Thursday, October 30, 2008

2008 Paris Master - Final Round

2008 Paris Master
Semi Final Round
Results and Order of Play



Final Round
Order of Play

November 2, 2008
Center Court Start time 1.45 p.m.

Doubles Final
  • Coetzee / Moodie vs Bjorkman/Ullyett
    Results Bjorkman/Ullyett won 2 - 0 ( 6-2 / 6-2)

Singles Final
  • Nalbandian vs Tsonga
    Results Tsonga won 2 - 1 (6-3 / 4-6 / 6-4)
    and maybe Tsonga is the last men for 2008 Master Cup

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Semi Final Results
November 1, 2008
Men Single
  • Nikolay Davydenko vs David Nalbandian
    Results. Nalbandian won 2-1 (6-1 / 5-7 / 6-4)
  • Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs James Blake ---Blake play for last 2 place of Master Cup
    Results. Tsonga won 2-0 (6-4 / 6-3 )
Men Double
  • Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski vs Jeff Coetzee / Wesley Moodie
    Results. Coetzee/Moodie won 2-0 ( 6- 4 / 6-3 )
  • Jonas Bjorkman /Kevin Ullyett vs Arnaud Clement/Michael Llodra
    Results. Bjorkman/Ullyett won 2-0 ( 6-3 / 6-2 )

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Quarter Final Results October 31, 2008
  • Andy Murray vs. David Nalbandian ( I predicted Murray)
    Fin. Nalbandian won 0-2 (6-7 /3-6)

  • Rafael Nadal vs. Nikolay Davydenko (I choosed Nadal)
    Retired. Davydenko go to semi final

  • James Blake vs. Roger Federer (SUI) (Blake never build high perform when face Fed. I hope Blake will won this time)
    Retired. Blake go to semi final

  • Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Andy Roddick (Big Gun for Tennis I cheer Tsonga)
    Fin. Tsonga won 2-1 (5-7, 6-4, 7-6)
--Video Highlight Quarter Final--

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Basic Rules for Playing Tennis and watch it


The Basic Rules for Playing Tennis

This is basic rules of tennis. Don't suitable for player and watcher or audience should be known its.

Tennis Served Rule
Player one got ball call the server, and the opposing player, or in doubles one of the opposing players, is the receiver. Service alternates between the two halves of the court. For each point, the server starts behind his baseline, between the center mark and the sideline. The receiver may start anywhere on their side of the net. When the receiver is ready, the server will serve, although the receiver must play to the pace of the server.

In a legal service, the ball travels over the net (no touching it) and into the diagonally opposite service box. If the ball hits the net but lands in the service box, this is a let or net service, which is void, and the server gets to retake that serve. The player can serve any number of let services in a point and they are always treated as voids and not as faults. A fault is a serve that is long, wide, or not over the net. There is also a "foot fault", which occurs when a player's foot touches the baseline or an extension of the center mark before the ball is hit. If the second service is also faulty, this is a double fault, and the receiver wins the point.

A legal service starts a rally, in which the players alternate hitting the ball across the net. A legal return consists of the player or team hitting the ball exactly once before it has bounced twice or hit any fixtures except the net, provided that it still falls in the server's court. The ball then travels back over the net and bounces in the court on the opposite side. The first player or team to fail to make a legal return loses the point.

Tennis Points
A tennis match is composed of a number of sets. Typically for both men's and women's matches, the first player win two sets wins the match. At certain important tennis tournaments for men, including all four Grand Slam tournaments and the final of the Olympic Games, the first man to win three sets wins the match.

A game consists of a sequence of points played with the same player serving. A game is won by the first player to have won at least four points in total and at least two points more than the opponent. The running score of each game is described in a manner particular to tennis:

  • scores of zero to three points are described as "love" (or zero), "fifteen", "thirty", and "forty" respectively.
  • If at least three points have been scored by each player, and the scores are equal, the score is "deuce".
  • If at least three points have been scored by each side and a player has one more point than his opponent, the score of the game is "advantage" for the player in the lead. During informal games, "advantage" can also be called "ad in" or "ad out", depending on whether the serving player or receiving player is ahead, respectively.
A game point occurs in tennis whenever the player who is in the lead in the game needs only one more point to win the game. The terminology is extended to sets (set point), matches (match point), and even championships (championship point).

A break point occurs if the receiver, not the server, has a game point. Break points are of particular importance in men's professional tennis because serving is generally advantageous. The advantage to the server is much less in the women's game. A receiver who has two (score of 15-40) or three (score of love-40) consecutive chances to win the game has double break point or triple break point, respectively. As with game, set, and match points, break points are not announced.

The end of Sets and game
A set consists of a sequence of games played with service alternating between games, ending when the count of games won meets certain criteria. Typically, a player wins a set by winning at least six games and at least two games more than the opponent. If one player has won six games and the opponent five, an additional game is played. If the leading player wins that game, the player wins the set 7–5. If the trailing player wins the game, a tiebreaker is played. A tiebreaker, played under a separate set of rules, allows one player to win one more game and thus the set, to give a final set score of 7–6. Only in the final sets of matches at the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, the Olympic Games, Davis Cup, and Fed Cup are tiebreakers not played. In these cases, sets are played indefinitely until one player has a two game lead. A "love" set means that the loser of the set won zero games. In tournament play, the chair umpire announces the winner of the set and the overall score.

In tournament play, the chair umpire announces the end of the match with the well-known phrase "Game, set, match" followed by the winning person's or team's name.

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Monday, October 27, 2008

Paris Master 2008 - Result and Order of Play

ATP Tennis Master Series
BNP Paribas Masters
Result & Order of Play
October 27, 2008

Local Time
Men Single
  • 10:10 Fin. Cilic M. (Cro) won Seppi A. (Tia) 7-6 / 6-2
  • 10:15 Fin. Kiefer N. (Ger) won Karlovic I. (Cro) 6-7 / 7 - 5
  • 11:50 Fin. Ginepri R. (USA) lose Berdych T. (Cze) 4-6 / 5-7
  • 12:15 Baghdatis M. (Cyp) vs. Querrey S.
  • 13:35 Bolelli S. (Ita) vs. Nieminen J. (Fin)
  • 14:25 Safin M. (Rus) vs. Monaco J. (Arg)
  • 15:30 Ancic M. (Cro) vs. Schuettler R. (Ger)
  • 18:45 Mathieu P-h. (Fra) vs. Andreev I. (Rus)
  • 20:45 Tipsarevic J. (Srb) vs. Lopez F. (Esp)
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Saturday, October 25, 2008

BNP Paribas Master - Paris Master 2008

ATP Tennis Master Series
BNP Paribas Masters
(Paris Master 2008)
October 26 - November 2, 2008

Paris Master is the last master series of men tennis tournament before The Master Cup

Tournament: Last Tennis Master Series BNP Paribas Masters
Place: Paris, France
Surface: Indoor Carpet
Prize Money: €2,270,000
Draw Size: 48
Official Site: www.bnpparibasmasters.org
Past Winner:
2007 Singles Winner: D Nalbandian (ARG)
2007 Doubles Winner: Bryan/Bryan

Download Draw and Order of Play: Official Site Schedule(Order of Play) and Draw (pdf)

Prize and Point Breakdown (Point/Prize)
  • Winner : 500 / €360,000
  • Runner Up : 350 / €180,000
  • Semi Final : 225 / €90,000
  • Quarter Final: 125 / €46,000
  • Round 16 : 75 / €24,200
  • Round R32: 35 / €15,000
  • First Round : 5 / €7,000
TV Coverage: Starsport, Sky Sport and Live Online with ATP Master Series TV

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

ATP Tennis Tournament This Week Oct 20-25,2008

ATP Tour
Men Tennis Tournament This Week
Last International Series of The Year
October 20-25, 2008


Tournament: Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel
Place: Basel, Switzerland
Tour Type: International Series
Court: Indoor / Carpet
Prize Fund : €891,000
Draw: Single 32, Double 16

Tournament: Grand Prix de Tennis De Lyon
Place: Lyon, France
Tour Type: International Series
Court: Indoor / Carpet
Prize Fund : €713,000
Draw: Single 32, Double 16

Tournament : St. Petersburg Open
Place: St. Petersburg, Russia
Tour Type: International Series
Court: Indoor / Hard
Prize Fund : $1,049,000
Draw: Single 32, Double 16

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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Gilles Simon Biography


Gilles Simon Biography

G. Simon born December 27, 1984 is a French professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 13 and French No. 2 as of July 2008. After turning pro in 2002, it took him five years to claim his first ATP Tour title, the 2007 Marseille Open. To date, he has won five ATP tournaments. In the second round of the 2008 Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada, he upset World No. 1 Roger Federer in three sets. In the 2008 Madrid Masters, he defeated World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in 3 sets to reach the finals.

