Roger Federer gave the crowd another demonstration of all-encompassing tennis know-how, after winning his 23rd straight final against Andre Agassi at the U.S. Open title yesterday, and sixth grand slam title of his young career.
Federer and Agassi thrilled and entertained, together, they put on a lovely show, displaying every imaginable shot, crafting points in ways seldom seen.
The audiences enjoyed the match, and were equally satisfied.

The 19-year-old Spainard Rafael Nadal won on a hardcourt for the first time, beating the 35-year-old Agassi in the Rogers Cup final Sunday.
It was the top-seed's third victory in a row and his ATP-tour-leading ninth tournament win of the year. His eight previous wins, including the French Open, were on slower clay courts, that is why playing on a hardcourt and winning was such a biggy!
It was the first meeting between Nadal, considered the sport's next superstar, and Agassi, who has won 60 tournaments, including eight grand slams and three wins in the Canadian event, in his 19-year career.

Top seed Maria Sharapova struggled to defeat Russian Maria Kirilenko Tuesday at the JPMorgan Chase Open in California.

Sharapova had not played since the semi-final appearance at Wimbledon. She was forced out of the Acura Classic in San Diego last week with a strained lower back.
Even though Sharapova triumphed in the first meeting with Kirilenko, the sloppyness was very obvious during the match.

Wimbledon 2005 women's and men's champion Venus Williams of the U.S. and Roger Federer of Switzerland made history in the finals.

Federer, 23, joined a list of three-time Wimbledon winners that includes German Boris Becker and American John McEnroe.
Also earning a third title at the All England Club was Venus Williams.

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Wimbledon got its first two big upsets yesterday with both home hero Tim Henman and French Open champion Rafael Nadal crashing out to unheralded opponents. Henman sent the Centre Court into despair losing 3-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6 to Russia's Dmitry Tursunov.

They would never believe in Tim Henman again, the fans promised, no longer invest their emotions in the local hero.

FHM sexiest women rankings list contains 28 new entries this year, including tennis star Maria Sharapova who comes at no. 19, making her the highest ranking athlete on the list ! Anna Kournikova is ranked no. 62.

Angelina Jolie is the world's sexiest woman, topping FHM magazine's 100 sexiest women in the world 2005 reader poll. Jennifer Garner comes in second.

TAG Heuer, the prestigious Swiss sports watch and chronograph brand and the fourth-largest luxury brand in the world watch market, is proud to announce that the young and charismatic tennis champion Maria Sharapova becomes its newest brand female ambassador. As, the new star of world tennis and, at 17-years-old only, already the winner of 2004 Wimbledon and WTA year-end championships, Maria Sharapova has signed a long-term ambassador agreement with the Swiss watchmaking legend..

1 Federer, Roger $6,357,547
2 Hewitt, Lleyton 2,766,051
3 Roddick, Andy 2,604,590
4 Safin, Marat 2,273,283
5 Coria, Guillermo 1,697,155
6 Gaudio, Gaston 1,639,171
7 Henman, Tim 1,508,177
8 Moya, Carlos 1,448,209
9 Agassi, Andre 1,177,254
10 Nalbandian, David 1,045,985
11 Bjorkman, Jonas 927,344
12 Robredo, Tommy 861,357
13 Massu, Nicolas 854,533
14 Novak, Jiri 812,232
15 Hrbaty, Dominik 808,944

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Maria Sharapova has defeated Serena Williams 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 to win the season-ending WTA Tour Championship and underline her status among the sport's elite.

"I'm still shaking. I can't believe it, the way I pulled it out," said 17-year-old Sharapova, who crumpled to her knees after lifting the match in one hour 46 minutes.

Australia's Alicia Molik beat Maria Sharapova 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, and win the Swisscom Challenge title. Maria Sharapova was looking for her third straight title, after winning in Seoul and Toyko. It was her first loss in a final.

Maria Sharapova, Wimbledon champion rolled to a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Marta Domachowska in Sunday's final of the $140,000 Korea Open Tennis Championships.

Sharapova needed 56 minutes to capture the fifth singles title of her career and third this year. The top-seeded Russian lost just 15 games during the tournament...

Maria Sharapova, the 17-year-old Russian needed just over an hour to overpower Miho Saek and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Korea Open beating Miho 6-3, 6-1.

Miho Saeki took a 3-1 lead in the first set, moving Sharapova around the court with some well-placed backhands and deft drop shots. But the Siberian teenager's strength became the decisive factor and Saeki only took one more game in the match.

The top-seeded Russian will face Samantha Stosur, who beat Galina Voskoboeva 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday.