Tennis stars Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams and swimmer Michael Phelps King burst Sunday at the Olympic Games in Rio-2016, with Australia as unthought emerging leader medal.
Compete for glory also attracts these athletes of the world elite, who chose to share an Olympic Village devoid of luxuries and live with athletes who have made great efforts to reach Rio.
Sometimes they feel comfortable with his feet on the ground.
Phelps asked the US take a photo in the Olympic Village Djokovic, the No. 1 tennis, forgetting that it is the most successful athlete in the history of the Olympic Games.
'The boy from Baltimore' try on Sunday to continue their gold rush in the 4x100 relay to swell its collection of 22 medals, 18 of them gilded.
His idol, world number one for 108 consecutive weeks, is presented in Rio with the fixed idea of completing his trophy case populated with the gold medal, the only prize that is still lacking.
Serbian tournaments usually start training pace, but this time it will be with Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, his executioner in London 2012 bronze medal.
But the 'Tower of Tandil' is no longer what it was in 2009, when he won the US Open: drag problems on a wrist for more than two years ago that led to the basement of the standings.
"I hope to leave with a good feeling and the result is an anecdote. My reality is very clear and my present is very clear," he said Saturday Del Potro, showing that is not 100%, after passing second round in doubles with Maximo Gonzalez.
The last two Olympic champions, Andy Murray (London, 2012) and Spanish Rafael Nadal (Beijing, 2008), will play against Serbian Viktor Troicki (third shift Central) and Federico Delbonis Argentina.
In women, the favorite, Serena Williams, will debut at the Australian Daria Gavrilova and his executioner in the final pass of Roland Garros, the Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza, against Jelena Jankovic.
- Argentina gives the first gold -
On the opening day of competition, Argentina gave Saturday to Latin America's first gold medal in Rio, where swimming began to record pure.
Judoka Paula 'Peque' Pareto, 30, took the loss to injury of the favorite, Brazil's Sarah Menezes, champion in London 2012 to win gold for the first time Argentina won on the first day of competition .
"I've dreamed a lot with this and I'm very happy for all the support of the people. I have been getting better as I went forward and I am very happy to have been able to defeat such a difficult opponent," said the new champion on the South Korean Jeong Bo -Kyeong.
Meanwhile, in the Olympic aquatic center, swimming started every record with three broken world records and Australia taking two of the four gold medals disputed.
Those two medals brought the oceanic country by surprise lead on the opening day medal tally with two golds and a bronze.
In the afternoon, he had been the British Adam Peaty, who as a child had water phobia, the first to set a world record, breaking his own mark in the 100 meters breaststroke.
Neymar also returns, one of the stars of the elite, with its devalued Brazil.
Pressured by the unexpected draw in the debut, Neymar will have to use all his magic to lead Brazil to victory against Iraq, on the second day of the Olympic men's soccer tournament Rio-2016, a day in which Argentina is It presented at risk of default if not sum to Algeria.
- This is the program of the Olympic Games in Rio-2016 for Sunday 7 August (local and GMT):
Handball
Men - Group stage
(09h30 / 12h30) Croatia - Qatar (Group A)
(11h30 / 14h30) Sweden - Germany (Group B)
(14h40 / 17h40) Denmark - Argentina (Group A)
(16h40 / 19h40) Poland - Brazil (Group A)
(19h50 / 22h50) France - Tunisia (Group A)
(21h50 / 00h50) Slovenia - Egypt (Group B)
Basketball
Men - Group stage
(14h15 / 17h15) Brazil - Lithuania (Group B)
(19h00 / 22h00) Croatia - Spain (Group B)
(22h30 / 01h30) Nigeria - Argentina (Group B)
Women - Group stage
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luni, 30 mai 2016
Wawrinka advances hesitantly, Murray scare them away
Swiss Stan Wawrinka today failed to scare away the doubts hanging over his game in the quest to renew your title at Roland Garros, while Andy Murray seems to have found his instinct.
Wawrinka another set was left against Serbian Viktor Troicki, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-2, but said that his goal is not to seek the plasticity of the blows, but win matches.
