Men's World Cup Tennis 2012: Championship Match

SPAIN - 5
Rafael Nadal
David Ferrer
Nicolas Almagro

vs.

SWITZERLAND - 0
Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka
Marco Chiudinelli

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Spain is first into 5 wins (5-0) and wins the 2012 Men's World Cup Tennis. 

GOLD: SPAIN
SILVER: SWITZERLAND
BRONZE: SERBIA
4th: France

Men's World Cup Tennis 2012: Bronze Medal Match

FRANCE - 3
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Richard Gasquet
Gilles Simon

vs.  

SERBIA - 5
Novak Djokovic
Janko Tipsarevic
Viktor Troicki

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Serbia is first into 5 wins (5-3) and wins the bronze medal.

Men's World Cup Tennis 2012: Semifinal 2 - Switzerland vs. Serbia

SWITZERLAND - 5
Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka
Marco Chiudinelli

vs.

SERBIA - 2
Novak Djokovic
Janko Tipsarevic
Viktor Troicki 

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Switzerland is first into 5 wins (5-2) and goes to the finals.

Men's World Cup Tennis 2012: Semifinal 1 - Spain vs. France

SPAIN - 5
Rafael Nadal
David Ferrer
Nicolas Almagro

vs.

FRANCE - 2
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Richard Gasquet
Gilles Simon

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Spain is first into 5 wins (5-2) and goes to the finals.

Men's World Cup Tennis 2012: Quarterfinal 4 - USA vs. Serbia

USA - 2
John Isner
Sam Querrey
Mardy Fish

vs.

SERBIA - 5
Novak Djokovic
Janko Tipsarevic
Viktor Troicki

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Serbia is first into 5 wins (5-2) and goes to the semifinals.

Men's World Cup Tennis 2012: Quarterfinal 3 - Switzerland vs. Italy

SWITZERLAND - 5
Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka
Marco Chiudinelli

vs.

ITALY - 0
Andreas Seppi
Fabio Fognini
Paolo Lorenzi

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Switzerland is first into 5 wins (5-0) and goes to the semifinals.

Men's World Cup Tennis 2012: Quarterfinal 2 - France vs. Russia

FRANCE - 5
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Richard Gasquet
Gilles Simon

vs.

RUSSIA - 2
Mikhail Youzhny
Nikolay Davydenko
Andrey Kuznetsov

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France is first into 5 wins (5-2) and goes to the semifinals.

Men's World Cup Tennis 2012: Quarterfinal 1 - Spain vs. Argentina

SPAIN - 5
Rafael Nadal
David Ferrer
Nicolas Almagro

vs

ARGENTINA - 1
Juan Martin del Potro
Juan Monaco
Carlos Berlocq 

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Spain is first into 5 wins, 5-1 and gets to the semifinals.

Men's World Cup Tennis 2012: Group D Eliminations

Group D

USA - 9- 5 - 8 = 22 wins
John Isner
Sam Querrey
Mardy Fish

ITALY- 6 - 8 - 1 = 15 wins
Andreas Seppi
Fabio Fognini
Paolo Lorenzi 

AUSTRALIA - 3 - 4 - 7 = 14 wins
Marinko Matosevic
Bernard Tomic
Lleyton Hewitt

SLOVENIA- 1 - 1 - 2 = 4 wins
Grega Zemlja
Aljaz Bedene
Blaz Kavcic 

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USA vs. Slovenia - 9 - 0 

Italy vs. Australia - 6 - 3

USA vs. Australia - 5 - 4

Italy vs. Slovenia - 8 - 1

Australia vs. Slovenia - 7 - 2

USA vs. Italy - 8 - 1

Men's World Cup Tennis 2012: Group C Eliminations

Group C

SERBIA - 7 - 4 - 6 = 17 wins
Novak Djokovic
Janko Tipsarevic
Victor Troicki

CZECH REPUBLIC- 4 - 7 - 3 = 14 wins
Tomas Berdych
Radek Stepanek
Lukas Rosol 

SWITZERLAND - 5 - 5 - 7 = 17 wins
Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka
Marco Chiudinelli

SLOVAKIA - 2 - 2 - 2 = 6 wins
Martin Klizan
Lukas Lacko
Karol Beck 

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Serbia vs. Slovakia -  7 - 2

Czech Republic vs. Switzerland - 4 - 5

Serbia vs. Switzerland - 4 - 5

Czech Republic vs. Slovakia - 7 - 2

Switzerland vs. Slovakia - 7 - 2

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Switzerland and Serbia go through to the quarterfinals.

