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Roger Federer Beats Kevin Anderson On To Berdych: 2015 Rome Masters

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Roger Federer Beats Kevin Anderson On To Berdych: 2015 Rome Masters

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Roger Federer is moving much further along in the 2015 Rome Masters Open than he did in the Madrid Open, and it looks like he may be on a course to hit the courts with Rafael Nadal if he beats Tomas Berdych, who he’s set to play now on Thursday.

Second seed Roger Federer stayed on course in his bid to lift the Internazionali BNL d’Italia trophy for the first time, defeating Kevin Anderson 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals in Rome.

Federer stumbled towards the finish line, but recovered his poise in time to close out victory in 76 minutes. The Swiss squandered a 5-2 double-break lead in the second set as Anderson staged a fightback, but Federer broke again in the 12th game before serving out at the third time of asking.

“I had to adjust and react differently in today’s match than yesterday’s match,” said Federer. “It was so different, because it’s Kevin and his amazing serve. There’s only so much you can do on the return games. The first thing was not to get frustrated, because I was not seeing where he was serving.

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“But thankfully, I got off to a really good start in both sets. From then on, I could relax almost. I was able to break him four times, which was a really good effort in the quick conditions here in Rome.”

The Swiss is making his 15th appearance at the Foro Italico and has reached the final three times, finishing runner-up in 2003 (l. to Mantilla), 2006 (l. to Nadal) and 2013 (l. to Nadal).

For a place in the semi-finals, Federer will face Tomas Berdych, who defied a raucous atmosphere on Pietrangeli to edge home hope Fabio Fognini 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(2) in two hours and 35 minutes.

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The sixth seed saved eight of the 10 break points he faced to claim his 32nd win of the season, highlighted by runner-up showings in Monte-Carlo (l. to Djokovic), Rotterdam (l. to Wawrinka) and Doha (l. to Ferrer).

Federer takes a 13-6 FedEx ATP Head2Head advantage over Berdych into the pair’s 20th meeting, but they have split their past four contests, all on hard court. The 29-year-old Berdych will contest his ninth straight quarter-final in nine events in 2015 and is looking to reach the semi-finals in Rome for the second time (l. to Nadal 2013).


Tomas Berdych Beats Fabio Fognini to face Roger Federer: 2015 Rome Masters

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Tomas Berdych Beats Fabio Fognini to face Roger Federer: 2015 Rome Masters

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Tomas Berdych defeated Fabio Fognini to move into the quarter-finals of the 2015 Rome Masters Open and now will face the Swiss maestro Roger Federer. Berdych worked hard for his win and the match took two and a half hours resulting in his victory 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(2).

The sixth seed saved eight of the 10 break points he faced to claim his 32nd win of the season, highlighted by runner-up showings in Monte-Carlo (l. to Djokovic), Rotterdam (l. to Wawrinka) and Doha (l. to Ferrer).

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Interestingly enough, even though Rafael Nadal beat Berdych in the 2015 Madrid Open semi-finals, if he manages to beat Federer, Nadal will no longer be in the top four seeds at Roland Garros aka 2015 French Open.
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Berdych has been called the underachieving tennis player with plenty of promise by our own Shane Lambert with good reason. He’s moved up to the number five position in the tennis rankings, but part of this was also due to Rafael Nadal stumble this season. Here’s the overview Lambert gave on the Czech player.

With that in mind, when looking ahead it is hard to picture the Czech No. 1 picking up any elusive titles of significant prestige. To date, Berdych has only claimed one Masters Series title, that coming from Paris in 2005. Furthermore, The Birdman has a weak record against the top players on tour – players that he would likely need to beat to claim any prestigious titles in the months ahead.

Let’s take a look at how Berdych has done against some of those rivals.

For starters, he is just 4-18 overall against Rafael Nadal, one of the Czech’s major nemeses. The Spaniard has blocked Berdych in numerous important events, including in the final of Wimbledon
2010.

Conversely, Berdych has enjoyed some success against Andy Murray, however none of the Czech’s six wins over the Scot have come in a semifinal or later. That means that, even when Berdych has defeated Murray, the current World No. 7 has still had to deal with other late round obstacles.

Berdych has also enjoyed a little bit of success against Roger Federer. The Czech star is 6-13 against the Swiss Maestro, not a bad tally against the player considered to be the best ever. However in championship finals, it has always been Federer who has owned the podium. He defeated Berdych, most noteably, in the championship match of the blue clay fiasco, otherwise known as the 2012 Madrid Masters.

But even if Berdych were to solve Murray consistently in the year ahead and even if Federer were to just flat out retire then Berdych’s major nemesis would still remain: Novak Djokovic.

Berdych has only found a way to solve the Serb in two of their twenty matches to date, sad commentary for those hoping to see the Czech claim major titles in the year ahead. It is worth noting that one of Berdych’s victories over Djokovic was in the biggest match the two players contested against one another, the 2010 Wimbledon semifinals. However it is worth counter-noting that Djokovic had not yet ascended to his very-very best tennis when he and Berdych met at the All England Club.

Another major obstacle, besides Nadal, Murray, Federer, and Djokovic, that the Czech star will have to deal with as his playing years dwindle is the remaining field of players. Younger stars like Milos Raonic, Kei Nishikori, Grigor Dimitrov, and maybe even David Goffin appear to be more talented than Berdych. Raonic and Nishikori, as examples, already outrank Berdych – when the other younger players emerge the Czech player will have all the more obstacles to clear if he is to win a Masters Series title or Grand Slam.

Personally, I think that those prestigious titles are all but out of reach now for Berdych now. I would look for the Czech to continue to work hard toward his goals. Accordingly, he should continue to pull off occasional upsets in the quarters of big tournaments here and there.

However don’t expect the Czech star to claim another Masters Series event and don’t expect to see him in the final of a Grand Slam. He has rarely had the energy in the late stages of the big tournaments and the 2015 Australian Open is a case in point.


David Ferrer Taking On ATP Nottingham Open 2015

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David Ferrer Taking On ATP Nottingham Open 2015

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David Ferrer will have a little break after the Roland Garros aka 2015 French Open before becoming of of five world top twenty tennis stars to compete in the new ATP World Tour championship even in Nottingham this June. One thing about it, tennis players have their pick of many matches to choose from the way they keep adding them.

