MARIA SHARAPOVA COMEBACK WOULD BE STRONG ON WIMBLEDON

Maria Sharapova came back after a nine month injury break. She will come back in the next month's Edgbaston Classic. She is really excited about getting back on the grass court again. She always get great support from Birmingham crowd and she has won twice. She feels nice to come back so early for her wimbeldon return.

She knew that it is going to be tough as she may lost her form. But I feels that she would have gained extra power because of her rest.
The 22-year-old Russian, who owns three Grand Slam singles titles, made her singles comeback on Monday in Warsaw after recovering from a shoulder injury. The Wimbledon warm-up tournament begins on June 8.

FEDERER WINS MADRID OPEN

It was federer from the start of the final against Rafael Nadal. Nadal was struggling a bit with the odd bounces and it seems to be a very good for Roger Federer and everything went on well. Roger Federer stopped the winning streak of Rafael Nadal on 33 victories. It was a bit easy finish for Roger as he won the match in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 on the Madrid open. Nadal feels that he can come back strongly in Paris and the environment and altitude is so different and difficult for Nadal to beat Roger Federer. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal played 10 matches head to head on clay court but Roger wins only 2 so far and 8 of them won by Nadal. While in grass court Nadal won 1 match and 2 matches won by Federer. While in Hard court surface Nadal won 2 and roger won only 1.

Nadal lost only because of some the unforced errors he made during the match. Federer is also confident that Nadal will bounce back strongly in French Open. In women match Dinara Safina won against Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 6-4 in the final on Madrid Open.

FANTASTIC PLAYING CONDITIONS INSIDE RETRACTABLE ROOF IN WIMBLEDON

Wimbledon has picked up its grace as thr retractable roof on completion in centre court. The system worked perfectly and the legends played on the centre court after a very long interval. The roof has been in operation from sunday officially and it takes around 10 minutes to complete the whole ground and it takes another 30 minutes for maintaining the playing environement inside the roof.

Graf said it is really nice to play in the closed environment and it increase the pressure. It will be definite treat for the crowd when two tough players play all round the ground. On sunday Tim Henman and Kim clijsters were facing Agassi and Graf in the doubles and they also play singles match. To kick off the event, the sliding roof slowly started unfolding with a soft whirring in an afternoon ceremony as British singers Faryl Smith and Katherine Jenkins sang "Amazing Grace" in the center of the court.

The guest Boris Becker were given with a fine applausing as the game progresses. There were 15,000 spectators enjoying alroung the ground. As the two-parted roof closed without a hitch, it was greeted by a thunderous applause.


Then shortly after the tennis began, as if on cue, it started to rain. Not that anyone inside the stadium noticed. In the match agassi defeated Henman 6-4 , graf lost to Kim clijster 6-4 , in the doubles agassi , graf lost to Henman and kim clijsters . Everyone were aware that it is definitely going to be a treat for the audience as the match progresses.

NADAL MEETS ROGER IN MADRID OPEN FINALS

Rafael Nadal will meet Roger federer in the Madrid open finals after Nadal wins Novak Djokovic for a record of 4 hours and 3 minutes match that ended in 3-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(9) on saturday. It was definitely a tight match and the match went for so longer. Roger federer and Nadal will face for championship just before the french open.

Both of them knew well and both of them were excellent with their performance. Nadal wins his 33rd straight win on clay and this lifted him to his seventh final this season. Federer has lost his last five matches against Nadal, including the finals at the French Open, Wimbledon and Australia in February, when the Swiss player was in tears after the defeat.

But now Roger is so confident that he can win this and the grand slam which is approaching as well. Fans were excited for a wonderful and exciting match on sunday.

SAFINA IN MADRID FINALS

Dinara Safina defeated Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-2 on saturday to set up a madrid open Finals against Caroline Wozniacki. who defeated Amelie Mauresmo 7-6(1), 6-3. Safina feels that most of the players around me feels jealous that I am young to be in the No.1 spot. "I have no won any grand slam title yet but I reached two finals and a seminfinals in grand slam" said Safina.

Safina said " winning grand slam dont make you to the top spot but winning consequently for the whole year will make you to be in the top spot. Safina was much disturned by many of the critics but what I wish to express is that she should not listen to any critics and stick to her basics right and try to perform. There is always lot of people for critcising each and every one as most of us dont like others to develop. So she dont think of it and she should speak with her game and bat.

