Famous and best female tennis players who would make the headline in the US Open 2011
The US Open 2011 will experience the colors in the Women Singles tournament as many greatest female tennis players are going to perform after a series of injuries and health crisis. Both men’s and women’s US Open single champions will receive $1.8 million. Tempting! In 2011 US Open, 37 countries will be represented by women. The USTA has announced the names of some of the famous female tennis players who will walk the hard court of US open 2011. Here are their names:
- Reigning Australian Open champion and two time defending US Open champion, Kim Clijsters
- French Open 2011 women champion, Li Na
- Wimbledon 2011 female champion, Kvitova
- 3 times US Open champion, Serena Williams
- US tennis player, Venus Williams
- Russian female tennis player, Maria Sharapova
- Svetlana Kuznetsova
Greatest male tennis players who would make headline in US Open 2011
The US Open Championship 2011 will commence from August 29, 2011 and will entertain the spectators through the month of September. This tournament will be played at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York. The USTA announced the names of the some of the most famous and greatest male tennis players who would make the headline in the 2011 US Open tournament. The names are:
- World No. 1 tennis player 2011 and reigning champion of Australian Open 2011 and Wimbledon 2011, Novak Djokovic.
- Reigning US Open 2010 and French Open 2011 champion, Rafael Nadal.
- Five-time US Open champion, Roger Federer
- Former US Open champions and considerably the most popular among the other 101 tennis players who made a direct entry into US Open 2011, Andy Roddick and Juan Martin Del Potro.
Petra Kvitova: The new female Wimbledon champion
The 21 year old Kvitova of Czech republic displayed highly impressive play in the Wimbledon Women’s Singles final where she defeated the famous female tennis player Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-4. This was Kvitova’s first career Grand Slam. Kvitova with her absolutely stunning and powerful ground strokes was able to push Sharapova back. For Maria Sharapova, it was her second appearance in the Wimbledon final after claiming the 2044 Wimbledon title. However since then she had a major problem with her serve which haunted her again in the final of Wimbledon 2011 where she serves back-to-back double faults in the sixth game. Kvitova on the other hand dominated the first set with her powerful serve. The most impressive thing about Kvitova’s game was her returning, both backhand and forehand.
So we have a new female champion of Wimbledon who made her way through mighty names like Serena, Venus and Wozniacki.
Novak Djokovic-The new champion of Wimbledon
No one thought of famous tennis player Novak Djokovic winning the Wimbledon 2011 by his outstanding and enthralling performance in the men’s Singles final. Although Djokovic was favorite for his brilliant performance in the recent past where he secured Australian Open 2011 and enjoyed his successful emerging rivalry with Rafael Nadal, but still the votes seemed more favorable for the greatest tennis player Roger Federer and Clay King, Rafael Nadal. Novak Djokovic however played his best tennis in the final of Wimbledon 2011 where he took the first two sets by completely manhandling Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1. Nadal made a come back in the 3rd set but was overtaken by Djokovic again in the 4th set hence losing it to Djokovic 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.
This was Djokovic’s first Wimbledon title. Djokovic has won 48 of 49 matches this season. And he’s now won five straight over Nadal. It is almost impossible to see Djo slowing down this year as Wimbledon is his 8th tennis title of the year. He is now the ATP No. 1 ranked player surpassing Rafael Nadal.
He surely is the best. No joke 
The Indo-Pak Express: Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Rohan Boppana
Aisam-ul- Haq Qureshi: He was born on March 17, 1980, in Lahore, Pakistan. He grew up swimming, playing cricket and football. He started playing tennis at the age of 14. His mother, Nausheen Ihtisham, was his first coach and was the one who took him to a tennis club. She is also a former 10-time national champion. Aisam turned pro in 1998. He is the top ranked Pakistani player and a top 10 doubles player. He reached his career high103 in singles.
Rohan Boppana: He was born on March 4, 1980 in Bangalore, India. He turned pro in 2003. His father always wanted him to adopt an individual sport. Rohan began playing tennis at a tender age of 11. He reached his career high singles ranking of 213 in July 2007.
