Wimbledon: Men Singles 2ND Round Up

The Men Singles 2ND Round Has Been Completed And Results Are The Following:

Lukas Rosol Upsets R.Nadal

Lukas Rosol B. Rafael Nadal 6-7 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4


If someone had predicted that Rafael Nadal would be released in the second round of Wimbledon against the world number 100, the majority would probably burst out laughing. But this is precisely what happened on the fourth day of the tournament in London. The grass is not the surface of the Majorcan favorite, yet she won Wimbledon twice, in 2008 and 2010, so it was expected that Lukas Rosol not be a problem. Not so, because the blind is one of those who refuse to be cowed and quickly makes it clear to the number 2 in the world who does not want to give gifts. The match that comes out is really interesting, because the lefty Manacor is now in difficulty in having to deal with someone that howls, and as he angled.

Andy Murray

Andy MURRAY b. I. Karlovic 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (5)

The world number 4 leads to the third round of Wimbledon after four sets (poca!) game against the giant Croat Ivo Karlovic and will play Saturday against Marcos Baghdatis, who beat the Bulgarian Dimitrov to withdraw. As expected, a little game for Murray and a superhuman effort to put the bat on the slings Karlovic (17 aces and 83% of points on first serve) which forces the second time, but just a chance to tie-break of the fourth (plus a third set sold soon) Croatian forces to double fault giving the mini-decisive advantage in Murray.The Scot, after playing well against Davydenko, he played a game of sacrifice winning through to the many winners (43): Most, of course, by passing on the Karlovic serve and volley.

Andy Roddick

Andy RODDICK b. Bjorn Phau 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-3

Andy Roddick, after the Queen's, Eastbourne final (won against Seppi) and "48 hours" in the first round against the Englishman Jamie Baker - match interrupted three times in as many days due to rain / darkness - celebrates its fourth day on fields of the All England Club by beating German Bjorn Phau without worries. It will be a great third round of the U.S., a finalist at Wimbledon three times between 2004 and 2009, against David Ferrer, seeded No. 7 and the protagonist of a great first half of 2012. Last Sunday, the Spaniard has won the tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch on grass.

David Ferrer

David FERRER b. Kenny de Schepper 7-6 (1), 6-2 6-4

It's fun and balanced match between David Ferrer and the Kenny De Schepper: Spanish demonstrates a good shape even on the grass, while the French did not take itself too seriously and is willing to smile when fortune does not smile at him . The tiebreak in the first set is almost exclusively a soliloquy of Valencia, which leaves the opponent to only 1 point in a set that proceeds without break. In the other two partial Ferrer has a poo life easier, even if the final ripping service to the French only in closing.

Xavier Malisse

Xavier Malisse b. Gilles Simon 6-4 6-4 7-6 (5)

The grass is not his area, but Gilles Simon is definitely on the day and gives viewers the show is not worthy of a field 3 of its value. The seeded number 13 then comes out of the scene against the Belgian owner of an aggressive tennis that often sends the opponent off the court. In the third set, Simon saves twice going to serve to stay in the match, but the tiebreaker is fatal.

Dolgopolov

Benoit Paire b. Alexandr DOLGOPOLOV 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-1

There was a long waiting list for Alexandr Dolgopolov, seeded 22, but the Ukrainian leaves the stage to the second round against Benoit Paire, French born in 1989 and No. 55 of the ATP ranking. For Dolgopolov, that in the first round he defeated Alex Bogomolov, percentages are too low in the service (only 45% of the points on the second); Paire, 47 winners in 3 sets, is a nice surprise of the tournament and will face the third round the American Brian Baker.

Tsonga

Jo-Wilfried TSONGA b. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-7 (3), 6-4 6-1 6-3

It was started in an unusual match of Tsonga: was expected to see the domination of the French du Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, and is not so. The Spanish play good tennis and is not intimidated by strong, deep strokes of the Alps, which is struggling through the first set and was finally able to win the tiebreak. The level of play, however, remains high and Garcia-Lopez continues to push, but gradually the values ​​are reversed in the field makes the break and Tsonga in the final set, bringing the count in balance. The third set is cut short, the French said the pace of the game and partially closes in just 25 '. Garcia-Lopez in the fourth set grows again, but it is transformed from a decisive break point at 4-3 Tsonga. Become 5-3, the Frenchman goes to serve for the match and made no mistake, despite the strenuous defense of the opponent. Ace in the third round meeting with Lacko.

