Kvitova win Wimbledon eve-title

2011-07-03 06:37:45 - Nksagar-Sagar-Media-Inc:Kvitova of Czech beats Sharapova to win Wimbledon title.Petra Kvitova won her first Grand Slam title on Saturday by beating Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-4 in the Wimbledon final, and then dropped to her knees in disbelief.

Kvitova was playing in her first major final, but it was three-time Grand Slam champion Sharapova that showed her nerves.The 2004 Wimbledon champion double-faulted six times, including twice to get broken to 4-2 in the first set.

The 21-year-old Kvitova is the first left-handed woman to win the Wimbledon title since Martina Navratilova in 1990.Using a fast-paced and well-placed forehand, Kvitova
did little wrong on Centre Court as Czech greats Navratilova and Jana Novotna sat in the Royal Box with a host of other former Wimbledon champions.

Kvitova kept Sharapova on the run with 18 winners, and never seemed to lose confidence despite being broken three times.Sharapova was the clear favorite entering the match. Besides winning the title at the All England Club in 2004, she also won the U.S. Open in 2006 and the Australian Open in 2008.

Shoulder surgery in October 2008 slowed her career, but she returned to the semifinals at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 2008 at the French Open last month.

At Wimbledon, Sharapova had not lost a set heading into the final. But she struggled with her serve in the semifinals, double-faulting 13 times before beating German wildcard Sabine Lisicki.
Sharapova won the toss at the net before the final and elected to receive, perhaps because she wanted some time to get into game action before testing her serve.Whatever the reason, it appeared to be a smart move because she broke for a 1-0 lead as Kvitova missed three forehands.Sharapova’s serve was then tested for the first time in the next game, and although she only had one fault in five attempts, she lost four of the points to even the score at 1-1.Sharapova wasted her second chance at a break in the third game, but Kvitova didn’t have to a few games later.
With the score 30-30, Sharapova produced her second double-fault of the match. The third came two swings later.Trailing 5-2, Sharapova double-faulted again to open the eighth game. But she did manage to hold and force Kvitova to serve out the set.Kvitova broke Sharapova again in the opening game of the second set, with the Russian double-faulting for the fifth time to give the Czech a break point.The pair twice traded breaks later in the set, but Kvitova held to win the championship dish for the first time.

Wimbledon: Bhupathi enters in mixed doubles final
The Indo-Russian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Elena Vesnina has advanced to the mixed doubles final of the Wimbledon tennis tournament in London. In a gruelling three-setter that lasted nearly two hours, the duo defeated the pair of Australia's Paul Hanley and Chinese Taipei's Su-Wei Hsieh, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5. In the finals, Bhupathi andVesnina will today clash with the Austrian-Czech combine of Jurgen Melzer and Iveta Benesova.

In the Men's Doubles event, American twins Bob and Mike Bryan yesterday claimed their 11th grand slam title as they defeated the Swedish-Romanian combine of Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 in the finals.
Defending champion of Spain Rafael Nadal will play the Serb Novak Djokovic in the Men's Singles final today.


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