Friday, May 30, 2008

Roland Garros 2008 Order of Play Round 3 - Day 7

French Open 2008
Round 3
May 31, 2008 (Day 7)

Center Court or Chatrier
Start 11:00
Women's Singles - Round 3
  • Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)[4] vs. Nadia Petrova (RUS)[25]
  • Maria Sharapova (RUS)[1] vs. v. Karin Knapp (ITA)[32]
Men's Singles - Round 3
  • Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs. Gael Monfils (FRA)
  • Roger Federer (SUI)[1] vs. Mario Ancic (CRO)

Lenglen Court
Start 11.00
Women's Singles - Round 3
Francesca Schiavone (ITA)[18] vs. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)[16]
Olga Govortsova (BLR) vs. Elena Dementieva (RUS)[7]

Men's Singles - Round 3
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)[25] vs. David Ferrer (ESP)[5]
Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs. Robin Soderling (SWE)

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Monday, May 26, 2008

French Open 2008 - Order of Play Day 2

French Open 2008
Order of Play Day 2
May 26, 2008



Center Court
Start 11.00
Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Tommy Robredo (ESP)[12] v. Guillermo Coria (ARG)

Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Venus Williams (USA)[8] v. Tzipora Obziler (ISR)

Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) v. Rafael Nadal (ESP)[2]

Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA)[22] v. Olga Savchuk (UKR)

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Sunday, May 25, 2008

French Open 2008 - Order Of Play Day 1

French Open 2008
Order of Play
May 26, 2008



Chatrier or Center Court
Start 11:00

Women's Singles - First Round
Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) v. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)[2]
Julia Vakulenko (UKR) v. Alize Cornet (FRA)[19]

Men's Singles - First Round
Denis Gremelmayr (GER) v. Novak Djokovic (SRB)[3]
Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) v. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)[18]

Lenglen
Start 11:00
Men's Singles - First Round

David Nalbandian (ARG)[6] v. Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
Jonathan Eysseric (FRA) v. Andy Murray (GBR)[10]

Women's Singles - First Round
Virginie Razzano (FRA)[24] v. Klara Zakopalova (CZE)
Serena Williams (USA)[5] v. Ashley Harkleroad (USA)

For Full Order Of Play From Roland Garros

Friday, May 23, 2008

French Open 2008 Draw and Seed Players

French Open 2008
Draw and Seed Player

Official Draw
  1. Roger Federer vs. Sam Querrey
  2. Rafael Nadal vs. Thomaz Bellucci
  3. Novak Djokovic vs. Denis Gremelmayr
  4. Nikolay Davydenko vs. Thomas Johansson
  5. David Ferrer vs. Steve Darcis
  6. David Nalbandian vs. Carlos Berlocq
  7. James Blake vs. Rainer Schuettler
  8. Richard Gasquet vs. Florent Serra
  9. Stanislas Wawrinka vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber
  10. Andy Murray vs. Jonathan Eysseric
Women Seed Player & Round 1
  1. Maria Sharapova vs. Evgeniya Rodina
  2. Ana Ivanovic vs. Sofia Arvidsson
  3. Jelena Jankovic vs. Monica Niculescu
  4. Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Aiko Nakamura
  5. Serena Williams vs. Ashley Harkleroad
  6. Anna Chakvetadze vs. Nuria Llagostera Vives
  7. Elena Dementieva vs. Vera Dushevina
  8. Venus Williams vs. Tzipora Obziler
  9. Marion Bartoli vs. Casey Dellacqua
  10. Patty Schnyder vs. Ekaterina Bychkova
Others Interesting

Main Draw Schedule to play Start May 25, 2008 - June 8 , 2008

For more Information goto Roland Garros Official Site

Monday, May 19, 2008

Tennis Week 18 Schedule May 19-25, 2008

Tennis Fixtures
May 19-25, 2008

ATP Tour warm up before Roland Garros

Tournament : The Hypo Group Tennis International
Place : Poertschach, Austria
Type : International Series
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Prize: €370,000
Draw Size: Sgl 32 / Dbl 16


Tournament: Grand Prix Hassan II
Place: Casablanca, Morocco
Type: International Series
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Prize: €370,000
Draw Size: Sgl 32 / Dbl 16

World Team Championship, Germany
ARAG ATP World Team Championship World Team Cup
Outdoor Clay
Prize: €1,500,000

Draw & Order of Play goto ATPtennis.com
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WTA Tour

Tournament : Istanbul Cup
Place: Istanbul Turket
Prize: $200,000
Type: Tier III

Tournament : Internationaux de Strasbourg
Place: Strasbourg French
Prize: $175,000
Type: Tier III

Draw & Order of Play goto Official Site WTA

Tennis French Open 2008 - Roland Garros 2008

ATP & WTA
Roland Garros 2008
The Second Tennis Grand Slam


Date: May 26-June 8, 2008
Place: Paris, France
Draw Size: 128
Surface: Red Clay
Prize Fund : Men €6,947,960 / Women : TBA
2007 Men Singles Final: (2)R Nadal (ESP) won (1)R Federer (SUI) 6-3 / 4-6 / 6-3 / 6-4
2007 Men Doubles Final: (6)Knowles/Nestor won (9)Dlouhy/Vizner 2-6 / 6-3 / 6-4

