All Articles Tagged 'beijing' (55)

Jelena Jankovic wins China Open

Jelena Jankovic won her second tour title of the year after defeating fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-2 at the China Open.

JJ looked really confident in the final of the $600,000 Beijing tournament, getting revenge for her quarter-final defeat by Kuznetsova at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo last… Continue

Added by Svetlana on September 29, 2008 at 10:22am — 2 Comments

Andy Roddick wins China Open

Andy Roddick defeated Dudi Sela 6-4 6-7 (6/8) 6-3 to capture the China Open championship.

"At the end of the day, a win is a win and I'm happy with that," Roddick commented. "I had in the back of my mind that I'd played 30-40 finals and… Continue

Added by Svetlana on September 29, 2008 at 10:20am — No Comments

Ana and Fernando story continues...

OK, we have some new photos to add to the Ana and Fernando story.…

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Added by Svetlana on September 29, 2008 at 10:14am — 1 Comment

Ana and the Spaniard...but not Rafa!

(Fernando Verdasco and Ana's mother Dragana)

We already showed you photos from the Beijing Players Party and… Continue

Added by Svetlana on September 27, 2008 at 4:00am — No Comments

Jelena Jankovic reaches semis of the China Open

Jelena Jankovic was the last player to move into the semifinals of the China Open. She defeated Daniela Hantuchova 7-5, 6-1 in today quarterfinal. Jelena was last year's Beijing runner-up to Hungarian Agnes Szavay.

"In the first set Daniela gave me trouble, and I had a… Continue

Added by Svetlana on September 27, 2008 at 3:58am — No Comments

Zheng Jie upsets Ana Ivanovic to reach China Open semis

Ana Ivanovic continues with her bad game, she was defeated in marathon quarterfinals of the China Open by Zheng Jie 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4.

The match lasted almost three hours, filled with exciting rallies, service breaks, strings of deuce games and unforced errors.

This is second time this year that… Continue

Added by Svetlana on September 27, 2008 at 3:57am — No Comments

JJ and Ana - It's so nice to see this!

Sorry for the watermarks but I just had to show you these pictures, it's something we don't see often...Jelena and Ana sharing a laugh! They look so nice!…

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Added by Svetlana on September 24, 2008 at 5:00am — No Comments

Official Reception of the 2008 China Open Photos

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Added by Svetlana on September 23, 2008 at 2:32pm — No Comments

Jelena Jankovic Beijing Press Conference

Q: We know that you always spend a lot of time with your mother in hotels when off court, so would you do something or go anywhere with her in Beijing?

Jelena: Well, I come here to play tennis, but when I have time off, I might have the chance to attend some activities in Beijing, but I do not know whether my mum will or will… Continue

Added by Svetlana on September 23, 2008 at 1:54pm — No Comments

Ana Ivanovic Beijing Pre Press Conference

Q: After you won the French Open and reached to No.1 in women’s singles you have not got any other titles this year. Can you self analyze and tell us what’s going on?

Ana: It was really my peak time this year in French Open. In Wimbledon I felt hard in energy and emotional level, especially… Continue

Added by Svetlana on September 23, 2008 at 1:52pm — No Comments

It is truth, Leryn really was attending Novak's Beijing matches!

OK, when I wrote first story about Novak Djokovic and Leryn Franco, I have to admit I thought it's just a gossip cause there were no any photos of Novak and Leryn together. Then the photo from the… Continue

Added by Svetlana on August 27, 2008 at 6:49am — 1 Comment

Leryn and Novak....do we need to comment this??

Well, the photo speaks more then thousand words....It looks like what we wrote is truth, and Ultima Hora and Kurir were right....

Here is the photo of Leryn Franco and Novak Djokovic in Olympic… Continue

Added by Svetlana on August 19, 2008 at 1:00am — 5 Comments

Nole's newest trophy?

According to Serbian Kurir magazine and some other international press, Novak Djokovic did win the shiniest trophy in Beijing...and that's the hottest female athlete, Paraguayan javelin thrower Leryn… Continue

Added by Svetlana on August 18, 2008 at 7:00am — 3 Comments

Olympic tennis medalists photos

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Added by Svetlana on August 17, 2008 at 4:53pm — No Comments

Williams sisters won Gold medal!

Venus and Serena Williams have won the Olympic gold medal in women's doubles!

The Williamses beat the Spanish duo Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual, 6-2, 6-0 in Sunday's final.…

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Added by Svetlana on August 17, 2008 at 4:52pm — No Comments

Golden Rafa!

Rafael Nadal has won a gold medal in Olympic tennis by beating Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3 in the final of men's singles!…

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Added by Svetlana on August 17, 2008 at 4:51pm — 1 Comment

Elena Dementieva wins Gold medal!

Elena Dementieva beat Dinara Safina 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 to win the Olympic Games women's singles gold medal!

The 2000 silver-medallist overcame an error-strewn first set to lead a Russian podium sweep after Vera Zvonareva claimed the bronze medal earlier.

“I never… Continue

Added by Svetlana on August 17, 2008 at 4:50pm — No Comments

Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka win Gold in doubles!

Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka beat Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson of Sweden 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3 and won Gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games!

Before Olympics they played only 4 times together and won only one match!…

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Added by Svetlana on August 17, 2008 at 4:50pm — 1 Comment

Rain in Beijing....

It's raining in Beijing and all matches are postponed....

(photo/AFP/Getty… Continue

Added by Svetlana on August 14, 2008 at 5:20am — No Comments

Olympic Tennis Interesting Photos

Thanks to the photographers of Reuters, Getty, AP, AFP and other agencies we can enjoy in photos from Beijing. I chose some of the most interesting photos where players were caught in emotional moments. You will see some happy faces, mad, disappointed, you will see sadness, worrying, frustrates, celebrating and lot more.

Enjoy....

For the beginning just some while playing...or maybe dancing, or flying?!?…

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Added by Svetlana on August 14, 2008 at 5:18am — No Comments