The first placed Maria Sharapova easily qualified for the quarter-finals of the tennis tournament in Acapulco, which is a category "International".
She has won with 6: 1, 6: 2 the "lucky loser" Mariana Duque-Marino from Colombia.
The two of the three games on the asset of the South American came after breakthroughs and the Russian in her turn made six breaks.
"My intent is to play better and better and to get maximum far in the tournament. In my first meeting I had to fit the game, but today I felt better on the court. It was difficult at the end after I was punctured twice, but overall I`m happy with the way I had played. I loved the atmosphere on the stands. It is very important to supply the energy of the fans, because I think that the athletes always perform better when they feel the atmosphere of the songs and applauses, "said Sharapova.
Masha participated for the 19th time in the tournament category
"International" and only once she dropped out of the quarter-finals. This happened in her debut season by the women in 2002, when he lost in the first round in Tokyo from the Swiss Emmanuelle Gagliardi with 0: 6, 2: 6.
The next opponent of the second in the world rankings is Magdalena Rybarikova from Slovakia, who has crashed for 44 minutes the Romanian qualifier Elena Bogdan with 6: 0, 6: 2 and has scored seven aces.
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Monday, February 23, 2015
Celtic - Inter (Europa League)
Celtic - Inter (Europa League) 19.02.2015
The most glorious page of the history of the home side is recorded against the upcoming opponent. On May 25, 1967, in Lisbon, Celtic won his first and only Champions League trophy. Now, almost 50 years later the fans of Celtic dream of trophy in Europa League. The first obstacle is the full of confidence team of Inter. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 3.00 for a home win, with a draw at 3.30 and 2.55 for the victory of the guests.
Celtic is leader in the local championship. The team of Ronny Deila pulled with 3 points ahead of the second Aberdeen and even has one match less in assets. Celtic seeks a fourth consecutive title in Scotland. However, this hardly warm Celtic fans which yearn for European triumphs. For the game against Inter, 60,000 spectators in the stands will support Celtic and all of them want hot success. Ronny Deila will not be able to rely on two important players for the first match with the Italians. Charlie Mulgrew and Mikael Lustig are injured and will miss the match on Thursday night. There are problems for Kris Commons, who will pass a fitness test to see if he can play against Inter.
Inter recorded two consecutive victories in Serie A. The boys of Roberto Mancini approached 5 points to the places entitling participation in European tournaments. After a poor start to the year, Inter earned enough confidence in recent matches. For the visit of Celtic Park, Mancini have to make some changes in the composition. New signings Lukas Podolski and Marcelo Brozovic were not filed for the tournament and will not travel to Glasgow. With injuries are Yuto Nagatomo and Jonathan. Their places on the right and left back will occupy Hugo Campagnaro and new signing Davide Santon. Marco Andreolli and Danilo D`Ambrosio will pass late fitness test, because of some past injury problems. In the absence of Lukas Podolski, celebrating 22 years on the day of the match - Mauro Icardi will partner to Rodrigo Palacio in the attack of Inter. The new signing Xherdan Shaqiri will support them.
The enthusiasm of the audience will be transferred to the players in this match. Atmosphere of Celtic Park will be incredible and the boys of Ronny Deila will try to please their supporters with success. Inter on the other side will not allow them to beat so easy and Icardi will need some good present for his birthday. So, we offer two options for bet in this match - both teams to score and Icardi to score any time.
Prediction Celtic - Inter:
Both teams to score @ 1.80 at bet365
Icardi to score any time @ 2.50 at bet365
The most glorious page of the history of the home side is recorded against the upcoming opponent. On May 25, 1967, in Lisbon, Celtic won his first and only Champions League trophy. Now, almost 50 years later the fans of Celtic dream of trophy in Europa League. The first obstacle is the full of confidence team of Inter. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 3.00 for a home win, with a draw at 3.30 and 2.55 for the victory of the guests.
Celtic is leader in the local championship. The team of Ronny Deila pulled with 3 points ahead of the second Aberdeen and even has one match less in assets. Celtic seeks a fourth consecutive title in Scotland. However, this hardly warm Celtic fans which yearn for European triumphs. For the game against Inter, 60,000 spectators in the stands will support Celtic and all of them want hot success. Ronny Deila will not be able to rely on two important players for the first match with the Italians. Charlie Mulgrew and Mikael Lustig are injured and will miss the match on Thursday night. There are problems for Kris Commons, who will pass a fitness test to see if he can play against Inter.
