Best Roger Federer Shot of All Time: Overhead Smash Lob
I came across this video this morning and this has to be the best every Roger Federer tennis shot. Its the Overhead Smash Lob!
Skip to 6:00 min in the video
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US Open – Heading Towards The Finals – Who Will Pick Up The Big Prizes
Here we are in the second week of the US Open and getting down to the big money rounds. There has been so much happening at the US Open im not even too sure where to start. However, here is the wrap up from the tournament.
In the men’s draw they are down to the last two quarterfinal matches in which we will see Roger Federer take on unseeded Gilles Muller from Luxembourg. While in the other quarterfinal left it will see Americas last hope for the men’s title Andy Roddick, take on Novak Djokovic. The two players who have already won their quarterfinal matches and will meeting the first semifinal will be top see Raphael Nadal and he will play young Brit Andy Murray. Murray has produced some great performances in the tournament so far and he has never been this deep into a Grand Slam, so will be interesting to see how he fares against Rafa.
While on the Women’s side of the draw they have made their way to the semifinals. The first semi will see Dinara Safina head off against Serena Williams (who only just beat her sister in the previous round). While Elena Dementieva will play Jelana Jankovic in the other semi. While I’m not surprised to have seen Ana Ivanovic lose in the second round, it is just poor to think that it took her a really long time to get to the top and when she has been there she just hasn’t performed at all in the Grand Slams. I can’t see Ivanovic staying in the top 5 for too long if she continues to play the way she is playing, maybe too much promotional work is getting to her.
Overall there has been a lot happening on and off court at the US Open, which is normally the case cause it is heading towards the end of season. The more I see the US Open, I really just think they are losing touch with the other 3 Grand Slams. Australian Open is the players favourite, French Open is the one the Europeans want to win, Wimbledon is the big one, US Open just has the most money!
The US Open 2008 Has Now Started and Here Are The Scores On The Doors From Day 1
The US Open is now up and running and there have already been some interesting results on Day 1.
Raphael Nadal has started off with a solid straight sets win over Bjorn Phau (GER) 7-6 6-3 7-6. Even though the set scores were really close Nadal always seems to find a way to win the tiebreaks.
In other matches James Blake (9) struggled in his first round match with fellow American Donald Young. Blake ended up winning 6-4 in the 5th set. This was a great result however for Young, who is still new to ATP tour matches since he stopped playing juniors. Young has a lot of expectation on his shoulders from the USTA, and it will be great to see how he progresses in the coming years. I think he could cause a few surprises in the years to come.
Juan Martin Del Porto survived a really tough first round match over Guillermo Canas. Del Porto was the 17th seed, but was expected to really have a fight on his hands, and in the end he came out triumphant.
Other winners were Andy Murray, Gael Monfils, Stanislas Wawrinka and David Nalbandian.
On the womens side there were straight forward wins for Jelena Jankovic, Lindsay Davenport, Elena Dementieva, and Svetlana Kuznetsova. The only surprise was that glamour girl of the women’s tour Maria Kirilenko couldn’t live up to her 22nd seeding and was put out in three close sets. I really hope Kirilenko doesnt end up being another Ana Kornikova!