NALBANDIAN UNDERGONE SURGERY SUCCESSFULLY

David Nalbandian has undergone surgery on wednesday and he will miss the upcoming tournaments atleast for four months. The surgeon, who operated told that he needs to be in Barcelona atleast for a month in order to recover from the surgery. He needs pure rest and he ranks No.15 will miss the French open, Wimbledon and the US open. He should be returned only after a month to Argentina. Nalbandian was in grest touch before he got injured. He is an excellent server and he smashes hard.

QUATERFINALIST IN MADRID OPEN

Rafael Nadal, top seeded advanced to the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open. He tool charge against opponent and he won so comfortably. He is naturally tough player and now he is becoming even more tougher. As the day progresses he skills getting improved. While Andy Murray and Roger federer also advances to the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open.

Nadal passed easily as the opponent Philipp Kohlschreiber withdrew after leg injury. Nadal will play against Fernando Verdasco in the next round. Murray defeated Tommy Robredo 7-5, 6-1. Roger federer will next face Andy Roddick, who defeated James Blake 6-2, 6-4. Novak Djokovic defeated Andreas Seppi 6-4, 6-4.

Federer told that he has played against Roddick previously and now we will play in different surface. In the women's section Dinara Safina won against Lucie Safarova 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals.

NADAL ADVANCES TO THIRD ROUND IN MADRID OPEN

Rafeal Nadal playing well in the Madrid open and he just passed his second round victory over Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 6-1. Nadal feels playing very high above the sea level is always difficult. Nadal just made three unforced errors and converted all of his 4 break points to victory. The only break in Nadal's concentration came when a ball girl fainted and had to be carried off the center court for medical assistance in the second set.

Nadal was very comfortable playing against any opponent and he can easily pass semifinals to meet someone in finals. Nadal dont speak much with mouth but his bat and playing skills speaks more. Novak Djokovic also passes to the third round by defeating Oscar Hernandez 6-3, 6-3. Djokovic now ranking No.4 was troubled by his opponent in the second set but managed to get passed it. Djokovic feels that the ground is bit watered which luckily didnt hurt him in injury concern. Djokovic needs to pay more attention towards winning matches and not on rankings. Nadal will face Phillipp Kohlschreiber, who just passed Marin cilic 6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-6(2).

VENUS WILLIAMS OUT AND ROGER ADVANCES IN MADRID OPEN

Venus williams, 3rd ranked american player defeated to Alisa Kleybanova by 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 on the sidelines of the Madrid Open on Tuesday. Venus joined her sister as serena was out becaus eof her knee injury and now Venus was out becaue of her performance. Serena watched the match from the stands as her sister losing to Alisa on Tuesday.

The match prolonged for about 2 hours and 12 minutes. Venus didnt able to capitalize on her serve as she lost her serve in the final set. Williams consolted her fans by giving a hard message to digest that "I will meet you next year", williams said. Roger Federer won easily against Robin Soderling 6-1, 7-5 as he puts his platform for Roland Garros. Roger said" I will play hard tennis for the upcoming Roland Garros and I will definitely beat Rafeal and I have faced him so much times in my career".

Roger has excellent class and he has skill as well. But Rafeal Nadal is not that easy to predict as he is in top form and he is so young when compared to Roger Federer. While in another Match Andy Murray won over simone Bolelli with 7-6(9), 6-4. Andy Murray may took Roger's position as roger lost most of his matches recently.

SHARAPOVA'S COMEBACK

Maria Sharapova will be back in few days as she has recovered well from her shoulder injury. She was not in news as she has been in rest because of her injury. She feels that it to be passionate to paly again in tournaments and matches. She wrote in her website that she will play in singles match on may 18-23 in warsaw, poland. She has been in rest for about 10 months. Definitely she will be not in form as she was in break.

Once she was No.1 but now she is in 65th place. She didnt mention anything about the french open and we prays for her to play in french open too. The three-time Grand Slam title winner was sidelined in August by a torn rotator cuff in her right shoulder and had surgery two months later. She feels that she wants to be playing matches and she should be in that groove. She was forced to miss the last two Grand Slam tournaments, the U.S Open and Australian Open.

she also said about their family and coach that "My family and coach have been a tremendous part of this comeback, and I think it's important to acknowledge that without their drive, daily laughs and endless belief in my ability, I would be sipping a pina colada on a deserted island [not that there's something wrong with that, but playing tennis is just so much more exciting at this stage of my life]".