OTHER RESULTS:

Juan Martin Del Potro B. Go Soeda: 6-2, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4

 Marin Cilic B.Kubot: 7-6, 6-2, 6-1,

 B. Baker b. J. Nieminen 6-0, 6-2, 6-4;

 K.Nishikori b. F. Serra 6-3, 7-5, 6-2,

 F. Verdasco b. G. Zemlya 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3;

 D. Goffin b. J. Levine 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3;

 B. Becker b. R. Stepanek 6-2, 7-6, 6-3; 

A. Falla b. N. Mahut 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 7-5;

 L. Lacko b. J. Melzer 6-4, 6-7, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 

P. Kohlschreiber b. M. Jaziri 6-1, 7-6, 6-1;

 M. Baghdatis b. G. Dimitrov 7-5, 4-1 (rit);

 M. Fish b. J. Ward 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3

Wimbledon: Women's Singles 2ND Round Up

Women's Singles 2ND Round Has Been Completed And The Results Are The Following:

Victoria Azarenka

Victoria AZARENKA b. Romina OPRANDI 6-2, 6-0

The head of the No. 2 and the holder of the Australian Open is a trip of 50 minutes on Court 2 to get rid of with strict Swiss Romina Oprandi 6-1, 6-0. Gap and no huge game, for this further comment seems superfluous.

Serena Williams

S.WILLIAMS b. Czink 6-1, 6-4

Should not force too much for Serena Williams through the round, although Melinda Czink opposes more resistance than expected. The first set is quick and painless, with the Hungarian holding his first turn at bat and then gets overwhelmed by the broadsides of Serena.In 20 'the U.S. is already 1 set to 0. Pippa Middleton seems to still have fun and actually the second part is more balanced. There are no breaks until the Czink 4-4 and takes the field much better. But when Serena decides to quit, it becomes more difficult for his opponent, who loses his service in the ninth game of the second set and sends Williams to serve for the match. Serena does not stick and closes the meeting with a violent straight, which sends it to the third round with 10 aces and three breaks.

Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova b. Tsvetana Pironkova 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (4-7), 6-0

It takes two hours and twenty to Maria Sharapova to reach the third round of Wimbledon beating the excellent Tsvetana Pironkova: could not be simpler, because the Bulgarian Class 1987 (No. 38 of the WTA rankings) has played a semifinal at Wimbledon in 2010 and defeated Venus Williams in the last two editions. Indeed, the last Pironkova started strong going 3-0 and forcing Sharapova to difficult times at bat to the set-point on the 5-3 and 5-4 (after the break-back) canceled their feet into the field and a perfect angle with the back and attacked the answer. 3 more set points at 6-5, Masha is deep and winning the first fraction and prolongs the tiebreak winning it down, but after 62 minutes of soffertissimo September 1 The second game is interrupted by darkness on Field 1: Partial Sharapova 3-1 with the final break. The great tennis encounter more beautiful, so far, the women's tournament started today with the break-back "immediately" and the other seven games Pironkova level altissimio the second tiebreaker wins the Pironkova, because Mary suddenly loses Service and 3 double faults is a pity that the Bulgarian side in the third set unconditional surrender undergoing a severe and undeserved 6-0.

Petra Kvitova

Petra Kvitova b. Elena Baltacha 6-0, 6-4

There is little to say about the match of Petra Kvitova. The czech does his duty and indeed grant something too Elena Baltacha. The first set beat it smooth and in 22 'is already 60. History seems to repeat itself in the second, when, after a first fought game, the czech flies on 4-0. The British, however, has a reaction of pride and comeback to 4-3, then go and lose 6-4. In the third round will face Varvara Lepchenko.

OTHER RESULTS:

Angelique Kerber,  b.  Elena Makarova   7-5, 6-3;

 Tamira Paszek b. Alize Cornet 6-2 6-1 

 Ana Ivanovic  b. Kateryna Bondarenko 6-3, 7-6, 

Marion Bartoli b. Mirjana Lullic  6-4, 6-3.