The former world number three is a two-time Wimbledon quarter-finalist and reached the 2013 French Open final.

Now ranked eighth in the world, the Spaniard has already won three titles this year and joins compatriot Feliciano Lopez on the entry list.

David Goffin and Frenchmen Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon will also play.

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Aljaz Bedene, who gained British citizenship last month, is the second Briton on the list after James Ward announced his participation in March .

Nick Kyrgios, who beat Rafael Nadal in the fourth round at Wimbledon last year, will return after winning the 2014 Nottingham Challenge title.

The tournament begins on 22 June, the week before Wimbledon.

The former Nottingham Open, a men’s tournament held at the city’s tennis centre, folded in 2008 after 14 years as a warm-up event for the sport’s only Grand Slam to be played on grass.

Meanwhile, it was announced in December that the East Midlands venue will also stage a WTA women’s tournament from 8-14 June.


John Wall Not Enough As Washington Wizards Lose To Atlanta Hawks

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John Wall Not Enough As Washington Wizards Lose To Atlanta Hawks

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Despite the broken hand, John Wall was a go for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals between the Washington Wizards and the Atlanta Hawks. With the series tied 2-2, Wall wanted to do all he could to put the Wizards in a position to close out the series at home in Game 6.

Things started out pretty well for the Wizards, who nursed a 47-41 lead at halftime. The 3rd quarter started out well again for the Wizards, but ended with the Hawks outscoring them by seven points.

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The 4th quarter is when things got interesting. The Wizards looked like they were going to run away with this game; but a deep three by Kyle Korver and then a corner three by Al Horford, and suddenly the Hawks were right back in it.

Before you could even tell what was happening, a few big plays on the offensive and defensive sides of the court by Horford had his team up by five.

Enter The Truth. Paul Pierce wasn’t going home easily, especially after the crowd chanted “Paul Pierce sucks!” Maybe they forgot about this game-winning shot in Game 3; or maybe Atlanta is just jealous that while Pierce has gotten better and better as the season progressed, the Hawks have been on a steady decline since the All-Star Break. Respect greatness, guys…

Anyways, Pierce hit a three to bring the Wiz within two. Shortly after, Pierce hit another three from the corner, putting them up by one with just under 10 seconds to go. That sure shut the crowd up.

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Well, in the end, the Hawks got the last laugh. Dennis Schroder’s game-winning layup attempt was blocked, but Horford came out of nowhere for the rebound. His shot found the bottom of the net, and with no timeouts for the Wizards that was all she wrote.

The series shifts back to Washington, D.C. for Game 6 on Friday.

Rafael Nadal vs Stan Wawrinka: 2015 Rome Masters Open Quarters

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Rafael Nadal vs Stan Wawrinka: 2015 Rome Masters Open Quarters

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Stan Wawrinka knocked out Dominic Thiem from the 2015 Rome Masters Open quarter-finals rather quickly 7-6(3), 6-4 on Thursday, and now he gets to go up against Rafael Nadal who he’s lost eleven matches to. Granted, Wawrinka won their last battle, and can use that as he enters the quarter-finals with the Spanish tennis star.

Stan Wawrinka set a Rome quarter-final clash with Rafael Nadal after dismissing Dominic Thiem 7-6(3), 6-4 on Thursday at theInternazionali BNL d’Italia.

The Swiss will look to overturn a 1-12 FedEx ATP Head2Head record against Nadal, but he did beat the Spaniard in their last meeting, capturing his first Grand Slam championship with victory in the 2014 Australian Openfinal.

The eighth-seeded Wawrinka took his chances in a tight match with Thiem, breaking once in the second set to claim victory in one hour and 38 minutes. The Swiss notched his 20th win of the season as he recorded back-to-back victories for the first time since lifting the Rotterdam trophy (d. Berdych) in February.

The 30-year-old Wawrinka is searching for a return to top form at the Foro Italico, where he reached his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final in 2008 (l. to Djokovic) and subsequently broke into the Top 10 of the Emirates ATP Rankings.

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Seventh seed David Ferrer won an all-Spanish contest with Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-1, 6-3 in 86 minutes, converting five of his 11 break points. The right-hander goes on to face David Goffin, who was granted a place in the quarter-finals when Andy Murray withdrew.

The 33-year-old Ferrer has reached at least the quarter-finals in eight of his 10 events this season, lifting the trophies in Doha (d. Berdych), Rio de Janeiro (d. Fognini) and Acapulco (d. Nishikori). He is looking to reach the Rome final for the second time, after finishing runner-up in 2010 (l. to Nadal).


Rafael Nadal Flawlessly Ousts John Isner From 2015 Rome Masters Quarter-finals

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Rafael Nadal Flawlessly Ousts John Isner From 2015 Rome Masters Quarter-finals

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Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal reminded fans of what he’s capable of as as he flawlessly knocked John Isner from the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters with a 6-4 6-4 victory on Thursday. Nadal has struggled this year, but in the 2015 Madrid Open, he made it to the finals to face Andy Murray, who wound up defeating him. Today, Murray had to withdraw from this open due to exhaustion so Nadal could be on course to face Roger Federer in the Semi-finals and perhaps Novak Djokovic in the finals.

The Spanish great remains on course for an eighth championship in the Italian tournament at yet another clay court competition that he has historically dominated.

But after critically breaking his American opponent once in each set, Nadal was able to progress past the notoriously big-serving Isner in an hour and 19 minutes hours.

Nadal was never unduly troubled by Isner’s service games due to his ability to absorb the power and command returns on his favourite surface.

After the first four games were shared, Nadal created daylight by breaking at the third attempt in the opening set which never looked in doubt after that moment.

Isner’s seven aces and dangerous serving kept him competitive until Nadal moved 5-4 ahead in the second set with a stunning forehand return directly from the high-bouncing serve.

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The Spaniard hit just three unforced errors en route to a sixth consecutive win over Isner.

While Nadal now meets the winner between Stan Wawrinka and Dominic Thiem in the next round for a place in the quarter-finals, he admits – at least publicly – he will be sitting on the fence when Real’s arch-rivals Barcelona take on Juventus in the June 6 final of Europe’s premier club competition at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.

