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The erstwhile prodigy had the best chance of her career to win this title, the only Grand Slam singles title she hasn't won.

For me a win against Roger is always very, very special but I would love to win any grand slam against someone in the final. (laughs).

They would have been the first pair of men to meet in the finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments.

Unfortunately for the Dane, no one was talking about her snapping out of a much-maligned Grand Slam drought.

In her second Grand Slam final of the year, Li Na was more composed and cognizant of the moment.

The French Open championship on the clay courts of Roland Garros is still the only Grand Slam title to have stayed beyond his grasp.

Q. Do you feel after a year back in the game you're really ready to challenge for another Grand Slam title?

It is instructive that the 28-year-old Russian defeated all three reigning Grand Slam champions on his way to the year-end title.

But since Nadal has now beaten him in five of their seven grand slam final meetings, Federer needs to explore new avenues.

Q. What do you think your best Grand Slam sort of surfaces are to win?

He said his other 13 grand slam trophies are safe, but none of the stolen items were insured.

Sean ran back to home plate on the bases, all for Sean loud cheers as he hit a grand slam and for the team to win the hero.

Even at the age of 30, sixteen-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer believes he is still improving as a tennis player.

Ms. Henin is playing in her first Grand Slam tournament in two years since ending a 20-month retirement.

Ana what was it like to see yourself digitally in EA's Grand Slam Tennis?

Mr. Ryoma Echizen, Does this get the Grand Slam if the U. S. network, you already have had two Grand Slam!

Andy Murray reached the second Grand Slam final of his career after recovering from a slow start to beat Marin Cilic at the Australian Open.

In the first round, he nearly knocked off Roger Federer in what would have ranked among the greatest upsets in Grand Slam history.

Yes. You know, to win a match in a Grand Slam always gives you a lot of confidence.

Another loss to Agassi in the French Open semifinals kept him from winning the first two Grand Slam tournaments of the year.

Table tennis grand slam consists of the Olmpic Games single champion, the world tournament single champion, the word cup single champion.

China, like any other country in these circumstances, is rightfully proud of the first Chinese female to capture a Grand Slam title.

In his obsessive pursuit of Sampras's record number of grand slam victories, Federer had crashed into the muscled wall of Nadal.

"I am very keen to continue my Grand Slam form from the US Open and add another 'Happy Slam' to my collection, " he said.

She was reluctant to imagine taking the next step of winning a grand slam, despite the best wishes of 1. 3 billion people.

Rod Laver is the only male tennis player to win the grand slam and he did it twice.

On Thursday she took it up a level: Li became the first Asian player in the Open Era, male or female, to reach a Grand Slam final.

Arthur Ashe was also the first African-American to win the men's singles competition at a Grand Slam event.

The main tournament is the annual Wimbledon fortnight, one of the 4 tennis "Grand Slam" tournaments.

After reaching the last eight of a Grand Slam for the first time, Murray cannot wait for Wimbledon next year.

Mr. Echizen Ryoma, This time you won the Grand Slam not unexpected, it really was the golden slam final plan do?

and she has a lot of pressure to win her first Grand Slam. . . and, you know, I'm just enjoying every moment.

The 13-time Grand Slam champion's absence from tennis could stretch to almost a year.

Getting so close in another Grand Slam and missing out is tough to take but I lost to an unbelievable player.

Li Na, the first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title, has seen her best form since opting out of the state-run system in 2008.

He won a total of eight Grand Slam titles, covering the U. S. , French and Australian Opens, and Wimbledon.

In another classic five-set thriller, Nadal will add to his growing legend by completing the career grand slam.

Chinese tennis star Li Na became the first person from Asia to win a Grand Slam on Saturday with a stand-out individual performance.

Is winning a calendar year Grand Slam (or Golden Slam like Steffi) one of your career goals?

Being the first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam, the name Li Na will forever be etched in history.

I'm not a robot when I'm playing. Andy probably deserves to be a grand slam winner.

It is also the first time two Chinese players have made it to the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament.

Hewitt is no longer a contender in grand slam tournaments. In fact, he hasn't been for quite some time.

It's Williams sisters' fourth Wimbledon title together, part of their haul of nine Grand Slam women's doubles championships.

Becker's sixth and final Grand Slam title came in 1996, when he defeated Chang in the final of the Australian Open.

A player who wins all four events in one season is said to have captured the Grand Slam.

Nadal and Federer have played in seven Grand Slam finals: three at Wimbledon, three at the French Open and one at the Australian Open.

Serena Williams has claimed another Grand Slam title. She took the Australian Open title in straight sets. It's her tenth Grand Slam title.

France have won four Six Nations, with two Grand Slams, England three with one Grand Slam and Wales two Grand Slams.

Murray has not won a grand slam yet, but his results are better than Del Potro's.

But, so far, in 2009, Federer has won two Grand Slam titles - including the one that had always eluded him: the French Open.

Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam to still be played on grass.

And Murray's defeat means that the 74-year-wait for a British male Grand Slam singles champion goes on.

Woods, winner of 14 Grand Slam titles before being U. S. Presidents Cup captain Fred - Fred Rice hire the President Cup.

You dream of joining a Grand Slam tournament, you want to compete in a legendary competition?

May participate in some of the league, the Grand Slam, exhibition, practice or pattern of the game to win the prize.

When Roddick mishit a forehand on match point, it capped the longest fifth set, in games, in Grand Slam singles final history.

It's like winning a Grand Slam, it's always going to be there.

Nadal has won 13 of their 20 matches and, most tellingly, five of his seven grand slam finals against Federer.

If she can beat just one more she will achieve her most cherished record: the first ever Chinese Grand Slam winner.

And the Czech tennis player Petra Kvitova has won the women's singles final at Wimbledon, her first appearance in a Grand Slam final.

While my grandfather could recall every home run and grand slam since 1935, he appeared riveted throughout the entire tour.

Chinese Golden Flower--Li Na made history as the first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam singles title!

It seemed to work quite well. At this year's Australian Open, Li became the first Chinese woman to play in a Grand Slam final.

The victory tied him with Pete Sampras for most Grand Slam victories (14).

China's Li Na has reached her second consecutive Grand Slam final of the season at Roland Garros.

His play dipped in the third, but it returned in the fourth to secure him a third Grand Slam title.

She became first Chinese player in a Grand Slam final in Australia in January.

Any one player or a group of doubles players in the same season, winning four Championship, it will be the "Grand Slam" winner of the honor.

I needed already the second Grand Slam. I was under so much pressure in the final that I couldn't even walk straight.

Zheng made the semifinals at Wimbledon four years ago, but never has the prospect loomed of an all-Chinese women's Grand Slam final.

Any time you play a tournament a week before a grand slam, everybody is a bit careful about what they do.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet once again at a Grand Slam final Sunday night.

Wintour first sought out Federer at the 2002 U. S. Open, before he won his first Grand Slam.

But unfortunately the timing isn't so good: generally speaking, I prefer not to play tournaments the week before a Grand Slam.

It'll be Li's first tournament at home since becoming a Grand Slam tournament champion.

Mr. A had a grand-slam year with his promotion and wedding.

In which year and in which competition did Andre Agassi get his first grand slam champion?

In June, Li won the French Open singles title, becoming the first Asian national to win a Grand Slam tournament.

Back then, Federer had yet to reach the semifinals, let alone win a title, at any Grand Slam event.

It's where I reached my first Grand Slam quarter-final, my first Grand Slam final, and now it's my first win.

In Singapore, the tabloid New Paper declared, "At Last! A grand slam champion from Asia. "

at Flushing Meadow, the site of the US Open, after the Arthur Ashe, the first African-American male to win a Grand Slam who died in 1993.

A grand slam for international financial governance.

Four years later, Zheng Jie became the first Chinese singles player in any Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon.

I will not stop here and push on. I've failed this time, but i am determined to realize the grand slam.

Sampras defeated Andre Agassi at the 2002 U. S. Open before retiring the following year with the most grand slam wins in tennis history.

It's the Belgian's fourth Grand Slam title, her first outside the United States.

The end of the Slam season means it's time for our Grand Slam awards.

Grand Slam contender wasn't on the resume before this year, though, and her age, 29, makes her recent form even more surprising.

A month ago, Li Na won the French Open and became the first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam single title.

Earlier this year in Australia, she reached her first Grand Slam final and lost.

Li is the newly-crowned first-ever Chinese Grand Slam tournament winner.

NA LI: I mean, she have more experience than me in the Grand Slam.

Serena is the fourth different Grand Slam Champion on the woman's side this year.

Has anyone won the singles and doubles title at a grand slam in the Open Era?

Our heroine reveals plans to complete her dream of winning the Grand slam and other major tournaments.

Li Na made history at the French Open on Saturday when she became the first Chinese player to win a grand slam singles title.

Though three Chinese pairs have tasted grand slam doubles glory before, she is the first to do it in singles.

He defeated home-country favorite Lleyton Hewitt in the 2005 finals to secure his second Grand Slam in five years.

Li became the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam final at January's Australian Open.

Two days later, Marat clinched his second career Grand Slam title.

Beijing (CNN) -- Li Na has been the toast of China ever since she became the country's first Grand Slam tennis champion.

