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Watch Serena Williams vs Safina live Australian Open 2009 matches of Women Singles final in ESPN. Watch here today women singles final live streaming free online. Follow the link to get live streaming final of Australian Open 2009.

Serena Williams, Safina to Battle for No. 1, Aussie Open Title

Serena Williams and Dinara Safina will play for the Australian Open championship, and the post-tournament No. 1 ranking, after each advanced in straight sets Thursday in Melbourne.

Williams ended a three-match losing streak against Elena Dementieva, preventing an all-Russian final with a 6-3, 6-4 win, aided by the closed roof at Rod Laver Arena as Melbourne experienced record temperatures.

A win in the final would give Williams her 10th Grand Slam singles title, and she says her focus is on Slam titles rather than the No. 1 ranking.

“Right now that would be just a bonus,” Williams told reporters. “My goal isn’t to be No. 1. My goal is to obviously win one more match here at the Australian Open.”

The result also ended a 15-match win streak for Dementieva, who won titles in her first two events of the year entering Melbourne. The Russian’s nerves were on display as she let out shrieks of frustration and talked to herself after missing opportunities.

“I think I made some double faults at bad time,” said Dementieva, who kicked in eight total, including two in a row in the second set (blowing a 3-0 lead) to hand Williams a break. “I think my first serve was not good enough for her today. I think Serena played really well today. I was maybe not aggressive enough and maybe I wasn’t playing deep enough, which allowed her to be very aggressive and dictate the game.”

Safina likewise ended a three-match losing streak against Zvonareva, breaking serve in the first game en route to a 6-3, 7-6(4) victory.

Zvonareva hit the choke button early in the match, double faulting on the second point of the contest, but got her nerves under control to break back later in the set. She served for the second set unsuccessfully, then was outplayed in the tiebreak.

“Dinara was more consistent today than I was. She served better than I did and that made the difference,” Zvonareva told reporters. “If you look at it overall, it’s my first Grand Slam semifinal. I should be satisfied.”

Safina will be satisfied with one more win and her first time atop the WTA rankings.

“Since I was growing up it has been my dream one day to be No. 1,” Safina said courtside after the match. “To play against Serena and to fight for the No. 1 is just going to be unbelievable.”

Source-http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-01-29/803.php

Enjoy the video clip of Hottest Women of the U.S. Open 2008

Welcome to enjoy the video of Sharapova & Hantuchova- sexy tennis players in US open 2008.

Enjoy the video of Sexy Maria Sharapova, Russia’s Hot Tennis Girl.
Russia’s Hot Tennis Girl Maria Sharapova
So sexy and pretty tennis player

Enjoy the hot and sexy Tennis girl Ana Ivanovic at the US open tennis 2008 here.Serbia’s Hot Tennis Girl Ana Ivanovic
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Welcome to enjoy the DINARA SAFINA at the US Open 2008.Here we have Dinara Safina practicing on the grandstand with….umm..someone I should know..
Safina looked very good. She’s gettting to the Semi’s for SURE

Welcome to enjoy the live coverage of US open tennis 2008 here.
Olympic Champion Elena Dementieva has won opening match of US Open tennis defeating Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan by 6-4, 7-5. However, she still feels if she is in Beijing. The Russian player is ranked fifth at US Open tennis championship. The match was played in Arthur Ashe Stadium, eight days after her Olympic final at Beijing.

The victory over Akgul Amanmuradova was seventh consecutive win counting the Olympics. Admittedly, she defeated Serena Williams in the quarterfinals and compatriot Dinara Safina in the final of Beijing Olympics, played recently. Her days after that were busy as she had to celebrate her Olympic victory and then had to come to play in US Open.

The Russian player wants to do something for her country. She said that doing for her country makes her feel stronger on the court, it gives her extra energy, extra power. She excitingly said that people after Beijing victory come to her and say to her that they are happy that finally she has won the title after losing so many finals. However, she does not seem to regret her title losses in past.

Source: http://www.india-server.com

Welcome to enjoy the highlights of Beijing Olympics 2008 here.
The following medals were awarded in tennis at the 2008 Olympic Games

MEN

SINGLES

Gold – Rafael Nadal (Spain)

Silver – Fernando Gonzalez (Chile)

Bronze – Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

DOUBLES

Gold – Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland)

Silver – Simon Aspelin/ Thomas Johansson (Sweden)

Bronze – Mike Bryan/ Bob Bryan (U.S.)

WOMEN

SINGLES

Gold – Elena Dementieva (Russia)

Silver – Dinara Safina (Russia)

Bronze – Vera Zvonareva (Russia)

DOUBLES

Gold – Venus Williams/Serena Williams (U.S.)

Silver – Anabel Medina Garrigues/Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain)

Bronze – Zheng Zie/Yan Zi (China)

The following medals were awarded in table tennis at the 2008 Olympic Games

MEN

SINGLES

Gold – Ma Lin (China)

Silver – Wang Hao (China)

Bronze – Wang Liqin (China)

TEAM

Gold – China

Silver – Germany

Bronze – South Korea

WOMEN

SINGLES

Gold – Zhang Yining (China)

Silver – Wang Nan (China)

Bronze – Guo Yue (China)

TEAM

Gold – China

Silver – Singapore

Bronze – South Korea

You are watching the Gold medal in olympics tennis women single final match result here.

Great final today. Venus, the elder sister at last beat Serena in 5 th final match in Wimbledon Tennis.

Thrilled as she was to win her fifth Wimbledon singles championship, Venus Williams dialed down her celebration.

No hopping in place and skipping to the net after match point, the way she’s done so often on that Centre Court lawn. No giddy laughter and whoops of joy, as she’s let out in the past.