“I’ve lost a lot of times, and Real Madrid lost yesterday. That’s just part and parcel of sport,” said the Spaniard.

“I have a good friend at Juventus in Fernando Llorente – I will be happy for him – and also Alvaro Morata.

“At the end of the day, if Barcelona win I will be happy for them, but if Juventus win I will also be happy because I have friends there as well.”

In the meantime, Nadal said he was happy with his game but said he was not “consistent enough” to be considered the main favourite for Roland Garros next month, when he will bid for a record 10th title in Paris.

“I’m more than happy, I think I played a fantastic match against very, very tough opponent,” said Nadal.

“Today I did (moved better) and it seems like now I’m having more good days than bad days. The past few months have been on and off.”

Nadal has won the French Open at Roland Garros nine times but said his form on the red dirt so far this season means he won’t be the bookies’ favourite.

He added: “This year for sure I haven’t been consistent enough to be considered the main favourite for Roland Garros.

“Let’s see how I finish this week and then we can start to think about Roland Garros.”

Nadal will next faces Stan Wawrinka.


Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal & Novak Djokovic Vie For 2015 Rome Masters Quarters

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Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal & Novak Djokovic Vie For 2015 Rome Masters Quarters

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The Super Four have now been cut down to the Super Three as Andy Murray has had to withdraw from the 2015 Rome Masters Open due to exhaustion. That’s not surprising as he’s been going on fumes for some time now, but that leaves Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal to duke it out. Nadal and Federer could wind up in the semi-finals and Djokovic has a shot at going to finals with either of the two.

The remaining 16 players are all in action on a blockbuster Day 5 in Rome. Eight of the world’s Top 10 feature, with Novak Djokovic,Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal, who boast 83 ATP Masters 1000 titles between them, headlining the day’s play at the Foro Italico. Three players are looking to continue their run of reaching the QF at every tournament they have contested this season: Djokovic (6 of 6), Murray (7 of 7) and Tomas Berdych (8 of 8).

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•    GLOBAL GAME: Five continents and 12 countries are represented in the round of 16. Spain lead the way with three representatives, joining Serbia (2), Switzerland (2), Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, South Africa and USA.

•    BIG SIX TITLE FEAT: Djokovic is on a 33-match winning streak at the highest-level tournaments: Grand Slams, ATP Masters 1000s and Barclays ATP World Tour Finals:

2015 ATP Masters 1000 Rome             vs. Bellucci    33-0
2015 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo    d. Berdych     32-0
2015 ATP Masters 1000 Miami             d. Murray      27-0
2015 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells    d. Federer    21-0
2015 Australian Open                         d. Murray      16-0
2014 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals    d. Federer    9-0
2014 ATP Masters 1000 Paris              d. Raonic       5-0

•    MURRAY ON A ROLL: Murray is off to a career-best 10-0 start on clay, capturing his first ATP World Tour clay title in Munich (d. Kohlschreiber) and his 10th ATP Masters 1000 title at the weekend in Madrid (d. Nadal). In fact, 13.7% of his career wins on clay have come in the past 14 days. He takes onDavid Goffin today having never lost a tour-level match against a Belgian (7-0). Sadly, Murray had to pull out today citing fatigue.

•    ISNER’S SERVE: John Isner goes into his contest with Nadal having held serve in 84 consecutive service games. He was last broken in the fourth game of the third set in his 3R loss to Nadal in Monte-Carlo on April 16. On European clay this season, he has held in 127 of 129 games: Monte-Carlo (45 of 47; 11 of 13 BPs), Madrid (60 of 60; 5 of 5 BPs) and Rome (22 of 22; 1 of 1 BPs).

DAY 5 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS

CENTRALE

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[16] John Isner (USA)            vs            [4] Rafael Nadal (ESP)

FedEx ATP Head2Head: Nadal leads 5-0

•    Isner came through his opening two rounds unscathed, seeing off Joao Sousa 7-5, 6-3 and Leonardo Mayer 7-6(6), 6-4.
•    Isner hasn’t had his serve broken in 84 consecutive service games. His run dates back to the 3R at Monte-Carlo when today’s opponent, Nadal, converted on one of his five BP opportunities in a three-set win.
•    Isner is back in Rome for the sixth time. He fell in the 1R here on three of his five previous appearances and this is his first time advancing beyond the 2R.
•    Last week in Madrid Isner became the first American to reach the QF of an ATP Masters 1000 event on clay since Andy Roddick in Madrid 2009. He fell to Tomas Berdych after holding 1 MP.
•    Isner hit 29 aces in his loss to Berdych, a record for most aces in a three-set match on clay.
•    Isner’s season to-date has been highlighted by a SF appearance in Miami (d. No. 6 Raonic in 4R, No. 5 Nishikori in QF; l. to Djokovic).
•    Isner has a 16-38 record lifetime vs. Top 10 opponents and is 2-5 this year.
•    Isner ended 2014 as the top-ranked American for the third straight season, finishing in the Top 20 for the fifth year in a row. He won two titles in Auckland (d. Lu) and Atlanta (d. Sela).
•    Nadal eased through his opening match, dropping just two games in his victory over Marsel Ilhan.
•    Nadal has reached the Rome final in nine of his ten appearances, winning seven titles: 2005 (d. Coria), 2006 (d. Federer), 2007 (d. Gonzalez), 2009 (d. Djokovic), 2010 (d. Ferrer), 2012 (d. Djokovic) and 2013 (d. Federer). He has lost just three matches here.
•    Nadal suffered his first defeat to Murray on clay in the Madrid final on Sunday. It was his fourth clay court defeat of the season. The last time he lost at least four matches on the surface in a single season was in his rookie campaign in 2003.
•    Nadal dropped to No. 7 in the Emirates ATP Rankings on Monday, putting him outside the Top 5 for the first time in a decade (No. 7 – May 2, 2005). That week the Top 10 were: 1) Federer, 2) Hewitt, 3) Roddick, 4) Safin, 5) Gaudio, 6) Henman, 7) Nadal, 8) Moya, 9) Agassi, 10) Nalbandian.
•    Nadal has a 16-4 record on clay this season with his four losses coming against Djokovic (Monte-Carlo SF), Fognini twice (Rio de Janeiro SF and Barcelona 3R) and Murray.
•    In February, Nadal won the 46th clay court title of his career in Buenos Aires (d. Monaco), and is now just three short of Guillermo Vilas’ record clay court title haul of 49. His victory in Argentina ended a nine-month trophy drought dating back to Roland Garros 2014 (d. Djokovic).
•    In March, Nadal fell in the QF at Indian Wells (l. to Raonic after holding three MPs) and the 3R in Miami (l. to Verdasco).
•    Nadal lost his opening match of the season, 1R in Doha (l. to Michael Berrer), before reaching the QF of the Australian Open (l. to Berdych).
•    In 2014, Nadal finished in the Top 3 for the ninth time in the past 10 years (except 2012), capturing four titles in seven finals. The Spaniard extended his streak of winning at least one Grand Slam title per year to a record 10th year in a row with his ninth victory at Roland Garros. His 14 Slam titles are tied second all-time with Pete Sampras, behind Roger Federer(17).
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[15] Kevin Anderson (RSA)        vs            [2] Roger Federer (SUI)

