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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Wimbledon: Sharapova and Kvitova reach Final

There are some strange swings of the main stadium on Thursday. In the semi-finals and the beginning of the experience shakiest women. Not the end of the game with a double fault does not deserve, while others do not. 
sharapova and kvitova


It seems, Sabine Lisicki for fear of Maria Sharapova, who reached the semi-final wild card early. Sharapova won the first successful 13 points two, down three games. She bungled her service is so bad it's 13 double faults. 


But back to defeat the waste Lisicki 6-4,6-3, and return the first time since 2004 at the All England Club final. 


"This is a lot of years, but it really feels great, said:" Maria Sharapova. "Today was not my best match race, so I am really happy to get through two sets." 


Sharapova will meet Petra Kvitova, who played nine ACE ball and dominate all of her ideas 6-1,3-6, 6-2 Victoria Azarenka in the victory. 


Kvitova, who lost the Wimbledon semifinals last year, was the first woman to achieve left-handed Seles in 1998 from a Grand Slam title at the French race. She can be left to the first player to win since 1990, when Martina Navratilova's Wimbledon champion - another Czech who is watching at Centre Court on Thursday - won her the title IX. 


"There are very few women left hand which is good, said:" Martina Navratilova. "For Petra, I think this is always the key to reducing the adverse playing the stripes, it is very streaky." 


There is no doubt who the favorite in Saturday: Maria Sharapova in her fifth final of a major; 21 years to Kvitova in her first. Sharapova, seeking her championship career, 24; Kvitova fifth to it. 


"Experience is an incredible asset," Sharapova said. 


Sharapova service in the first game, there are two double faults. Sharapova's significance in the future Lisicki a break point, but one thing ahead of the trailing her two 4-0. 


This is when things turn. Sharapova's serve hit the rule, she challenges the call, the replay review showed the ball hit the next service is good, try to delete a shot wound Lisicki navigation range. 


In the end of the day, Sharapova services held there, in the next game in the outbreak, and on its way up. 


It is in the semifinals, broke Kvitova 4-1 in the third set the first opportunity and saved two break points to go up. When she won Azarenka double fault of the match point. 


He admitted afterwards Kvitova, in recent times, such as two weeks ago, "I did not think, I can win," the Wimbledon champion. 


Azarenka begged different. 


"It can attack anyone, any day, because it has a very good game, said:" Azarenka. "This is true." 


Prince received FAMOUS FAN 
Golf great Jack Nicklaus, who sat in the cabin in the bowl this week, also spent time watching top-ranked doubles team Bob and Mike Bryan reached the doubles semi-final 6-4 6-3,6-4 victory over defending champion Jurgen Melzer to win and Philip Petzschner. 
"He came to our warm and 11:06 on the court, and for every ball, we played there, said:" Bob Bryan. "This is very interesting, because he had the crowd out of it." 


After the Prince - who played the Kansas City adventure - on Wednesday in the quarterfinals, Nicklaus deferred to Moscow on Thursday to watch the brothers play. 


Nicklaus, tennis courts, grass in his Florida home last weekend's doubles match, called the Prince.

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