Djokovic vs Davydenko Masters Cup Final Live

Djokovic vs Davydenko Masters Cup Final Live:
Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai Live:

World No.3 Novak Djokovic advanced into the Tennis Masters Cup final with a thrilling 4-6,6-3,7-5 victory over Gilles Simon of France.Djokovic the winner of the gold group is chasing for his maiden Tennis Masters Cup title in his second appearance at Shanghai.Last year he had a very dissappointing result crashing out the group by 0-3 margin.Djokovic who has won 3 titles this season including a grandslam at the Australian Open is chasing for his first title since May.He will now face Nikolay Davydenko who defeated in form Andy Murray.

World No.5 Nikolay Davydenko powered in to his maiden Tennis Masters Cup Final in his fourth appearance at Shanghai with a 7-5,6-2 victory over World No.4 Andy Murray.It was widely expected that Murray will move in to the finals, & was one of the hot favourites to triumph at Shanghai but Davydenko displayed some high quality tennis to overpower in form Andy Murray.Murray topped the red goup with an unbeaten 3-0 score thereby booking a place in the semifinals.The Scot was made to pay the price for his exertions as Davydenko dictated play and made him run from start to finish.

Now,the question is whether Davydenko can prevail in the finals?Can he repeat the same classy display as he did in the semifinals?-Djokovic won Davydenko in the group match.

Head to Head:
They have met only once in their career which Davydenko won after Djokovic retired leading 2 sets to 1 in the 2008 Russia vs Serbia World Group 1st round.

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Djokovic vs Federer US Open Semifinal Live

Djokovic vs Federer US Open Semifinal Live:

World No.3 Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Roddick 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5) in the quarterfinals to set up a rematch with four time defending Champion Federer in the semifinals of US Open.Djokovic will jump to a career high No.2 in the next ATP rank list if he wins US Open.Djokovic's challenger Roddick won the 3rd set & was leading 5-4 & serving in the 4th set but double faulted twice & eventually gave away the set to Djokovic.

Roger Federer defeated Gilles Muller 7-6(5),6-4,7-6(5) in the quarterfinals of US open to book a semifinal spot. It was his 18th consecutive grandslam semifinal & 32nd consecutive win at US Open.He is chasing for his 13th Grandslam & his 5th consecutive at US Open which would equal Bill Tilden's record.

Head to Head:
Federer leads 6-2 all time & 4-2 on hardcourt.

US Open Djokovic vs Federer Semifinal Live

Rafael Nadal The New World No.1

Rafael Nadal ascended the No.1 Position from Roger Federer today, who has held it for a record 234 consecutive weeks(41/2 years) since Feb 2, 2004.Nadal who had been ranked second behind Federer for a record 160 consecutive weeks assured himself of the No.1 ranking after he reached the semifinals of ATP Cincinnati Masters last month.

Nadal honoured his World No.1 ranking in the most perfect way by winning the Olympic Singles Gold Medal in Beijing.He has won 8 titles this year including the most prestigious Wimbledon, Roland Gaross & now the Olmypics with a 70-8 win-loss record.After winning Wimbledon last month he became the first person since Bjorn Borg to win French Open & Wimbledon back to back.He is third Spaniard to hold the No.1 ranking the other being Carlos Moya & Juan Carlos Ferrero.Read more here........

Del Potro Wins Fourth Consecutive Title

Del Potro of Argentina won his 19th consecutive match & the title, beating Viktor Troicki 6-3,6-3 in the finals of Legg Masson Tennis Classic in Washington D.C.The 19 consecutive match wins by Del Potro is the second longest in the ATP Circuit only behind Rafael Nadal's 32 match winning streak this year.

His remarkable run began at Stuggart where captured his first career ATP title by defeating Richard Gasquet in the finals.He continued his good form and went on to win his second ATP Title at Kitzbuhel & the third by defeating World No.6 Andy Roodick in the finals at Los Angeles.

By winning his 4th straight title, has lifted him to a career high No.19 in the ATP rankings & is the only teenager to be in the top 20.Read more here.....

Michael Phelps Makes History!

Michael Phelps of USA won his record eighth gold medal in the 4 x 100m Medley relay final at the Beijing Olympics 2008.It was his 14th Career Olympic gold, 5 more than any other athlete in Olympic History.

Michael Phelps along with teammates Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen and Jason Lezak set a world record bettering their own record, which they set at Athens in 2004.They finished the race in a world record time 3:29.34 bettering the 3:30.68 set at Athens.By Clinching his eighth gold medal out of eight races! he has become the first player in history to surpass Mark Spitz's(USA) record of 7 gold medals which he set at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.Read more here.........

Novak Djokovic Gets Serbia's Second Olympic Medal

World No.3 Novak Djokovic defeated No.8 seed James Blake 6-3,7-6(4) at the Beijing Olympics to win the bronze medal.Djokovic & Blake who were playing their first ever olympics lost their semifinals against Nadal & Gonzalez respectively.Djokovic has previously beaten Nadal at ATP Cincinnati semifinals 2 weeks ago.Meanwhile Blake held three match points in his match against Fernando Gonzalez, before falling to the him 11-9 in the decider.Read more here.....

Nadal vs Gonzalez Beijing Tennis Olympics Final(Gold Medal Match) Live

Rafael Nadal vs Fernando Gonzalez Beijing Tennis Olympics Final(Gold Medal Match) Live:

World No.2 Rafael Nadal defeated his rival Novak Djokovic in the semifinals & entered the finals of the Beijing Olympics thereby guaranteeing Spain atleast a silver in the Beijing Olympics.He now faces World No.15 Fernando Gonzalez who defeated American James Blake in the other semifinals.

If Nadal wins gold he will be the first Spaniard to do so, Spain has won nine tennis medals at Olympics but never a gold & It would be the perfect way to honour his World No.1 ranking as he would be on Aug 18th.

Nadal & Gonzalez have met each other 6 times and are tied 3-3 & Gonzalez leading on hardcourts 2-0.But definetely the World No.1 in waiting is the favourite to win the Gold medal at Beijing Olympics.

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