FedEx ATP Head2Head: Federer leads 2-0

•    Anderson ended a three-match losing streak in the 1R, overcomingFlorian Mayer 7-6(3), 4-6, 7-6(4) in two hours and 54 minutes. His 2R opponent Philipp Kohlschreiber retired while trailing 0-3 due to an elbow injury.
•    Anderson is making his fifth appearance in Rome. This is the second time he has reached the round of 16 here; the last came in 2013 (l. to Berdych).
•    Anderson reached a ninth ATP World Tour final in Memphis in February (l. to Nishikori, falling to 2-7 in finals).
•    Anderson’s best clay performance of the season came in Houston where he advanced to the SF before falling to eventual champion Jack Sock.
•    On January 19, Anderson rose to a career high No. 15 in the Emirates ATP Rankings after advancing to the SF in Auckland (l. to Vesely). He went on to reach the 4R at the Australian Open (l. to Nadal).
•    Anderson has a 7-41 career record against Top 10 opposition with his most recent win coming against then World No. 4 Stan Wawrinka at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Paris last October.
•    In 2014, Anderson became the first South African to post back-to-back Top 20 seasons since Wayne Ferreira (1994-96) after reaching the QF or better eight times during the year.
•    Federer saw off Pablo Cuevas for the second time in three weeks to reach the 3R.
•    Federer returns to Rome for the 15th time. He is still chasing a first title here, falling in the final three times: 2003 (l. to Felix Mantilla), 2006 (l. to Nadal) and 2013 (l. to Nadal).
•    Last year, Federer stumbled in his opening match at the Foro Italico, losing to Jeremy Chardy.
•    Federer suffered an early exit in Madrid, falling to Nick Kyrgios in his opening match. It was the Swiss’ first loss to a player aged 20 or younger since defeat to Del Potro in the 2009 US Open final.
•    After a 3R loss to Gael Monfils in Monte-Carlo, Federer bounced back by capturing an 85th career title in Istanbul earlier this month (d. Cuevas). Turkey became the 19th different country in which he has won an ATP World Tour title.
•    Only two players in ATP history have won more titles than Federer (85):Jimmy Connors (109) and Ivan Lendl (94).
•    En route to his title in Istanbul, Federer clinched his 200th match win on clay, becoming the seventh active player to do so.
•    In January, Federer recorded his 1000th ATP match win in the Brisbane final (d. Raonic) before a shock 3R exit at the Australian Open (l. to Seppi).
•    In February, Federer claimed his second title of the season in Dubai (d. Djokovic).
•    In March, Federer advanced to the final of Indian Wells (l. to Djokovic).
•    In 2014, Federer finished in the Top 2 for the 10th time, winning five titles including two ATP Masters 1000 crowns. Aged 33, he was the oldest player to finish in the Top 2 of the Emirates ATP Rankings (since 1973), and was the first to finish in the Top 10 for 13 years in a row (2003-2015) since Lendl (1980-1992). He also won a first Davis Cup title for Switzerland.
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[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB)        vs            [Q] Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)

FedEx ATP Head2Head: Djokovic leads 2-0

•    Djokovic captured his 150th career clay-court win and a 30th in Rome with a 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-3 defeat of Nicolas Almagro in his opening match.
•    Djokovic returns to Rome for the ninth time. He has reached at least the QF here on all eight of his previous visits, winning the title in 2008 (d. Wawrinka), 2011 (d. Nadal) and 2014 (d. Nadal).
•    Djokovic’s lone clay-court outing this year came in Monte-Carlo where he became the first player to capture the opening three ATP Masters 1000 events of the season. In the Principality, the Serb closed with three consecutive Top 10 wins over Marin Cilic, Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych.
•    Djokovic is in on an 18-match winning streak, which also includes his title runs in Indian Wells (d. Federer) and Miami (d. Murray). His victory at Indian Wells saw him become the 11th player in the Open Era to win 50 titles, surpassing Rod Laver and coach Boris Becker, who both finished their careers on 49. He now has 52 titles to his name.
•    Djokovic has won 23 ATP Masters 1000 titles during his career, putting him level with Federer (23) and four short of Nadal (27). The trio rank in the Top 3 for titles won at this tournament level.
•    In January, Djokovic became the first man in the Open Era to win fiveAustralian Open titles, defeating Murray in the final. It was his eighth Grand Slam crown, putting him level with Agassi, Connors, Lendl, Perry and Rosewall in eighth place on the all-time list for most major titles.
•    Djokovic’s last defeat came against Federer in the Dubai final in early March. His only other loss this year came in the opening week of the season, falling to Ivo Karlovic in the Doha QF.
•    Since falling to Nadal in last year’s Roland Garros final, Djokovic has posted a 23-2 record against fellow Top 10 players. He has captured victories over eight different Top 10 players this season – has not faced Nishikori – and he leads the tour with an 11-1 record vs. Top 10 foes in 2015.
•    Djokovic has won a 6-0 set on 10 separate occasions this season. This is the third time he has won 10-more 6-0 sets in a season, after posting 13 in 2011 and 14 in 2013.
•    In 2014, Djokovic finished the season at No. 1 for the third time in four years, winning an ATP World Tour-high seven titles in eight finals. His season was highlighted by capturing a second Wimbledon crown, four ATP Masters 1000 titles and the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London.
•    Bellucci advanced to the round of 16 here for the second time with wins over Diego Schwartzman and Roberto Bautista Agut.
•    This is Bellucci’s fifth visit to Rome. He also reached this stage in 2010 (l. to Djokovic).
•    Bellucci’s best showing this year was a SF outing at the inaugural tournament in Quito at the beginning of February (l. to Estrella Burgos).
•    Bellucci has a 5-23 record vs. Top 10 opponents with his most recent win coming against No. 8 Janko Tipsarevic in the Gstaad final almost three years ago.
•    The last Brazilian to topple a World No. 1 was Gustavo Kuerten (d. Federer in 3R at Roland Garros in 2004).
•    In 2014, Bellucci finished in the Top 75 for the fifth time in the past six years (except ’13) with his best result a SF on home soil in São Paulo (l. to Delbonis). He also reached five QFs.

