European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 38 stars and stripes july 2007 Nadal into quarters Venus reaches semis rain stops play at Wimbledon again by Chris lehourites the associated press England erasing a two set deficit despite playing on a fourth consecutive Rafael Nadal beat Mikhail you Zany in five sets thursday to reach the Wimbledon Quarter the 2006 picked up Early service Breaks in each of the final three sets to win after the first two the next three sets maybe i play my Best game on grass in my Nadal Venus Williams had a much easier time playing outstanding Tennis to reach the semifinals by beating 5 Svetlana Kuznetsova Williams will next face French open finalist Ana who Defeated 14 Nicole Vaidi Sova Ivanovic saved three match Points and begin Ning with the last won 13 of 15 that sent her on her Way to taking the match last four it ended when Vaidi Sova Dou ble faulted for the sixth i knew i could do Ivanovic i knew i could make some Good shots and be aggressive and move Forward and put play was suspended for the Day with fou time defending Champion Roger Federer and 20 Juan Carlos Ferrero still in the first set of their Federer was serving at Deuce at 3 Andy Roddick and 12 Richard Gasquet took the court to warm up but never one of Only three players to have beaten Nadal twice in the last struggled Midway through his match with Lowerback he called for a Trainer after losing the third lying on his the russian got his Back after the fifth game of the fourth he was again on the with the Trainer stretching his big Dis balance Between left Side and right Side in my you Zany when i play a More and More and i Start to feel Nasals third round which was sup posed to begin didst finish until the three time French open Champion failed to convert his first match Point and had to wait until wednesday to get another because of rain Nadal is trying to become the first Man to win the French open and Wimbledon in the same year since Bjorn Borg in with every win you improve the Confidence on every Nadal but especially if you Are playing like in the the second seeded spaniard will face 7 Tomas who beat Jonas Bjorkman 10 Marcos who lost to Nadal in last years advanced by beating 6 Nikolay Davydenko 76 76 63 in the fourth he will next play 4 Novak who beat 2002 Champion Lleyton Hewitt 76 76 there was one Brief rain delay some courts meaning if s drizzled on nine of the tournaments 10 a three time Champion at the Allen gland has been dominating on her serve in the last two and she again did what was needed to earn enough Breaks to my return is very Williams that helps me and puts a lot of pressure on their service Williams had three and 2004 open Champion Kuznetsova failed to put another 21 serves into the american won 76 percent of the Points played on her first averaging 109 her Only struggle came when serving for the leading Williams lost four straight Points and faced a break but she fought Back and won when Kuznetsova sent a forehand Long the russians 24th unforced at the end i was Able to stay Tough against a great Williams i Felt so Moti sure about my Williams started the season with a wrist injury and is not even ranked in the top seeded Only 23 at the All England she struggled Early in the coming within two Points of defeat against 59thranked Alia Kudryavtseva in the first round and trailing 53 in the third set against 71stranked Akiko origami in the third i really did play two Good players who were Williams Williams was broken once but the five time grand slam Champion responded by breaking Back against Kuznetsova at Kirsty Wigglesworth Rafael Nadal reacts As he defeats Mikhail you Zany at Tennis scoreboard Wimbledon thursday singles men fourth round Marcos bag Datis Nikolay Davydenko 76 76 Fomas Berdych czech Jonas Bjorkman 67 Rafael Nadal Mikhail youth by Novak Djokovic Lleyton Hewitt 76 76 women quarterfinals Venus Williams United Svetlana Kuznetsova Ana Ivanovic Nicole Vaidis ova czech men second round Lukas Dlouhy and Pavel Vizner czech Frantisek Cermak and Leos czech 76 7 5 third round Harel Israel and Rajeev United Benjamin and Petr czech Marcelo Melo and Andre Christopher and Alexander 76 67 women third round Kveta czech and Ren Nae Stubbs Michaella Kra and Agnieszka radians clean sport in needs rejuvenating from Back Page i think what cycling is lacking right now is an expert vision on the whole Pic Bruyneel said wednesday in a Tele phone Call with we need to sit together and bring in an expert on solving the crisis the Uci has requested that All 600 prot our cyclists sign a charter saying they Are not involved in doping and promising to submit Dan samples to Spanish authorities for the operation puerto under the cyclists also agree to pay a years salary on top of a two year ban if caught Prudhomme said anyone who refuses to sign the charter will be banned from the it the anti doping charter was a Little bit of a Surprise for Bruyneel but All the team managers could agree that a positive sign had to be that was one of the we definitely agree with it will ultimately be signed by All our riders before the tour de a clean Winner this year could help rejuvenate the still reeling from failed drug test last year and nearly non Stop doping accusations and admissions in the past few in the past Alessandro Leonardo Piepoli and Vino Kourous Astana teammate Matthias Kessler were in the news for alleged Dop italian riders Petacchi and Piepoli had elevated Levels of the asthma drug Saluta which can have performance enhance ing both have asthma and Are authorized to use a certain amount of the Kessler team said he tested positive for elevated testosterone in Astana sus Pended him pending results of a backup the head of Frances anti doping Agency said he is concerned that some prescribed drugs can act As masking agents for banned Pierre Bowdry said he expects to receive More than requests for medical authorizations for 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