Sunday 19 August 2007

Blake no match for impressive Federer.

This time last week, Roger Federer had just lost in the final of the Canadian Open to Novak Djokovic. This week in Cincinnati, Federer was back to winning ways in his 20th Masters Series Final of his career. Federer swept aside James Blake 6-1 6-4. Blake has not had much success against Federer in the past and his nerves showed. The young American gifted The Swiss number one too many points, even serving 4 double faults in one game and failed to capitalise of the 6 break points he had against the powerful Federer serve. The men now move on to New haven for the last warm up tournament before the years last Major, The US Open at flushing meadows.

In the ladies final this evening, justine Henin defeated number 2 seed Jelena Jankovic in 2 tough sets 7-6 7-5. Numerous breaks of serve throughout the match caused each lady to take the advantage on more than one occasion but the strength of Henins groundstrokes prevailed against the Serbian. The ladies tour also moves to New Haven this week. Svetlana Kuznetsova will be the top seed for the event.

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