GRANDSTAND

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)    vs            [7] David Ferrer (ESP)

FedEx ATP Head2Head: Ferrer leads 6-1

•    Garcia-Lopez upset World No. 10 Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-3 in his opening match before seeing off qualifier Alexandr Dolgopolov by the same scoreline.
•    With his win over Cilic, Garcia-Lopez now has a 12-36 career record vs. Top 10 opponents.
•    Garcia-Lopez is back in the Rome main draw for the fourth time. He reached the 3R here once before, in 2010 (l. to Verdasco).
•    Garcia-Lopez came in off the back of a 1R loss to Fernando Verdasco in Madrid last week.
•    Garcia-Lopez clinched his fourth career title in Zagreb in February (d. Seppi) and his fifth in Bucharest last month (d. No. 15 Monfils in SF, Vesely in F). It’s the first time he has won multiple titles in a single season.
•    Garcia-Lopez also reached the SF in Estoril (l. to Gasquet in 3rd set TB) earlier this month.
•    In 2014, Garcia-Lopez posted his second Top 40 season (also 2010), ending a four-year trophy drought by capturing the title in Casablanca (d. Granollers).
•    Ferrer hit 30 wins for the season with a 6-4, 7-5 defeat of Richard Gasquet in his opening match.
•    Ferrer is making his 12th appearance in Rome. He has reached at least the QF here five times, including the last four years in a row, with his best result a runner-up showing in 2010 (d. No. 5 Murray, No. 10 Tsonga, No. 9 Verdasco; l. to Nadal).
•    Ferrer has reached the QF-or-better at 11 of his last 13 ATP Masters 1000 events, including three this year in Miami (l. to Djokovic), Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal) and Madrid (l. to Nishikori).
•    Ferrer has won three titles this year, bringing his career haul to 24. He captured the Doha title in the opening week of the season (d. Berdych), before posting back-to-back tournament wins at the ATP 500 events in Rio de Janeiro (d. Fognini) and Acapulco (d. Nishikori). He became the first player since Ivan Lendl in 1985 to win back-to-back tournaments on two different surfaces.
•    In 2014, Ferrer finished in the Top 10 for the fifth year in a row and sixth overall, reaching the QF or better 17 times, while clinching a lone title in Buenos Aires (d. Fognini).

[3] Andy Murray (GBR)            vs            David Goffin (BEL)

FedEx ATP Head2Head: Murray leads 1-0

•    Murray won his 10th successive match on clay in the opening round, defeating Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 6-3 without dropping serve once.
•    Murray’s record for clay-court match wins in a single season is 12 (2011).
•    Murray is contesting the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 10th time. His best showing here was a SF appearance in 2011 (l. to Djokovic in a 3rd set TB). Last season, he fell to Nadal in the QF.
•    Murray arrived in Rome with a 9-0 record on clay this season, having won the titles in Munich (d. Kohlschreiber) and Madrid (d. No. 6 Raonic, No. 5 Nishikori, No. 4 Nadal). They were his first ever tournament wins on clay.
•    Murray’s victory in Madrid was his 10th at ATP Masters 1000 level and his first in more than two years. It also marked his 33rd title overall, which saw him break into the Top 20 Open Era title leaders, joining Arthur Ashe andMats Wilander in 19th place.
•    In March, Murray advanced to the SF at Indian Wells and the final in Miami, losing to Djokovic each time. With his 4R win over Anderson in Miami, Murray became the first British player to hit 500 wins. He defeated 185 different opponents from 50 different countries en route to the milestone.
•    Murray opened his season by reaching the Australian Open final for the fourth time (l. to Djokovic).
•    Murray has reached at least the QF in 16 of his last 17 tournaments (94%), which is the highest percentage on tour over the last 10 months.
•    Murray has never lost a tour-level match to a Belgian (7-0).
•    In 2014, Murray finished in the Top 6 for the seventh year in a row, winning three titles.
•    Goffin edged past Italian qualifier Andreas Arnaboldi 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 in his opening match before saving three MPs en route to a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 upset ofJo-Wilfried Tsonga.
•    Goffin is making his Internazionali BNL d’Italia debut.
•    Goffin opened his season with a SF run in Chennai (l. to Wawrinka). He failed to go beyond the 2R at his next five tournaments – Sydney, Australian Open, Rotterdam, Marseille and Dubai – before advancing to the 4R in Miami (l. to Nishikori). He also reached the Munich QF two weeks ago (l. to Kohlschreiber),
•    Goffin has a 1-16 record vs. Top 10 opponents with his lone win coming against No. 9 Milos Raonic en route to the final in Basel in October last year.
•    In 2014, Goffin finished as his country’s highest-ranked player with a year-end high No. 22, rising 91 places from 2013. After compiling a 3-11 mark from January to the middle of July, he closed the season with a 22-4 record, winning his first ATP World Tour titles in Kitzbühel (d. Thiem in first ATP final featuring 2 players born in 90s) and Metz (d. Sousa). Won ATP Comeback Player of the Year.

