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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Federer stays perfect through 3 rounds



Four-week U.S. unfurled champion Roger Federer cruised through the third round of the tournament on Sunday, defeating the Czech Republic's Radek Stepanek in straight sets.

Jankovic to naked quarters; Federer, Roddick later
NEW YORK (AP) -subsequent-seeded Jelena Jankovic won her sort of split decision, beating No. 21 Caroline Wozniacki 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 Sunday to reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. unplugged.

Tennis | U.S. vacated: Jankovic qualifies for quarterfifnals
Second-seeded Jelena Jankovic beat No. 21 Caroline Wozniacki 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 Sunday to reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. peeled. Jankovic went into her trademark splits early in the third set reaching for a shot.

Tennis-unburdened-Muller puts Luxembourg on tennis map
NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Qualifier Gilles Muller became the first player from Luxembourg to reach the fourth round of a grand slam when he squeezed forgotten Spanish 18th seed Nicolas Almagro 6-7 3-6 7-6 7-6 7-5 at the U.S. agape on Sunday.

No hassles for impressive Federer at U.S. Open
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Champion Roger Federer moved smoothly into the fourth round of the U.S. passable with a hassle-freebie 6-3 6-3 6-2 victory completed 28th seed Radek Stepanek on Sunday.

Federer coasts, Jankovic reaches U.S. removed quarters
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Roger Federer breezes into round of 16; Jelena Jankovic reaches US naked quarterfinals
NEW YORK (AP) _ Roger Federer stayed perfect at that U.S. unblocked, beating Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 Sunday and breezing into the round of 16. To win his first Grand Slam of the season, the No.

Jankovic survives split decision at Open
No. 2 seed bounces back after appearing to injure herself, triumphs in 3 sets Charles Krupa / AP Jelena Jankovic slips mid her match with Caroline Wozniacki at the U.S. vacated on Sunday.

Federer stays perfect at U.S. Open
Roger Federer of Switzerland reacts after defeating Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic midst Day 7 of the 2008 U.S. spacious.

Federer gunning for revenge wired with Stepanek at U.S. Open
Roger Federer will have revenge on his mind on Sunday when he takes on Czech Radek Stepanek for a fix in the fourth round of the U.S. unplugged.


Joy and Temperance and Repose
Slam the door on the doctor's nose.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Jankovic battles through at U.S. Open - International Herald Tribune



NEW YORK : Second seed Jelena Jankovic and former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova had to work much harder than expected to shake off their opponents in the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday. Serb Jankovic squandered a match point in the second
Source: www.iht.com

Jankovic and Kuznetsova battle through - Washington Post
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Second seed Jelena Jankovic and former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova had to work much harder than expected to shake off their opponents in the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday. Serb Jankovic squandered a match point in
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Jankovic and Kuznetsova battle through - Reuters UK
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Second seed Jelena Jankovic and former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova had to work much harder than expected to shake off their opponents in the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday. Serb Jankovic squandered a match point in
Source: uk.reuters.com

Serbs, Russians share top billing at US tennis Open - MSN Malaysia News
Serbian stars Novak Djokovic and Jelena Jankovic hobbled to victory on centre court while the Russian assault continued on day four of the 20.6 million dollar US Open. An ailing Djokovic overcame in injury to his left foot to defeat Arnaud Clement 6
Source: news.my.msn.com

Fully pushed to the brink, Jankovic outlasts Arvidsson - Philadelphia Inquirer
NEW YORK - Jelena Jankovic outlasted Sofia Arvidsson, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5, yesterday in the second round of the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows after a 2-hour, 44-minute match at Arthur Ashe Stadium. "That was a really tough one," said Jankovic, who has
Source: www.philly.com

No. 2 Jankovic guts out tough 2nd-round win - CBS Sportsline
NEW YORK (AP) -Jelena Jankovic lay sprawled on her stomach in the middle of the court for several moments. Was she hurt? Maybe a reoccurrence of the knee injury sustained at Wimbledon? "No, I was just tired, and I couldn't get up," the No. 2 seed
Source: www.sportsline.com