 J.Zheng b. A. Wozniak 6-4, 6-2,

 C. McHale b. M. Johansson 7-5, 7-5;

 J. Goerges b. A. Yakimova 7-6, 6-2;

 Y. Shvedova b. K. Bertens 6-4, 6-4;

 K. Zakopalova b. O. Govortsova 2-6, 6-1, 6-2;

 Y. Wickmayer b.G. Voskoboeva 4-6, 6-3, 8-6;

 N. Petrova b. T. Babos 6-4, 6-7, 9-7; 

V. Lepchenko b. A.Pavlyuchenkova 7-6, 6-4

2nd Semi Final: Italy beat Germany 2-1 at Euro 2012 reach Final will face Spain

Italy Celebrated.

Italy beat Germany 2-1 at Euro 2012  in Warsaw to advance to face Spain in the final of Euro 2012 thanks to a fine brace from Mario Balotelli.Germany started the game well and forced Andrea Pirlo to clear off his own line inside five minutes, but soon after Italy went ahead as Antonio Cassano crossed for Balotelli to head home from close range.With Germany struggling, Balotelli then latched on to a long through ball to smash home a second past Manuel Neuer and put the game to bed before half-time. Mesut Ozil's last-minute penalty was not enough to prevent Germany's suffering their first defeat in a competitive game since their World Cup semi-final loss to Spain two years ago.Indeed, it was their third semi-final loss in their past four tournaments, one of which, in the 2006 World Cup, came against tonight's opponents, who have still never lost to Germany in a competitive game, and now face Spain in Kiev on Sunday.Germany had started the match as favourites, mainly thanks to their world record run of 15 successive victories. Having seen how hard England had found it to subdue Andrea Pirlo, it was anticipated they would deal with him much better. Instead, it was worse.Sitting deep on the halfway line, Germany allowed Pirlo the time to pick out returning full-back Giorgio Chiellini with a brilliant pass to the touchline. From there, it went downhill rapidly for Joachim Low's side. Chiellini nudged the ball onto Cassano, who swivelled past Mats Hummels with the minimum of fuss. Balotelli immediately got himself some space behind Holger Badstuber and when the cross came, he rose to power the ball home from six yards.If that was efficient in its execution, Balotelli's second was brutal. Advancing from deep inside his own half, Riccardo Montolivo could scarcely believe the room he was given. Twice he looked up to see if anything was on. On the second occasion he spotted Balotelli making his run, exploiting Philipp Lahm's failure to maintain the offside line.It took Balotelli a bit of time to get himself into a shooting position. However, as the ball sat up nicely, he smashed it past Manuel Neuer. The Germany keeper had set himself to make a save. In the end, there was nothing he could do but stick out a limp hand and fall to the ground, powerless to do anything to prevent his goal being breached a second time. Balotelli was booked for removing his shirt as he attempted to celebrate with a moody pose.He could not keep it up though and broke into a broad smile as he was engulfed by ecstatic team-mates. It was a performance that put English efforts - and Ireland's for that matter - into some kind of perspective. Germany though were a shadow of their normal selves. Twice in the opening stages Gianluigi Buffon had fumbled close to his own line but they could not take advantage.Sami Khedira did launch a volley towards goal in between Balotelli's brace, but on that occasion Buffon was able to make the save. Low took decisive action at the interval, introducing Miroslav Klose and Marco Reus for Mario Gomez and Lukas Podolski, whose fitful contribution cannot have impressed watching Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.The change brought some much-needed life into German ranks. However, their efforts at hauling themselves back into the contest were repeatedly thwarted. Lahm failed to hit the target after running onto Toni Kroos' return pass before Buffon pushed Reus' free-kick against his own bar and away to safety.A disappointing Ozil surged to the by-line but, with hardly any room, Khedira needed to react far quicker than he did to the near-post cut-back. Balotelli's exit with cramp meant he was denied the opportunity to become the first player to score a semi-final hat-trick since Gerd Muller did it in 1976. His replacement, Antonio Di Natale, should have wrapped up victory when he found himself in acres of space inside the box, but dragged his effort wide of the far post, much to Balotelli's frustration.Federico Balzaretti's handball in the final minute did provide a few nerves for Italy as Ozil fired home from the spot. But Prandelli's men were able to reach the final whistle and celebrate their triumph.