2007 Women Singles Final : (1) Justine Henin (BEL) won (7) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 6-1 / 6-2
2007 Women Doubles Final: (17) Molik/Santangelo (AUS/ITA) won (7) Srebotnik/Sugiyama (SLO/JPN) 7-6(5) / 6-4

2008 Draw & Order Of Play
  • Main Men & Women Draw Singles available on May 23, 2008
  • Qualifying available May 19, 2008--Qualifying Draw
  • Seed Player announce May 25, 2008
Official Site: Roland Garros

Saturday, May 17, 2008

The Final Order of Play May 18, 2008

This Sunday is Tennis crash on men tournament when Nadal vs Federer in Hamburg Final. This is replay match because last final Federer won Nadal 6-2, 6-0. And WTA Rome Open final with Cornet vs Jankovic

ATP Masters Series Hamburg 2008
Final Round
Center Court starting at 10:00 CEST

Single Final Results
  • Rafael NADAL (ESP) won Roger FEDERER (SUI) 7-5 / 6-7 / 6-3
This match Federer lost -150 points and Nadal got +150 points therefor Total point No.1-No.2 only about 1,000 points (Before Hamburg Fed.6825 Nadal.5435)

Double Final Results
  • Daniel NESTOR (CAN) / Nenad ZIMONJIC (SCG) won Bob BRYAN (USA) / Mike BRYAN (USA) -- 6-4 / 5-7 / 7-6
Watch Live On line : Goto Official Master Series


WTA Rome 2008
Start 1.30
Double Final Results
  • Y. Chan (TPE) / C. Chuang (TPE) won I. Benesova (CZE) / J. Husarova (SVK) --7-6 / 6-3
Single Final Results
  • J. Jankovic (SRB) won A. Cornet (FRA) ---6-2 / 6-2
TV Coverage : EUROSPORT / CCTV - CHINA / DREAM TV - EGYPT / ESPN360.com - USA /

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Roland Garros Background (French Open)

Roland-Garros, commonly known as the French Open, is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between mid-May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade de Roland Garros. It is the second of the Grand Slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar and the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world. It is one of the most prestigious events in tennis and it benefits of the widest worldwide broadcasting and audience of all events in this sport. Because of the slow playing surface and the five-set men's singles matches without a tiebreak in the final set, the event is considered to be the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world.

History
Officially named the Les Internationaux de France de Roland Garros or Tournoi de Roland-Garros (the "Tennis French Internationals of Roland Garros" or "Roland Garros Tournament" in English), the tournament is often referred to as the "French Open," and sometimes simply as "Roland Garros." The event is named after its stadium, which is in turn named after the World War I pilot Roland Garros.

The event began as a national tournament in 1891 as the Championat de France International de Tennis. The first women's tournament was held in 1897. In 1912, the French tournament was held with a different surface (at the time all tennis played was lawn tennis), a red clay ("terre battue"), made up from the crushed wastes of red brick. The tournament was open only to tennis players who were licensed in France up until 1924.

In 1925, the French Championships opened itself to international competitors with the event held on a grass surface alternately between the Racing Club de France and the Stade Français [5]. After the famous Mousquetaires or Philadelphia Four (René Lacoste, Jean Borotra, Henri Cochet, and Jacques Brugnon) shocked the US tennis establishment by winning the Davis Cup on American soil in 1927, the defense of the title on French soil was in rigueur.


For the 1928 Davis Cup challenge, a new tennis stadium was built at Porte d’Auteuil, after the Stade de France offered the tennis authorities 3 hectares with one condition. The new stadium had to be named after the World War I hero, Roland Garros. The new Stade de Roland Garros, and its brand new Center Court, which was named Court Philippe Chatrier in 1988, hosted the Davis Cup challenge and ever since, the tournament has gained prestige.

In 1968, the French Championships became the first Grand Slam tournament to go "open," allowing both amateurs and professionals to compete.

Since 1981, new prizes have been presented Prix Orange (the most fair-play and the most press friendly player), Prix Citron (the player with the strongest character, personality) and Prix Bourgeon (the tennis player revelation of the year).

Another novelty, since 2006 the tournament has begun on a Sunday, featuring 12 singles matches played on the three main courts.

Additionally, on the eve of the tournament's opening, the traditional Benny Berthet exhibition day takes place, where the profits go to different charity associations.

In March 2007, it was announced that the event will provide equal prize money for both men and women in all rounds for the first time ever.

