The first time I watched Tomas Berdych play was in the fourth round of the US Open against Tommy Haas. He was only 18 then, but had already attracted some buzz for having knocked Roger Federer out of the Olympics in Greece just weeks earlier.

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In that first set alone, Berdych must have hit two-dozen winners, but it wasn’t enough. Haas squeaked out that first set and the big, lanky Czech went away after that.

Petra Kvitova
Country: Czech Republic
Birth Date: 8 March 1990
Birth Place: Bilovec, Czech Republic
Residence: Fulnek, Czech Republic
Height: 6 ft. 0 in. ( 1.83 metres )
Weight: 154 lbs. ( 70 kilos )
Plays: Left
Turned Pro: 2006

You can watch the Wimbledon 2010 Semifinal Live streaming online on BBC & ESPN3 Sites.

Scheduled kick off on Monday, June 21 leading up to the men’s final on Sunday, July 4, 2010.Top five men’s and women’s players at the Wimbledon 2010 are:

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The Wimbledon 2010 Championships will take place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom from Monday 21 June through to Sunday 4 July 2010. It will be the 124th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 2010. It has been indicated that Queen Elizabeth II will be attending on Thursday 24 June, 2010, the first time in more than 30 years.

Roger Federer and Serena Williams are the defending men’s and women’s champions

A star-studded lineup of tennis players and entertainers teamed up to kick off the 2009 Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day with a full afternoon of concerts, contests and games on Saturday.

USOpen 2009 Matt Cronin takes a look at the men’s first-round matches, including Roger Federer vs. Devin Britton, Rafael Nadal vs. Richard Gasquet, Andy Murray vs. Ernests Gulbis and more Here.

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The 56-player draw affords first-round byes to the Top 8 seeds, of which Safina is naturally No.1. The 23-year-old Russian arrives straight from Portoroz in Slovenia where she won her third title of the year with a marathon three-hour victory over Sara Errani, and as the defending champion in Los Angeles, this is where her summer defense of the top ranking gets serious.

Singles – Second Round
(2) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Peng Shuai (CHN) 36 63 76(6)
(6) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. (WC) Vania King (USA) 64 46 61

Singles – First Round
(12) Li Na (CHN) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 60 20 ret. (GI illness)
(13) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Monica Niculescu (ROU) 61 62
(14) Zheng Jie (CHN) d. (Q) Olga Savchuk (UKR) 75 16 62
(17) Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. (Q) Kimiko Date Krumm (JPN) 76(5) 26 75
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. (Q) Melanie Oudin (USA) 67(3) 62 62
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. (WC) Michelle Larcher de Brito (POR) 64 75
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 75 75
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. Melinda Czink (HUN) 36 64 61
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. (Q) Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 46 63 61
Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. Julie Coin (FRA) 61 62

The in-form 22-year-old beat compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sunday to win her four WTA Tour title this year, and had been third seed for the $600,000 (326,849 pound) tournament in Beijing.

Safina hurt her back during the Japan event and her match against Kuznetsova had “worsened her injury a lot,” organisers said in a statement.

“After consideration, Safina chose to quit the China Open 2008,” the statement added.

The 2008 French Open finalist was among six of the world’s top 10 players to enter the tournament, although number one Serena Williams did not make the trip for the Beijing event that finishes on Sunday.

China Open women’s singles first round results from Beijing on Tuesday (prefix number denotes seeding, * new result) * Agnes Szavay (Hungary) beat Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan) 6-4 6-3 8-Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) beat Iveta Benesova (Czech Republic) 6-4 7-5 Alize Cornet (France) beat Zhang Shuai (China) 6-1 3-6 7-6(7) Alla Kudryavtseva (Russia) beat Peng Shuai (China) 7-5 6-4 Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand) beat Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) 6-4 7-5 Ai Sugiyama

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The top-ranked player won 6-4, 6-0, 6-4 on a clay court at the Las Ventas bullfighting arena, giving Spain an insurmountable lead in the best-of-five format.

Spain will play for the title against Argentina or Russia. The Argentines lead that semifinal 2-1 in Buenos Aires.

“It’s one of the nicest sensations you can experience in your career,” said Nadal, who dropped to his knees and pumped his fists after the victory.

Nadal said after the match he nearly didn’t play because an MRI scan Saturday showed a strained buttock muscle.

In the finale, Feliciano Lopez defeated Sam Querrey 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4) in a meaningless match to complete a 4-1 victory.
Nadal broke Roddick five times, saved all seven break points and served eight aces. He won on his sixth match point by slicing a backhand winner across court from deep behind the baseline.

Nadal, a master on clay and a four-time French Open champion, picked Roddick apart with an array of passing shots, ground strokes and serves before a boisterous crowd of nearly 21,000.

Roddick was blanked in a set for the first time in 22 Davis Cup series. Nadal also beat Roddick in the 2004 final at Seville to help Spain capture its second Davis Cup title.

“I don’t think you could draw up a tougher scenario than playing Nadal away in front of this crowd,” Roddick said.

Roddick, a former U.S. Open champion, fell to 0-5 in must-win Davis Cup matches and 0-4 against players ranked higher than he is. The 26-year-old American, known for his big serve, had only eight aces with four coming in the next-to-last game.

“He’s the best clay-courter of all time and I’m not that good of a clay-courter,” Roddick said. “He wasn’t leaving any balls short; he was kind of going for his shots.”

Roddick ventured to the net, but the strategy did not yield much against an opponent as savvy as Nadal.

“It was high risk, high reward,” he said. “I don’t think there was much of a chance for me to sit back and trade punches with him from the baseline.”

Nadal and David Ferrer led Spain’s sweep of opening singles Friday. The U.S., a 32-time Davis Cup champion, earned its point from Saturday’s doubles victory by Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan.

Nadal, who has only lost twice in his past 117 clay matches, first troubled Roddick in the fifth game of the first set, but the American saved that double-break chance.

The Spaniard set up a triple-break chance in the eighth game with a backhand passing shot after a volley exchange. He then hit a forehand down the line to break for a 4-3 lead. The crowd became charged up after Nadal rolled on the clay in vain to reach a drop shot.

In the 10th game, Roddick had a double-break chance after Nadal hit long. Roddick flubbed the first one before Nadal delivered a forehand slam at the net, then closed things out with his third ace.
Roddick was exasperated after a 12-shot rally in the third game of the second set finished when Nadal hit a backhand into the corner. A return winner set up a double-break chance, which Nadal converted with a backhand.

Roddick had another break chance in the sixth game thanks to a well-crafted drop shot, but Nadal caught the American going the other way with a volley. Nadal closed the second set as he did the first—with an ace.

Roddick finally won a game to open the third set and then set up a triple-break chance in the second game. But Nadal hit a winner before Roddick sent two shots down the line wide. He let out a roar as Nadal saved again.

Roddick won about half as many first-serve points as Nadal, and was soon down 2-1 after hitting out to drop serve.

U.S. captain Patrick McEnroe offered only a chuckle to Roddick during the changeover with the American trailing 3-2 and the crowd chanting Roddick’s name.

Nadal was unable to break Roddick one last time in the ninth game. The American saved five match points before Nadal eventually clinched the victory.