TENNIS | RAFAEL NADAL LOSES TO DJOKOVIC IN THE WIMBLEDON 2011 FINAL

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Spanish Sportsman & Tennis ace RAFAEL NADAL was defeated this afternoon in the Final of WIMBLEDON 2011 by Serbian & new World Tennis Nº 1 ranked player NOVAK DJOKOVIC 6 - 4, 6 - 1, 1- 6 , 6- 3. Djokovic wins his first ever Wimbledon Tournament & defeats Nadal for the 5th straight time in a final. The Serb is having a superb season which kicked off with the Australian Open & has basically won evrything ( except Roland Garros ) ever since. 

Novak Djokovic wins Wimbledon 2011

Rafael Nadal was fairly beaten today by a greater & more efficient Djokovic in what turned into a "complicate" game for the Spanish ace. Lots of unforced errors & a more aggresive opponent put Nadal against the ropes after the first two sets went to the Serb. As one could expect, Nadal fought back admirably & as a true Champ in true grit fashion to take the third set & at least open a door to a possible come-back opportunity. However, Djokovic has improved inmensely in mental concentration & with his game to secure the tight situations & made sure that this Wimbledon title opprtunity would not get away.

Rafael Nadal

Novak Djokovic will wake up tomorrow realising that it is all not a dream but a reality holding his Wimbledon Trophy firm in his hands & the World Nº 1 ranking. A well deserved prize for a very talented Tennis player, who has worked extremely hard & will no doubt win many more future titles.

Rafael Nadal will now get some well earned rest, transfer some of the pressure off his shoulders & onto Djokovic,  & prepare for the next big challenge & battle that will be the US Open where he defends the title & may meet again his rival Djovokic.

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SEVE BALLESTEROS DIES | SPANISH SPORTS LOSES GOLF LEGEND

Big shock for SPANISH SPORTS & the World of Golf with the sad news of the death this early morning of Spanish Golf legend SEVE BALLESTEROS. The Sportsman dies at the age of 54 at his home in the North of Spain surrounded by all his family.

Spanish Golf leyend Seve Ballesteros

In 2008 he was detected a brain tumour which made him go through surgery 4 times. Always with optimism & an iron will to keep going, the long sickness unfortunately managed to beat him at the final hole.

Here are just some of the titles won ( source Wiki):


PGA Tour 9
European Tour 50 (1st all time)
Japan Golf Tour 6
Other 36

Best results in Major Championships
(Wins: 5)
Masters Tournament Won: 1980, 1983
U.S. Open 3rd: 1987
The Open Championship Won: 1979, 1984, 1988
PGA Championship 5th: 1984

Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame 1999 (member page)
European Tour
Order of Merit winner 1976, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1991
European Tour
Player of the Year 1986, 1988, 1991

From here all my deepest best wishes to the Ballesteros family. Spanish Sport loses today a Worldwide reference for Golf & for many Sportsman; big loss for Spain. RIP Seve.


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TENNIS | RAFAEL NADAL WINS MONTE CARLO MASTERS 1000

Spanish World Nº 1 ranked Tennis player RAFAEL NADAL won the MONTE CARLO MASTERS 1000 after defeating fellow Spaniard DAVID FERRER 6 - 4 ; 7 - 5 in a tough & long drawn out game between two clay court specialists. In fact, the clay court is Nadal´s favourite surface & apart from being undispuested as the "Best Clay Court Player in the World", he notched up his 7th straight Monte Carlo Tennis title. 

Rafael Nadal wins Monte Carlo 2011

Excellent shot in the arm for Nadal that should lift his confidence after falling twice to Novak Djorkovic in the last two finals on quick surface. The Tennis season now gets into full swing in Europe where clay courts are the norm, that will culminate with the "King" of all clay courts : The French Open.

From here, congratulations to Nadal for the victory & for David Ferrer - another clay court expert - whom both managed to fly high the Spanish flag in World Tennis this afternoon.

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SPAIN | 2010 THE BIGGEST HISTORICAL YEAR IN SPANISH SPORTS

2010 has been a spectacular year for SPANISH SPORTS. There has been many moments with great & grand victories in team & individual competitions. For Spanish Football Sports Blog there has been three magical moments that comes immediately to mind: in Football the FIFA World Cup victory & World Championship in South Africa, in Tennis Rafael Nadal with his 3 Grand Slam victories (French, Wimbledon & US Open) & in MotoGp with all three catagories - 125cc, Moto 2 & Moto Gp - being won by Spanish riders & in particular Jorge Lorenzo who becomes the 2º Spaniard in its History to take the title.

Out of all the 2010 achievements obviously on a collective level the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM takes the prize & on an individual level RAFAEL NADAL. Lets finish off the year with 3 VIDEOS to give tribute to Spanish Sports & the three great moments of the year.

A Tribute to the SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM:

RAFAEL NADAL wins the only title missing from his long list - 2010 US OPEN

JORGE LORENZO secures the 2010 Moto GP World Championship in Sepang.
Special mention to Spanish Moto 2 Champ TONI ELIAS & 125cc World Champ
MARQUEZ only with 17 years of age.

Thanks to PAU GASOL (NBA Champ 2010 ), ALBERTO CONTADOR ( Tour de France - Cycling) ...etc & etc.  Tweet

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