Career highlight (Oct 18, 2008)
ATP Tour Singles Titles
  1. Marseille, France
  2. Bucharest, Romania
  3. Casablanca, Morocco
  4. Indianapolis, United States
  5. Bucharest, Romania Clay

Country: France
Date of birth : December 27, 1984
Place of birth: Nice, France
Height: 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight: 65 kg (140 lb/10.2 st)
Turned pro: 2002
Plays Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money US$1,763,282 (Oct 18, 2008)
Highest ranking: No. 13 (August 4, 2008)

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Madrid Masters - Murray vs Simon in Final 2008

Madrid Masters Series
Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid Final 2008
October 19, 2008

As it happend when Murray won Fed and Nadal lose to Simon with 2-1 game. Andy Murray reached his second straight ATP Masters Series final and now hope of UK in Tennis. Simon's win on three-and-a-half hour battle, during which he saved 17 breakpoint chances - including seven in the final set.

Murray A. won Federer (Gbr) 2-1
3-6 / 6-3 / 7-5

Simon G. won Nadal 2-1
6- 3 / 5-7 / 6-7

Final Round Order of Play
October 19, 2008
(local time)
Pista Court
Men Double Final Start time 01.30 pm
  • Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) / Mark Knowles (BAH) vs. Marcin Matkowski (POL) / Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL) ----Results Matkowski/Fyrstenberg won 2-0

Men Single Final Start time 04.00 pm
  • Andy Murray (GBR) vs. Gilles Simon (FRA)----Results Murray won 2-0 (6-4/7-6)
(Video Highlight from ATP) --- Murray vs. Sinmon

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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Madrid Masters Series Order of Play - Semi Final

Madrid Masters Series 2008
Order of Play
Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid
Semi Final Round
(2009 Madrid Master Series)

Semi Final Round
October 18, 2008
Pista Central Court
Matches Start At: 01.30 PM (Local Time)
  • Andy Murray (GBR) vs. Roger Federer (SUI)
  • Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Gilles Simon (FRA)
  • Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/Mark Knowles (BAH) vs. Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)/Kevin Ullyett (ZIM)
Pista Alcala Court
Matches Start At: 3:00 PM
  • Jeff Coetzee (RSA)/Wesley Moodie (RSA) vs. Marcin Matkowski(POL)/Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)
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October 17 ,2008
Quarter Final Round
Pista Central Court
Start Time 11.30 AM (Local time)

  • Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL)/Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs. Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)/Daniel Nestor (CAN)
  • Gael Monfils (FRA) vs. Andy Murray (GBR)
  • Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) vs. Roger Federer (SUI)
  • Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
  • Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs. Gilles Simon (FRA)

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Monday, October 13, 2008

Tennis Video - Most Popular and Sexy

The Tennis Video that most popular on YouTube
(Sexy and Beautiful)

The Sexy Serbian Tennis Player Ana Ivanovic





Top 7 Most Beautiful Tennis Stars




Anna Kournikova vs Maria Sharapova


Sharapova Amazing Video

Madrid Masters Series Order of Play Day 2

Mutau Madrilena Masters Madrid 2008
Order of Play
October 14, 2008
(ATP Master Series)


PISTA Central (Central Court)
Start At: 11:00 am
  • Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) vs. Marcel Granollers(ESP)
  • Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs. Marin Cilic (CRO)
  • Simone Bolelli (ITA) vs. Andy Murray (GBR)
  • Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
  • Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs. Albert Montanes (ESP)
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Sunday, October 12, 2008

ATP Masters Series Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid 2008

ATP Masters Series
2009 Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid
(Madrid Master Series / Spain Master Seires)
(For 2009 Madrid Master Series)

Place: Madrid, Spain
Date: October 12-19, 2008
Surface: Indoor / Hard
Prize Money: €2,270,000
Draw Size: 48
Official Website: www.mutuamad-mastersmadrid.com
Past Champion
Single: D Nalbandian (ARG)
Doubles Final: (1)B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA)

TV Coverage: Starsport, CCTV, Shanghai Sport, DirecTV, Sky Sport

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