tennis malaysia : jawariah nordin featured

Jawariah beginning to hit the right note

by HARESH DEOL

Aug 10th, 2009

  IT all boils down to self-belief, said national coach S. Selvarajoo who has placed his faith in top national singles player Jawariah Noordin. Jawariah has performed well in several ITF circuits abroad and it is high time for Selvarajoo to raise her level of play.

   

She had a rough start in the US$10,000 (RM35,000) Jakarta tournament. Despite defeating Thai lass Siriporn Phakamad 6-1, 6-1 in Round 1, the Penangite was forced to retire in the next round against host player Sandy Gumulya (3-6, 6-0, retired).

Jawariah’s fortunes changed for the better in the US$10,000 Solo tournament. She first beat China’s Yang Pang 6-2, 6-0 in the first round and later beat fourth seeded Nungnadda Wannasuk of Thailand 7-6, 6-3 in the second. Ranked world No 960, Jawariah’s winning streak came to a premature end when she lost in the quarterfinals to fifth seeded Indonesian Lavinia Tananta 6-4, 6-2. 

Tag Maria Sharapova

Busy girl. Sony Ericsson. Cole Haan. Tag Heuer. Canon.

Its like winning Australia. Paris. Indian Wells. Miami.

Without a shriek. Without a sweat. Clever girl.

 

 

check out her official site for latest 2009 tag heuer ad campaign - mariasharapova.com

tennis Miami links rafa ana results Sony Ericsson Open

Results are after pictures, please scroll down.

tennis elbow room’s link-ups to tennis miami open 2009.

click here to link to Official Site - http://www.sonyericssonopen.com

click here to link to Schedule from official Miami Open site - http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/1/en/schedule/oop.asp

click here for LATEST RESULTS from tennistalk.com [very quick page link]

this year's rafa-ana miami links

are we flooded yet with el tiger bull and the serbian cocker spaniel? hmm…rafanana..nana..no?

Last year women’s tennis blog even had a picture of the love-jet! you gotta love it peeps, i do! kudos to the publicity team.

 

last year's rafa-ana miami air spin

 

RESULTS UPDATE : MIAMI OPEN 2009

ATP Main Draw Singles – Final

[4] A Murray (GBR) d [3] N Djokovic (SRB) 62 75

WTA Main Draw Doubles – Final

[WC] S Kuznetsova (RUS) / A Mauresmo (FRA) d [3] K Peschke (CZE) / L Raymond (USA) 46 63 10-3

WTA Main Draw Singles – Final

[11] V Azarenka (BLR) d [1] S Williams (USA) 63 61

ATP Main Draw Doubles – Final

M Mirnyi (BLR) / A Ram (ISR) d A Fisher (AUS) / S Huss (AUS) 67(4) 62 10-7

 

ATP Main Draw Singles – Semifinals : Fri Apr 3

[3] N Djokovic (SRB) d [2] R Federer (SUI) 36 62 63 
[4] A Murray (GBR) d [6] J Del Potro (ARG) 61 57 62

WTA Main Draw Doubles – Semifinals

[3] K Peschke (CZE) / L Raymond (USA) vs C Chuang (TPE) / S Mirza (IND) 76(5) 64 
[WC] S Kuznetsova (RUS) / A Mauresmo (FRA) d A Groenefeld (GER) / P Schnyder (SUI) 76(6) 63

 

 

 

ATP Main Draw Singles – Quarterfinals : Thurs Apr 2

[6] J Del Potro (ARG) d [1] R Nadal (ESP) 64 36 76(3)
[4] A Murray (GBR) d [8] F Verdasco (ESP) 61 62

WTA Main Draw Singles – Semifinals

[1] S Williams (USA) d [5] V Williams (USA) 64 36 63
[11] V Azarenka (BLR) d [8] S Kuznetsova (RUS) 63 26 75

 

ATP Main Draw Singles – Quarterfinals : Wed Apr 1

[2] R Federer (SUI) d [5] A Roddick (USA) 63 46 64
[3] N Djokovic (SRB) d [10] J Tsonga (FRA) 63 64

WTA Main Draw Singles – Quarter Finals

[1] S Williams (USA) d N Li (CHN) 46 76(1) 62
[5] V Williams (USA) d [26] I Benesova (CZE) 61 64

ATP Main Draw Singles – Fourth Round : Tues March 31

[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [16] S Wawrinka (SUI) 76(2) 76(4)
[2] R Federer (SUI) d [Q] T Dent (USA) 63 62
[3] N Djokovic (SRB) d [21] T Berdych (CZE) 63 62
[4] A Murray (GBR) d V Troicki (SRB) 61 60
[5] A Roddick (USA) d [9] G Monfils (FRA) 76(2) 64
[6] J Del Potro (ARG) d [11] D Ferrer (ESP) 63 62
[10] J Tsonga (FRA) d [7] G Simon (FRA) 67(4) 63 62
[8] F Verdasco (ESP) d [18] R Stepanek (CZE) 62 62

