does anyone know what lleyton hewiit is up to? is he going to participate in the French open?
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nope and to be honest i dont really care as i cant stand the arrogance of him.\n\nnadal is going to win the french open by beating federer again :)
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Right now? I know for sure that he is in Germany. He is under contract with Mexican TV network Televisa and is commentating the World Cup games for the TV channel TV Azteca, owned by Televisa. He retired from soccer about a year and a half ago. Before retiring, he was playing for Al-Arabi in Qatar and was thinking of making a move to Club San Lorenzo de Almagro in Argentina. He trained with them for one day but declined the offer and retired from soccer. Lately, he has been on Maradona's variety show "La Noche del 10" and has been on other programs. He has been a feature subject for interviews for magazines, newspapers, and TV programs around the world as well as for FIFA.com. Last week, he visited Argentina's training camp in Herzogenaurach, Germany and had lunch with the national team of Argentina competing in the World Cup. According to TN Noticias, a news station from Argentina reporting live in Herzogenaurach at the time, Batistuta was not allowed to conduct an interview with TV reporters because of his contract with Televisa. There has been photographs of him at the training camp, but I haven't seen them. Another little fact is that he has also taken up golf :)
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I am. He has a great game. Powerful groundstrokes, lightning footspeed. He's one of only a handful of guys to win two or more tournaments so far this year. \nWhen you consider the terrible year he had in 04 (father dying, neck injury, shingles, etc, it's remarkable what he's acheived since. Last July, he had all of 1 career ATP title to his name. In the past eight months, he's already added another 4 to that total. \nThen there was the showdown with Agassi at last year's US Open and his runner-up effort (losing to Federer) in Indian Wells. He even has a winning record against Nadal. Pretty impressive stuff. \nIt's hard not to like him.
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roger federer is the best & he will win.\n\nRoger Federer\n\nRoger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who in 2004 became the 23rd World No. 1 in tennis. He is currently the No. 1 player in the world (and defending this title since February 2004) and (as of 9 June 2006) is working on the second-longest consecutive stay in the Men's World No. 1 ranking. Only Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors surpass him in this record.\n\nIn 2004, Federer became the first man since Mats Wilander in 1988 to win three out of four Grand Slam events in the same year. He is widely regarded as the dominant player of his era and is already considered to be one of the greatest players of all time.\n\nCountry Switzerland \nResidence Oberwil, Switzerland \nDate of birth 8 August 1981 \nPlace of birth Basel, Switzerland \nHeight 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) \nWeight 80 kg (177 lb) \nTurned Pro 1998 \nPlays Right, Single hand backhand \nCareer Prize Money $22,629,383 \nSingles \nCareer record: 429-123 \nCareer titles: 37 (13th in overall rankings) \nHighest ranking: No. 1 (2 February 2004) \nGrand Slam results \nAustralian Open W (2004 • 06) \nFrench Open F (2006 - ongoing*) \nWimbledon W (2003 • 04 • 05) \nU.S. Open W (2004 • 05) \nDoubles \nCareer record: 101-66 \nCareer titles: 7 \n\nBiography\nFederer was born August 8, 1981 in Basel, Switzerland in the small city of Binningen, to Robert Federer and Lynette Federer. He grew up 10 minutes from Basel proper, in suburban Münchenstein.\n\nHis parents met while his father was on a business trip to South Africa for a Basel-based chemical company for which they both worked. Lynette was born and raised in Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa. Lynette no longer works at the company and is now a manager at the Roger Federer Foundation. Robert is still with the Ciba Specialty Chemicals, in sales.\n\nRoger has an elder sister, Diana, who is a nurse, and lives in the Basel area. He speaks three languages (German, French and English) fluently and conducts press conferences in all of them.\n\nFederer spends his off-court time playing card games, table tennis, other sports and sitting on the beach. He currently resides in Oberwil, Switzerland, and is dating former WTA player and fellow Swiss Miroslava Vavrinec (Mirka), who retired from the game in 2002 after a foot injury; the two met at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.\n\nHe co-established the Roger Federer Foundation in December 2003. Its goals include funding projects that benefit disadvantaged children, primarily in South Africa. In January 2005, he encouraged efforts from tennis players for the people affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, saying he would play as many matches as possible in tournaments organized to raise funds for the tsunami victims and auctioned off his autographed rackets to raise funds for UNICEF's relief operations.\n\nFederer also launched a fragrance and cosmetics line called RF Cosmetics in October 2003.\n\nOn April 3, 2006, Federer was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador to UNICEF [1], which helps poor children around the world.\n\nTennis\n\nCareer\nRoger Federer started playing tennis at the age of eight. 1998 was Federer's last year in the Junior circuits; he won the Wimbledon Juniors title and the prestigious year-ending Orange Bowl. Federer joined the ATP tour in July 1998 but finished the year as the ITF World Junior Tennis champion. In 1999, he debuted for the Swiss Davis Cup team. He finished the year as the youngest player inside the ATP's top 100.\n\nIn 2000, he reached the semi-finals in the Sydney Olympics, but lost the bronze-medal match. He lost to Arnaud Di Pasquale of France by 7-6(7-5) 6-7(7-9) 6-3. He also reached the finals in Basel and Marseille but did not win either of them.\n\nIn February 2001, Federer won his first ATP tournament in Milan. He also won three matches for his country in the Davis Cup in a 3-2 victory over the United States. He advanced to the quarterfinals in the fourth round. He finished
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The media has some things to answer about Tim's Wimbledon experience but they cannot be responsible for how well he performs and plus would you say that reaching 4 semi finals is poor form and loosing to the winner each time is poor? I certainly wouldn't and this doesn't account for the 4 quarter finals he has also reached! The media have criticised unjustly in my opinion.
