
Vardan
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:lol: Я до этого не догадался
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Которая не доконца отчеканена.
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Карен тоже в ничью сыграл Хотелось что бы он выйграл
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А когда ты сможешь мы наверное начнём не раньше чем 2 июля...
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А там показывает, то чот они даже еще и не начили игру...
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Это шутка была , а так я думаю то что это - Звезды Кремлевские, я так предпологаю...
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Злая Мудрость, а ты знаешь как получить 4 литра используя 5 и 7 литровые банки?
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Аватар поменял,
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С прошедним Днем Рождения, Коллега
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One to Watch: Feliciano López Tuesday, 28 June, 2005 From a lineage which has earned the accolade; "Kings of Clay", now comes a slightly different type of player. They say that a serve-and-volleyer can't win this championship, but Feliciano López would like to disagree in the best way possible, on the courts. The last and only time a Spaniard has won the Wimbledon Men's Singles was in 1966, when Manuel Santana beat the American R.D. Ralston in straight sets; 6-4, 11-9, 6-4. However, this is most definitely not due to a lack of trying, but rather almost an allergic reaction to grass by every other Spaniard to step onto the Wimbledon turf from then onwards. So, it seemed that despite being able to field the highest number of players for any one country, the Spaniards were never anyone's favorites to lift the winner's trophy, until now perhaps? Feliciano López - a member of the Spanish Davis Cup Champions team - is the man to watch, or the man to watch out for, depending upon your perspective. Almost certainly ignored as an immediate threat to the favourites, López has quietly but steadily made his way through the early rounds. Removing without much difficulty the obstacles that have come across his path, notably the big-serving No.5 seeded Russian Marat Safin and the No.10 seeded Croatian Mario Ancic, using his own rapidly improving serve. Surprisingly, to some, with every game he plays López is creeping further into the top ten aces leaderboard and also the service speed leaderboard. Although he may never emulate the feat of 51 aces in a single game like the Croatian Ivo Karlovic, he has now equaled that total over 4 games and shares equal ninth place, not too far behind Boom boom Belarusian Max Mirnyi, the leader at 89. But if we compare him again with Karlovic, we find them both sharing eighth spot in the service speed leader board at 138mph, almost as fast as American Taylor Dent, who has been the only one to be clocked at a staggering 146mph. However, he now faces the No.3 seeded Australian, Lleyton Hewitt, who has also picked up a reputation for dealing with the big serve. Hewitt beat over 4 sets in the previous round, reasonably comfortably, the No.24 seeded Dent and looks himself to be on form to make a serious challenge to the trophy. López though remains unphased, and has already accepted that he will have to adapt his game somewhat to meet the challenge. He expects a longer and tougher encounter, which will surely be a thrilling match for the lucky spectator. Written by Luis López
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Mauresmo and Kuznetsova Power On Wednesday, June 29, 2005 In a third round Ladies' Doubles match carried over from yesterday afternoon, Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia and Amelie Mauresmo of France beat Australian Lisa McShea and Abigail Spears of the United States 7-6 (7-3), 6-2. Both pairs are unseeded and neither have killed giants in their previous rounds. Kuznetsova, who turned 20 during the Championships, bears resemblance to Steffi Graf in her face and dusty blonde pony-tailed hair. Last year at Wimbledon, as the No. 2 seed with compatriot Elena Likhovtseva, Kuznetsova reached the fourth round of the Ladies' Doubles. Earlier this year, with Australian Alicia Molik, she won the Australian Open. She has also previously had a successful career partnering Martina Navratilova. But her partnership with Amelie Mauresmo is a new one for these Championships. At 25, Mauresmo is making something of a comeback to the doubles track from her best performance five years ago when she won the Tour competition at Linz When the match started yesterday, both players were fresh from playing their quarter-final singles matches. Kuznetsova had lost to No. 1 seed Lindsay Davenport and Mauresmo beat Anastasia Myskina. On the other side of the net, 30-year-old Lisa McShea has four Tour doubles titles, but none with today's partner Abigail Spears. And 23-year-old Spears also has a couple of Tour wins under her belt, again with different partners. The first set was a mixed affair. Kuznetsova opened the match with a strong game to love, but later on she looked the weakest link for a while. Mauresmo played with a strong serve and approach game and on several occasions used a blistering court-splitting backhand drive which left her opponents standing. However both pairs showed great delicacy and direction of stroke-play, as well as dipping into their repertoires of more powerful volleys and driving shots. Service games were broken regularly and the French and Russian duo was soon 5-2 up. But the Australian and American pair came back strongly. Play was teasingly poised with Spears and McShea to level the match at 6-6 when the match was suspended on Tuesday due to rain. Coming out into the bright sunshine today, the new world pair duly banked their advantage, but played less well in the tie-break, losing it 3-7. Kuznetsova looked refreshed, and was timing the ball more sweetly, more strongly and more precisely. To help win the tie-break, Mauresmo displayed her glorious return of serve that dips exactly at the feet of the incoming server, making it virtually impossible for the server to get the ball back over the net. After this it was all but over, and Kuznetsova quicky found herself serving for the match. They go on to meet No.5 seeds Elena Likhovtseva and Vera Zvonareva of Russia in the quarter-finals. Written by Sally Easton