WTA Main Draw Singles – Quarter Finals : Tues March 31

[8] S Kuznetsova (RUS) d [13] C Wozniacki (DEN) 64 67(5) 61
[11] V Azarenka (BLR) d S Stosur (AUS) 61 60

 

Back to the Miami Open tournament, tennis elbow room is nudging these players on :

ernestly you can do better!

 

na li of china

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rendy lu yen hsun

yung jan chan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Asian players at Miami – Yuki Bhambri (current Australin Open Boys Singles Champ), Sania Mirza, Ai Sugiyama, Tamarine Tanasugarn & Ayumi Morita.

1st Round Update : MIAMI OPEN

Mathilde Johansson of France won a 1-6, 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (10/8) 1st round match over Sania Mirza, who received a wild card in Miami. The girls played for 2 and a half hours with 19 service breaks. Johansson faces Dinara Safina in second-round. Let’s hope Dinara has shaken all that desert sand off her.

Maria Kirilenko is also through after a 3 setter against Katerina Bondarenko. Maria Kirilenko should work at winning more matches, especially with fellow Russian namesake at her crossroads now.

 

mathilde johansson of france

maria kirilenko of russia

 

 

 

 

miami open to idea that american auto industry needs a whack-up call

   

 

 

 

murray the octo-scot is up for the task!

 

 

 Sony V : “wouldn’t it be easier to just switch off for earth hour?”

 

thanks to LanaGTP for the tweet-up about the photos. Getty Images.

 

Federer soon to be a tennis dad – alpha or beta version?

Tennis Elbow Room’s take on tennis daddy-dom – here are 2 versions of daddies in tennis.

version 1 : alpha

Alpha Tennis Daddy Richard Williams congratulates daughter Venus after she won the finals against Italy’s Flavia Pennetta at the WTA Zurich Open tennis tournament on Oct 19, 2008.

 

Tennis Dad Richard Williams hugs independently alpha tennis papa Dr Walter Bartoli, father of Marion following the Women’s Singles final match between Marion Bartoli of France and Venus Williams of USA at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships on July 7, 2007. Williams won 6-4, 6-1. Richard won priceless brownie points.

 

Alpha family of Tennis - Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf and future grand slammers!

 

version 2 : beta

from heraldsun.com.au – January 06, 2009

TENNIS brat Lleyton Hewitt named his son Cruz after his favourite Christina Aguilera song. He, wife Bec and their children, Mia and Cruz, have posed for a high-priced exclusive photoshoot with OK! magazine.

The 37-year-old former World No. 1 tennis player Pete Sampras says he’s focusing on being a full time father now. Pictured here with wife, two boys and starbucks.

congrats & good luck to mirka and roger – your tennis will never be the same again, not even an iota.

Sania Mirza, Bhupathi nets grand slam buzz

 

The two Indian wildcards rebounded from their loss in last year’s Australian Open final to beat Nathalie Dechy of France and Israel’s Andy Ram 6-3, 6-1 at Melbourne Park.

Mirza, 22, had already achieved a series of firsts for Indian women tennis players, including the highest ranking of 18, and is seen as the nation’s hope for success in the future.

She became the first Indian female to capture any grand slam title when she partnered Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova to win the 2003 Wimbledon junior doubles then in 2005 she became the first Indian woman to win a WTA event when she won at Hyderabad.

ANTA a Chinese brand goes to the Slams!

post-olympics sport crazy china now have jelena jankovic to carry their home-grown brand, ANTA, to the grand slams of the world… go JJ, go China

jelena in chinese brand Anta

Check out ANTA Sports website – Signed World No.1 Women’s Tennis Player Jelena Jankovic as the First Female Endorsed Player for its Tennis Series

Nadal at 12!

posted on YouTube by veyoncee. Junior Tournament in Barcelona.

on YouTube this video has been viewed 39,000 times! vamos rafa!

this video is to inspire all the young ones on the tennis courts of kuala lumpur!

(plus he’s soOo cute!)

…and malaysia boleh too…nadal & gasquet in kuala lumpur!

an interesting and must-read post from a highly-rated & very cool tennis blog, Tennis Served Fresh… quickly click the link below…

http://cornedbeefhash.wordpress.com

nadal and gasquet before their exhibition match in kuala lumpur (*rubs eyes in disbelief*)