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SERENA BEATS VENUS
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December 19, 2012

Serena Williams has defeated her sister Venus Williams in an exhibition match at Ellis Park Indoor Arena in South Africa. Serena won the match in the straight sets by 6-3, 6-4. In the previous exhibition match played at Nigeria, Serena had failed in getting better of her sister, but, she was bang on target in the second match. She looked confident and played a lot of her trademark powerful shots to win the match easily. On whole, this was the 13th exhibition match played between the two sisters out of which, Serena has won four. Almost 4000 people were present to watch the match and they enjoyed themselves a lot.

In the first set, both the players held their service in the first 5 games and the score was 3-2 in the favour of Serena at the end of the fifth game. Serena got a breakthrough in the sixth game and she served out the next game to extend her lead to 5-2. Venus held her service in the eighth game, but, that was it for her in the set. Serena wrapped up the set with a serve hold in the next game.

In the second set, the competition was tougher than the first one. There were no breakthroughs in the first eight games. But, again it was Serena who managed to sneak a breakthrough in the ninth game. She easily served out the tenth game and finished off the match.

After the match, Serena said, “I enjoyed a lot playing here in South Africa. The last few days have been fantastic. The reception that I received here was just superb. I would again like to come here and spend a few days.”

“People love tennis in this country. These were just exhibition matches, but, the kind of response that the people have given to these matches is amazing.”

ISNER FALLS SHORT
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November 14, 2012

Venus Williams’ countryman, John Isner, has been defeated by Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic in the third round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters 2012. Stepanek won the match by 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3. This victory took the Czech player into the quarter finals of the tournament.

Stepanek won the match in 2 hours and 27 minutes. Isner played well in the first couple of sets, but, in the third set, he didn’t look focussed and made too many unforced errors.

In the post match interview, Stepanek said, “It’s nice to be in the final 8. But, I need to keep playing well. I always like playing on the hard court. It’s a good opportunity for me to win the title and hopefully, I would do it.”

Isner who was looking disappointed said, “I let the opportunities go by in the final set and that cost me the match. My concentration level was not there in the third set.”

Both the players were off to a decent start in the match. In the opening set, the first six games went with the serve. Stepanek broke Isner’s service in the 7th game and then, made the score 5-3 by serving out the next game. Isner served out the ninth game, but, that was not sufficient to stop Stepanek from grabbing the first set. The Czech player had no problems whatsoever in holding his service in the 10th game and by doing that, he won the first set by 6-4.

In the second set, there were no breakthroughs at all and the set went into the tie breaker. Isner played brilliantly in the tie breaker and managed to extend the match.

But, in the third set, Stepanek was all over Isner. He got a breakthrough in the sixth game to get ahead by 4-2 and after that, he didn’t lose the lead. He kept it till the end to win the match.

In the quarter final, Stepanek will take on the British superstar Andy Murray.

VENUS CRUISES THROUGH
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October 11, 2012

Venus Williams has cruised into the second round of the US Open by defeating her countrywoman Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the opening round. Venus won the match in the straight sets by 6-3, 6-1. Venus looked in fine form and she absolutely demolished Bethanie. In the post match interview, Venus said that the conditions were very tough. It was pretty windy out here and it was not easy to bring power into the shots. But, she is happy that everything went according to the plan and she won the match easily. On being asked about her opponent, Venus said that she has played against Bethanie before and Bethanie has always been a tough competitor.  But, she was not at her best today.

Venus didn’t manage to start the match well. Her service was broken by Bethanie in the very first game of the first set. Bethanie held her service in the second game to take a lead of 2-0. But, Venus levelled the score by sneaking a breakthrough in the 4th game. Venus broke Bethanie’s service again in the 6th game and got ahead in the set by 4-2. The American superstar held her service in the 7th game and the 9th game to grab the first set by 6-3. In the second set, Venus was in a destructive mood. Both the players held their service in the first two games and the scores were levelled at 1-1 at the end of the 2nd game. But, after that, Venus gave no chance to Bethanie. She broke Bethanie’s service thrice in the second set and won the last five games in a row to seal the match. In the second round, Venus will play against Angelique Kerber who made her way to the second round with an easy victory over Anne Keothavong of Britain.

VENUS FALLS IN THIRD
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August 23, 2012

Venus Williams has been defeated in the third round of the Women’s tennis Singles tournament of London Olympics by Angelique Kerber of Germany. Angelique won the match in the straight sets by 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5). It was a very close encounter and both the sets went into the tie breaker. But, the German youngster held her nerves in both the tie breakers and won the match to secure a berth in the quarter finals.

Kerber broke the service of Venus in the very first game of the match and then held his service in the following game to make the score 2-0. But, Venus was also able to get a breakthrough in the eighth game and the scores were leveled at 4-4. Towards the end of the first set, both the players broke the service of each other to tie the score at 6-6. In the tie breaker, Venus didn’t play that well and lost the first set. The story of the second set is pretty similar to the first one. Both the players got one breakthrough in the second set and the scores were tied again. Once again, Kerber performed brilliantly in the tie breaker and knocked Venus out of the competition.

Venus had been playing well in this competition. In the last two matches, she had shown her old class. She played well in this match as well, but, she missed some opportunities in the tie breaker and that proved costly for her. In the post match press conference, Venus said that she got demoralized after losing the first set. As per Venus, she tried her best in the second set, but, it was not her day and she lost the match. On the other hand, Kerber was delighted after beating Venus. In the quarter final, Kerber will play against the no. 1 player in the world, Victoria Azarenka.

DJOKOVIC THROUGH TO SEMIS
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August 20, 2012

Novak Djokovic has defeated Tommy Haas of Germany in the quarter final of the Rogers Cup. Djokovic won the match by 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. The scorecard itself says that Djokovic had to work hard to knock the experienced German player out of the tournament. Haas rattled Djokovic with some fantastic groundstrokes in the second set. However, the Serbian superstar didn’t let Haas to pull off an upset and secured a place in the final 4.

Djokovic started the match in fine style and broke the service of Haas in the fourth game of the first set to take a lead of 3-1. Djokovic held his service in the next game and made the score 4-1. Djokovic didn’t lose the advantage after that and won the first set by 6-3. Continue reading DJOKOVIC THROUGH TO SEMIS

Hard to Control Emotions
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July 24, 2012

The British tennis star, Andy Murray, has said that it was very hard to control the emotions after losing the Wimbledon final. The 25 year old tennis sensation cried a lot while addressing the people after the match. First of all, he gave congratulations to the great Roger Federer. Federer won the 7th singles title at Wimbledon, which is a record. He said the winning a singles title at Wimbledon is very hard and if you are playing in Federer’s era, it gets even harder.

Andy Murray belongs to Dunblane, which is a place in Scotland. He gave some consistent performances in the last few years but, he is not able to win a Grand Slam yet. He is currently positioned at no. 4 in the official rankings of World Tennis Association (WTA). But, unfortunately, he is playing in an era which is dominated by three legends of tennis i.e. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Murray said that playing against Federer is very difficult. As per Murray, he made a good start by winning the first set. But, once Federer got into the groove, it was almost impossible to stop him.

When Murray was in tears after the match, many British supporters were also crying with him. The British people had massive hopes with Murray in the Wimbledon Championship of this year. He said that people of Britain gave him enormous support and due to their support, it became very easy for him to perform well. He said that he is gutted and it would take him some time to get rid of this disappointment. However, he said that, he would try again and again and hopefully, would win a Grand Slam pretty soon. The words of Andy Murray were so sentimental that his fans have started respecting him a lot more than before.