After having been forced to pick up two runs in his debut in Paris against Czech Lukas Rosol, again hinted that did not find the crushing blow that led last year to lift the Musketeers Cup.
As he searches, he keeps going the rounds and today has seven consecutive wins since before coming to Paris tournament scored Geneva.
At 31, the Swiss will play their third quarter-final on the Paris clay and has a good chance to achieve their second semi-final since his opponent will be the Spanish Albert Ramos, one of the surprises of the tournament, 55 in the world and who he has beaten six times he has been in front, the latest just last week (6-1, 6-1).
But the Spanish tennis in Paris has found a high level of play that has allowed him to eliminate two seeded American Jack Sock and, above all, Canadian Milos Raonic, eighth seed, who today defeated 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.
Who himself seems to have rediscovered his best version is a Murray, coming back from two sets in their first two games, scored against American John Isner their second straight win in three sets, 7-6 (9), 6-4 and 6 -3, to dispute his sixth quarterfinal in Paris.
The patience shown to counteract the US giant cannon fire showed that the Scot has recovered the cold blood that led him to win the Rome Masters 1000 after winning the final against Novak Djokovic, the world number one.
Murray has the right trajectory to win the tournament marking the canons, from less to more, which adds that his game on clay has risen many integers and place it as the main obstacle to "Nole" lift their first Cup Musketeers.
The Scot faces a duel at your fingertips against Richard Gasquet, against whom he has not lost since 2012 and has won seven of the ten games.
Murray has beaten him four times those measured in Grand Slam, two Wimbledon and two at the same stage in 2010 and in 2012.
But the French, the last representative of the organizing country still en route from individual table, plays with the breath of the audience, a weapon that was not deprived to achieve their first qualification for the quarter-final against Japan's Kei Nishikori, fifth seed, 6 -4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.
Sergi Bruguera's pupil lives a sweet moment and communion with the crowd, sometimes he reproached her coldness on the court, it seems to be behind us, sifting his genius by the personality of the Spanish technician.
In the women they reported no surprises, but rain forced to suspend two matches knockout. Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland was leading 6-2 3-0 Pironkova Tsvetana Bulgaria, while Romania's Simona Halep 5-3 overcame Australian Samantha Stosur.
The Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza won 6-3, 6-4 to Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova, who won the tournament in 2009, and thus qualified for the third consecutive year for the quarterfinals of Roland Garros.
The fourth favorite has a good chance to break the roof in this tournament, since his opponent in the semifinals will be the American Shelby Rogers, 108 of the world that prognosis against Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu won 6-3 and 6 -4.
Thus, Rogers became the seventh player with the worst ranking reaching the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam clay since 1983.
marți, 29 martie 2016
Miami Masters - The reason why Rafa Nadal left in Miami
High temperatures are living in Key Biscayne are turning this 1000 Miami Masters in one of the toughest on record. However, the real enemy of the players is the prevailing moisture in the tournament. A situation which particularly affected Rafa Nadal and who have denounced some players like Roberto Bautista and Carla Suarez, among others.
" The weather was very tough, very high humidity and the weather was extreme , " said castellonense player on the conditions under which they had to play he and Rafael Nadal, who had to withdraw from the tournament due to medical problems . Roberto Bautista said that in tournaments like the Open of Australia or the Indian Wells Masters 1000 was very hot, but the "climate is dry". " The moisture is carried worse, what perspire here and the amount of water lost this climate makes it more complicated than dry , " he said. For this reason, it considered that are living "very close games, because the conditions are very heavy and more breaks than usual are done." Nadal left during his match against Damir Dzumhur Bosnian when the scoreboard showed 2-6, 6-4 and 3-0 in favor of his rival, At the conclusion of the crash, the Spanish said retired after going "very badly while "on the track and have" fear "seasick too and" lose consciousness ". At the time of the abandonment of the thermal sensation Nadal in Key Biscayne was 32 degrees and the humidity was 65%.
The own rival player Manacor had to seek help from the doctor at the end of the first set but managed to recover well, after explaining to the doctor in the first set had felt dizzy, stomach problems , and even had want to vomit. Like symptoms apparently suffered what Nadal.