Viktor Troicki (SRB)            vs            [5] Kei Nishikori (JPN)

FedEx ATP Head2Head: Nishikori leads 2-1

•    Troicki halted his four-match losing streak in the opening round, edging past Bernard Tomic 7-6(3), 6-7(4), 7-6(4) in two hours and 47 minutes. He followed with another impressive win, overcoming No. 11 seed Feliciano Lopez 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-3.
•    Troicki is contesting this event for the fifth time. This is the first time he has gone beyond the 2R.
•    Troicki opened his season in Sydney, where he came through qualifying before capturing his second career title (d. Kukushkin). It was the first all-qualifier final in ATP World Tour history.
•    Troicki also reached a pair of QFs in February: Zagreb (l. to Garcia-Lopez) and Acapulco (l. to Anderson).
•    Troicki has a 4-50 record vs. Top 10 opponents with his most recent win coming against then world No. 5 David Ferrer in Shenzhen last September.
•    In 2014, Troicki finished just outside the Top 100 at No. 102 after climbing more than 700 places during the season. He reached his first ATP World Tour SF in three years as a qualifier in Vienna in October (l. to Murray).
•    Nishikori clinched his 30th win of the season, fending off Jiri Vesely 7-6(3), 7-5 in his opener.
•    Nishikori is making just his second main draw appearance in Rome. He fell to Jeremy Chardy in the 2R in his only previous visit here in 2013.
•    Nishikori’s eight-match winning streak on clay came to an end at the hands of Andy Murray in last week’s Madrid SF.
•    Nishikori successfully defended his title in Barcelona earlier this month (d. Andujar). It was his ninth career crown and his second of 2015, having won in Memphis in February (d. Anderson).
•    Nishikori rose to a career-high No. 4 in the Emirates ATP Rankings on March 2. He is the highest-ranked Asian player in ATP history. He has since dropped back down to No. 6.
•    Nishikori is one of five players this season to hit 30 match wins, joining Djokovic, Berdych, Murray and Ferrer.
•    In 2014, Nishikori ended the season at a year-end best No. 5 after registering a career-high 54 wins. His year was highlighted by four titles and maiden final appearances at Grand Slam and ATP Masters 1000 level (US Open and Madrid).

PIETRANGELI

[8] Stan Wawrinka (SUI)            vs            Dominic Thiem (AUT)

FedEx ATP Head2Head: Series tied 1-1

[6] Tomas Berdych (CZE)        vs            Fabio Fognini (ITA)


Rangers vs Lightning After Beating Capitals: 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs

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Rangers vs Lightning After Beating Capitals: 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs

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The New York Rangers, playing in the deciding game of their second round series against the Washington Capitals on Wednesday, advanced to the Eastern Conference finals behind a dramatic game seven victory. In a one-goal game Derek Stepan, a 24-year old center, joined the likes of Esa Tikkanen, Todd Marchant, Pat Lafontaine, Claude Lemieux, and Martin Gelinas. Just as those players did in years gone by, Stepan scored an overtime winner in game seven of an NHL playoff series.

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In what was a low-scoring game on Wednesday, Alex Ovechkin struck first following strong words in the days prior to the start of the game. He tallied his fifth goal of the post-season at 12:50 of the first period, a goal that gave Washington a 1-0 lead.

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New York answered in the second period with a powerplay goal from Kevin Hayes. At that point the defences tightened up and no more scoring would come until Stepan broke the 1-1 tie in the overtime session – end the game and Washington’s season.

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The series will not only be remembered for the game seven overtime session but for New York’s comeback. Down 3-1 after four games, the Rangers appeared to be done for. However heading into the Eastern Conference finals, New York, who made the Stanley Cup finals last year, are not only far from being done for but they are the new Stanley Cup favorites (source: betway).

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Other teams remaining in the playoff mix include the Tampa Bay Lightning, the team that New York will face in the conference finals. The Lightning are into the Stanley Cup semifinals following a 4-2 series win over Montreal, a series that concluded on Tuesday.

The dates and times for the Eastern Conference finals are as follows (all times ET):

Game 1: May 16th @ 1pm
Game 2: May 18th @ 8pm
Game 3: May 20th @ 8pm
Game 4: May 22nd @ 8pm
Game 5: May 24th @ 8pm*
Game 6: May 26th @ 8pm*
Game 7: May 29th @ 8pm*

New York, the regular season champion in the Eastern Conference, will be the home team in the series meaning that they will host games 1, 2, 5, and 7. Tampa Bay will host the remaining games as they look to make it back to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since winning it all in 2004.


CSI: CYBER Ep 110 Recap: Ghost In the Deep Web Machine

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CSI: CYBER Ep 110 Recap: Ghost In the Deep Web Machine

On the extra episode of CSI: Cyber, Spencer, a teenage boy in Chicago was playing a video game remotely with his friends. He received a package on his doorstep, opened it and ended up riding his bike to a neighbor’s house to give him the package. As he was looking at an electric drill in the yard a man named Ramsey Scott asked Spencer what he was doing on the man’s lawn and then a hidden gun in the drill went off and killed Spencer

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At home Agent Mundo was making out with his ex –wife, Devon, when the smoke detector in the kitchen went off because the couple left eggs cooking on the stove for too long. After he turned off the smoke detector he invited his Devon out to a ball game and dinner with their young daughter and she turned him down because she didn’t want to move so fast. The couple was talking about the state of their relationship when his phone beeped with a text message from Agent Ryan, saying they may have had a break in Spencer’s case.

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At the FBI headquarters Agents Ryan and Mundo determined that the company behind the electric drill that killed Spencer was one they had been chasing for years. This put the man running the company, Trigger, in the number seven position on the list of most wanted cyber criminals. Agents Ryan and Mundo then traveled to Chicago to further investigate the case.

When Mundo and Ryan got to Chicago they interviewed Spencer’s distraught parents. Agent Ryan told Spencer’s parents she thought he had purchased a gun from Trigger and that was the gun that ultimately killed him. Daniel and Nelson looked at Spencer’s tablet and realized it had no games or apps on it. They then discouraged Spencer had a parental control app on his tablet that would prevent his parents from knowing what he was really using it for.

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Agent Mundo then gave Spencer’s cell phone to Daniel so they could determine what else the boy had been hiding from his parents. He also told Daniel that Spencer’s parents did not know who Ramsey Scott was. Nelson and Daniel determined that Spencer knew Ramsey Scott and purposely went to the man’s house only to be killed in his front yard.