Tennis may follow suit due to Li Na, Grand Slam champion.

Q. Kim's coach once promised to shave his hair if she won a Grand Slam.

It will be Li's first grand slam semi-final, and Zheng's second, after her run at Wimbledon a couple of years ago.

James Bond: Operation Grand Slam, for instance.

A grand slam in one's life may create jealousy among friends and associates.

Novak Djokovic won his first Grand Slam singles title at the 2008 Australian Open.

"Super Dan" wrapped badminton Grand Slam!

The doubles title is their 3rd at the Australian Open and 8th Grand Slam title as a pair.

I still have two finesses to make a grand slam.

The Monte-Carlo based Bjorkman captured nine grand slam doubles titles and has been ranked No. 1 in doubles.

Of what? My Grand Slam Breakfast?

After first all-da si xi, add Madden Grand Slam experience!

No Chinese man has ever played in a Grand Slam and the highest-ranked male Chinese player is Bai Yan, ranked number 354.

The ham actor was slammed by the radio ham becasue he didnt won a grand slam after eating lots of ham and jam.

It is in decline. Australia used to produce plenty of tennis stars, but it is ten years since an Aussie won a grand-slam tournament.

Sharapova's breakthrough came in 2004, when she won her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon.

He has won nine Grand Slam men's singles titles in 30 appearances, two Tennis Masters Cup, and 12 ATP Masters Series singles titles.

I made semi-final the week before the Melbourne, grand slam.

Safin reached the final round in three more Grand Slam tournaments, all in the Australian Open in 2002, 2004, and 2005.

America hasn't celebrated a Grand Slam men's singles champion since Roddick lifted the US Open in 2003.

If you'd had generations of grand slam winners and they'd disappeared, then seek blame.

They say "Now you are champion of Grand Slam. "

But that's definitely easier at the Grand Slam because you have a day off, and you can recuperate, just have more time for yourself.

The world No. 1's thrilling victory denied Federer a chance to equal Pete Sampras's record of 14 grand slam titles.

He has won five Grand Slam singles titles and the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles.

And by the time the Swiss is done playing, he may very well have shored up a record for Grand Slam events won that would seem unassailable.

Federer is the great genius of modern tennis, having won every grand slam title and a record 15 in total.

Will Murray win a grand slam?

B: Yes, he won the grand slam.

How do you get your gear ready for a two-week Grand Slam?

During the first 4 or 5 days of a Grand Slam, there are 300 players with their families, coaches, and trainers.

The winner on Saturday is set to earn A$2. 2 million ($2. 19 million), the highest paycheck in Grand Slam history.

The 21-year-old Azarenka gained her first career Grand Slam quarterfinal victory, dispatching unseeded Paszek of Austria 6-3, 6-1.

How surprised are you that a guy that's 35 can win three five set matches in a row to make a final in a Grand Slam?

He beat the Swede Robin Soderling in straight sets. Federer has now won a record equaling 14 Grand Slam titles.

She lost her first grand slam final to American Serena Williams at last year's U. S. Open.

So last year I, with my partner, win two Grand Slam in doubles.

The Swiss star, 28, won 6-3 6-4 7-6 (13-11) at Melbourne Park to extend his lead at the head of the all-time Grand Slam winners' list.

At this year's Australian Open the 9th seed became the first Chinese player to reach the final of a Grand Slam singles final.

Sampras The legendary tennis star holds a record 14 grand slam titles and more than $43 million US dollar in prize money.

I mean, I became No. 1 last year and I won a Grand Slam at 17.

Last year, he became the first man since 1988 to win three Grand Slam titles in one year.

Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team

It was her first Grand Slam title from what was her first appearance in a Grand Slam final;

Any player who is No3 in the world will have a lot of chances to win a grand slam.

Chan Taekwondo Championships in perfect completion of a Grand Slam Gold Medal

Andy Murray won the US Open in New York, becoming the first British man to win a tennis Grand Slam singles title since Fred Perry in 1936

Grand slam: the winning of all the major or specified events, especially on a professional circuit

Through the night, a day'll be dawning on the road to Grand Slam

Li Na became the first player from China to win a Grand Slam tennis tournament

Good evening, once you have won a Grand Slam tournament, what will be your new objective? A: To win several of course! Lol Q

Maria Sharapova, a three-time Grand Slam champion and former No. 1;

Best Grand Slam result in 2011: Australian Open QFs

Best Grand Slam result in 2011: Wimbledon SFs

Venus Williams beat Serena Williams in last year's U. S. Open final and that was their first showdown for a Grand Slam title;

"I think he can. Any player who is No3 in the world will have a lot of chances to win a grand slam. He's only 22, and so he will improve. "