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Weekend Sports Preview–August 18-19–CFL, MLB & ATP

Saturday, August 18th, 2012

The log jammed Western Division in the Canadian Football League continues to get tighter. After Edmonton’s blow out loss to the Montreal Alouettes last night, the Calgary Stampeders can tie the Eskimos with a win against the Toronto Argonauts at 4-3 (Saturday, TSN, 5pm).

The Stampeders acquired offensive lineman Obby Khan this week. Khan was part of the 2011 Eastern Division champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers before announcing his retirement.

In Toronto meanwhile, the Chad Kackert experiment as the Argonauts’ number one running back begins with Cory Boyd off to Edmonton.

The Argonauts management must know something special from Kackert, who has -3 yards rushing this season.

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Tags: british columbia lions, calgary stmpeders, chad kackert, josh hamilton, juan martin del potro, novak djokovic, obby khan, ROGER FEDERER, Saskatchewan Roughriders, stanislas wawrinka, texas rangers, toronto argonauts, toronto blue jays
Posted in ATP World Tour, CFL, MLB, More |

Top seed eliminated from French Open; Raonic needs to be commended

Sunday, June 3rd, 2012

Dominika Cibulkova (Christian Mesiano, Wikimedia Commons)

Victoria Azarenka’s attempt to duplicate her outstanding performance at the Australian Open at Roland Garros this week came to an abrupt end in the fourth round today.

Azarenka lost to Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 7-6 in the fourth round today. Despite only having a first serve percentage of 47%, Cibulkova had more winners and less unforced errors than the world number one.

On the men’s side, Milos Raonic lost in five grueling sets yesterday to Argentina’s Juan Monaco.

But there was a particular instance where Raonic needs to be applauded for sportsmanship. Early in the fifth set, the ball that Monaco hit was counted out, but Raonic told the umpire that Monaco’s shot was indeed in. High praise needs to go to Raonic!

In other action today, two key fourth round matches have been suspended until tomorrow. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, the fifth seed, leads Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland, the 18th seed, 6-4, 7-6, 3-6, 3-6, 4-2 in the fifth set, and Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina, the ninth seed, leads the seventh seed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 7-6, 1-6, 6-3.

Tags: dominika cibulkova, french open, jo-wilfried tsonga, juan martin del potro, juan monaco, milos raonic, stanislas wawrinka, tomas berdych, victoria azarenka
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Tsonga is now in Federer’s head

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Rob Young, Wikimedia Commons)

I think there is no question now that France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s play making is significantly puzzling the great Roger Federer.

Last night in the third round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, Tsonga defeated Federer 7-6, 4-6, 6-1, having defeated Federer for the third time in two years.

Two years ago in Montreal, in one of the greatest comebacks in tennis of all-time, Tsonga defeated Federer in the quarterfinals, 7-6,1-6,7-6 after being down 5-1 to Federer in the third and final set. Then at Wimbledon this year, he came back from being down two sets, to defeat Federer again, 3-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

On Thursday, Federer struggled significantly with his return game in the third and final set, only winning three times on nineteen chances when he wasn’t serving. Tsonga, meanwhile won points on 11 times of 21 chances when he was returning.

Today, the men’s quarterfinals in Montreal will see Djokovic play the fifth seed, Gael Monfils of France. Tsonga will play the eighth seed, Nicolas Almagro of Spain. In the other quarterfinals, Mardy Fish, the sixth seeded American, will play Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka, the fourteenth seed and Tomas Berdych, the seventh seed of the Czech Republic will play Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia.

Tags: gael monfils, janko tipsarevic, jo-wilfried tsonga, mardy fish, nicolas almagro, novak djokovic, ROGER FEDERER, rogers cup, stanislas wawrinka, tomas berdych
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Four women’s seeds eliminated in Rogers Cup

Monday, August 8th, 2011

Julia Georges (James Boyes, Wikimedia Commons)

On the first day of the Rogers Cup in Toronto there were four seeded players that were eliminated in the first round.

Ninth seeded Marion Bartoli of France, twelfth seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova and fourteenth seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, each of Russia, and fifteenth seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia were all bounced on the first day of competition.

Bartoli lost in straight sets to Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-3. Bartoli really struggled in the first set, as she had 17 unforced errors.

Kuznetsova was broken three times in the third set to Romania’s Simona Halep in a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 loss.

Pavlyuchenkova was destroyed in the third and final set by Spain’s Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 loss. While Jankovic only won four games period in a straight sets defeat, 6-1, 6-3 to Germany’s Julia Georges.

It was a tough day for the Canadians as Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino lost 7-6, 6-4 to Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova and Erik Chvojka of Montreal lost 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 to Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov.

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Tags: aleksandra wozniak, alexandr dolgopolov, andrea petkovic, ekaterina makarova, eugenie bouchard, galina voskoboeva, jo-wilfried tsonga, juan ignacio chela, juan martin del potro, julia georges, kathrin woerle, maria jose martinez sanchez, rogers cup, shahar peer, simona halep, stanislas wawrinka, stephanie dubois, vasek pospisil
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