Roddick's brother no longer his coach - CBS Sportsline
NEW YORK -- Andy Roddick's brother is no longer serving as his coach. Roddick, the No. 8 seed in the U.S. Open, said Wednesday the two agreed that John Roddick would relinquish the role after the tournament in Washington earlier this month. The split
Source: www.sportsline.com


Herophilus
When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Tennis classes offered to Ankeny youth - Des Moines Register



Ankeny students in grades 6, 7 and 8 can take after-school tennis classes in September. There will be three one-week sessions, held Sept. 8-11, 15-18 and 22-25. They will be from 3:20 to 4:20 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays at Hawkeye Park, 400 N.W
Source: www.desmoinesregister.com

Notes: Jankovic bristles at complaints from opponent - CBS Sportsline
NEW YORK -- If opponents aren't ready when Jelena Jankovic is ready to serve, she isn't about to wait. When complaints from her vanquished opponent Sofia Arvidsson were relayed to her by a reporter in a post-match news conference, Jankovic bristled
Source: www.sportsline.com

Open-Keothavong flies the flag for British women - ESPN.com
NEW YORK, Aug 27 - It is not often that a British woman reaches the third round of the U.S. Open. In fact, until Wednesday, the last time it happened was in 1991. Anne Keothavong snapped that barren run when she knocked out 25th seed Francesca
Source: sports.espn.go.com

Jelena Jankovic bristles at opponent's complaints - International Herald Tribune
NEW YORK : If opponents aren't ready when Jelena Jankovic is ready to serve, she isn't about to wait. When complaints from her vanquished opponent Sofia Arvidsson were relayed to her by a reporter in a post-match news conference, Jankovic bristled
Source: www.iht.com

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NEW YORK (AP) â€" Jelena Jankovic bent over her racket, leaned against a back wall with a towel pressed to her face, and sprawled on her stomach in the middle of center court. Then the No. 2 seed gutted her way into the third round of the U.S. Open
Source: www.usatoday.com

Djokovic has something to prove - ESPN.com
Posted by James Martin, TENNIS.com One of the prevailing plots at this year's U.S. Open is whether Roger Federer can finish the season on a high note after a year of few ups and mostly downs, by his standards anyway.
Source: sports.espn.go.com

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Open-Keothavong flies the flag for British women - Reuters UK
NEW YORK, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Anne Keothavong became the first British woman to reach the third round of the U.S. Open since 1991 when she knocked out 25th seed Francesca Schiavone with a 6-2 3-6 6-4 win on Wednesday. Keothavong, beaten by eventual
Source: uk.reuters.com

Keothavong flies the flag for British women - Reuters UK
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It is not often that a British woman reaches the third round of the U.S. Open. In fact, until Wednesday, the last time it happened was in 1991. Anne Keothavong snapped that barren run when she knocked out 25th seed Francesca
Source: uk.reuters.com

Keothavong knocks out seeded Italian to march into third round - Guardian Unlimited
Anne Keothavong said before playing the seeded Italian Francesca Schiavone that there is not that much difference between her tennis and that of the world's top players. She was wrong. As it turned out Keothavong was better than the Italian and beat
Source: www.guardian.co.uk


Doc Childre and Howard Martin, The HeartMath Solution
Our mental and emotional diets determine our overall energy levels, health, and well-being to a far greater extent than most people realize. Every thought and feeling, no matter how big or small, impacts our inner energy reserves.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Biofile: The Sam Querrey Interview



He's obsolescent a sumo wrestler and a Q-Ball, but today Sam Querrey looked right at crash pad on court in registering the matchless US uncluttered victory of his career.

Williams brushes pod auger Bondarenko
FORMER women's singles champion Serena Williams rolled to an pushover win by beating Kateryna Bondarenko 6-1 6-4 in the first round of the US peeled.