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At a business’s building in Chicago Agents Ryan and Mundo was called to a crime scene where they found Ramsey Scott dead. Agent Mundo said that even though Spencer’s death was accidental, Ramsey Scott was murdered. The agents speculated that Spencer had gone to Ramsey Scott’s house to kill him. Agents Mundo and Ryan said if they could figure out how Spencer and Ramsey were connected it would help them find the person that killed Ramsey.

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At FBI headquarters Raven told Daniel and Nelson that they couldn’t find a connection between Ramsey and Spencer because they were only looking in the obvious places. Raven then suggested they look at Spencer’s gaming console to determine if there were any clues on their linking the two of them together.

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Blacklight: Retribution, the game Spencer played every day, was one that could be played with many other people. They found out that Spencer was ranked in the top 50 most successful Blacklight: Retribution players. By looking further at his gaming files they figured out that part of the game include Spencer taking a delivery to Ramsey’s house. They also found a suspicious player, Viper 75. Agent Ryan said if they found Viper 75 they would find the person who murdered Ramsey.

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Daniel found a recording of Viper 75’s voice in the game. He then isolated conversations that had taken place between Spencer and Viper 75 while they were both playing Blacklight: Retribution. Viper asked Spencer where his dog was and what his dog’s name as well as when his parents were usually him. Spencer said the dog was outside in the yard and his parents were usually working. Agent Mundo said Viper was using the game to find out when Spencer was the most vulnerable.

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Nelson and Raven found out that Spencer’s avatar in the game was hacked into. Nelson figured out that Viper 75 was the one who did it. The FBI tried to get access to the account through the video game manufacturer and was denied. The FBI team then found another player that may have been involved in the case. They used his screen name, Ace, to track down his IP address and get his home address from that. They figured out Viper contacted Ace when his account was hacked into, just as Spencer’s was. Ace ended up being the person that delivered the gun to the building where Ramsey was killed.

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Nelson and raven tracked down a third player, Goldenbeast (a.k.a Corey) that was about to deliver a package with a gun in it. Agents Mundo and Ryan went to Corey’s apartment and attempted to arrest him but Corey jumped out a window onto the roof of the building and then jumped to the pavement. Upon talking to Goldenbeast they determined he was not the gamer they were looking for. The real Goldenbeast turned out to be a girl named Jessica. In Jessica’s apartment Agents Ryan and Mundo determined where their criminal might be; at a park in Chicago.

At the park the agents desperately tried to figure out who the guilty party was. Suddenly a gun shot was heard in the park. The team at FBI headquarters tracked Trigger down to a public library in Tampa, Florida. Nelson and Daniel went to the library and apprehended Trigger. Once they got into Trigger’s computer they found proof that he was the person that had the packages sent to the previously mentioned video game players.

Agent Ryan caught up with Viper 75. She told him she knew he targeted Ramsey and Spencer for personal reasons. Viper tried to escape but was arrested. He was marked captured on the list of most wanted cyber criminals.

Premier League Game Week 36 Review: Can Manchester United finish third?

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Premier League Game Week 36 Review: Can Manchester United finish third?

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Manchester United managed to secure three points at Crystal Palace on Saturday. Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal, on the other hand, suffered a shocking loss at the hands of Swansea City now that we’re in the 36th week of the Premier League.

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Wenger’s men lost 1 – 0 to Swansea at the Emirates. The Gunners’ boss wasn’t impressed with opponent’s defensive tactics.

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“We were unlucky I think against a team who refused to play completely and just defended,” Wenger said. “We’ve scored plenty of goals until recently.

“In the last two home games we didn’t score and that was frustrating when you have so much of the ball and play with such accuracy around the box.

“They defended well. They came just to defend with four defenders and six midfielders, and they defended. That’s it. If you win, you’re fantastic but if you lose people say to you, ‘Why did you not play?’ They won so they are fantastic.”

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With the league title already won, the Champions League spots are still up for contention. Louis van Gaal’s Manchester United are fourth on the Premier League table, just two points behind Arsenal. Although, the North Londoners have a game in hand and can easily grab the automatic qualification spot for the Champions League. The Gunners are set to face the Manchester giants at Old Trafford on Sunday and this match can be very crucial in deciding the placement of the teams at the top of the table. If United win both their remaining fixtures and Arsenal slip-up in two out of three matches, the 20-time English champions might finish above Arsenal after the final day.

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Manchester United grabbed a victory at the Eagles on Saturday and David de Gea was again the savior of his side. Mata and Fellaini netted one each in the 1 – 2 victory over Crystal Palace. Liverpool’s chances of retaining top four suffered a huge blow as the newly crowned champions Chelsea stopped Brendan Rodgers’ men at the Stamford Bridge. Liverpool’s outgoing skipper, Steven Gerrard scored the equalizer to John Terry’s 5th minute strike in the 1 – 1 draw in London. Terry’s goal on Sunday has made him the highest goal scoring defender of all times.

In the post match conference, Brendan Rodgers admitted that they will have to be satisfied with the Europa league spot. He said, “We sit in fifth place and that’s probably where we’re at. If we want to make the next steps, we need to find some acquisitions in the summer to help us do that.

“The players that I’ve worked with have been brilliant, given everything. Like today, we’ve been very unfortunate.”

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The former champions Manchester City were rampant against Queens Park Rangers and have now climbed up to the second spot on the table. QPR’s relegation got confirmed after the 6 – 0 loss to City. Sergio Aguero bagged a hattrick in the goal fest on Sunday. Burnley won 0 – 1 against Steve Bruce’s Hull City but it was all in vain as they also got relegated from the English top division. One of Hull City, Newcastle, Sunderland and Leicester are in danger of taking up the last spot.


Bundesliga Game Week 32 Review: Dortmund closer to Europa League spot

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Bundesliga Game Week 32 Review: Dortmund closer to Europa League spot

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It hasn’t been a memorable season for Jurgen Klopp’s men as they have slumped to the seventh spot in the Bundesliga after a disastrous start to the season. But of late, the 2013 Champions League finalists have cranked it up a notch.