Serbia vs. Czech Republic - 6 - 3

Men's World Cup Tennis 2012: Groub B Eliminations

 GROUP B

FRANCE - 7 - 8 - 6 = 21 wins
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Richard Gasquet
Gilles Simon

ARGENTINA - 8 - 8 - 3 = 19 wins
Juan Martin del Potro
Juan Monaco
Carlos Berlocq 

JAPAN - 1 - 1 - 8 = 10 wins
Kei Nishikori
Go Soeda
Tatsuma Ito 


BELGIUM - 2 - 1 - 1 = 4 wins
David Goffin
Xavier Malisse
Steve Darcis 

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France vs. Belgium - 7 - 2

Argentina vs. Japan - 8 - 1

France vs. Japan - 8 - 1

Argentina vs. Belgium - 8 - 1

Japan vs. Belgium - 8 - 1

France vs. Argentina - 6 - 3

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France and Argentina proceed to the quarterfinals.

Men's World Cup Tennis 2012: Group A Eliminations

Group A

SPAIN - 8 - 5 - 8 = 21 wins
Rafael Nadal
David Ferrer
Nicolas Almagro

GERMANY- 5 - 6 - 1 = 12 wins
Tommy Haas
Florian Mayer 
Philipp Kohlschreiber


RUSSIA - 4 - 4 - 6 = 14 wins
Mikhail Youzhny
Nikolay Davydenko
Andrey Kuznetsov

CROATIA - 1 - 3 - 3 = 7 wins
Marin Cilic
Ivan Dodig
Ivo Karlovic


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Spain vs. Croatia -8 - 1

Germany vs. Russia - 5 - 4

Spain vs. Russia - 5 -4

Germany vs. Croatia - 6 - 3

Russia vs. Croatia - 6 - 3

Spain vs. Germany - 8 - 1

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Spain and Russia are going to the quarterfinals. 

Women's World Cup Tennis 2012: Championship Match - Russia vs. United States

RUSSIA - 2

Maria Sharapova
Nadezda Petrova
Maria Kirilenko

vs.

USA - 5

Serena Williams
Varvara Lepchenko
Venus Williams

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USA is the Women's World Cup Tennis Champion for 2012.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2012: Bronze Medal Match - Germany vs. Czech Republic

GERMANY - 5

Angelique Kerber
Julia Goerges
Sabine Lisicki

vs.

CZECH REPUBLIC - 2

Petra Kvitova
Lucie Safarova
Klara Zakopalova

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Germany wins the bronze medal, reaching 5-2.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2012: Semifinal 2 - United States vs. Czech Republic

USA - 5

Serena Williams
Varvara Lepchenko
Venus Williams

vs.

CZECH REPUBLIC - 1

Petra Kvitova
Lucie Safarova
Klara Zakopalova

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USA goes to the finals with a 5-1 win over the Czech Republic.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2012: Semifinal 1 - Russia vs. Germany

RUSSIA - 5

Maria Sharapova
Nadezda Petrova
Maria Kirilenko

vs.  

GERMANY - 2

Angelique Kerber
Julia Goerges
Sabine Lisicki

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Russia goes to the finals with a 5-2 win over Germany.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2012 Quarterfinal 4 - Czech Republic vs. China

CZECH REPUBLIC - 3 - 2 - 3 = 8 wins

Petra Kvitova
Lucie Safarova
Klara Zakopalova

vs.

CHINA - 0 - 1 - 0 = 1 win

Li Na
Zheng Jie
Peng Shuai

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The Czech Republic goes to the semi-finals.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2012 Quarterfinal 3 - United States vs. Serbia

USA - 3 - 3 - 1 = 7 wins

Serena Williams
Varvara Lepchenko
Venus Williams

vs.

SERBIA - 0 - 0 - 2 = 2 wins

Jelena Jankovic
Ana Ivanovic
Bojana Jovanovski

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USA goes to the semi-finals.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2012 Quarterfinal 2 - Slovakia vs. Germany

SLOVAKIA - 3 - 1 - 0 = 4 wins

Dominika Cibulkova
Daniela Hantuchova
Magdalena Rybarikova

vs.