Venus Williams routs Stosur to reach twin round
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Nick's Picks: US extensive Women's next Round
Tennis Week is partnering with legendary coach and New York native Nick Bollettieri to fit previews and in-depth analysis of the US spread out. Nick's Picks for the men's first-round matches are here.

Women's tennis is suffering from indifference at the top
Up in the air: Ana Ivanovic is one of six players who can walk away from the US passable with the heavenly body's No 1 ranking Photo: Reuters Others would believably reliable give you a blank look.

Ana Withstands Challenge
It was early in the secondary set when Ana Ivanovic's struggles became apparent: the heavenly body No. 1 was thrashing Vera Dushevina so thoroughly she had trouble keeping a straight face as she glanced up to her entourage on the changeover.

The US accessible goes green
There has square a concerted effort in foreign tennis to do something about the environment and to slogging with organisations in a bid to cooperation reduce each tournamentâ??s rather sizable carbon footprint.

Jankovic rolls consummated with tennis wild card Vandeweghe to move ahead
NEW YORK (AFP) ? Former terrene integer one Jelena Jankovic launched her quest to reach her first Grand Slam final, cruising pod auger American wild card Coco Vandeweghe 6-3, 6-1 on the first day of the US peeled.

Marat Safin teaching lessons to up-and-coming sister Dinara Safina
fctAdTag('bigbox',MyGenericTagVar,1); NEW YORK - It's do as I say, not as I do when it nighs to Marat Safin and his up-and-coming sister Dinara Safina.

Serena eases into unimportant round at Flushing Meadows
Serena Williams launched her bid for a third US rolling title with a ruthless 6-1, 6-4 demolition of Ukraine's Kateryna Bondarenko in the first round at Flushing Meadows overnight.


Freeze-Frame: 60 Seconds to a Longer Life, from Underground Cures (Health Sciences Institute, Agora Health Books)
Think of great athletes of dancers who are able to create a special, relaxed state of mental and physical focus in order to achieve a much higher level of performance. Now you can employ that exact principle with any mental or emotional activity. And the benefit to your heart is phenomenal.

Friday, August 22, 2008

ATP supremo De Villiers to step down



Extract not getable.

India's injured Mirza to miss U.S. Open
Extract not on tap.

Benesova Into Forest Hills Semis
Having lost the opening set 6-2, Benesova fought back to take the next two 6-2 6-4 to overcome her unseeded Russian opponent and reach the 11th tour semi-final of her career and third at that tournament.

BRAND PROFILE: Wimbledon
Licensing.biz staffToday, 10:48am recreations hour continues with an in-depth look at the All England Lawn Tennis Club likes.

Djokovic-Federer match could be in the cards
NEW YORK: The U.S. patulous men's draw ended in confusion. As the last prenomen went into the bracket here, the tournament officials realized that it had already archaic alarmed.


Joy and Temperance and Repose
Slam the door on the doctor's nose.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Doubling up: Williams sisters mine tennis gold once again - USA Today



BEIJING â€" Venus and Serena Williams took their brand of shock-and-awe doubles tennis to the Olympics and won the second joint gold medal of their careers. The Williams sisters crushed Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-2
Source: www.usatoday.com

Tennis - Red hot Nadal powers to Olympic gold - Reuters India
BEIJING (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal powered to a 6-3 7-6 6-3 victory over Chile's Fernando Gonzalez in the Olympic men's singles final on Sunday to nail a hatrick of major titles. In a year when he has written his name in the record books he became the
Source: in.reuters.com

South Korea powers over Hong Kong to settle for quest for bronze in - Xinhua News Agency
BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- South Korea crashed Hong Kong of China to book a place on Sunday in the fight for bronze at men's table tennis team event of the Beijing Olympic Games. In the opening tie, 15th-ranked Oh Sang Eun built up South Korea's
Source: news.xinhuanet.com

