maja 2011
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) v. Gilles Simon (FRA)
Richard Gasquet (FRA) v. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)

Ostatnio edytowany przez Raddcik (18-05-2011 16:24:22)

Tired Djokovic, Hewitt pull out of French exo

Novak Djokovic and Lleyton Hewitt have withdrawn from Thursday's Guinot-Mary Cohr exhibition in Paris, with Djokovic saying he is tired, L'Equipe reports. Djokovic just played three consecutive weeks in winning Belgrade, Madrid and Rome. Hewitt has just returned from surgery. The exhibition will now feature Jo-Wilfried Tsonga against Nicolas Mahut and Andy Murray against Michael Llodra.

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