TEAM: Rohan and Aisam started playing together as a doubles team in 2007. They were nick-named Indo-Pak Express soon after they teamed up. They went on to clinch 4 Challenger titles. Year 2010 proved to be the most fruitful for them. They made significant breakthroughs in the International arena. They went on to reach the top 10 doubles rankings. The duo made it to the Final of US Open but unfortunately lost to the Bryan twins. They also won the Johannesburg Open in the same year. In 2011, they lost in the Quaterfinals of Chennai Open to Haase and Martin. They didn’t lose heart and launched their official ‘STOP WAR START TENNIS’ merchandise. They are the icons of peace. Recently they won “The Gerry Weber Open” and reached their career high no. 7. It
boosted their morale for the most prestigious grand slam of the year, Wimbledon. The duo faced many ups and downs but are seeded No. 4 heading into Wimbledon.
Wimbledon 2011- ATP and WTA rankings
For this year’s Wimbledon championship 2011, famous tennis player Rafael Nadal scooped the top position for the men’s seeds while popular female tennis player Serena William scooped the seventh seed. The two are currently the defending champions of this event.
Currently ranked world No. 1, Nadal was able to retain his ranking by winning the Roland Garros 2011 7-5, 7-6, 5-7, 6-1 against the greatest tennis player Roger Federer. The Spaniard has 10 Grand Slam wins to his name, this inclusive of 6 French Open titles, the 2008 singles Olympic gold medal among others.
Nadal was followed by the Serbian tennis player Djokovic with Federer claiming the third seed while British tennis player Andy Murray, and Robin Soderling scooped the fourth and fifth seed respectively.
His female counterpart Serena Williams on the other hand scooped the seventh seed regardless of her world rank drop (No. 26) since her previous win. Originally seeded eighth (moving up a seed due to second seeded Kim Clijsters’ withdrawal), Serena’s medical complications made her withdraw from the 2011 Australian Open and the 2011 Hopman Cup. She recently won her match against Tsvetana Pironkova, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, but on Wednesday, lost to second seeded Vera Zvonareva, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 in round two.
Her sister Venus currently seeded twenty third has also been kept off the court due to illness. She obtained a hip injury while playing at the Australian opening in January. She recently returned to face Daniela Hantuchova in the Eastbourne quarterfinals where she lost a 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 but still had a good feeling as Wimbledon draws closer.
Top 10 tennis male and female tennis players' seeds 2011
by MairaS on June 17, 2011
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The draw for the 2011 Wimbledon Championship took place today at 10am. The defending champion, Rafael Nadal will play against Michael Russell in the semi-finals while Federer will face Djokovich. This year’s winners get to pocket a cool £1,100,000 (approximately $1.77Million) up $150,000. The runners-up will earn £550,000($886,930) and even the first round losers will get to be compensated with £11,500($18 545).
This year’s top male tennis seeds include;
Men’s Singles:
- Rafael NADAL
- Novak DJOKOVIC
- Roger FEDERER
- Andy MURRAY
- Robin SODERLING
- Tomas BERDYCH
- David FERRER
- Andy RODDICK
- Gael MONFILS
- Mardy FISH
Top Women’s seeds 2011
- Caroline WOZNIACKI
- Vera ZVONAREVA
- Na LI
- Victoria AZARENKA
- Maria SHARAPOVA
- Francesca SCHIAVONE
- Serena WILLIAMS
- Petra KVITOVA
- Marion BARTOLI
- Samantha STOSUR
Famous female tennis player Kim Clijsters draws out of Wimbledon!
Famous female tennis player Kim Clijsters’ inability to participate at the 2011 Wimbledon championships due to a foot injury greatly enhances the chances of the William Sisters triumph. She officially made a statement stating her injury and her lack of participation at the Wimbledon through the referees’ offices.
