The Majorcan seek to gain a tournament IN WHICH has never semifinals

Before the start of the U.S. Open, said Rafa Nadal does not feel "added pressure to cope with the U.S. Open as world number one" after oust officially on Monday to Roger Federer at the top of the ranking of entries, which will debut in fourth and final Grand Slam of the season.

The recent Olympic champion said that "pressure is the same, when you have the objective is to win, given the same". Moreover, the Balearic acknowledged being "very happy being number one" because it is "a great satisfaction after so long at the number two, but things do not change much."

The Spanish player, who defeated David Ferrer fell in eighths of last year and has not yet reached the U.S. semifinals of the tournament, also insisted that "it is being a fantastic season, "adding that" big is the last of the season, so it will arouse much interest throughout the world. If I play a good tournament will be great because I can assure longer number one. "

Nadal Ivanovic and the head of the U.S. Open series in 2008

The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal and serbia Ana Ivanovic premieres in a Grand Slam tournament of their respective terms of world number one, to be located on Tuesday as early favorites of individual Open table tennis United States.



According to the list released by the U.S. Tennis Federation (USTA), Nadal, newly crowned Olympic champion in Beijing, heads a select field that includes 10 Champions Grand Slams, including the former number one of ATP, Swiss Roger Federer, second-seeded in New York.

The U.S. Open, the last of the four biggest tournaments of the season, will be played from August 25 to September 7 in the courts of Flushing Meadows in New York.

Nadal, aged 22, was released on Monday in Firstly the ATP ranking, displacing Federer, who defended the position in the course of 237 consecutive weeks.

The Mallorcan tennis player has won eight of the last ten tournaments he has played, including two Grand Slam: Roland Garros and Wimbledon.

In Flushing Meadows will seek his ninth title of the year and 31 of his career in a tournament on fast tracks which so far has been very elusive.

The Spanish attempts to become the first man in the same year won Roland Garros, Wimbledon and U.S. Open, since the legendary Rod Laver do so in 1969.

Behind Nadal and Federer were located on Serbian Novak Djokovic (N.3), the Spanish David Ferrer (N.4), Russian Nikolay Davydenko (N.5), Britain's Andy Murray (n.6), the Argentinian David Nalbandian (N.7), Americans Andy Roddick (N.8) and James Blake (N.8), and Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka (N.10).

Nalbandián is the best Latino ranked among the 32 seeded men's table, and that includes the Chilean Fernando Gonzalez (n.11) and the surprising Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro (n.17), winner of four successive tournaments this year.

The serbia Ivanovic, 20 years and who won his first Grand Slam title this season in the French Open, ha ido rising as the foam and will be seeking its third parchment of 2008.

Behind her compatriot Ivanovic were seeded Jelena Jankovic (N.2), Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova (N.3), American Serena Williams (N.4), the twice U.S. Open champion and Russian Elena Dementieva (N.5), individual gold medal in the Olympic in Beijing.
The relationship of the 10 first planted in each branch is:

-- Women:
1. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
2. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
3. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
4. Serena Williams (USA)
5. Elena Dementieva (RUS)
6. Dinara Safina (RUS) 7. Venus Williams (USA)
8. Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
9. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
10. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)


-- Men:
1. Rafael Nadal (ESP)
2. Roger Federer (SUI)
3. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
4. David Ferrer (ESP)
5. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
6. Andy Murray (GBR)
7. David Nalbandian (ARG)
8. Andy Roddick (USA)
9. James Blake (USA)
10. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)

Lleyton Hewitt, Nadal rival in 2 nd round. Federer begins with a victory over Tursunov. Ferrer, Almagro and Robredo, eliminated in first round.

Rafael Nadal suffered to overcome its debut at the Olympic Games before the Italian Potito Starace, who took him beyond two hours on the runway. In the last part, a 'break' in the sixth game was enough for the Spanish (6-2, 3-6 and 6-2), which closed the match outburst service back to his rival. It is the only joy of the day in the men's table. David Ferrer, Tommy Robredo and Nicolas Almagro have been eliminated.

The Mallorcan's rival in the second round will be Australian Lleyton Hewitt, who broke the Swedish Jonas Bjorkman by 7-5 and 7-6 (2) in just under two hours party.

There was a comfortable appearance for the world number one. The humidity, very high despite a dramatic drop in temperature in Beijing today, is something that does not finish like. Neither time (10.30) was good. However stormed into the match with a desire to solve it through quickly, and thus resolved the first sleeve. But suddenly, Nadal faded.

A partial 3-0 at the start of the second set allowed the Italian equalize the match. Starace was also growing in the heat of the public who wanted to see more tennis, did not want a fast game. Not served as a lever the arrival of the Prince of Asturias tier. Nadal not find ways to curb the countless left it came across the network. Almost all lost.

Except one. For front in the last part (1-0) and 30-15 down, Potito tried the nth. It is not known how, Nadal pulled out from under the ground, nearly hitting the network, and that point it stopped thrown on the floor celebrating. It was not until the sixth game for the 'break' final, but was meridian that the party had changed since that point. />
The one that had not been so lucky Carla Suarez. His party, interrupted on Sunday, left out of the Games after losing (7-5 and 7-6 (2)) compared to china Peng Shuai.

Nadal overwhelming to Verdasco in three sets (6-1, 6-0 and 6-2). The Balearic Islands will face Nicolas Almagro in the quarter-finals, since the latter beat the French by Jeremy Chardy 7-6, 7-6 and 7-5. This is the first time that passes murciano round in a Grand Slam.

