The Championships, Wimbledon - 2009 (Preview)

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Wimbledon is the oldest of the tennis tournament (since 1877) , and only grand slam to be played in grass. This is the 3rd grand slam of the year and is played from late June to early July. The draw looks like this

Men's
Singles - 128
Doubles - 64
Invitational Doubles - 8 pairs (round robin)
Sr. Invitational Doubles - 8 pairs (round robin)
Wheel Chair Doubles - 4 pairs (round robin)

Women's
Singles - 128
Doubles - 64
Invitational Doubles - 8 pairs (round robin)
Wheel Chair Doubles - 4 pairs (round robin) - Event introduced from this year
Mixed Double's - 64

Juniors
Boy's Singles - 64
Girl's Singles - 64
Boy's Doubles - 64
Girl's Doubles - 64

Wimbledon is generally interrupted by rain, but this year a retractable roof is in place in the Centre Court. This roof was inaugurated on 17th May 2009.

Seeding in Wimbledon is done different, its based on last year's performance and past 12 month's performance of the player.

Defending Champions

Event Type	Name	Country
Men’s Singles	Rafael Nadal	Spain
Women’s Singles	Venus Williams	USA
Men’s Doubles	Daniel Nestor / Nenand Zimonjic	Canada Serbia
Women’s Doubles	Serena Williams / Venus Williams	USA USA
Mixed Doubles	Bob Bryan / Samantha Stosur	USA Australia
Boys Singles	Grigor Dimitrov	Bulgaria
Girls Singles	Laura Robson	United Kingdom
Boys Doubles	Cheng-peng Hsieh / Tsung-hua Yang	Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
Girls Doubles	Polona Hercog / Jessica Moore	Slovenia Australia
Men's Invitational	Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer	USA USA
Women's Invitational	Jana Navotona / Kathy Rinaldi	Czech Republic USA
Wheelchair Men's	Robin Ammerlan / Ronald Vink	Netherlands Netherlands
Senior Men's Invitational	Ken Flatch / Robert Seguso	USA USA

Nadal has opted out of this years tournament, which means there will be no top seeded player in the draw. Roger Federer would be looking for his 6th title, and also break Pete Sampras record of 14 Grand Slam titles. Andy Murray is the local favourite and would be vying for the title with a good warm up tournament at Queen's Club which he won. Novak Djokovic had a tough tournament at Halle where he struggled to reach the finals and eventually losing to Tommy Haas. Others who would be looking to have their hands on the trophy would be Andy Roddick, Juan Martin del Potro. Grigor Dimitrov who is last year junior champion is a person for a look out in this championship.

William sisters will be strong contenders for this year’s title, provided they are fit. The Russian girls would be the giving a tough fight. The women's draw is not as predictable as men's as no one plays pretty consistent.


- data from www.wimbledon.org & www.atpworldtour.com

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Eindhoven

After a long thought I decided to write on a place this time . The place to be visited is Eindhoven.Once I thought of this name the words that came out of my mouth is PSV Eindhoven a renowned Football Club in the Europe and the Dutch League.

Eindhoven is one of the largest cities of The Netherlands located in the province of Noord Brabant ( North Brabant ) . Lets see some details on The Netherlands / Holland first.

Facts on Holland / The Netherlands :
Capital - Amsterdam
Language - Dutch
Currency - Euro
Government - Constitutional Monarchy
Monarch - Queen Beatrix
Prime Minister - Jan Peter Balkende
Independence - declared on July 26 , 1581
recognised on January 30 , 1648

Eindhoven - name literally translates to "End Yards" . The Industrial revolution brought out various developments into the city - infrastructure wise . The main industries at that time was textile and tobacco . But this shifted to focus on electronics and lighting industries owing to the start of light bulb manufacturing industry by Philips . In 20th century it changed to automobile due to the Van Doorne's Automobile Fabriek.

There are lots of places to visit and shop in the city . Witte Dame Complex & Admirant Buildings ,which are the former offices of Philips ; Van Abbe Museum - a museum for modern art ; Effenar - a music / cultural center ; Evoluon - a science museum sponsored by Philips ; Park heater Eindhoven - a stage for opera , ballet etc - are some of the important places to watch .

Eindhoven University of Technology is one of the renowned educational center in Holland .

PSV Eindhoven and FC Eindhoven are major Football Clubs that play 1st division , have their base in this city.It is also famous for various hockey clubs in Holland . Some of the renowned swimmers also train out in Eindhoven like Peter Van Hoogenband.

The official site for the city is www.eindhoven.eu