China's women win team gold in Olympic table tennis - Xinhua News Agency
BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- China clinched the women's Olympic team table tennis title here Sunday, after fighting off a strong challenge from Singapore to win the final 3-0. It was the 17th gold medal that China won at the Olympic table tennis
Source: news.xinhuanet.com

Red-hot Rafael Nadal wins Olympic tennis singles gold - News.com.au
Email article Printer friendly Text size + - Share Add to Digg Add to del.icio.us Post to NewsVine Post to Facebook What are these? Rafael Nadal celebrates winning a point on his way to Olympic Gold against Chilean Fernando Gonzalez. RAFAEL Nadal's
Source: www.news.com.au

Rafael Nadal beats Fernando Gonzalez in straight sets to win gold - Chicago Tribune
BEIJING (AP) _ Rafael Nadal has won a gold medal in Olympic tennis by beating Fernando Gonzalez of Chile in the final of men's singles. Nadal overcame two set points in the second set, held every service game and won 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3 Sunday. The
Source: www.chicagotribune.com


People who are always taking care of their health are like misers who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.
- Laurence Sterne

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Three bombshells for Venus, Serena; Federer, Nadal advance



Serena Williams of USA returns a shot against Samantha Stosur, of Australia. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Elise Amendola BEIJING - proportional by the lofty standards of the Williams sisters, eight victories at the Olympics is a crack day's endeavor.

Olympics: Japan's Morita eliminated in 2nd round of women's tennisnull
Ayumi Morita was eliminated in the something else round of the women's singles tennis competition after a 6-2, 7-5 loss to China's Li Na at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday, leaving Japan beyond any players left in singles contests.

Williams sisters in round three
Venus and Serena Williams, well-organized with macrocosm integer one Jelena Jankovic, unconventional to the third round of the women's singles in Beijing on Tuesday.

Easy Win for Serena Williams at Olympics
Serena and Venus Williams each had straight-set victories Tuesday to stay on track for a conceivable matchup in the final, and Rafael Nadal onward with won as he seeks his first Olympic medal.

Taiwanese tennis, badminton players advance at Beijing Olympics
08/12/2008 (CNA) Taipei, Aug.

Olympics: Tennis results - 8th update
Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Victor Hanescu (ROM) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) Gilles Simon (FRA x10) bt Guillermo Canas (ARG) 7-5, 6-1 Tomas Berdych (CZE x17) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) Olivier Rochus (BEL) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 7-6 (7/5), 2-3 - retired

Phelps joins exclusive club of Olympic perseverings greats
BEIJING (AFP) - US swimmer Michael Phelps joined an elite catalog of Olympic greats Tuesday by becoming only the fifth competitor in history to win nine gold medals.

Nadal fires warning as Federer coasts at Olympics tennis
The women's draw still saw dominant performances from the Williams sisters and Serbian universe prime one Jelena Jankovic.

Easy win for Serena Williams at Olympics
Serena and Venus Williams each had straight-set victories Tuesday to stay on track for a expedient matchup in the final, and Rafael Nadal onward with won as he seeks his first Olympic medal.

Olympics-Tennis-Men's doubles first round results
Aug 12 (Reuters) - Olympic tennis men's doubles first round results in Beijing on Tuesday (prefix symbol denotes seeding). Julian Knowle/Jurgen Melzer (Austria) beat Nicolas Kiefer/Rainer Schuettler (Germany) 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 Arnaud Clement/Michael


Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
The thousand mysteries around us would not trouble but interest us, if only we had cheerful, healthy hearts.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Tennis - Mixed day for new numerator one Jankovic



BEIJING (Reuters) - Jelena Jankovic celebrated becoming folio one in the creation on Monday although injury threatens to wreck her Olympic hopes.

Classy Federer breezes antecedent Tursunov
Extract not vacant.

Teenager beats Roddick in Countrywide finale
Andy Roddick ran into an Argentine whisper saw.Lanky teenager Juan Martin del Potro won his third title in reduced than a week when he rolled to a 6-1, 7-6(2) victory by Roddick in the Countrywide Classic final on Sunday.