GERMANY - 0 - 2 - 3 = 5 wins

Angelique Kerber
Julia Goerges
Sabine Lisicki

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Germany goes to the semi-finals.

Women

Women's World Cup Tennis 2012 Quarterfinal 1 - Russia vs. Italy

RUSSIA 3 - 1 - 1 = 5

Maria Sharapova
Nadezda Petrova
Maria Kirilenko

vs.

ITALY - 0 - 2 - 2 = 4

Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
Francesca Schiavone

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Russia goes to the semi-finals.

Women's World Cup 2012 Group D Eliminations

GROUP D

ITALY - 8 - 6 - 3 = 17 wins

Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
Francesca Schiavone 

SLOVAKIA- 6 - 7 - 6 = 19 wins

Dominika Cibulkova
Daniela Hantuchova
Magdalena Rybarikova

POLAND - 3 - 3 - 6 = 12 wins

Agnieszka Radwanska
Urszula Radwanska
Sandra Zaniewska

GREAT BRITAIN - 1 - 2 - 3 = 6 wins

Heather Watson
Laura Robson
Anne Keothavong 

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Italy vs. Great Britain - 8 - 1


Slovakia vs. Poland - 6 - 3

Italy vs. Poland - 6 - 3

Slovakia vs. Great Britain - 7 - 2

Poland vs. Great Britain - 6 - 3

Italy vs. Slovakia - 3 - 6

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Slovakia and Italy go to the quarterfinals.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2012 Group C Eliminations

GROUP C

CZECH REPUBLIC - 8 - 7 - 5 = 20 wins

Petra Kvitova
Lucie Safarova
Klara Zakopalova

SERBIA- 7 - 7 - 4 wins = 18 wins

Ana Ivanovic
Jelena Jankovic
Bojana Jovanovski

SPAIN - 2 - 2 - 6 = 10 wins

Carla Suarez Navarro
Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Anabel Medina Garrigues 

CHINESE-TAIPEI  - 1 - 2 - 3 = 6 wins


Su Wei Hsieh
Kai-Chen Chang
Yung Jan Chan

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Czech Republic vs. Chinese-Taipei -  8 - 1

Serbia vs. Spain - 7 - 2

Czech Republic vs. Spain - 7 - 2

Serbia vs. Chinese-Taipei - 7 - 2

Spain vs. Chinese-Taipei -6 - 3

Czech Republic vs. Serbia - 5 - 4

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Czech Republic and Serbia goes to the quarterfinals.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2012 Group A Eliminations

Here are the results for the round robin eliminations for Group A in this year's Women's World Cup 2012 -

RUSSIA- 9 - 5 - 6 = 20 wins

Maria Sharapova
Nadia Petrova
Maria Kirilenko

GERMANY- 6 - 7 - 3 = 16 wins

Angelique Kerber
Julia Goerges
Sabine Lisicki

FRANCE- 3 - 4 - 6 = 13 wins

Marion Bartoli
Alize Cornet
Pauline Parmentier 

KAZAKHSTAN- 0 - 2 - 3 = 5 wins

Yaroslava Shvedova
Galina Voskoboeva
Ksenia Pervak

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Russia vs. Kazakhstan - 9 - 0

Germany vs. France - 6 - 3

2012 Fantasy Mixed Doubles: Finals

Finals: 

Russia (Mikhail Youzhny, Maria Sharapova) vs USA (John Isner, Serena Williams)

(0-2, 9-2, 9-4)

USA (John Isner, Serena Williams) is the 2012 Fantasy Mixed Doubles Champion

Runner-up: RUSSIA

Rooting For Agi in 2013!

 

I haven't been cheering for any particular tennis player since Elena Dementieva retired a few years ago. This year though, I've been cheering for Agi Radwanska because I fell in love with the way she plays. Babaeng-babae talaga maglaro hehe kasi naman sila Serena maglaro, parang lalaki kalaban mo, hindi suave, demolition job talaga, pangit panoorin - but if you watch Agi, she plays like Martina Hingis, and with a little bit more confidence, she has the skills to defeat Serena and hopefully win her first Grand Slam in 2013. 

