Rafael Nadal

If you are an avid tennis sports fanatic then you surely knew Rafael “Rafa” Nadal from Manacor, Mallarca, Spain, he's now at the age of 23, having a handsome look, with a good body structure, build through his tennis sports. Through discipline and hard work he already reach this far of fame, with the help of his good coach Toni Nadal, he became much greater and known in tennis field. Rafa plays in left-handed position, at the year of 2001 and he turned professional, with a total tittles of 47 winning tittles he receiving 6 from Doubles and 41 from single competition. Through the years he received the best titles and currently ranked no 1 in the world.

This year he became more active and advocate in tennis sports. He is even a legendary pride of Spain playing his best game always on his game. People do appreciate his talent and his contribute honor to his countries honor, he already travel from different countries and fight almost to all the best player around the globe, with or without doubt he is really amazingly good in playing tennis. He is not even an ordinary guy but rather his a player who has a deep heart and connection to all this games. Getting hook with gaming or sports is something for a person or people could do help him see discovered his own talent. We are all sure that being famous has a lot of responsibility accompanied to it. A man or a person could practice gaming or sports and be part of himself, and be normally dwell for them.

Knowing that people also gamble for money in terms of betting for their favorite player same with online casino gaming. In as much as we all know tennis is a game that require a lot of stamina and thinking and strategy able to win the game. The game tennis has been around for many years. Tennis is played in some schools, and in order to play this active game, you need to follow the instruction and standard rules of the game. Need to know the basic facts about tennis and its equipment, materials to play the game like knowing the courts width or dimension which is about seventy-eight feet long and is twenty-seven feet wide for single play, or thirty-six feet wide for double play.

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Venus Williams Create A Straight-Set Win At French Open

Tennis superstar Venus Williams beat Patty Schnyder for the second time this month on clay, opening Sunday at the French Open with a 6- 3, 6-3 win, as holder Svetlana Kuznetsova pulled her clay game together to advance. With a lacy, black overlay giving it the illusion of being see-through, and bright red trim on the bodice, Venus Williams' corset-like get-up made her look as if she were ready to perform in a 19th century Parisian cancan chorus line. Her tennis game, a mix of power and niftier-than-usual footwork on this day, was very 21st century, and befitting a star of the show.

Venus Williams explained that her look was "about illusion," which, she noted, is "a lot of my motif this year" when it comes to clothes design. She also said she might not wear that particular dress again on court. Then again, perhaps she will. She's not sure. Either way, Venus Williams comes to a tournament with eight to 10 outfits, just in case the victories keep coming. 

Venus Williams, newly promoted back to second in the world, followed up her defeat of the veteran Swiss early this month in Rome. The American player overcame 21 unforced errors, breaking six times to make the difference. Kuznetsova steadied after losing the first three games to emerge with a face-saving first-round win, defeating Romanian Sorana Cirstea 6-3, 6-1.

The Russian sixth seed came to the court with just one clay victory this season from a sparse four matches. The seed advanced on her second match point against No. 34 Cirstea, a quarter-finalist a year ago. She will next play German Andrea Petkovic, a winner over Russian Elena Vesnina 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

"Definitely I was a little bit nervous in the start, and it was rough start for me, but I'm very happy about it," said the relieved Russian.

"I managed to come back and fight for every single game. It didn't matter if I was down 0-40 or 15-40, whatever was it. I was just playing as many balls back as I could. The first two matches are very important, so the second match is gonna be very hard mentally."

Venus Williams' only real problems came at the very end against Patty Schnyder, who fell to 0-11 against the American but certainly is no slouch, particularly on clay. The 31-year-old lefty from Switzerland has been a Grand Slam semifinalist, has been ranked No. 7, and leads active women in career clay-court victories.

She forced Venus Williams to fend off three break points in the final game, and also made her accumulate four match points before finally ending things with a forehand winner.

"It's just too tough to really play good, and then on top of that, to beat her," Patty Schnyder said. "She has a great answer to my lefty serve, she has the backhand down the line, which hurts me a lot, and she's a great mover."

That last part hasn't always been the case on clay, but the 29-year-old Williams had neither of her sometimes-bothersome knees wrapped Sunday. She covered the court quite well, both side-to-side and moving forward, which helped her win 12 of 14 points at the net.

It's part of a resurgence on the slow surface this season for Venus Williams: She is 13-2 on clay.

"Look at her results," Patty Schnyder said. "She's coming into the tournament playing good clay-court matches, winning clay-court matches."

And she's dressed for success, you might say.

And she plans a lengthy stay in Paris this time around, perhaps capped by a title.

"I always — goes without saying — believe I can win," said Venus Williams, whose biggest hitches Sunday were eight double-faults.

 

Venus Williams lost in the third round at each of the past three French Opens and only once has been beyond the quarterfinals in 13 previous trips: She lost to younger sister Serena in the 2002 final. Still, Venus' hitting partner, David Witt, said after Sunday's victory: "If she goes out there and is smart and plays smart tennis, I think she can win the tournament."

There are others who will have some say in that, of course, including defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, who also won in straight sets Sunday, and the top-ranked Serena, whose first-round match is Monday. Venus  Williams is back at No. 2 in the rankings for the first time since May 2003, and was not shy about saying she wants to bump her sister off the top spot.

"It feels good to be moving up the ranks. Obviously, when you get to 2, of course, the next dream is 1," Venus Williams said.

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Tennis Superstar Andy Roddick Wins At Sony Ericson Open Men's Final

Tennis Superstar Andy Roddick made the bihggest impact last Sunday. By his softest shots, he kept Tomas Berdych out of rhythm by hitting delicate backhands, loopy forehands and changeup first serves. Andy Roddick, with his second title at the Sony Ericsson Open.

There was no bafflement about the final result: Andy Roddick beat Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-4 to win the Sony Ericsson Open. Tomas Berdych is a big-hitting Czech who had knocked off three top 10 players on his way to the final -- Fernando Verdasco, Robin Soderling and, most notably, top-ranked Roger Federer. But eighth-ranked Andy Roddick unleashed his powerful and varied arsenal of serves last Sunday, never facing break point. He has been broken only twice in his past 75 games. He also mixed up the pace of his groundstrokes, keeping Tomas Berdych guessing.

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