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Serena Williams Captures Olympics Tennis Gold

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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By Parke Brewer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">LONDON — American tennis star Serena Williams captured the women’s singles gold medal Saturday at the London Olympics about one month after capturing the Wimbledon title on the same court.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On a sunny, windy day, Serena Williams came out with power and a vengeance, opening her match against Russian Maria Sharapova with a love game in which three of the four points came on blistering service aces.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She won the first nine games and coasted to a 6-0, 6-1 victory in barely over one hour to win her first individual Olympics gold medal.  It gives her the so-called “Golden Slam” for having won all four of the Grand Slam tennis tournaments (the Australian, French and U.S. Opens and Wimbledon), plus the Olympics.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">German Steffi Graf is the only other player to achieve the feat, doing it in 1988.  Williams is the only one to do it in both singles and doubles.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Williams had previously won Olympic doubles gold medals with older sister Venus in Sydney in 2000 and four years ago in Beijing.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Serena said this win was special. “I’ve always wanted to win a gold medal secretly, and I’ve always said, it doesn’t matter because I already have a gold medal and I really believe that, and I really felt that. But deep, deep, deep, deep down I wanted it in singles as well and I got it.  It’s an amazing feeling.  I can’t compare it.  I have them all, so it’s a great feeling," she said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sharapova said it is clear Serena has been playing with a lot of confidence. “After winning Wimbledon you’ve seen her level progress so much here over this tournament.  With every match she’s played she’s playing better, hitting harder, and so much power on the ball, even against the wind today, her shots were very powerful.  She’s done an incredible job of keeping that up," she said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Williams was so happy after her victory that she jumped in the air, and then performed a little jig at the side of the court. “I love to dance and I didn’t know what else to do I was so happy, and the next thing I know I started bouncing and moving and I didn’t plan it.  It just happened," she said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As the American flag was being raised during the playing of the national anthem at the medal ceremony, the wind blew it down.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When asked if she knew what happened, she said, “I just saw all these gusts of wind, and you see the flag flying and you’re like, ohhh.  It was probably flying to come hug me because the flag was so happy and it didn’t quite make it, but almost.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Winning the women’s tennis bronze medal was Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.  She beat Russian Maria Kirilenko (6-3, 6-4).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The United States also won the gold medal in men’s doubles Saturday, with twin brothers Mike and Bob Bryan defeating Frenchmen Michael Llodra and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6-4, 7-6).  The bronze went to Frenchmen Richard Gasquet and Julien Benneteau.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Serena and Venus Williams will play for the women’s doubles gold medal Sunday and home favorite Andy Murray, who upset Serbian star Novak Djokovic in the semifinals, will play world No. 1 Roger Federer of Switzerland for the men’s gold.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Federer will aim to do what Serena did by winning the Wimbledon title last month and the Olympic title this month at the All England Club. ---VOA News<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

Serena Williams Captures Olympics Tennis Gold

By Parke Brewer LONDON — American tennis star Serena Williams captured the women’s singles gold medal Saturday at the London Olympics abo...

Henrik Ekersund to Coach Indian Tennis Players

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</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">NEW DELHI<span class="apple-style-span"> (PIB) --- </span>Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has approved the appointment of  Henrik Ekersund coach from Sweden to train Indian Tennis players particularly juniors and sub juniors. He will also train the women’s doubles players who can combine with Sania Mirza in Olympics 2012. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The expertise of  Henrik, Ekersund will also be utilized for training under “Come and Play” Scheme of the Sports Authority of India and also for organizing Coaches’ Clinics for Indian Coaches. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> Henrik Ekersund has been the National coach of the Swedish Tennis Association, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Stockholm</st1:city></st1:place> and their Head coach for Boys under 14. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The term of contract of the coach would be upto 15th October, 2014. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Along with other facilities and perks, the foreign coach will be paid monthly salary of USD 8000/-.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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Henrik Ekersund to Coach Indian Tennis Players

NEW DELHI (PIB) --- Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has approved the appointment of Henrik Ekersund coach from Sweden to train Indi...

Djokovic Wins His 1st US Open

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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">   </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tennis-2012-Open-Calendar-Wall/dp/0789323737?ie=UTF8&tag=glob036-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Tennis: The 2012 US Open Calendar: 2012 Wall Calendar" height="320" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0789323737&tag=glob036-20" width="320" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=glob036-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0789323737" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />World's top tennis player Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his first U.S. Open title Monday evening after beating defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 in the men's final at Flushing Meadows in New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Djokovic, who produced a masterful display of tactics and precision in windy conditions at Arthur Ashe Stadium, took four sets and more than four hours to beat the same man who beat him in last year's final.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For Nadal, it was the sixth loss to the Serbian this year, all in finals, including at Wimbledon. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The match was originally scheduled for Sunday but was delayed due to heavy rain last week.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Meanwhile, American tennis player Serena Williams has escaped with a $2,000 fine for her angry rant during Sunday's U.S. Open women's final match against Australian Samantha Stosur.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">U.S. Tennis Association tournament director Brian Earley ruled Monday that Williams' verbal abuse of the Greek chair umpire Eva Asderaki, who oversaw her shocking loss to Stosur, was not a "major offense."   Earley said the fine was consistent with similar offenses at Grand Slam events.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Stosur had defeated tournament-favorite Williams in straight sets, pulling off one of the biggest upsets in U.S. Open history. The ninth-seeded Stosur needed just 73 minutes to beat Williams 6-2 6-3, becoming Australia's first woman to win a Grand Slam title in more than 30 years.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Williams, who was on the last day of a two-year probation over a similar incident during a semi-final match with Kim Clijsters at the 2009 U.S. Open, could have faced a more severe penalty.  Two years ago, Williams was handed a fine of $82,500 and a suspension for the expletive-laden verbal abuse of a lineswoman.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Williams unleashed her latest tantrum after being penalized for shouting "Come on!" after hitting what she thought was a game-winning shot.  The umpire determined that Williams had committed "verbal hindrance," intentionally interfering with Stosur's game.  Williams proceeded to shout at the umpire, calling her a "hater" and "unattractive inside."</span></div></div>

Djokovic Wins His 1st US Open

World's top tennis player Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his first U.S. Open title Monday evening after beating defending champion ...