I am writing about her because I was shocked to find out that out of 65000 votes for favorite player voted by fans this year, she got around 28000 votes, making her the most popular female player! Akala ko ako lang ang nag-eenjoy na panoorin siya, marami pala kami hehe Elena Dementieva was also a consistent most favorite fan player of the year awardee!!

2012 Fantasy Mixed Doubles Tennis: Semifinals

Semifinal 1:

Russia (Mikhail Youzhny / Maria Sharapova) 

vs. 

Poland (Jerzy Janowicz / Agnieszka Radwanska)

(0-0, 7-2, 7-2) 3-0

Russia goes to the finals.

Semifinal 2:

USA (John Isner / Serena Williams)

vs.

Czech Republic (Tomas Berdych / Petra Kvitova)

(2, 2 ,3-0, 5-2) 2-1

USA goes to the finals.

2012 Fantasy Mixed Doubles Tennis: Group B Action

Here are the results for Group B -


GROUP B

CZECH REPUBLIC - 3-1-2
Tomas Berdych
Petra Kvitova

FRANCE - 1-2-1
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Marion Bartoli

RUSSIA - 2-2-3
Mikhail Youzhny
Maria Sharapova

ITALY - 0-1-0
Andreas Seppi
Sara Errani 


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Czech Republic vs. Italy - (5-2, 3-0, 8-2) 3-0

France vs. Russia - (3-3, 0-5, 3-8) 1-2

France vs. Italy - (3-1, 1-2, 4-3) 2-1 

Czech Republic vs. Russia - (6-6, 2-4, 8-10) 1-2

Russia vs. Italy - (4-0, 1-0, 5-0) 3-0

Czech Republic vs. France - (4-1, 1-3, 5-4) 2-1

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Russia is the top team in Group B.  It will meet Poland, the second-ranked team in Group A in the semifinals.

The Czech Republic is the second-ranked team in Group B and will meet the USA in the semifinals.

2012 Fantasy Mixed Doubles Tennis: Group A Action

Here are the results for Group !

Group A

SERBIA 1-3-1
Novak Djokovic
Ana Ivanovic 

USA - 3-3-2
John Isner
Serena Williams

GERMANY - 0-0-0
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Angelique Kerber 

POLAND 2-0-3
Jerzy Janowicz
Agnieszka Radwanska

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Serbia vs. Poland - (0-0, 3-4, 3-4)  1-2

USA vs. Germany - (3-1, 2-1, 5-2) 3-0

Serbia vs. Germany - (2-1, 1-0, 3-1) 3-0

USA vs. Poland - (0,0, 4-0, 4-0) 3-0

Germany vs. Poland - (0-1, 2-4, 2-5) 0-3

Serbia vs. USA - (2-1, 0-4, 2-5) 1-2

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USA tops Group A and will meet the second-ranked team in Group B.

Poland is the second-ranked team in Group A and will meet the top team of Group B.

Fantasy Mixed Doubles 2012: Top Eight Teams

 

The tennis calendar for both the ATP and the WTA tours are finally over for 2012 so it's the time of year where I play my own fantasy tennis using this week's rankings of both tours.

The first fantasy tournament involves a 'Hopman'-like Cup where a country is composed of one male and one female player and both will play singles and doubles.

Here are the countries that qualified this year and their group assignments:

Group A

SERBIA
Novak Djokovic
Ana Ivanovic 

USA
John Isner
Serena Williams

GERMANY
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Angelique Kerber 

POLAND
Jerzy Janowicz
Agnieszka Radwanska


Group B

CZECH REPUBLIC
Tomas Berdych
Petra Kvitova

FRANCE
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Marion Bartoli

RUSSIA
Mikhail Youzhny
Maria Sharapova

ITALY
Andreas Seppi
Sara Errani

The Insanely Hot Zaira Nara and Juan Monaco

The surprises haven't let up!  Argentinian player Juan Monaco, who is a looker himself, is said to be going out with Zaira Nara.

 

Cecilia de Liberti: Juan Martin Del Potro's Novia

Hmmm.....I think Juan Martin Del Potro's taste in women is a bit different. Cecilia de Liberti looks too old for him haha even though she's voluptuous in all the right places!

 

Jarah Mariano: Fernando Verdasco's Date (For Now)

I didn't know Spanish player, Fernando Verdasco, liked Asian-looking women.  Check out the voluptuous Jarah Mariano, a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model and find out what a lucky devil Fernando is!