Friday, May 20, 2011

MARIA SHARAPOVA - GLAMOUR OF TENNIS.


Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (born April 19, 1987) is a former World No. 1 Russian professional tennis player. Sharapova has won 23 WTA singles titles, including 3 Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open. She has also won the year-end invitational WTA Tour Championships in 2004.


The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her World No. 1 in singles on 4 separate occasions. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on Aug 22, 2005 and last regained this ranking for the fourth time on May 19, 2008. She is currently ranked World No. 7.



Friday, January 28, 2011

Na Li's strategy to win in the Australian Open 2011.



Na Li born February 26, 1982 in Wuhan, Hubei, is a Chinese professional tennis player. As of October 11, 2010, she is currently ranked at No. 7 in the WTA singles rankings. Li achieved her highest ranking of No. 7 on January 27, 2011 making her the highest ranked Chinese player. She has won 4 WTA and 19 ITF titles and was the 2010 Australian Open Semi-finalist along with Chinese compatriot Zheng Jie.She has also been through to the Quarter-Finals at Wimbledon (2006, 2010) and at the US Open (2009). At the 2011 Australian Open, Li Na became the first player from China and Asia to make a Grand Slam final.


Li was the 9th seed at the 2011 Australian Open. She defeated Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson in the first round 6-1 7-5, Russia's Evgeniya Rodina in the second round 6-3 6-2 and Czech Barbora Zahlavova Strycova in the third round 6-2 6-1. She advanced to the Quarter Finals after defeating the 8th seed, and world number 9, Belarus' Victoria Azarenka 6-3 6-3. She faced Germany's Andrea Petkovic in the quarterfinal, where she won 6-2, 6-4. For the second consecutive year Li reached the semifinals of the Australian Open. In the semi final she won against world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki to reach her first Grand Slam final after saving a match point in the second set, 3-6 7-5 6-3, also becoming the first Chinese female and Oriental Asian female to reach a Grand Slam Singles Final. She will face the No. 3 seed, Kim Clijsters, in the finals. She guaranteed herself a career-high 7th ranking, and will become the 5th if she wins the title.

Opening tricks for chess

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