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)

Rafa Nadal knows no conformism. It is a word that does not fall within its vocabulary and an attitude that does not exist in their repertoire of responses. Whenever it reaches a target found a new target on the horizon. After adding his fourth consecutive Roland Garros complex faced without his assault on the grass of Wimbledon. But neither was relaxed after ending the outstanding account of Spanish tennis and track the Masters Series Toronto and Cincinnati set its sights on the daunting number one of the world. Now his dream has come true Olympic gold an end to their happy stay in the Olympic village in Beijing.



The gladiator Balearic imposed the passage from the beginning, as it has done ad nauseam Michael Phelps, who visited hours before his last game. With a solid tennis and safe from the bottom of the track, thanks to a scheme preclaro game, made to feel inferior in Gonzalez all times. Very intelligent, Nadal shirk fearsome right hand of stone and worked with the setback criterion on the last Olympic bronze to wind up the points with his tremendous right cross inverted.

Nadal masterly controlled the nerves and left in tromba to avoid surprises, with a burst of pride for number one that allowed him to become the first service break in the second game of the match. That ended the history of the first set, in which Gonzalez never found comfortable with the pace imposed by the Manacorense, committed too many errors and not forced abused its setback cut. A coup which allowed Nadal to move pleasure and show their ruthless side. The Spanish always won the duel of zambombazos.

In the second sleeve, settled in sudden death, Nadal kept the pulse strongly before a Gonzalez who clung to their service. The Chilean, thanks to the effectiveness of its initial services, managed to find some Right recompusieron minimally winning their faith. Nadal endured the pressure of going below on the scoreboard without hesitation and took out his caste and his winning mentality in the only delicate time of the encounter. It happened in the twelfth game with 5-6 and 15-40 against, in his usual know that with two balls to be lifted in September without batting an eyelid. A blow to morale Gonzalez, who suffered an attack of vertigo in the tie-break (7-2).

With a rival already obscured and helpless, he applied Nadal the puntilla mercilessly. Always had options to rest break, while services recorded with insulting ease. The bomber of Queen gave clear signs of desperation, improvising solutions are impossible, precipitated crazy rises to the network, to which Nadal was showcased to the delight of the bustling Chinese public. Gonzalez saved by the hair his first service (1-1) but was choking the third, which enabled the flagship of the Navy to sign the pleasure 4-1. Nadal already knew that the gold medal was returned to owner and demonstrate full control of the situation, saving two new balls at the break 5-2 and leaving details of his brilliant tennis exalted. A victory made in Nadal, who fits the gladiator in the history of Olympism Spanish.

Rafa Nadal held in advance the number 1 in the world by ensuring a medal in Beijing after removing the Serbian Novak Djokovic in an epic encounter which ended 6-4, 1-6 and 6-4. His rival in the grand finale will be the Chilean Fernando Gonzalez, executioner of American James Blake.

Novak Djokovic

That could not suppress tears after falling into semifinals before Nadal was disappointed by the defeat but praised his rival, which said it is "mentally very strong

When I won the second set, knew he would return to the game, is a player very strong mentally, "said Serbian after falling to the Mallorcan by 6-4, 1-6, 6-4.

With face serious, Djokovic was satisfied with his game, "aggressive in the second set," but expressed his disappointment at not having been enough to win Nadal.

Rafael Nadal

For my mentality, I think that I am more a player of that individual team. Since I liked seeing small team sports. What we feel when playing for my country, now or in Davis Cup is completely different to what we feel when playing for me, but never fail to represent your country

I have no more than words of thanks to all Spaniards of the town. I am what I am going very well. I got very tired because he had never been followed so much time away from home, and everything I had proved easier with colleagues

The Balearic admits that the encounter before Djokovic was an important game against a rival in this very complicated track

As for the final against Chilean Fernando Gonzalez, anticipated to be a very hard, because it is getting good, with an incredible right ... I know I'll have to play well if I want to win

Being this is the end is very important to me. After the season I've done, win an Olympic medal makes me very happy

Nadal keeps alive the hopes of achieving a Spanish medal in tennis after defeating the Russian Andreev and access to the quarterfinals, where they measured the Austrian Jurgen Melzer. The Manacor returned to give an exhibition at the Russian tennis player and decided the match in two sets (6-4 and 6-2) in just over an hour and a half of play.



And that the start of the game is not very well painted for the Spanish. Having missed two balls break in the game starter, Nadal lost the initiative of the points and only a tremendous security in the draw allowed him to win his services with relative ease. Andreev was not least because good first base and constant rises to the network remained in the game.

Until we reached the break. Rafa forgave two in the first game, but the third in the seventh game of the meeting, Nadal stole the service into Russian. Far from amilanarse, Andreev had a golden opportunity when available until four balls break with 5-4 on the scoreboard. That ended the Russian.

Apisonadora Manacor in the second sleeve
With the first manga (6-4) in his pocket, pulled out Nadal to shine your best tennis, although there was no need or that before the Andreev and Fallon off the second set. The tennis Manacor it broke out at his rival at the start of the second sleeve to, then awarded three games followed (break included) and put a final ended 4-0 for undermining the hopes of Russian.

Nadal closed the match with his serve and gained the quarterfinals again prove the most in the form of tennis today. Now expects an a priori affordable Jurgen Melzer. Djokovic, who is also in the quarter, is presumed as the big stumbling block to achieving medals. But first we must beat the Austrian.

The luck was not on the side of Rafah, in his painting he has played hard bones of roer 4, Novak Djokovic third favourite to take the gold medal, Australian Lleyton Hewitt in second round, Andy Murray recent winner of the Masters Series Cincinnatti Radek Stepanek and a specialist in fast tracks.

In his first statements of Manacor said: "It has been the worst thing that can touch." He knows that his picture is very complicated, but since rafa-nadal.com give you all the spirits of the world that we know you're the best, that's why your number one, and the best always meet expectations against major rivals, winning the gold against these rivals, will be much more valuable .

Vamos Rafa! AND BRING so precious metal gold, for all your fans and all the Spanish fans.