Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP) Highlights

In US Open, Rafael Nadal has won the match against Feliciano Lopez in round 4 with 6-3, 6-4, and 6-4 at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

In round 3, Nadal has won the match against Gilles Simon with 6-4, 6-4 and 6-2. Nadal played 7 US Open matches and has never won the title so far. In 2008 and 2009, he reached to Semi Finals.

Nadal has played 553 matches in his entire career. Among 551 matches, he won 453 and lost 98 matches. In this year, he won 52 matches and lost 7 matches.

In Round 3, Lopez defeated David Nalbandian with 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 and 6-2. Lopez played 8
US Open and has never won the title so far.

Lopez has played 461 matches in his entire career. Among 461 matches, he won 230 and lost 231. In this year, he won 22 matches and lost 18 matches.

The Pickup Basketball Player, Jefferson Thomas Passed Away

Jefferson Thomas, 67, was a pickup basketball player known as "Little Rock Nine," passed away on Sunday.

Thomas is an African American among the nine students in the little rock high school. The little rock member, Trickey Brown stated that Thomas was dead in Ohio.

Thomas is a great athletic and he plays basketball with the white students in 1950s. The little rock foundation stated that, Thomas was died due to cancer.

The famous wordings stated by Thomas is "One of them said, 'Well I don't mind playing basketball or football with you or anything. You guys are good at sports. Everybody knows that, but you're just not smart enough to sit next to me in the classroom,'"

The President, Bill Clinton stated that, Thomas is great person and a good public servant.

Venus William vs Francesca Schiavone Preview

On Tuesday, Venus William will meet Francesca Schiavone in US Open Women's Singles – Quarterfinals at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

In Round 4, Venus Williams has won the match against Shahar Peer with 7-6(3) and 6-3.

Venus played 13 US Open matches so far. Among 13, she won 2 US Open titles. She played 710 matches in her entire career. Among 710 matches, she won 568 and lost 142 matches. In this year, she has won 33 and lost 6 matches.

Francesca Schiavone played 10 US Open matches and she never won the title so far.

In Round 4, Francesca Schiavone has won the match against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) with 6-3 and 6-0.

She played 561 matches in her entire career. Among 561 matches, she has won 324 and lost 237 matches. In this year, she has won 30 and lost 17 matches.

Women’s Basketball Coach, Kelly Hall Passed Away

On Thursday, Kelly Hall, 51, died of heart attack at his home in South Carolina. Hall is a former women’s head coach for University of Cincinnati.

Kelly also performed as a coach for Louisiana-Lafayette from 2002 to 2007 and made a record of 65-28 in the final season. Hall has trained several, women’s basketball teams in his entire career. Kelly was removed as a coach from Cincinnati basketball team in 2009 for losing two seasons.

Hall also headed as an assistant coach for Mississippi, Alabama and Auburn Universities. He trained his team to play for six NCAA tournaments and one WNIT tournament.

Kelly Hall’s death was confirmed by McMillan-Small Funeral Home in Myrtle Beach.

Beatrice Capra To Play In WTA Tour

The 18-year old American tennis player, Beatrice Capra is going to play in U. S Open. Currently, she is ranked 371 in WTA singles. 

Capra has entered the grand slam tournament through the wild card entry. She has won the first round and entered into the second round by beating, Karolina Sprem with a score of 6-1, 6-3. She also entered the third round by beating, Aravane Rezai with a score of 7-5, 2-6, 6-3.

Capra stated that, "Every time I've just been given a wildcard I never do well. I like earning everything. I just think playing against tougher players in the wildcard playoff helped me a lot."

In the third round, Beatrice Capra is going to play against the World 18 ranked, Maria Sharapova.

Sania Lost in Second Round of U.S Open

The Indian tennis player, Sania Mirza lost in the second round of U.S open. She played against the Russian player, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova with a score of 6-2, 6-4.

Sania lost her rank out of top 100 due to wrist injury and she had many hopes on Grand Slam to gain her rank. But, she lost the game in the second round of grand slam in New York. This is the first time to play in Grand Slam since 2005.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is 20th-seeded and she entered to the semi-finals going too held in Cincinnati. Earlier, Sania has lost Wimbledon and Australian Open this year.

Coming to the men's doubles game, Leander Paes and Dlouhy lost the game against the doubles, Martin damm and Filip polasek with a score of 6-7 (7) 6-3 6-4.

Troy Polamalu Insured His Hair for $1 million

The NFL Player, Troy Polamalu has made an insurance policy on his hair for $1 million. Polamalu plays for Pittsburgh Steelers and he was drafted by Steelers in the year 2003.

Polamalu makes a deal with a shampoo company named, Head and Shoulders. Jonathan Watkins stated that, “In developing this unique policy, we recognize that Troy Polamalu’s famed head of hair is truly legendary and we are proud to partner with Head & Shoulders to protect it,”

According to the policy, Polamalu has to protect his hair which was grown several inches below his helmet and shoulders. He should not remove or cut his hair for the entire NFL season.

A female fan for Polamalu stated that "He is so hot and I just wanted to touch his hair, but I guess he had it up so the women wouldn't grab it."

NFL Preseason Week 4: New England Patriots vs. New York Giants Preview

Teams: New England Patriots vs. New York Giants

Date & Time: Sep 2nd, 7:00 PM (ET)

Place: New Meadowlands Stadium, New Jersey

New England Patriots quarterback, Tom Brady shows “Hard Rocks”. Brady is not satisfied with the team due to one point (36-35) loss against St. Louis Rams in the last week preseason. The Patriots has won against New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons with 28-10.

New York Giants has lost two preseason games against Pittsburgh Steelers with 24-17 and lost against Baltimore ravens with 24-10. Giants lost their three-back attack with Eli Manning which never happened so far.

Sania and Somdev to Play U.S Open

The world’s famous Indian tennis players, Sania Mirza and Somdev Devvarman are in the top of the first round at the U.S Open. The U.S Open is going to start on Monday at New York.

Sania is going to fight against, Michelle Larcher De Britto from Portugal. Currently, Sania ranked at 160 and De Britto, 176. After a long time, Sania is playing Grand slam through the qualifiers. Sania has won two qualifying rounds against, Ksenia Lykina and Elena Bovina and entered to the quarter finals of Grand slam tournament. This is the major winning victory in her career.

In the final qualifier game, Sania beat Catalina Castano with a score of 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.

Somdev stated that, he feels very excited to play for U.S open. He also added that, “I'm going to have to take every chance I get. I will have to play extremely well to win." Currently, Somdev ranked at 99.

Barcelona Won Against AC Milan: Friendly Match Highlights

Barcelona vs AC Milan Friendly Match Highlights: Barcelona won the match; Penalty is backbone of their success.

On Wednesday, Barcelona won the match-up against AC Milan (2-1) in the friendly match. The match-up was kicked off at 18:45 EST.

In the first half of the match, none could score the goal. But, Barcelona scored a goal in the second half. At 46th minute, David Villa, Barcelona player made a goal. Filippo Inzaghi made a goal at 67th minute.

A penalty goal is the reason behind Barcelona’s victory. Jose Manuel Pinto, Barcelona goal-keeper, was an important role behind their success. He recently served his injury period.

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