Another player who stressed the extreme weather that is living in Miami was Carla Suarez, already eliminated. " With the heat and humidity suffer a lot, especially in Miami, one of the worst tournament for me , " he said the canary player to the conclusion of one of his games , "The head has bothered me in the coaches, and we made sessions an hour instead of half an hour. " Carla Suarez explained that what has gone wrong in the pre-tournament training Miami and has "suffered more than normal" and has had "bad feelings".
In the Miami's tournament the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov won today Andy Murray 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-3 in the third round of the Masters 1000 Miami , who lost so another of the favorites after the Spanish Rafael Nadal and Swiss Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka.
The absence of the final rounds of four of the top five players on the ATP leave the way open to number one, Novak Djokovic, already in the second round.
Murray eliminating further adds to the American Serena Williams, number one WTA Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland (2) and the Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza (4), who lost today.
28 ATP pulled the champion in Miami in 2009 and 2013 in 2 hours and 25 minutes by leveraging 6 of the 7 balls 'break' of which I had prepared for just 1 of 7 Scottish.
The Bulgarian will be played the pass to the next round against the winner of today's match between Gael Monfils (16) and Pablo Cuevas (23).
" The weather was very tough, very high humidity and the weather was extreme , " said castellonense player on the conditions under which they had to play he and Rafael Nadal, who had to withdraw from the tournament due to medical problems . Roberto Bautista said that in tournaments like the Open of Australia or the Indian Wells Masters 1000 was very hot, but the "climate is dry". " The moisture is carried worse, what perspire here and the amount of water lost this climate makes it more complicated than dry , " he said. For this reason, it considered that are living "very close games, because the conditions are very heavy and more breaks than usual are done." Nadal left during his match against Damir Dzumhur Bosnian when the scoreboard showed 2-6, 6-4 and 3-0 in favor of his rival, At the conclusion of the crash, the Spanish said retired after going "very badly while "on the track and have" fear "seasick too and" lose consciousness ". At the time of the abandonment of the thermal sensation Nadal in Key Biscayne was 32 degrees and the humidity was 65%.
.@BellucciOficial dice haber perdido 6 kilos ante Mikhael Kukushkin en Miami por el calor y la humedad pic.twitter.com/eHjxway24d— BcnOpen BancSabadell (@bcnopenbs) March 28, 2016
The own rival player Manacor had to seek help from the doctor at the end of the first set but managed to recover well, after explaining to the doctor in the first set had felt dizzy, stomach problems , and even had want to vomit. Like symptoms apparently suffered what Nadal.
Another player who stressed the extreme weather that is living in Miami was Carla Suarez, already eliminated. " With the heat and humidity suffer a lot, especially in Miami, one of the worst tournament for me , " he said the canary player to the conclusion of one of his games , "The head has bothered me in the coaches, and we made sessions an hour instead of half an hour. " Carla Suarez explained that what has gone wrong in the pre-tournament training Miami and has "suffered more than normal" and has had "bad feelings".
In the Miami's tournament the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov won today Andy Murray 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-3 in the third round of the Masters 1000 Miami , who lost so another of the favorites after the Spanish Rafael Nadal and Swiss Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka.
The absence of the final rounds of four of the top five players on the ATP leave the way open to number one, Novak Djokovic, already in the second round.
Murray eliminating further adds to the American Serena Williams, number one WTA Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland (2) and the Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza (4), who lost today.
28 ATP pulled the champion in Miami in 2009 and 2013 in 2 hours and 25 minutes by leveraging 6 of the 7 balls 'break' of which I had prepared for just 1 of 7 Scottish.
The Bulgarian will be played the pass to the next round against the winner of today's match between Gael Monfils (16) and Pablo Cuevas (23).
marți, 15 martie 2016
'You must be banned for taking drugs'- Rafael Nadal & Andy Murray
The Russian athlete is set to be provisionally banned from Tennis on Saturday, but the extent of the ban is yet to be unclear, with any suspension above two years effectively ending her career.
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