In a day anodyne, dotted with the typical rainy Paron, attention was focused on the match between Nadal and Verdasco. In its five clashes, the Balearic had passed over and over again to Madrid. This Sunday, there was an exception.

The real excitement is living in another track, Suzzane Legler, where Almagro and Chardy starring a duel as unexpected as exciting. Nicholas, who already is pointing ways throughout the season, eliminated the aspiring local hero in three sets (7-6, 7-6, 7-5). Entremedio, two sudden deaths and 19 serves to direct the Murcia.



Almagro, with 78 aces, is the leader in this facet of the tournament, 21 more directly serves the second place: Ivan Lujubicic. And is that Murcia has a hammer in the right arm, which can be crucial in its next game against Nadal.

While Almagro Chardy and entertain the public, Nadal and Verdasco were continuing with their disappointing game. The Balearic Islands, which had started the encounter with a break, repeated the feat eight times more along the duel. Almost was news that Verdasco, tired and with discomfort in the left thigh, succeeded in raising a game.

Rafa won the first sleeve in just 29 minutes. After he returned to the track wanting to finish quickly and leave to rest, but rain again appear to bother. They spent more than 40 minutes before the match resumed. At that time, Almagro had already won the first set before Chardy, but had difficulties in the second.

After a period of inactivity, the doctor Nadal jumped the track to talk with the Balearic Islands. It seemed unwell, but continued playing. On the other hand, expected Verdasco, cabizbajo and an increasingly intense pain in his left leg.

As usual, Rafa forgot about their problems and returned to the track with the same hunger as before. In less than half an hour, broke the service of Madrid on three occasions and took the sleeve white. It was not the best match of Nadal, that Verdasco but neither knew much more demanding. Even so, his mastery was undeniable: 6-1 and 6-0 in barely an hours play.

While Rafa Tall victory calmly, raquetazo to raquetazo, Almagro worked against Chardy and the public, hopefully before this casual Noah, before the hero who both claimed. The Murcian had won two sets in tie-break and was tied (4-4) in the third.

Both parties ended up almost at once. Nadal was relaxed in the last sleeve and gave a couple of serves, for its part, Almagro broke serve Chardy in the tenth game and pulled to get into the quarter-finals. Nicholas has gone round in a Grand Slam for the first time in his career.

In addition, after the party of Murcia, already knows who will attend the Olympic Games representing Spain: Tommy Robredo, Rafa Nadal, David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro himself, which certainly is living a sweet moment. Verdasco: I have not withdrawn out of respect for the tournament and Nadal

Speaking to EFE, Fernando Verdasco claimed to have suffered physical problems before the Balearic and noted that no retired "out of respect for the tournament and Nadal."

I was about to leave the track, but I do not like to retire. I can not walk, when he went 6-1 and 4-0 and I knew I would win. I was out of respect for him and the tournament

After their removal, Verdasco not going to the Olympics, something that does not seem too dolerle: "Its a beautiful event, but with the long journey and the time difference I wanted too. Ido if I would have been classified, but also motivates me the U.S. tour I did those days. I do not like the head with the Games."

Rafa Nadal submitted to David Ferrer in the final of the Conde de Godo and managed to write her name on the honours of the Barcelona tournament for the fourth consecutive year. The Manacor, that amount already 25 titles to its credit, continues enlarging his legend, both on clay (103 victories in his last 104 matches on this surface) and in this sport.

Nadal and Ferrer were measured at the seventh final between Spaniards who has seen the Godo in its history. The poster was luxury and the public, divided by favoritism, filled the stands of the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona. The duel did not disappoint and the festival held throughout the high Rafah, which was imposed on a marker by David comprehensive 6-1, 4-6 and 6-1 after two hours and fourteen minutes of play.

Rafa the clash which began on cyclone sunshine, destroying everything that Pilla in its path and reversing the attempts to survive by David. The Manacor played very deep, very comfortable, varying their raquetazos and targets in track to cancel rises to the network of Javea. Ferrer tried so timidly, but chocaba again and again before the Balearic wall. When the Alicante wanted to join the first game in his locker, Nadal had already been four (two breaks included) to his credit. In just over half an hour of play, Nadal was pointing the first set in his locker with a partial 6-1.



Ferrer put the emotion with an intense game
Barcelona, maritime city, is accustomed to changing wind direction, but nobody expected that the party suffered in the second set. Ferrer charged batteries in the rest physically and mentally, was put on the track to play Nadal and beat strong and angled in an attempt to gain ground. Took advantage very soon and ahead in the bright, the party won in intensity and tension. Give and take that ended in the tenth game, when David will not quaked pulse for Rafa to win the set with a partial 6-4. The first set that gave way to Manacor in this tournament since the quarterfinals in 2006 in a clash before the Finn Jarkko Nieminen.

The tennis was gifted a third in September between these two great players, who put in the best of their competing versions. They played every point as if it were a match point with the intensity of the tournament and their dreams knowing that who managed to take command of the helm, take their ship to victory. Rafa took a small advantage at the beginning of September and was gradually undermining the morale of David. The tennis player is Balearic grew at the right time and had the confidence that he lacked his rival. It is believed, the assimilated and reflected on what the track with a 6-1 last part. Point, set, match, tournament and space reserved in the history of this tournament.

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