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  1. Wimbledon 2014 Seedings

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    The seedings for Wimbledon 2014 have been released! It’s good news for Murray and Federer but bad news for Maria Sharapova.

    The Men’s Seedings

    Andy Murray has been seeded third for this year’s Wimbledon – with Roger Federer fourth seed.  That will help the defending and former champions in their quest for fresh glory at the All England Club.
    Novak Djokovic is number one seed, with Rafa Nadal number two – which doesn’t reflect the French Open pecking order but is perfectly understandable given their recent records at Wimbledon.
    The big favour has been done to Murray and Federer, who are world-ranked lower than their Wimbledon seedings and could in theory have faced a much tougher route to the final.  Now they will at least be able to avoid Nadal and Djokovic until the semi-final stage, should they progress that far.
    Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka is fifth seed, Tomas Berdych sixth, David Ferrer seventh and Canada’s Milos Raonic eighth.

    And the ladies…

    In the women’s draw, Serena Williams retains her number one status despite her indifferent form of late. Li Na is second seed, and French Open finalist Simona Halep third. Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland is fourth seed, yet French Open and former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova is only fifth seed. This means she may have to beat three of the very best to take the title.
    Petra Kvitova is sixth seed, Jelena Jankovic seventh and Victoria Azarenka eighth.

  2. Federer and Djokovic Survive Setbacks..​.But Radwanska Is Out!

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    When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
    Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic found mental strength in adversity to overcome some sticky moments on the Parisian clay today.

    That’s what separates the champs from the also-rans. The very best find a way, even when it doesn’t quite feel like their day.

     ‘I lost my head once at Roland Garros when I was young,’ reflected Federer. ‘Now I just increase my focus.’

    Both Fed and Novak wobbled to drop sets against Dmitry Tursunov and Marin Cilic respectively at Roland Garros.  But crucially, both superstars struck back immediately to show who was really in charge.  Federer won his first set 7-5, dropped the second to an excellent Tursunov tie-break, but hit straight back with a break early in the third to resume control and take the set 6-2.   He never looked back and wrapped up victory over the ailing Russian 6-4 in the fourth. Overall it was an impressive display.

    Roger said afterwards: ‘I thought I had control, Dmitry is always tough but I served well and even though I had to be careful with my work I thought I was a deserved winner.’

    4 in three hours and eleven minutes.  Novak said later:’It all went well for the first two sets but then I dropped my intensity and he came back. He pushed me to the limit but at the end of the day I won and that’s what matters most.’   Cilic, the 25th seed, blended wrist-inspired power with deftly-carved drop shots to take a third-set tie-break 7-2.  Yet Djokovic raced to a three-game advantage in the fourth after saving triple break points on his own serve.   Despite a fresh Cilic comeback, the popular Serb finished the job to put a testing afternoon behind him.

    Meanwhile Poland’s Agniezska Radwanska was unable to show similar tenacity against one of Cilic’s lesser-known compatriots. Radwanska lost 4-6, 4-6 to Ajla Tomljanovic of Croatia in the shock of the day.

    And now, astonishingly, all three top seeds have fallen in the first week of the women’s tournament.

    5 behind before she began to claw her way back into the first set at Roland Garros.   But she failed to raise her game for long enough to mount a meaningful fightback. Instead the world number 72, who has suffered from glandular fever in the past, clinched the unlikely victory which propels her into the big-time.

    Romania’s Simona Halep is now the highest remaining seed left in the women’s draw, though Maria Sharapova’s vastly superior experience makes  her a strong contender for the title.

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  3. Murray Loses Miami Mind Games Against Naughty Novak

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    Andy Murray needs to start winning some mind games… and fast

    If he isn’t going to rush into appointing a new coach, he had better consider working with a new sports psychologist – because his head, quite frankly, is all over the place.

    We want Andy Murray back to his best form in time for Wimbledon. And it isn’t his back that’s causing Murray problems right now…or a twinge in his hip, which apparently troubled him earlier in the week… It’s all in his mind right now.

    The defending champion is out of Miami

    First, the facts. Andy Murray lost 5-7, 3-6 to Novak Djokovic.
    At 5-6 in the first, Novak’s racquet crossed the net as he put away a point that he would have won anyway if he’d waited. Sure, Djokovic was a little naughty, he should have ‘fessed up – but he didn’t and the umpire was found wanting.  Murray moaned as though his entire world had caved in, then he threw away the game, the set and ultimately the match.
    Andy was a break up in the second set but every time his athleticism and talent drove him into a winning position, his mind let him down.

    Why the lack of mental strength?

    We all have our theories.
    What are the psychological issues at play here? Some people say Murray has climbed his Everest by winning the US, the Olympics and Wimbledon. He has done it all and herefore he lacks hunger.
    We disagree.
    The fundamental issue is not hunger; the issue is self-esteem.  Great champions in sport carry on winning beyond their breakthrough years because they know they deserve to be there, right at the top.  Andy Murray doesn’t seem to believe that he deserves a regular place at the top table. He acts like someone who achieved what he did by punching above his weight, an impostor who pulled off a smash-and-grab raid and stole a hat-trick of honours in a relatively short space of time, then made off into the night.

    That mindset has to change in order for him to continue to succeed. Murray is better than that.

    Sure, Andy has had problems: the back operation, the recent split with his coach (though Ivan Lendl was there to see him fall in Miami). No one has ever suggested it is easy to stay at the top once you reach the summit, or simple climb back up to the highest peak after you take a tumble,but you’ve got to feel that you belong at the top. You’ve slipped down to number 8 in the world for a variety of reasons, physical and mental.
    Andy Murray didn’t become US, Olympic and Wimbledon champion because of an outrageous period of good luck. You did it because that’s where you belong and what you deserve.

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