Liezel Huber and Bob Bryan beat Vania King and Marcelo Melo 5-7, 7-6 (5), 10-7 to win the French Open mixed doubles championship.
Look at Huber's face. Haha... she doesn't look so comfortable in the beginning...
The title is Bryan’s second consecutive in mixed doubles at the French Open and his sixth Grand Slam mixed doubles title overall—each with a different partner.“It’s gotten better and better each time,” he said.
But she began to feel comfortable and they started teasing each other...
... then she touched his face...
Bryan also has won seven men’s doubles major championships with twin brother Mike. They lost in the semifinals at Roland Garros earlier Thursday to Wesley Moodie of South Africa and Dick Norman of Belgium.“This was a way for me to feel good, you know, to leave here with a win, leave here with a trophy, big title and a Grand Slam,” Bryan said.
... and as they walked, he put his arm on her shoulder...
... all's well ends well, and it ended with a kiss.
For Huber, it’s her first mixed doubles Grand Slam title. She has won four women’s doubles major championships. “I’m so grateful for playing with Bob,” she said.
“I truly think we wouldn’t have won this title without him.”
(Via AP, Images by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
Oh, dear! The Australian Open is facing another blow when Qantas decided to join GE Money, Garnier and MasterCard who ended their sponsorship for the Happy Slam.
Even though the tournament is expected to announce several new partnership deals, the Qantas deal which was heavily linked to ticketing and travel-related arrangements than cash, was said to bring the total value of recently lost sponsorships to AU$10 million!
Tennis Australia declined to comment, and Qantas spokesman also reluctant to discuss whether the end of the sponsorship was related solely to the global economic crisis.
(Via theage.com.au)
Who will play in the French Open final?
I'm kind of bored (not sick yet though) with all these talks about Roger Federer achieving a career Grand Slam, tying Pete Sampras all-time record of 14 major titles and being the people's choice."I feel it since a few years now, to be honest with you," Federer said.
"But this year even more extreme."
"When I walk on the streets or drive in the transportation or I go for dinner, everybody is like, 'This is your year. You've got to do it.' They're screaming from their scooters and out of the car. They even get out at the red lights and want me to sign an autograph or take a picture."
"It's quite incredible this last couple of weeks."
Alright maybe I'm saying that because I'm a Rafatard.
Or maybe I just want people to stop talking about it.
We all know very well that Federer has his best ever chance of winning the French Open, the only Grand Slam which is missing from his resume.
Hopefully Juan Martin del Potro will surprise us tomorrow, or at least put up a good fight against his idol.
In another semifinal, Fernando Gonzalez will face off with Robin Soderling,
I'm glad that Gonzalez is confident about his chance in the final. He said, "This is a big moment in my career and I want to make the most of it. I want to think I'm a favourite because I feel fit to win my next match, and that is what I want to focus on."
(Image via BBC Sport/Getty Images)
Well done to Rafael Nadal for setting up a tennis school at the Anantapur Sports Village (ASV) in the southern Andhra Pradesh town.
This announcement was made recently by his mother Ana Maria Parera, who is the President of the Fundacion Rafa Nadal.
"We don’t want mega projects, but to keep our feet on the ground and do our bit,” she said of the venture, work on which will begin in September.
Nadal Tennis School is a collaboration with Fundacion Vincente Ferrer (FVF), the Spanish arm of the Rural Development Trust (RDT), an Anantapur-based NGO.
Four international class clay courts are to come up by New Year day while the academy is expected to become functional by June next year.
"There have been 135 registrations so far for admission to the academy, which will be restricted to children above eight years” said Moncho Ferrer, Associate Programme Director of RDT.
"The facility will host District, State and National-level tournaments."
"Training will be year-long as also monitoring of the progress by the academy’s inmates," he added.
The magnificent Mallorcan’s well-known fondness for children prompted him to embark on this project, Ana Maria Parera said.
Equal emphasis will be laid on education in the scheme, which it is hoped, will become residential over time.“It is easier to teach a child through sport than without it, because children are real sponges and learn faster when having fun,” she reasoned.
(Via hindu.com)
Look at Huber's face. Haha... she doesn't look so comfortable in the beginning...
But she began to feel comfortable and they started teasing each other...
... then she touched his face...
... and as they walked, he put his arm on her shoulder...
... all's well ends well, and it ended with a kiss.