Inter recorded two consecutive victories in Serie A. The boys of Roberto Mancini approached 5 points to the places entitling participation in European tournaments. After a poor start to the year, Inter earned enough confidence in recent matches. For the visit of Celtic Park, Mancini have to make some changes in the composition. New signings Lukas Podolski and Marcelo Brozovic were not filed for the tournament and will not travel to Glasgow. With injuries are Yuto Nagatomo and Jonathan. Their places on the right and left back will occupy Hugo Campagnaro and new signing Davide Santon. Marco Andreolli and Danilo D`Ambrosio will pass late fitness test, because of some past injury problems. In the absence of Lukas Podolski, celebrating 22 years on the day of the match - Mauro Icardi will partner to Rodrigo Palacio in the attack of Inter. The new signing Xherdan Shaqiri will support them.
The enthusiasm of the audience will be transferred to the players in this match. Atmosphere of Celtic Park will be incredible and the boys of Ronny Deila will try to please their supporters with success. Inter on the other side will not allow them to beat so easy and Icardi will need some good present for his birthday. So, we offer two options for bet in this match - both teams to score and Icardi to score any time.
Prediction Celtic - Inter:
Both teams to score @ 1.80 at bet365
Icardi to score any time @ 2.50 at bet365
Arsenal vs Leicester
Arsenal is going to face Leicester in a meeting from the 25th round of the English Premier League. The hosts are fighting for ranking in the top four, and the visiting team was involved in the battle to remain in the Premier League. You may watch the upcoming match directly online - live stream on the websites of the major bookmakers. So, invite some friends over and get the party started! And why not place some bets to raise your adrenaline and get some easy cash just like that? That is easy as well, in case you do have reliable soccer tips in mind.
Arsenal
The team lost in the weekend with 1:2 again Tottenham in the North London derby and although it took the lead with a goal from Mesut Ozil, it has admitted to twist. As with this loss the 'gunners` cut off a series of five consecutive wins in all tournaments. The team manager Arsene Wenger will be able to rely on their scorers Alexis Sanchez. The Chilean national did not take part in the last two meetings of the team, after he injured his knee. In the infirmary of the Arsenal, however, remain: Oxlade Chamberlain, Arteta, Wilshire, Debusi and Abou Diaby.
Leicester
Newbies are firmly on the last place in the Premier League by four points from being 17th place. Over the weekend, they have retreated home with 0:1 on one of their direct rivals for salvation - Crystal Palace. 'Foxes` registered three consecutive losses in the Premier League. Well, the poor results led to rumors about the dismissal of the team`s coach Nigel Pearson. But the club has denied similar allegations. The team won`t be able to rely on the of injured Kasper Schmeichel and Chris Wood.
Arsenal has had no loss from Leicester in the last six direct matches. The victory for the 'Gunners` is out of the question, the question is how many goals in the door will leave the 'Foxes`. After the defeat in the derby against Tottenham at the weekend, the hosts will have to apologize to their fans with a convincing victory. Our advice is to bet on such an outcome of that particular event.
Despite that, our football prediction mentioned by 24footballtips is that the number of goals scored will be greater than 2.5
Arsenal
The team lost in the weekend with 1:2 again Tottenham in the North London derby and although it took the lead with a goal from Mesut Ozil, it has admitted to twist. As with this loss the 'gunners` cut off a series of five consecutive wins in all tournaments. The team manager Arsene Wenger will be able to rely on their scorers Alexis Sanchez. The Chilean national did not take part in the last two meetings of the team, after he injured his knee. In the infirmary of the Arsenal, however, remain: Oxlade Chamberlain, Arteta, Wilshire, Debusi and Abou Diaby.
Leicester
Newbies are firmly on the last place in the Premier League by four points from being 17th place. Over the weekend, they have retreated home with 0:1 on one of their direct rivals for salvation - Crystal Palace. 'Foxes` registered three consecutive losses in the Premier League. Well, the poor results led to rumors about the dismissal of the team`s coach Nigel Pearson. But the club has denied similar allegations. The team won`t be able to rely on the of injured Kasper Schmeichel and Chris Wood.