This title was different from her previous successes at the grass-court Grand Slam.

This title came at the expense of her younger sibling, Serena.

Reprising their Sister Slam Show in the Wimbledon final after a five-year hiatus, Venus and Serena Williams smacked big serves, hit hard strokes from all angles and chased down seemingly unreachable balls, like no one else does. Overcoming an early deficit, Venus beat Serena 7-5, 6-4 Saturday for her second consecutive title at the All England Club and seventh major championship overall.

“I’m definitely more in tune with my sister’s feelings because one of us has to win and one of us has to lose,” the No. 7-seeded Venus said. “You could never detract from winning a Wimbledon, so of course it doesn’t detract from that. But I’m definitely thinking about how my sister’s feeling.”

No. 6 Serena, meanwhile, was sullen as could be afterward, as though she had just finished losing to a stranger. Which, it turns out, was the way she tried to view Venus. That the champion’s trophy stayed in the family did not ease the pain of defeat.

“It’s definitely not any easier,” Serena said. “I just look at her as another opponent at the end of the day.”

Said their mother and coach, Oracene Price: “Well, you know, she’s going to have to learn how to suck things up. Say, ‘OK, I’m not going to win everything.”’

About 3 1/2 hours after the singles final ended, Price’s daughters returned to the same court, except now they were playing on the same side of the net, and they beat Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-2 to win the women’s doubles title.

A day that began with a meal together at the nearby house they’re sharing, ended with the sisters’ seventh Grand Slam doubles championship—and a total family payday of more than $2.5 million.

Saturday’s earlier encounter was the seventh all-Williams Grand Slam singles final; only one other pair of sisters faced off in a major tournament title match, and that was all the way back at the very first Wimbledon, in 1884.

Williams vs. Williams finals became routine for a bit, when they met in six of eight Grand Slam title matches from the U.S. Open in 2001 through Wimbledon in 2003. Serena went 5-1 in those, including beating Venus at the All England Club in 2002 and 2003.

But big sister got some payback Saturday.

“I didn’t want the same trend to keep happening,” Venus said. “So I climbed a tiny little notch up. It’s 2-5. Still behind, but I’m working on it.”

Venus is 28 and Serena 26, and both have been ranked No. 1. But injuries slowed both, and that 2003 Wimbledon final was the last time they met to decide a championship.

Things were still a tad awkward after all these years—for the sisters themselves, of course, but also for the 15,000 or so fans, who couldn’t seem to get into picking someone to support, leading to a subdued atmosphere; for chair umpire Carlos Ramos, who occasionally forgot to add the necessary first name when announcing, “Advantage, Miss Williams”; and, perhaps most of all, for the relatives sitting in the players’ guest box.

When Venus capped a run in which she claimed five of six games to erase an early 4-2 hole and take the first set, for example, Price simply stayed put, her face expressionless, her hands in her lap.

Venus Williams left, of the U…
AP – Jul 5, 4:06 pm EDT

You’ve just seen one of your daughters win the first set of the Wimbledon final, and you don’t jump and applaud? Well, not if you’ve also just seen one of your daughters lose the first set of the Wimbledon final.

“That was a difficult one to watch,” Price said. “You feel happy that the one won it, but you feel so bad because there has to be a loser, too.”

Venus entered the tournament in the midst of an uneven season, with a 14-7 record and without so much as one title of any sort. As long has been the case, however, the grass brought out her best, and she didn’t drop a set all fortnight — not even against the woman she considers her toughest foe.

“I have the ultimate respect for her game and I have a lot of respect for her serve,” said Venus, who also won Wimbledon in 2000, 2001, 2005 and 2007. “If I was playing anyone else, I wouldn’t have to face what I had to face today.”

The same could be said by Serena.

No other top woman consistently serves as powerfully as the sisters do, and Venus broke her Wimbledon record with a 129 mph delivery Saturday. Repeatedly, precisely the way she’s done all tournament, Venus pounded serves directly at Serena’s body.

Venus Williams of the US and h…
AP – Jul 5, 4:03 pm EDT

“I’m glad she did it,” Serena said, “because next time, I know what to expect.”

No other top woman consistently pounds groundstrokes the way the sisters do, either, and they produced fantastic points, even if a swirling wind played havoc with some shots and led Venus to catch her service toss countless times.

Neither held back, and the tone was set in the third game, when Venus came to the net, and Serena sent a stinging passing attempt right at her sister’s face. Venus managed to hit a reflex volley winner.

Then again, at 4-4 in the opening set, Serena conceded a point to Venus after the chair umpire called a let when Serena shouted “No!” as she hit a shot she thought was headed out.

Serena, who still leads Venus 8-7 in major titles, actually compiled more aces, 9-4, more total winners, 32-27, and fewer unforced errors, 11-13. But there was one key difference that tilted the other way: Venus was 4-for-7 converting break points, while Serena was 2-for-13.

Serena Williams right, and her…
AP – Jul 5, 4:01 pm EDT

One of those two conversions came early in the second set, when Serena wasted six break chances before converting the seventh as Venus slipped on the worn baseline at the end of a 10-stroke exchange.

That break put Serena ahead 2-1, but she failed to hold in the very next game, when a deep forehand by Venus forced an error to make it 2-2.

They stayed on serve until Venus was ahead 5-4, and she broke there to end it. On the first match point, her sister swatted a 100 mph ace—“classic Serena Williams,” as Venus put it.

But on the next point, Serena sailed a backhand wide. When they met beside the net, the sisters wrapped their arms around each other. The embrace after their doubles victory appeared far warmer.

Now both were champions.

Source: Yahoo sports news