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Tomas Berdych has swept Novak Djokovic in straight sets at Wimbledon to reach his first Grand Slam final.
The 12th-seeded Czech, who upset six-time champion Roger Federer in the quarterfinals, kept up his sparkling run with a 6-3, 7-6 (9), 6-3 win Friday over the third-ranked Serb on Centre Court.
Berdych’s opponent in Sunday’s final will be the winner of the second semifinal between Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray.
The 24-year-old Berdych is the first Czech to reach the men’s final at the All England Club since Ivan Lendl in 1987. The only Czech to win the men’s title was Jan Kodes in 1973.

Rafael Nadal has earned the benefit of the doubt. He is one of the world’s greatest players. He is coming off a French Open title. He is known as one of the more energetic players on tour. But Nadal’s actions at Wimbeldon yesterday left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth. During a five-set win, Nadal was scolded by the chair umpire for receiving coaching signals from the stands, he also called for a trainer four times during the five-set match. Nadal’s knees are in dire shape, without a doubt, and it is unlikely he was being coached during the macth. But just allowing the distractions to overtake the match is a problem in and of itself. If Nadal wants another Wimbeldon title, he needs to stay focused on his opponent, and nothing else.

Kim Sears dumped Andy Murray because he used to spend seven hours a day on his PlayStation 3.Pals have revealed that the 21-year-old blonde pulled the plug on their four-year romance because it “drove her mad”, reports The Sun.
One of them revealed the Wimbledon ace’s addiction to playing video Tennis and shoot-’em-ups like Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: “He would spend all his time glued to them. In the end she just got fed up with it. She wanted more out of the relationship.”After the split, student Kim is back with her parents.
A source said: “She felt she was playing second fiddle to it. There are a number of reasons for the break-up. But computer games did factor.”

Serena Williams was fined $10,000 on Sunday for her tirade against a line judge at the conclusion of her loss in the semifinals of the United States Open on Saturday, and may face more penalties, including a possible suspension from next year’s Open. Williams, who has already earned $455,000 for singles and doubles at this tournament, was fined $10,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct and $500 for racket abuse, which occurred earlier in the match, by the tournament referee, Brian Earley. The $10,000 was the maximum fine that could be levied on site. Additionally, the administrator for the Grand Slam Committee, Bill Babcock, has opened an investigation into the incident. If that investigation determines that Williams committed a major offense, she could be fined all the money she earned at the tournament and suspended. The Grand Slam administrator has jurisdiction to suspend a player from a Grand Slam event; it would most likely be the same event where the player committed the offense.
Williams approached the baseline judge and, while using profane language, held up a ball and said that the lineswoman was lucky Williams was not “shoving this ball down your throat.” Williams punctuated her outburst by waving her racket at the woman.
Serena was not seen Sunday, although Venus practiced Sunday with their father, Richard Williams, who declined to comment. Although she barely acknowledged any transgression Saturday, Serena released a statement Sunday. She did not apologize.
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Rafael Nadal losing to Robin Soderling on the Philippe Chatrier Stadium at Roland Garros has to be the biggest upset in the history of professional tennis. If anyone can think of a bigger one, please step forward. Nadal, the world No. 1, had never lost – ever – in the French Open. For four years the Spanish left hander had reigned supreme, seemingly untouchable on clay in a habitat he had made his own. A regal, commanding, invincible King of Clay. Soderling, an Orange Bowl winner in 2001, had never got past the third round here in five previous attempts. Until the Swede showed signs of improvement under Magnus Norman’s tutelage last year – climbing into the top twenty for the first time – he had suffered from a reputation of only being dangerous indoors. A volatile, frequently unpopular personality who had once mocked Nadal’s service action in one of their matches, Soderling had a temperament that was more likely to lose him matches than win him big ones against top stars. And just to make the whole thing so mind-blowingly unbelievable, Nadal had humiliated him 6-1, 6-0 at the ATP Masters Series in Rome just three weeks ago.
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Rafael Nadal held off Roger Federer in another momentum-swinging, five-set final to win the Australian Open on Sunday, keeping the Grand Slam singles record safe for now.
After coming through the longest match in the tournament’s history to reach the championship match, Nadal needed 4 hours, 23 minutes Sunday to win 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2.
Federer, who was trying to equal Pete Sampras’ 14 major titles, has lost to Nadal the last three times they’ve met in Grand Slam finals.
The 27-year-old Swiss star couldn’t hold back tears at the presentation.
Federer saved five break points while serving at 2-2 in the fourth set, then broke Nadal in the next game for a 4-2 edge.
He closed with a service winner to even it at two sets apiece.
Nadal broke Federer for a 3-1 lead and the clock ticked past midnight in the next game, taking the tournament into a third week.
Nadal have won five of the seven Grand Slam finals he’s played against Federer and is 13-6 overall against him.

It was total domination for the second-seeded Williams, who moved fluidly on the court and looked at ease in winning back-to-back majors, including the U.S. Open title in September.
“I absolutely, clearly, love playing here,” the 27-year-old Williams said. “You guys root for me so much. I don’t get that everywhere. So thank you so much.”
Williams becomes only the seventh woman with double-digit Grand Slam singles titles. She leads all active players and broke a tie with two greats of the game — 2009 Hall of Fame inductee Monica Seles and Maureen Connolly — who each won nine majors.
Justine Henin was the last to win back-to-back major singles titles, at the 2003 U.S. Open and 2004 Australian Open.
Williams’ near-perfect performance was in sharp contrast to No. 3 Safina, who was tight from the start. Later apologizing to the crowd for her performance, Safina said Williams was just too good, leaving her feeling like a ballboy.
In the first game, Safina double-faulted three times, including on break point. Williams ran off 18 of the last 20 points in the first set to finish in 22 minutes.
It was Williams’ second overwhelming victory in a final at Melbourne Park, where she kept alive her record of winning in odd-numbered years since 2003 for four titles. Coming into the 2007 tournament unseeded after being plagued by injuries the year before, she beat top-seeded Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-2.
It was Williams’ 20th overall Grand Slam title. She won her eighth women’s doubles crown with sister Venus on Friday and has two mixed-doubles championships.

Top-seeded Rafael Nadal has beaten fellow left-handed Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in the longest match in the history of the Australian Open.
Nadal beat Verdasco 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (1), 6-4 Friday and will try to prevent Roger Federer from winning his record-equaling 14th Grand Slam when the two meet Sunday in the final.
The semifinal Friday lasted 5 hours, 14 minutes, breaking the previous mark of 5:11 in a match between Boris Becker and Omar Camporese of Italy in 1991.

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Defending champion Novak Djokovic has moved into the third round of the Australian Open after shaking off a first-set challenge.
Frenchman Jeremy Chardy matched the third-ranked Djokovic shot for shot before wilting while trying to force a tiebreaker. Djokovic was particularly dominating on his serve in the 7-5, 6-1, 6-3 victory Wednesday, faltering only when he was broken at love while serving for the match at 5-2 in the third.
But he broke right back, finishing it off when Chardy netted a forehand on match point.

Roger Federer owns a dazzling array of shots, a keen court sense and a winning disposition.

He’s also got a pretty good set of ears. And he could hear what the tennis world was saying about him: At 27, his reign at the top was over.

“I was aware of it,” he said.

Whatever, that version of the vulnerable Federer was nowhere to be seen at center court Monday. Instead, the Roger of old returned, overwhelming Andy Murray 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 to win his fifth straight U.S. Open championship and 13th Grand Slam title.