Continuous upsets happened from the opening round of 2013 Wimbledon,
which also attributed to the fair-tale victories of Britain's Andy
Murray and Marion Bartoli of France.World No. 2 Murray ended Britain's
77-year wait for the men's Wimbledon crown by defeating world No.1 Novak
Djokovic of Serbia 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in three hours and nine minutes during
Sunday's final.The last British man to win the Wimbledon title was Fred
Perry in 1936.The 26-year old Murray, who lost to Roger Federer of
Switzerland in last year's Wimbledon final, won his second grand slam
title after 2012 U.S. Open.Murray broke the Serb twice in the first set
and took the opener 6-4 after 59 minutes.The Briton played more
aggressively than Djokovic, who was unable to recover quickly enough
from his exhausting semi-final victory where he had taken four hours and
43 minutes to beat Juan Martin del Potro 48 hours before the
final.Djokovic lead 4-1 in the second set and 4-2 in the third, but was
out-hit by Murray who finished with 36 winners to 31, and 21 unforced
error to the Serb's 40.cheap velour tracksuitsAsked
about the audience of 15,000, most of whom waited to witness Murray's
victory, Djokovic said, "The atmosphere was incredible for him. For me,
not so much, but this is what I expected.""This feels slightly different
from Wimbledon last year," Murray said, "That was one of the toughest
moments of my career..Sexy Lingerie Factory.winning
Wimbledon, I still can't believe it."Murray went though the same
excitement as what 28-year-old Bartoli of France did, who won the
Wimbledon women's crown a day ago. Her previous best majors result was a
grand slam final in 2007 but she was defeated by Venus Williams in
straight sets.The 15th-seeded Bartoli won her first grand slam trophy by
beating 24th ranked German's Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 6-4 on Saturday.When
the Frenchwoman ended her opponent with an ace in about 80 minutes,http://www.kadifashion.com/ she
hugged her father, also her former coach, who had no background in the
sport but gave up his doctor job to teach her how to be professional.
"To
share this moment with my dad was the perfect day," said Bartoli.The
list of fresh Wimbledon champions also included Peng Shuai of China and
Hsieh Su-wei of Chinese Taipei, who won their first Grand Slam title
with a 7-6 (1), 6-1 victory on Saturday, beating Australian Casey
Dellacqua and Ashleigh Barty in the women's doubles final.Peng and
Hsieh, both 27-year-old, knew each other in 1998 and played a few
tournaments together but their partnership ended after turning pro. In
2008 US Open, Peng took Hsieh's suggestion and they reunited by the end
of that year.The two, who consider each other as good friends, expressed
their ambition in the 2013 US Open.However, fresh champions sometimes
means the disappointment to some of the fans when their idols missed the
court due to injury or surprisingly being eliminated during the
tournament.Italian 5th-seeded Sara Errani became the first victim when
she was defeated in straight sets by Puerto Rican teenager Monica Puig
on day 1. Later that day, 12 Grand Slam winner, Rafael Nadal lost to the
135th ranked Steve Darcis of Belgium. His old rival, defending
champion, Roger Federer, crashed of Wimbledon in the second round.Upsets
continued one by one during the first week of Wimbledon. Maria
Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka, Serena Williams were all forced out in the
following days, which made no Grand Slam winner in the semi-finals at
2013 Wimbledon.Controversy never ends at Grand Slam tournaments.
After
Thursday's semi-final, Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska only made a quick
and cool handshake with her rival Lisicki, as well as turning her back
half against the finalist, which arouse criticism of being rude."Should I
just be there and dance? What could I do?" said the Polish, "I didn't
feel like that (congratulating Lisicki).cheap abercrombie wholesale"And
the accusation of being called graceless also happened to China's Li Na
at 2013 Wimbledon. The only Grand Slam winner of China had her
Wimbledon run cut short on Thursday night while a debate on her way of
handling her manners still lingers on.Li failed to go farther when
losing 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-2 to fourth seed Radwanska in the the
quarterfinals.While meeting reporters after her loss, Li didn't lose her
cool as she did on Monday when the China's most famous athlete blasted
at a Chinese reporter who had asked an "unpleasant" question."How
surprising he sat there. How dare he? Doesn't he have any shame?" the
31-year-old said on Monday.The reporter asked Li "whether she wants to
say something to Chinese fans who stayed up watching her game" after Li
defeated Czech Republic's Klara Zakopalova 4-6, 6-0, 8-6 in the third
round.It is the same question that had provoked Li's anger after the
former French Open champion was dumped out the Roland Carlos tournament
in the second round last month."Do I need to explain?" Li then returned
in Chinese."It's strange. I lost a game and that's it. Do I need to get
on my knees and kowtow to them? Apologize to them?" said the player from
the central Chinese city of Wuhan.Her remarks, either from the French
Open or Wimbledon,Wholesale Lingerie Sexy Lingerie sparked
debates among the Chinese public. Some people believed Li's character
helps her become China's top tennis star, while some hope making changes
would bring Li more.
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