European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 38 stars and stripes july 2007 Bartoli shocks to seeded Henin Williams to meet frenchwoman in lowest ranked Wimbledon final by Chris lehourites the associated press Tine Henin will have to wait another year to try and Complete a Ca reer grand slam after being stunned in the Wimbledon semifinals by Marion Bartoli ran the to ranked Henin around the court Over the final two using incredible accuracy to come Back from a set and break Down to win 61 my game was not on at All Early in the Bartoli i tried to just focus on the Bartoli will face Venus will iams in saturdays the Wimbledon Champion beat 6 Ana Ivanovic the 31 Williams and the 20 Bartoli Are the two lowest ranked women to reach the Wimbledon final since the computer rankings began in in the mens fou time de fending Champion Roger Feder 2 Rafael Nadal and 4 Novak Djokovic reached the Semi 3 Andy Roddick lost to 12 Richard 64 67 67 in the other Quad who lost to Amelia Mau Resmon in last years won her third straight French open title last she broke to take a 43 Lead in the second but bar Toli broke Back in the next game and then again with Henin serv ing to Force a Henin also held two break Points in the first game of the third Williams reached the Wimble Don final for the sixth dominating yet another player ranked in the top i was playing Well in the first set and i didst give her any Chanc said who was ranked 16th when she won Wimbledon in the lowest Previ Ous in the there were one or two games when i didst play As Well As i wanted Williams started the season with a wrist seeded Only 23rd at the All England she struggled Early in the Tournai 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 Federer dropped a set for the first time this year at the Allen gland but still beat Juan car los Ferrero 76 a set is but a match int said who beat Nadal in last years if Nadal wins saturdays semifinal against men Sun Days final would Mark hissed tenth consecutive Day on who has also played on each the last five needed exactly five hours to beat Marcos bag Datis 76 76 67 the longest Wimbledon singles match played on one Day lasted Only five minutes this is the Best Tennis i played in my said who also reached the semifinals at the French these six months have been incredible for Nadal is trying to become the first Man to win the French open and Wimbledon in the same year since Bjorn Borg in he has won the last three titles at Roland Anja 18 Marion Bartoli of France upset to seeded Justine Henin at Wimbledon on Friday to Advance to the women Wim Boodon score Banj Friday at the All England Lawn Tennis a croquet Martin czech and lean Der Paes i e purse surface slam Rafael Nadal Tomas Ber Dych czech 6 Stroger Federer Juan a Milos Ferrero 76 Novak Djokovic Marcos bag Datis 76 76 67 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red bulls on Houston 852 is unbeaten in seven games since a 21 loss at United on May the Dynamo Haven allowed a goal in four straight including a score less tie at Dallas last new York 653 lost for the third time in four the red bulls Haven won since a 21 Vic tory at Toronto on june Ngwenya scored his first goal on a header in the 28th minute to give Houston a 10 the play began after new Yorks Kevin Goldthwaite was Given a yellow card for Ngwenya took the free kick from Stuart Holden and punched it in the left Corner of the Ngwenya netted his second goal Early in the second half off a Corner kick by mls score Ovd Eastern conference United new England Kansas City new York Columbus Toronto pc Chicago w l t pts of a 7 4 2 23 23 17 6 3 4 22 24 16 6 5 3 21 24 20 5 3 21 24 20 19 18 21 5 7 2 17 17 23 4 7 3 15 12 21 6 447 Western conference pc Dallas Houston cd chivas Usa Colorado los Angeles real Salt Lake w l tits of a 9 6 2 29 21 21 8 5 2 26 20 10 6 5 2 20 17 14 4 7 5 17 14 21 3 5 3 12 15 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of being teamed with Mia didst Hurt at a youre playing alongside the Best in the Wambach we developed chemistry with the Washington Freedom and then we were Able to continue it on the National at i was nervous just to meet her forget about being her teammate or her partner up id be watching her at just want to get the Ball to her and let her do but then i noticed the pressure started to release from her a bit when i started to id take some of the hits she used to and i was Able to take some of the vision off that allowed Mia to become More of a and the fact she could go so smoothly from one Avenue to another was it showed How great a player she Hamm returns the realizing that her partnership with Wambach prolonged her i think As you get your ability to run by people want As it once Hamm and i think where i had the luxury when Michelle played of having a bit More Freedom the top defenders were marking her i now had the top de that places a toll on you physically and and Abby came in i think first and i didst have to be a target play we now had one1 with with her height and size and i was Able to be More of a play maker up top As opposed to being relied onto it took a lot of pres sure off of Hamm Doest mean simply on the i dont think Ever use a word like timid about Hamm she just kind of embraces life and goes for it and Doest apologize for from that every single Day is High Speed with Abby and it is it gave us older players that Youthful enthusiasm that carried us Wambach believes Shes better equipped now than Ever to take the Lead in a world in when the americans lost in the semifinals to eventual Champion Ger Wambach was More one dimension Al and not yet the focal Point of the she was its most dangerous scoring but her skills haunt Over the past few and especially since Greg Ryan became coach the americans have not lost in regulation since he took Over in 2005 Wambach has added variety to her Shes More patient with and without the and she is More effective at she just might be Ive never stopped working at she and now i know i can play defense if in i can shout encouragement or instructions to any of my and i can score in the last 20 minutes of a game be cause in fit and i have that theres a Fine line Between whether you Are doing the right thing or always balancing the but always remembering its what is on the front of the not the that