JAMES BLAKE LOST TO ALBERT MONTANES IN ESTORIL OPEN

Albert Montanes won the Estoril open against US James Blake 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-0 on sunday to win his first ATP title since july 2008. James blake played both the semifinals and finals on sunday as the semifinals were suspended because of darkness on saturday. James Blake played the semifinals against Nikolay Davydenko 6-7 (3), 7-6(2), 6-3 just few housr before the finals.

James Blake was playing for his country's first ATP title on European Clay since Andy Roddick in 2003. Blake was happy with his performance in semifinals but was completely upset in finals. He had a good chance to win the title but he missed a easy chance. Montanes defeated Paul capdeville 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals on saturday.

Montanes played a superb innings and he was at his best. Montanes won the last set with a 6-0, where he broked all the three serve of Blake. Montanes feels that he was really happy with his performance.

JANKOVIC REGAIN HER CONFIDENCE

Jelena Jankovic started to regain her confidence as she lost in last tournament in semifinals. Now she made it to the second round after winning Nuria Llagostera of spain 6-2, 6-1 on sunday to reach the second round of the Madrid Open. This open is one of the prestigeous open as it is a joint venture of ATP and WTA tour Tournament. In another match Agnes Szavay of Hungary won over Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-3, 6-7(2), 6-2 in the first round at Madrid's new "Magic Box" tennis center. Flavia Pennetta, who was 12 seeded lost to Agnes was an upset to the audience.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC WON SERBIA OPEN

Novak Djokovic took the title on his home ground on sunday by beating Lukasz Kubot of Poland 6-3, 7-6(0) in Serbia open. Serbia open is one of his favourite open as he belongs to serbia. This was his first ATP title and he reached four finals this year but he can succeed only in this open. The other matches were djokovic reached finals were Miami, Monte carlo and Rome. This title adds up to his 13th career title. He likes to play this title next year too and he will succeed in that. Djokovic feels that winning will improve my confidence level adn I doesnt mind whether it is not big tournament or smaller one. I make my fans and spectators happy and enjoyable.

The 179th-ranked Kubot served for the second set, but Djokovic managed to return two difficult drop shots to force the tiebreaker, where he won all three points on Kubot's serve.

Djokovic's family brought the first ATP event to Serbia this year after buying the license from the former ABM Amro Open in the Netherlands. Inspite of winning this open Djokovic falls to 4th rank after losing his 3rd rank to Andy Murray, who beat him in Miami Final.

SAFINA WINS HER TITLE IN ITALIAN OPEN

Safina clinched her first title after she attained the No.1 spot. Safina was so happy with her performance as she made the finals quite easily. Safina said " Kuznetsova made lot of unforced errors which made me easy to qualify". Safina defeated her opponent 6-3, 6-2 in the Italian open finals.  Safina said " Kuznetsova is not an easy opponent and that too in clay court". Kuznetsova disappointed as she made lot of unforced errors.  Kuznetsova was not to her best and she is not an easy opponent. Safina finished her set in just 43 minutes.  Safina is all set for French open, which is about to start on May24.  Marat Safin is giving lot of tips as safina reflects those in her match against her opponent. 

NALBANDIAN REQUIRES 3 MONTHS REST

David Nalbandian will have surgery by next week on his right hip. Nalbandian will miss the upcoming French Open, Wimbledon and the Davis cup quarterfinals against the Czech Republic in July. Nalbandian atleast require 3 to 4 months of rest.

Nalbandian is a hard player and he will serve beautifully. He is the most powerful player in tennis. He was a wimbledon finalist in 2002, and reached the french open semifinals in 2004 and 2006.

He played in last year's Davis Cup final loss to Spain and was expected to team with Juan Martin Del Potroon Argentina's Davis Cup team. Nalbandian is ranked No. 19.

AVERAGE PERFORMANCE FROM JAMES BLAKE

James Blake, 16th seeded started of poorly against Frederico Gil 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday in the first round of the Estoril Open. James blake is an excellent player and he has lot of stuff beat top class players. Blake was not comfortable with his return from the baseline and he overcome it and won the match at the end.

