Monday, 13 September 2010

US Open Women's Final Review

Kim Clijsters won the US Open women's final on saturday for the 3rd time with a comfortable 6-2,6-1 victory over Russia's Vera Zvonareva. It was a brilliant performance from Clijsters from start to finish however it was the complete opposite for Zvonareva who had a huge mental meltdown after she was broken at the start of the 2nd set. Vera seems to have joined fellow Russians Dinara Safina and Elena Dementieva in having huge talent but lacking mentally on the big occasion, Vera also lost in straight sets at this years Wimbledon Final against Serena Williams. The tournament as a whole was a big disappointment largely because the 2 best players on the women's side Serena Williams and Justine Henin were out injured, but there was very few great matches in fact only one and that was the 3 set epic between Sam Stosur and Elena Dementieva in the 3rd round.

Tuesday, 17 August 2010

Champions League Play-Off Results (Leg 1)

Dynamo Kiev         1-1   Ajax
Rosenborg             2-1   FC Copenhagen
Sparta Prague        0-2   MSK Zilina
Young Boys           3-2  Tottenham
Zenit St Petersburg 1-0 Auxerre

Sunday, 15 August 2010

Toronto Masters/Rogers Cup Review

Andy Murray won the Toronto Masters with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Roger Federer. Murray reached the final with impressive straight set wins over Nalbandian and Nadal. Federer however struggles with hard fought out wins against Djokovic and Berdych. This was a great win for Murray as it was his 1st tournament win of the year and the 1st time he has beat Federer in a final. He also won it in great fashion as he changed to more aggressive tactics during the tournament instead of the defensive play he is usually associated with. If he keeps this up then he will be one of the favourites for the US Open.

Czech GP

Jorge Lorenzo - Yamaha Factory            43:22.638


2 Dani Pedrosa - Honda HRC                 +05.494

3 Casey Stoner - Ducati MotoGP            +11.426

4 Ben Spies - Yamaha Tech 3                  +13.723

5 Valentino Rossi - Yamaha Factory         +17.930

6 Nicky Hayden - Ducati MotoGP           +26.815

7 Colin Edwards - Yamaha Tech 3           +33.396

8 Marco Melandri - Honda Gresini           +39.406

9 Hector Barbera - Ducati Aspar              +39.639

10 Randy de Puniet - Honda LCR            +40.893

11 Marco Simoncelli - Honda Gresini       +42.032

12 Aleix Espargaro - Ducati Pramac         +47.091

13 Alex de Angelis - Honda Interwetten   +51.368

14 Alvaro Bautista - Suzuki MotoGP       +50.0

15 Mika Kallio - Ducati Pramac               +17.5

16 Andrea Dovizioso - Honda HRC        +50.4

17 Loris Capirossi - Suzuki MotoGP       +04.1

Jorge Lorenzo claimed his seventh race victory of the season at the Czech Grand Prix to extend his overall championship lead to 77 points.