For more information and Credit: Wikipedia

Thursday, May 15, 2008

WTA Rome 2008

WTA Tour Rome 2008
Internazionali BNL d'Italia

Place: Rome, Italy
Date: May 12-18, 2007
Tournament: Tier I
Prize Money: $1,340,000
Draw: 56M/48Q/28D
Surface: Red Clay
Official Web Site: www.internazionalibnlditalia.it

Past Winner : Single Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
Doubles Dechy/Santangelo (FRA/ITA)

Draw & Order Of Play on Official Site

TV Coverage : EUROSPORT / CCTV - CHINA / DREAM TV - EGYPT / ESPN360.com - USA /
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Monday, May 12, 2008

ATP Masters Series Hamburg 2008

ATP Tennis
Masters Series Hamburg 2008
May 11-18, 2008

ATP Master Series No.5
Place: Hamburg, Germany
Draw Size: 56
Surface: Clay Court
Prize Money: €2,270,000
Official Site : www.dtb-tennis.de/AmRothenbaum/

Schedule & Draw: Men Draw Single / Order of play
Watch Live On line : Goto Official Master Series

Tennis Live Score

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Tennis Ball Story


Tennis Ball Story

A tennis ball is a yellow or white ball designed for the sport of tennis, a little smaller than a cricket ball or baseball. They differ somewhat in weight, composition, and color. Modern regulation tennis balls are kept under pressure (approximately two atmospheres) until initially used.
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History
In the early days of tennis, balls were often made of leather stuffed with hair or wool. Early tennis balls were made by Scottish craftsmen. These tennis balls were commonly made from a wool-wrapped stomach of a sheep or goat and tied with rope. Those recovered from the hammer-beam roof of Westminster Hall during a period of recent restoration were found to have been manufactured from a combination of putty and human hair, and were dated to the reign of Pope Leo X. Other versions, using materials such as animal fur, rope made from animal intestines and muscles, and pine wood, were found in Scottish castles dating back to the 16th century. In the 18th century, ¾" strips of wool were wound tightly around a nucleus made by rolling a number of strips into a little ball. String was then tied in many directions around the ball and a white cloth covering sewn around the ball. This type of ball, but with a rubber core, is still used for the original game of tennis, today called real tennis. With the introduction of lawn tennis in the 1870s, vulcanized rubber was first used to manufacture balls, often in tubes of four with a package, but not with the name of the brand.

Modern Tennis Balls

Modern tennis balls are generally made in a fluorescent green color like the ball pictured above (called "slick green"). Yellow and white are the only colors approved by the USTA and ITF. Tennis balls must conform to certain criteria for size, weight, deformation, and bounce criteria to be approved for regulation play. The ITF defines the official diameter as "more than" 2 and 1/2 inches but "less than" 2 and 5/8 inches.

The most important test for amateur players is the bounce test, as tennis balls begin to lose their bounce as soon as the tennis ball can is opened. Most Tennis players prefer tennis balls with good bounce, extra duty, and can be used on all types of courts (e.g., lawn, clay, or concrete). To test a tennis ball for bounce, it is dropped from a height of 100 inches (2.5 m) onto concrete and must bounce back up between 53 and 58 inches (1.35 - 1.47 m). This test is assumed to take place at sea-level and 20° C / 68° F (high altitude balls have different characteristics when tested at sea-level).

Tennis balls are filled with air and are surfaced by a uniform felt covered rubber compound.

The ball is to weigh more than two ounces but less than 2 and 1/16 ounces. The ball is made from pure rubber, which is then mixed with 14 to 17 chemicals to get the proper consistency. Approximately 85% of the ball weight is the rubber/chemical mix. Over 90% of tennis balls are produced in Southeast Asia where the natural resource is abundant.

Each year approximately 300 million balls are produced, which contributes roughly 32.3 million pounds of waste in the form of rubber that is not easily biodegradable. Historically, tennis ball recycling has not existed and the most common use has been to cut the ball into two semi-spheres and attach this to the bottom of chairs in schools, nursing homes and the like.

Type of Tennis Ball

Tennis ball Manufacturers

Credit Content: Wikipedia
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Sunday, May 4, 2008

Rome Master Series 2008


ATP Tennis & WTA
Rome Master Series 2008
Internazionali BNL d'Italia


Place: Rome, Italy
Date: May 5-11, 2008
Draw Size: 56
Surface: Clay
Men Prize Money: €2,270,000
Official site: http://www.blogger.com/www.internazionalibnlditalia.it
Past Champion : Single-Rafael Nadal Double-Fabrice Santoro/Nenad Zimonjic
Men Main Draw: Single Draw / Double Draw
Women Main Draw: Single Draw / Double Draw

TV Coverage: ESPN / GLOBOSAT - BRAZIL / SUPERSPORT - GREECE / SKY SPORTS 2
P2P Channel :22.30-03.30 Starsport(Tvu) and 00.30-03.30 CCTV5 (Sopcast , Tvu)

Order of Play Day 1

  • [9] R. Gasquet (FRA) c. [Q] L. Horna (PER)
  • P. Starace (ITA) c. M. Cilic (CRO)
  • A. Seppi (ITA) c. F. Santoro (FRA)
  • [WC] M. Safin (RUS) c. S. Wawrinka (SUI)
  • I. Karlovic (CRO) / R. Wassen (NED) c. [WC] F. Cipolla (ITA) / P. Starace (ITA)
Full Order Of Play