Pin upsets Makarova at Cincinnati revealed (AP)
MASON, Ohio (AP)Unseeded Camille Pin of France upset seventh-seeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-0 in the first round of the Cincinnati unshut on Monday.

OCS Hits Rio
Rio will receive a taste of the Outback next spring. InsideOut funs & shindig today announced that Rio De Janeiro, Brazil will host a new tour event on the Outback Champions Series beginning in 2009.


Mother Teresa
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Pacific Northwest Section Championships - Oregonian



2.5 -- Robinswood T.C., Bellevue, Wash., def. Valley A.C., Tumwater, Wash., 3-0. 3.0 -- Boeing T.C., Kent, Wash., def. Bremerton (Wash.) T.A.C., 3-2. 3.5 -- Amy Yee T.C., Seattle, def. Sprinker Tennis Center, Spokane, Wash., 4-1. 4.0 -- Amy Yee T.C
Source: blog.oregonlive.com

Tennis-Del Potro targets top 10 after completing hat-trick - Reuters UK
LOS ANGELES, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Argentine teenager Juan Martin Del Potro has targeted a place in the world's top 10 after picking up his third consecutive title on Sunday. The 19-year-old outgunned former world number one Andy Roddick 6-1 7-6 in the
Source: uk.reuters.com

Beijing Olympics 2008 - NPR News
This feature requires version 7 or higher of the Adobe Flash Player. Get the latest Flash Player. Select Event Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball - Men's Basketball - Women's Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey
Source: www.npr.org


The greatest wealth is health.
- Virgil

Friday, August 08, 2008

Top seed Roddick cruises into LA QF



Top seed Andy Roddick kick-started his preparations for next hour's US unbarred with a 6-2, 6-2 crushing of Serbian Dusan Vemic on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP event in Los Angeles.

Olympics fever
Olympic volunteers cheer while watching the last leg of the Olympic Torch relay, hours before the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Summer prepareds in Beijing.

Davenport pulls out of Beijing tennis singles
Former Olympic tennis champion Lindsay Davenport pulled out of the Beijing singles tournament on Friday with a knee injury, a US conclusive said. The 1996 gold medallist has vintage struggling with the problem since it forced her to withdraw from Wimbledon.

» Roddick triumphs in LA
Andy Roddick stepped up his US unshut preparation while his rivals got in final training for the Olympics as the Beijing absentee higher at the Los Angeles Classic belated on Thursday.

Tennis Table - China vs Italy - Wang Liqin Wang Hao Ma Lin, Wang Nan
Extract not serviceable.

Anderson doubles up for tennis squad
THE wreck of Wesley Moodie to reach full fitness in extent for the Beijing Olympics tennis tournament has severely dented what had looked allied a strong medal opportunity for Team SA.

Davenport pulls out of Beijing tennis singles
BEIJING (AFP) - Former Olympic tennis champion Lindsay Davenport pulled out of the Beijing singles tournament on Friday with a knee injury, a US cleared said.

Roger Federer in be deficient of a lift
Rosie DiManno BEIJING E Acknowledging the throng of reporters and photographers squished into the room, Federer said: 'Hopefully, I'll get some capital querys.' As if. We had come to see what a man looks selfsame when he's about to forfeit his sphere No.

Olympics: Blake backs Roddick no-representation (AFP)
American tennis player James Blake has backed compatriot Andy Roddick's decision to skip the Olympics and concentrate on the US disclosed.

You're Wrong, Mum - Murray
Andy Murray wants to win an Olympic gold medal - and suddenly prove his mother wrong by triumphing at the US spacious too.


Eat right, exercise regularly, die anyway.
- Author Unknown

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Is the Pietersen era to be a one-hit wonder or the produce of something wonderful?



England's cricketers responded well to Kevin Pietersen's first day in charge, but we shouldn't jump to rash decisions Vic Marks It was as if we were rat race catapulted back to the 60s.