Arsenal has had no loss from Leicester in the last six direct matches. The victory for the 'Gunners` is out of the question, the question is how many goals in the door will leave the 'Foxes`. After the defeat in the derby against Tottenham at the weekend, the hosts will have to apologize to their fans with a convincing victory. Our advice is to bet on such an outcome of that particular event.
Despite that, our football prediction mentioned by 24footballtips is that the number of goals scored will be greater than 2.5
The semi-finalists for the "Fed Cup" are clear
After the quarterfinals in the World Group and World Group two of the tournament "Fed Cup" became clear which teams go to the semi-finals and which in the playoffs. On 18 and 19 April will be determined finalists in the matches Russia - Germany and Czech Republic - France.
In World Group surprise brought the Frenchwomen with captain Amelie Mauresmo. They made a turnaround from 0-2 to 3-2 against Italy in Genoa. In the decisive fifth match by pairs, Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic won the leaders in the world rankings Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci categorical with 6:1, 6:2.
Champions of the Czech Republic had no problems in their visit in Montreal Canada and won 4-0 sets with the second composition, in which the first rocket was Karolina Pliskova and second - Tereza Smitkova.
For the playoffs for entry into World Group qualified configurations of Netherlands, Romania, Switzerland and the United States. They will compete for four seats with the losers in the first round of the elite teams in Australia - Canada, Italy and Poland. The draw will be drawn on 10 April.
The teams of Belarus and Serbia reached promotion for entry into the World Group two. They were joined by Japan and Paraguay. They will play play-offs for entry / stay in the group with Argentina, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden.
Results World Group:
Canada - Czech Republic 0-4
Italy - France 2-3
Poland - Russia 0-4
Germany - Australia 4-1
Results World Group II:
Netherlands - Slovakia 4-1
Romania - Spain 3-2
Sweden - Switzerland 1-3
Argentina - USA 1-4
In World Group surprise brought the Frenchwomen with captain Amelie Mauresmo. They made a turnaround from 0-2 to 3-2 against Italy in Genoa. In the decisive fifth match by pairs, Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic won the leaders in the world rankings Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci categorical with 6:1, 6:2.
Champions of the Czech Republic had no problems in their visit in Montreal Canada and won 4-0 sets with the second composition, in which the first rocket was Karolina Pliskova and second - Tereza Smitkova.
For the playoffs for entry into World Group qualified configurations of Netherlands, Romania, Switzerland and the United States. They will compete for four seats with the losers in the first round of the elite teams in Australia - Canada, Italy and Poland. The draw will be drawn on 10 April.
The teams of Belarus and Serbia reached promotion for entry into the World Group two. They were joined by Japan and Paraguay. They will play play-offs for entry / stay in the group with Argentina, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden.
Results World Group:
Canada - Czech Republic 0-4
Italy - France 2-3
Poland - Russia 0-4
Germany - Australia 4-1
Results World Group II:
Netherlands - Slovakia 4-1
Romania - Spain 3-2
Sweden - Switzerland 1-3
Argentina - USA 1-4
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Wolverhampton vs Fulham
In a replay of the 3rd round in the tournament for the FA Cup on Tuesday night (13.01.2015 year) at Molineux, Wolverhampton and Fulham are going to face against each other. In the first match at the beginning of the year, both teams failed to score goals at Craven cottage and will now overreact to determine the rivals of Sunderland in the fourth round of the oldest tournament in the world. The match may be watched online live at most of the best bookmakers. What is more, you may take advantage of the live score betting option, which gives you the opportunity to use even higher odds, because odds are being changed during the game.
Wolverhampton had an important victory over the weekend. The goal of Dave Edwards at the start of the second half brought 3 points for the Wolves on the ground of Blackburn - 1:0. In that way, the boys of the coach Kenny Jacket have the third consecutive success in the Football League Championship and have only 1 point of conferring the right to participate in the play-offs for ranking in the Premier League. According to some experts, the Wolves have a chance to reach the match against Sunderland in the elite next round of the tournament. For that purpose, the team of Wolverhampton will have to face at home against Fulham. Kenny Jackman may not only rely on Bakary Sako, who is going to play for his national team and will participate in the tournament for the cup of African Nations. There are not anyother problems in the camp of the Wolves.
