Az 1992-es barcelonai olimpiai játékok női egyesének győztese, Jennifer Capriati lemondta athéni részvételét. Döntését később indokolja. A kiemelési listát holnap teszik közzé, míg a sorsolást csütörtökön tartják.
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Capriati Pulls Out of JPMorgan Chase Open Thu Jul 15, 6:41 PM ETCARSON, Calif. - Jennifer Capriati has withdrawn from next week's JPMorgan Chase Open, citing a hamstring injury. "I really love that tournament, but I'm just not ready to play because of my hamstring," she said in a statement Thursday. "I'm going to continue to work hard and get ready to play again. I'm really looking forward to competing this summer, especially in the Olympics and the U.S. Open (news - web sites)." Capriati plans to rejoin the WTA Tour for the Acura Classic in Carlsbad on July 26. The Olympics begin Aug. 13 in Athens, Greece. The Chase Open earlier lost Wimbledon (news - web sites) champion Maria Sharapova, who withdrew saying she needed rest and recuperation.
Az amerikai csapatból egyesben a férfiaknál Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish, Vince Spadea és Taylor Dent, míg a nőknél a címvédő Venus Williams mellett Serena Williams, Jennifer Capriati, valamint Chanda Rubin indul.
Remélem az Olimpiára normálisan felkészül mert még egy ilyen zakót amit kapott a Garroson Myskinától meg most Wimblwdonban Serenától nem szívesen néznék végig.
Serena Williams remains on course for a hat-trick of Wimbledon titles after crushing Jennifer Capriati 6-1, 6-1 in just 45 minutes on Centre Court. The disappointingly one-sided quarter-final marks Williams' best-ever win over Capriati, and her most convincing win since she underwent a knee operation immediately after winning her second Wimbledon crown last year. Capriati had defeated Serena twice in recent months, first in the Italian Open semi-finals and then at the French Open quarter-finals. But she left her game, and apparently her resolve, behind in the locker room, failing to make even the slightest dent in the Williams armour. Though Serena's serving and hitting were dynamic, the lasting memory of the match is of Capriati's inability to chase down shots or to contrive winners of her own.
The only time Capriati, the 7th seed, held serve was in the opening game, and even then she had to come back from a love-30 deficit to do so. There were signs of the whirlwind to come from Serena in her first service game with a fizzing ace and then she effectively broke Capriati's resistance in the next game.
Five times Williams moved to break point. Four times Capriati managed to fend off the champion, but on the fifth occasion Williams needed to do nothing as Capriati double-faulted. That marked the end of this match as a contest for Capriati, who never held serve again. After dropping serve to go 1-4 down Capriati donned a cap but, if anything, played even worse.
The first set was brought to a close in 24 minutes with Capriati broken again when she struck a backhand just beyond the baseline. Serena conceded a mere three points on serve in that set and, with her backhand generating almost the same speed as her serves, the rout continued. Yet another weak backhand into the net cost Capriati her serve again early in the second set. The only ray of hope she gleaned came in the next game when Serena double-faulted twice in succession to hand her serve to Capriati. It almost amount to a sympathy vote.
Having been reminded that she remains occasionally fallible, Williams added even more pace and bite to her game, breaking to love, holding to love and then breaking again as another of Capriatri's errant backhands flew yards over the baseline.
There was a belated flurry of resistance from Capriati when she held two break points on the Williams serve but, true to form, she perpetrated unforced errors on both. Serena triumphed on her first match point with a show of sheer athleticism, diving full length to deliver a forehand volley that Capriati returned into the net with her opponent still prostrate on the grass.
This is only the sixth tournament for Serena since her return to tennis following her operation and today's victory was a milestone, not only against her keenest rival but also the highest-ranked opponent she has so far beaten since that return. At Wimbledon she has conceded just 17 games in five straight-sets wins now and is clearly in fine fettle.
While confessing she was "very surprised" by the ease of her win, Williams explained: "I was really focused. I have some goals here, I am just trying to reach them. I know when I play Jen I have to play really tough. I couldn't let up at all."