The second ranked, former World Number 1, bore a foot injury while dancing at a cousin’s wedding just months before the French Open. Though she participated in the French Open, she was eliminated in the second round by Arantxa Rus (ranked No. 114).
She further suffered another foot injury in Holland while playing against Romina Oprandi from Italy (ranked No. 82) during the UNICEF open forcing her withdrawal from this year’s Wimbledon Championship. Her withdrawal will make Russia’s Vera Zvonareva (2010’s runner-up) the second seed. The Belgian has never won the Wimbledon title and she expressed her disappointment in her inability to participate in the 2011 one.
Kim Clijster’s first Australian Open win, which was her fourth grand slam win, was also likely to be her final appearance at the Melbourne Park. The match was against famous tennis player Li Na of China where she beat Li 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the finals played on the 29th of January 2011.
Will Federer Make it to 17?
As the commencement of the celebrated tournament of Wimbledon nears, the questions hovering over those following developments within the galore of tennis are many. Amongst the vast majority of them, a very pertinent one concerns the fate of world’s greatest tennis player Roger Federer: Will Federer be able to clench another Grand Slam victory and extend his record to 17?
Very recently at the Roland Garros 2011, the Swiss legend Roger Federer had to forgo his hopes as he suffered a saddening yet not entirely shocking loss to Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal; with Nadal all set to capitalize in the upcoming Wimbledon his recent triumph at the Roland Garros, one has few reasons not to believe that Federer might again be in for a devastating shock, unless of course he stages a comeback too grand for Nadal to handle. Comparison between the two legends remains the favourite topic of tennis for this decade, and while Federer does have to his name 16 Grand Slam wins as opposed to 10 of Nadal, this nonetheless obliterates a pivotal catch: such comparisons do not do justice to the beauty and class of Nadal’s game as a large number of titles that Federer acclaimed were done so when Nadal was just a teenager.
Both Federer and Nadal peaked at different times, and the current year provides certainly more evidence to indicate the peak of the latter as opposed to the former. Such a statement is not meant at all to dispense any claims that Federer’s failure to grab a Grand Slam title since last year’s Australian Open is a temporary setback; agreed, every player’s performance graph is characterized by slight variations. For the sake of Federer and his vast fan following in Switzerland and elsewhere all over the world, one can hope that this downhill is only a temporary one, and he is able to materialize his dreams of a 17th Grand Slam win into reality at this year’s Wimbledon, even though the odds may be slightly against him doing so.
Will Nadal Beat Federer Again?
July 3rd 2011 is the date, Great Britain is the venue and Wimbledon is the tournament.
With the French Open over and decided in the favour of Rafael Nadal, tennis lovers are anticipating the commencement of the Wimbledon tournament; the 3rd of July will provide the world with the newly crowned Wimbledon champion, either adding another new athlete to the memoirs of history or otherwise providing another feather in the cap for an older one. With the recent grueling contest between Federer and Nadal at Rolland Garros being decided in favour of the latter, all eyes are set on these two legends.
Will the Wimbledon showcase yet another Federer- Nadal final?
Will Nadal extend his winning streak into Wimbledon and cause further despair to Federer?
Or will Federer channel his agony of the recent loss to stage a magnificent comeback?
These are questions that will only be answered with the course of time. At the moment, what is fairly amusing and fascinating is the fact that there is no one invincible answer as to who will be crowned champion. True, Nadal has much working in his favour; the last clash of the two legends in a Wimbledon final was in 2008, and certainly an epic one. Nadal turned tables in his favour as he caused Federer to bid farewell to a consecutive five years winning streak. Also, one cannot forget the confidence booster that the recent victory at Rolland Garros has served as for Nadal. Nonetheless, such instances cannot stain the class of Federer, and while the odds may be ostensibly against him, his chances of winning are still fairly existent. As we await the arrival of Wimbledon and deliberate over who shall be granted with the momentous win, one thing is fairly certain: the tournament will provide few weeks of scintillating and exciting displays of tennis and keep tennis viewers all over the world glued to their television screens as they cheer for their favourites.