Olympics: Tennis star Gonzalez eyes first doubles double
Extract not on tap.

Women's doubles draw of Beijing Olympic tennis
BEIJING--Following is the women's doubles draw of the Beijing Olympic tennis event alphaing on Sunday: 1-Svetlana Kuznetsova/Dinara Safina, Russia, vs Mara Santangele/Roberta Vinci, Italy Tatiana Golovin/Pauline Parmentier, France, vs Sania

Federer to face Tursunov in Olympics opener
BEIJING (AP)â??Top-ranked Roger Federer will play Russiaâ??s Dmitry Tursunov in the first round of the Beijing Olympics tennis tournament.

Tired Nadal hoping to outlive Spanish success
BEIJING (AP) A continued season of grueling duels against Roger Federer seem to have taken their toll on Wimbledon and French unstopped champion Rafael Nadal.


Mark Twain
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. thanks to Alan Bennett

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

16-year-old Aussie takes star by storm



THIS Bourke teenager could once have cracked the rodeo scene, but motocross officials believe he will grow up to be better than Chad Reed. Tye Simmonds has taken the Australia motocross apple by storm at dispassionate 16 senility old.


There are two things in life that a sage must preserve at every sacrifice, the coats of his stomach and the enamel of his teeth. Some evils admit of consolations, but there are no comforters for dyspepsia and the toothache.
- Henry Lytton Bulwer

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Judge--Steve & Barry's can pay Venus Williams



By Emily Chasan NEW YORK, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Bankrupt apparel chain Steve & Barry's LLC can pay tennis star Venus Williams under the terms of her clothing line contract, a U.S. bankruptcy judge said on Tuesday.

Freeman in 'favorable spirits' after car crash
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was in 'bully spirits' and confident of making a full recovery after a serious car crash left him with multiple broken bones, his spokeswoman has said.

Opinion: Stand Up For American College Tennis
Editor's note: USPTA pro John Williams wrote that letter to Intercollegiate Tennis Association Executive Director David Benjamin in response to the 'King Of Campus' feature relation in the extant issue of Tennis Week Magazine.


Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises from 1959-1994
Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them - work, family, health, friends, and spirit - and you're keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls - family, health, friends, and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.

Sunday, August 03, 2008

Murray fights off Djokovic for Cincy title



Eighth-seeded Scotsman Andy Murray scored an upset of third-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic in a heated battle at the $2.615 million Western & Southern Financial Group Masters tennis event on Sunday.

Murray claims first Masters crown, holds off Djokovic
MASON, Ohio -- One bit away from his first Masters series championship, Andy Murray let the moment get to him. Britain's top player wasted four match points with an uncharacteristic Showing of sloppiness in the duplicate set.

With his resignation, as with his batting, the timing is wrong
Michael Vaughan resigning before the final find has left the selectors, and his replacement, with an impossible task Richard Williams Michael Vaughan has unstylish unable to buy a run all summer, an excruciating actuality for a man once acclaimed as the


To feel keenly the poetry of a morning's roses, one has to have just escaped from the claws of this vulture which we call sickness.
- Henri Frederic Amiel

Saturday, August 02, 2008

Djokovic puts Nadal's ascent on hold - Washington Post



Andy Murray, from Great Britain, returns a serve against Ivo Karlovic, from Croatia, in a semifinal match at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters tennis tournament, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, in Mason, Ohio. (AP Photo/Al Behrman) (Al Behrman
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Tennis-Montreal Cup women's singles results - Reuters UK
Aug 2 (Reuters) - Montreal Cup women's singles semi-final results on Saturday (prefix number denotes seeding) 7-Dinara Safina (Russia) beat 11-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 6-0 2-6 6-3 Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) beat 10-Marion Bartoli (France) 4-6 6
Source: uk.reuters.com


Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
The thousand mysteries around us would not trouble but interest us, if only we had cheerful, healthy hearts.