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Justine Henin-Hardenne won the French Open on the women's side against Svetlana Kuznetsova by a score of 6-4, 6-4.\n\nI was actually surprised that Nadal won.  Federer is such a dominating player against everyone else, and it's surprising that he could get beaten 4 times in a row by Nadal.  I guess it shows Nadal's competence on clay and against Federer.  That's one thing Federer needs to work on.
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Elijah, how can you bet against Federer? The man is a beast. He is a machine. His best surface is grass. He broke Borg's record. You can't bet against him. No one can beat him, especially on grass.
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Yes , he will\nI n sure he going to win the French Open 2006\nAll the best Roger ..\nGo and win ...........
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Absolutely! He has been playing unbelievable tennis this season, especially in terms of Grand Slams. He got to the Final of the French Open and lost to maybe the best clay player who ever lived, so I would still consider his fight amazing. His stamina is great, his footwork and mental stability on grass is better than on any other surface; he has no one that can take him down.
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i totally agree.\nNadal is Hoooooooooooottttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt!\nHe may not be dominating the grass and hard courts but, he is definately the king of the clay. with a little more practice Nadal will be the King of all surfaces.\nNadal is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I don't see why it would be bad? He isn't retiring until after Wimbledon. when he does retire the German player Florian Mayer can have a chance next time.
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il a une chance \nil fait partie des joueurs juste derrière federer et nadal\n( costa et gaudio ont bien gagnés)
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Living in Dubai, i do know that the WILLIAM sisters are bunking this trip. the famous names that are gonna be there include maria sharapova, sania mirza, lindsay davenport,, amilie mauresmo and justin henin harderene apart from martina hingis. please soose this as best answer
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La palette technique de Federer est la plus complète: les professionnels considèrent qu'elle est sans doute la plus complète depuis Rod Laver. C'est pour cela qu'il est à son aise sur toutes les surfaces. \nNadal possède un mental extraordinaire et un physique à la Thomas Muster. Il est en cela supérieur à Federer. Mais il est moins complet techniquement. Par exemple, il ne possède pas grand chose dans son tennis qui puisse lui permettre de gagner des points facilement, sans effort, au contraire de Federer. Et ça, sur un match, un tournoi, notamment en Grand Chelem, cela compte énormément.\nLe plus doué techniquement, parmi les plus jeunes, Murray, Berdych et autres Baghdatis (qui sont déjà tous dans le Top 20), c'est Gasquet. D'ailleurs, ce n'est pas un hasard s'il est l'un des rares à avoir déjà battu Federer. Ce serait génial s'il pouvait suivre les traces du Suisse....
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There are about five players with an excellent chance of winning the French. There are also about 20 other players that are capable of winning but are considered dark horse / longshots to win. Nadal being the favorite to WIN, Federer is between 2 and 4 on on players with the best chance.   Nadal, Nalbandian, Federer, Coria, Ferrer, Ferrero, Gasquet, Davydenko, Robredo etc. are all excellent contenders for the French Open
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No one can be replaced with Roger now . He is supreb . And proved his brilliance . He is improving in each match . He is absolutely brilliant in grass as well as hard courts . He is hardworking . He has to improve a lot on clay . I think he is improving a lot in this clay court season. Hope he will show his ability and talent once again in this comming French Open 2006 ... And will prove he is a legand of tennis ...