Gil won the first set by breaking his serve at the 11th game. Blake qualified for the ext round by defeating 68th ranked Gil. Blake said" It was a tough match and i learned from my experience and mistakes to quickly adapt to the conditions".

Second Seeded Nikolay Davydenko won over Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 6-2 to reach quarterfinals. Davydenko will meet Mardy fish in the next round. Davydenko, the 2003 champion and a two-time runner-up at the outdoor clay-court event, broke the Spaniard in the ninth game of the first set and cruised to victory in the second.

FIGHT BETWEEN SERENA AND SAFINA FOR No.1 SPOT

Serena Williams is still the No.1 to her, eventhough she is not the actual No.1 as per ATP ranking. Serena told that she will come back strongly in the upcoming series and she will definitely overtake te current No.1 Safina. Serena Williams is very strong player in women and she has lot of talents as well.

She told that "people know who is No.1 still and I will prove it". When asked about this to Safina, she said "Serena has lot of experience than me as she is elder than me and she also has wom more grand slam than me".

Safina also added "lets wait and see when I reach her age, how many grand slams I acquire and then we can speak about it". Safina told that it wont come out of luck as there are many contenders for it and everyone will fight towards it. If Serena says like this then she should win over me to acquire this. Safina said "I dont think so that she will beat me in the upcoming series". "I am working hard and I will work hard to be in the No.1 spot" said safina.

NADAL IN 4TH ROME MASTERS TITLE

Rafeal Nadal won his fourth Rome Masters title on Sunday against Novak Djokovic quite easily 7-6 (2), 6-2. It was the third clay court title for Nadal within three weeks. Nadal is all set for French Open as he made all the three clay court this time to set very well for the French open (Grand slam).


Nadal was one who won 4 times Rome Masters title, most by an ATP player in the Open era. He won 8 career wins against Novak Djokovic on clay without a loss. He was the second by acquiring 15 Masters 1000 titles after agassi, who won 19. This win against Djokovic made him to win 30 consecutive clay court victory.

Nadal was very happy with his performance just before the French Open. Djokovic was little bit high on pressure which overtake him and lead a chance to Nadal.

KUZNETSOVA WINS TITLE

Svetlona Kuznetsova, ranked No.9 won the Porsche Grand Prix for the first time defeating the world No.1 Dinara safina 6-4, 6-3 on sunday. Kuznetsova was in command with her strong return and big hitting game. She had lost her last six finals and had not made any this year before Stuttgart.

Kuznetsova feels happy and she is proud to win against world No.1. she enjoyed her victory with her team and she made quite comfortably. She also said that "this victory is always special to me". Kuznetsova won at Stuttgart in her fifth try.

Safina, the Australian Open runner-up, dropped her serve in the final game of the first set. Kuznetsova set it up with a perfect return down the line and Safina then put a backhand into the net. Safina cant able to really return properly as she might hoped.

She had two chances to break Kuznetsova's serve in the third game of the second, but Kuznetsova held. Kuznetsova never looked back after taking a 4-2 lead.

Safina saved one match point at 5-3 and one more in the next game, but Kuznetsova had too much fire power.

"She played very well and I didn't feel very well today," Safina said. "But I am still No. 1."

SAFINA WILL SOON MEET JANKOVIC

Safina played really a hard tennis and she won in a straight sets on thursday to meet in the Porsche Grand Prix Semifinals. Safina ended a three-match losing streak against Daniela Hantuchova by beating the Slovak 6-4, 6-2 in the second round. Safina said" I have some close matches in the past and I really played well to beat everyone coming up".

Jelena Jankovic outlasted Germany's Sabine Lisicki 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 and will next play against Flavia Pennetta of Italy, who won 6-2, 6-2 over sixth-seeded Nadia Petrova, the 2006 champion and 2008 runner-up.

Safina will soon meet Jankovic in their semis if Safina win against 8th seeded Agnieszka Radwanska in their quarterfinals.

Elena Dementieva started of slow by beating Agnes Szavay of Hungary 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 and set up a quarterfinal against Marion Bartoli of France.

Jankovic led 4-2 in the second set but couldn't stop a comeback by the big-hitting Lisicki, who won her first WTA title in Charleston, South Carolina, two weeks ago.