Djokovic beats Nadal to win Wimbledon title

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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">The victory was the Serb’s 50th win in 51 matches. It was also his fifth win over Nadal this year.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">Djokovic, the first Serb to win Wimbledon, is now the new men’s world number one.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">"It's really hard to describe this with any words except as the best day of my life, the most special day of my life," he said<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">This is his third Grand Slam title after two Australian Open victories.</span></i></div>

Djokovic beats Nadal to win Wimbledon title

MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) Serbia 's Novak Djokovic won his first Wimbledon title with a 6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3 win over Rafael Nadal on Sunday. ...

Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova Wins Wimbledon Women’s Title

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmett_hume/3901773989/" title="Petra Kvitova by emmett.hume, on Flickr"><img alt="Petra Kvitova" height="279" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3461/3901773989_47be329a11.jpg" width="320" /></a><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The <st1:placename w:st="on">Czech</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Republic</st1:placetype>'s <st1:city w:st="on">Petra</st1:city> Kvitova stunned the tennis world Saturday, defeating favored Russian Maria Sharapova to win the <st1:place w:st="on">Wimbledon</st1:place> women's title.</span></i><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Kvitova, a tall lefthander playing in her first Grand Slam singles final, dominated the match Saturday at the All England Club in London, winning in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Some tennis analysts had expected Sharapova, the world's fourth-ranked player and the 2004 <st1:place w:st="on">Wimbledon</st1:place> champion, to notch her fourth Grand Slam title. But it was the 21-year-old Kvitova, ranked eighth in the world, who ascended from her semi-final finish at <st1:place w:st="on">Wimbledon</st1:place> last year to the title.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br />
</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Kvitova's groundstrokes often caught Sharapova leaning the wrong way. Sharapova had six double faults in the match and won just 27 percent of her second serves.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br />
</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As a youth, Kvitova idolized Czech tennis great Martina Navratilova, the last lefthander to win at <st1:place w:st="on">Wimbledon</st1:place> in 1990. Navratilova watched Saturday's match from the Royal Box along with another former singles champion from the Czech Republic, Jana Novotna.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br />
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Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova Wins Wimbledon Women’s Title

The Czech Republic 's Petra Kvitova stunned the tennis world Saturday, defeating favored Russian Maria Sharapova to win the Wimbl...

Williams Sisters Eliminated in the Fourth Round of Wimbledon

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Wimbledon: Day 4 highlights

Wimbledon: Day 4 highlights

Wimbledon Begins

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirnIQaDtpX1RDJDNfWIwLcxaz51SEIk_NZUinqcbNH2TsXBzSgrHpdCXeJsGezVBEB6m1v8q8AqnbOC5V69GkToqkwpGUQ9e0z7zdaplhu7k11vnnOGIyhEORgNPStUaH0Aurx1KKpuZM/s1600/wimbledon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirnIQaDtpX1RDJDNfWIwLcxaz51SEIk_NZUinqcbNH2TsXBzSgrHpdCXeJsGezVBEB6m1v8q8AqnbOC5V69GkToqkwpGUQ9e0z7zdaplhu7k11vnnOGIyhEORgNPStUaH0Aurx1KKpuZM/s1600/wimbledon.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Wimbledon, the world's oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament, began in London today. The All England Lawn Tennis Club is hosting the championship for the 125th time, since the first tournament which was held in 1877.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Men's defending champion is Spain's Rafael Nadal. In the Women's section, defending singles champion American Serena Williams is trying to achieve a hat-trick after winning the titles in 2009 and 2010. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">India's Sania Mirza will begin her campaign in the women's singles tomorrow.</span> <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;">(NewsonAIR)</span></i></b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

Wimbledon Begins

Wimbledon, the world's oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament, began in London today. The All England Lawn Tennis Club is hostin...

Rafael Nadal wins Men's Singles title of French Open

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0-bRmUoT7LyB8IXTz5ohWpoF0uKxqID13kIyxyVqKLWOYM9VuhTv0zLbM3CcCNyZC3O7OWTuIsvmvT5X_Aho_2LWnyG54VXD8sHYEl13ybnmOvLWPFG0GXPIU2qSdl4hWzemsN9Az7g/s1600/nadal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0-bRmUoT7LyB8IXTz5ohWpoF0uKxqID13kIyxyVqKLWOYM9VuhTv0zLbM3CcCNyZC3O7OWTuIsvmvT5X_Aho_2LWnyG54VXD8sHYEl13ybnmOvLWPFG0GXPIU2qSdl4hWzemsN9Az7g/s1600/nadal.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">World number one Rafael Nadal won the Men's Singles title of the French Open Tennis Championships beating Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6, 5-7, 6-1 in Paris on Sunday. It was his 10th Grand Slam crown and he also equaled Bjorn Borg's record of six French Open titles. Top seed Nadal, who was also champion in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010, took his overall Paris record to 45 wins against just one defeat. The victory also meant he hangs on to his world number one spot.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">News on AIR</span></b></i></span></div></div>

Rafael Nadal wins Men's Singles title of French Open

World number one Rafael Nadal won the Men's Singles title of the French Open Tennis Championships beating Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6, 5-7, 6...