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Only a few weeks ago, Borussia Dortmund were in the bottom half of the table but since the announcement of Klopp’s departure has unified the Bundesliga outfit. Dortmund played host to Hertha BSC and the game at Signal Iduna Park ended 2 – 0 in favor of the hosts. Subotic opened the scoring in the 9th minute and Durm’s strike in the second half sealed three points for Dortmund.

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They are just two points behind Schalke, who lost 2 – 0 to FC Koln at the weekend. Following the defeat, Schalke manager Horst Heldt announced that three players were sacked from the team. Kevin Prince Boateng, Sidney Sam and the 25-year-old midfielder Marco Hoger got on the wrong end of the Schalke manager.

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“The relationship of trust with Boateng and Sam is gone”, said Heldt, “And for Höger, we have doubts about his loyalty. He will have the chance to think about that for a week.”

With only two games remaining in the end of this campaign, one slip-up could prove to be very costly for Schalke. Dortmund are eyeing a place in the European competition and thus, the next week’s clash against Wolfsburg is a must-win for Klopp’s men.

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Bayern Munich have already clinched the Bundesliga title and hence they don’t have any ambitions remaining in this competition. They lost yet another match in the German league taking their season tally to four losses. Pep Guardiola’s men were eliminated by Barcelona in the midweek and their only consolation was the second leg win at the Allianz Arena. Following the loss at the hands of Catalonian giants Pep Guardiola praised Lionel Messi and also his players at Bayern.

“I am very proud of my players,” Guardiola saif.

“We did everything we could. It’s a pity. I hope we can play better next season. I now want to celebrate our Championship before planning for next season.”

“Congratulations to Barcelona also, I hope they win their fifth Champions League final in Berlin.”

Things are still very tight at the foot of the table. Seven clubs in the bottom half of the table are in danger of going down to the second division of German hierarchy. Stuttgart, 18th, are just a point behind Paderborn, Freiburg and Hannover, all of which have equal point tally of 31. Hence this relegation battle will certainly go down to the wire and the last day of this Bundesliga season will be very exciting for the neutrals.


Celebrity Gossip Roundup: RHOA Kenya Moore’s Prince Comes Out & Nina Debrev Opens Up On Ian Somerhalder

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Celebrity Gossip Roundup: RHOA Kenya Moore’s Prince Comes Out & Nina Debrev Opens Up On Ian Somerhalder

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When it comes to celebrity gossip, time really does fly by, and it is already Wednesday. Cissy Houston is making it known that she still blames Bobby Brown for her daughter Whitney’s death, Real Housewives of Atlanta Kenya Moore‘s Prince Charming comes out…or is revealed and Vampire Diaries Nina Dobrev talks about Ian Somerhalder’s wedding.

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Cissy Houston Blames Bobby Brown for Whitney Houston’s Death

There is no getting around the tragedy of Whitney Houston’s death and the current condition of Bobbi Kristina just adds to the sadness. And while a lot of attention has been put on Bobby Brown, Whitney’s ex-husband, and how he feels/is dealing with the situation, it seems that one of the people most affected by the death of Whitney does not get the empathy that she deserves- Cissy Houston Whitney’s mother.

It comes as no surprise then that Cissy does not think highly of Bobby. In fact, she blames him for Whitney’s death. This is what she had to say in an interview with Entertainment Tonight:

“Whitney was a very soft and easy person. She was kind. She was free-hearted… My baby tried. She did. She just had the wrong partner”

Accusations like this are always hard to stomach for me because there are so many things that go into why someone did what they did and what eventually ended up happening to them.

There are all kinds of speculations about what happened (with the Lifetime unauthorized biography of Whitney claiming that she was already doing drugs when she met Bobby Brown) but when it comes down to it, the choices people make, are the choices that THEY make. And I’m just going to leave it there.

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Kenya Moore Prince Charming Comes Out?

Next to NeNe Leaks, Kenya Moore seems to get majority of the headlines (good but mostly bad) out of The Real Housewives of Atlanta cast.

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She has been called everything from a whore to an adulteress and now the latest in her salacious love life is that the man she was linked to via the Bravo show “Millionaire Matchmaker” got married right after their episode was filmed. It seems very odd that Patty Stanger would haven’t done a better background check on this guy James Freeman as it would make me very wary of other women going through something similar. At least this guy was outed as being married, but it just seems rather sad.

 

Being that the episodes of the RHOA show her bragging at times about finding a good man, it does now seem like she was purposefully leaving out the that he was married (which she is saying he was not at the time in a statement she released). All of her “enemies” came out the woodwork too calling her out about the “relationship” and claiming that she once again faked have someone special for the sake of the show.

Along with people like Vivica A. Fox, being messy as hell, other no life twitter folks made Kenya the subject of their “humble opinion” additions to the RHOA hashtag.  Seriously people need to get a life.

Of course not to go without setting the record straight, Kenya posted a statement on her Instagram account.

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“Unfortunately, I just learned today [May 12, 2015] that the man I met and fell in love with from Millionaire Matchmaker was married a week after the show aired. I am astounded and devastated to have learned of this news via social media as opposed to from him directly.”

I go back and forth about how I feel about her. Most of the time she is a totally consumed “attention whore” but during the last episodes especially during the reunion, she really showed some maturity. So I like to believe that she didn’t know. I hope she finds real love one day.

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Nina Dobrev Set’s the Record Straight About Ian Somerhalder

Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder found love on the hit CW show
“The Vampire Diaries” where their on screen love translated into a real life relationship that fans just knew would last. I mean, Damon finally got Elena so why would he ever let her go?

But, as reality usually goes, things didn’t work out and Ian Somerhalder not only found someone else, he married her (Nikki Reed). So you know that people and the media always have things to say and made/are making it to seem like the whole thing is a love triangle that Dobrev lost.  But she tells a different story than the one playing out on social media and other outlets.

“I’ve said this before, that we didn’t break up because anything bad happened or because there wasn’t love or friendship…. We were friends long before we dated and we still are now.”

She went on further to address her initial thoughts on hearing about their wedding.
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“When I heard about the wedding, I thought it was beautiful. They look happy and I am happy and so I don’t see why there should be a problem with that. The drama is in the media, it’s not with us.”

That is very mature of her and I agree, the media needs to back the hell down. Good for her and good for Ian.


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