Fulham lost over the weekend to the visit in the Wells of Cardiff 1-0. In that way, the Cottagers had their third consecutive loss in League Championship and remains strongly in the second half of the table. Before the visit to Molineux, the coach Kit Simmons did not have any problems with the team. The attack will be led by Hugo Rodajega with the help of the star of the team, Brian Ruiz and Ross Mccormack. The Bulgarian Nikolay Bodurov will occupy the position in the centre of defense for Fulham, where he will play in a partnership with Sean Hutchison.
Wolverhampton is in quite a good shape recently and will try to take advantage of that. The Wolves already have one victory during the season over Fulham and will try to perpetuate their superiority. The success of the hosts will provide a prestigious visit of Sunderland in the fourth round. Our soccer forecast via 24footballtips.com is for the success of the Wolverhampton estimated at odds around of 1.90 in most of the leading bookmakers.
Wolverhampton had an important victory over the weekend. The goal of Dave Edwards at the start of the second half brought 3 points for the Wolves on the ground of Blackburn - 1:0. In that way, the boys of the coach Kenny Jacket have the third consecutive success in the Football League Championship and have only 1 point of conferring the right to participate in the play-offs for ranking in the Premier League. According to some experts, the Wolves have a chance to reach the match against Sunderland in the elite next round of the tournament. For that purpose, the team of Wolverhampton will have to face at home against Fulham. Kenny Jackman may not only rely on Bakary Sako, who is going to play for his national team and will participate in the tournament for the cup of African Nations. There are not anyother problems in the camp of the Wolves.
Fulham lost over the weekend to the visit in the Wells of Cardiff 1-0. In that way, the Cottagers had their third consecutive loss in League Championship and remains strongly in the second half of the table. Before the visit to Molineux, the coach Kit Simmons did not have any problems with the team. The attack will be led by Hugo Rodajega with the help of the star of the team, Brian Ruiz and Ross Mccormack. The Bulgarian Nikolay Bodurov will occupy the position in the centre of defense for Fulham, where he will play in a partnership with Sean Hutchison.
Wolverhampton is in quite a good shape recently and will try to take advantage of that. The Wolves already have one victory during the season over Fulham and will try to perpetuate their superiority. The success of the hosts will provide a prestigious visit of Sunderland in the fourth round. Our soccer forecast via 24footballtips.com is for the success of the Wolverhampton estimated at odds around of 1.90 in most of the leading bookmakers.
Villarreal - Real Sociedad
Villarreal welcomes Real Sociedad at "El Madrigal" in the first match of the 1/8 finals of the Cup of Spain.
Villarreal had played relatively well in the new season. Team took the sixth position in the standings and looking to the participation in the Euro tournaments. From the beginning of the season 2014/2015, Villarreal managed to keep their place and now the "yellow submarine" are even in a great series of 11 consecutive games without a loss. In one of these matches, Villarreal managed to beat even the current champion Atletico Madrid.
Real Sociedad are positioned in the lower half of the table - 13th place. However, the team began to play quite stable and has four consecutive games without defeat. Last defeat was conceded right here at "El Madrigal" in the early December 2014 against the today`s rival Villarreal with 4-0. The most interesting of Real Sociedad is that they managed to defeat all of the three "big" in the Primera Division this season, which put them the nickname - "Killer of Giants" (4-2 against Real Madrid, 2-1 with Atletico Madrid and 1-0 in the last round against Barcelona). Even their "Estadio Anoaeta" was renamed "The cemetery of giants".
Most likely, both teams will play with the same strategy as they play in La Liga and we think that the meeting will end with under 2.5 goals. Both teams will make major changes and who will go forward will be decided in the second collision, which will be played on January 14, 2015.
Prediction Villarreal - Real Sociedad: under 2.5 goals
Security: 7/10
Odds: 2.00 at bet365
Villarreal had played relatively well in the new season. Team took the sixth position in the standings and looking to the participation in the Euro tournaments. From the beginning of the season 2014/2015, Villarreal managed to keep their place and now the "yellow submarine" are even in a great series of 11 consecutive games without a loss. In one of these matches, Villarreal managed to beat even the current champion Atletico Madrid.
Real Sociedad are positioned in the lower half of the table - 13th place. However, the team began to play quite stable and has four consecutive games without defeat. Last defeat was conceded right here at "El Madrigal" in the early December 2014 against the today`s rival Villarreal with 4-0. The most interesting of Real Sociedad is that they managed to defeat all of the three "big" in the Primera Division this season, which put them the nickname - "Killer of Giants" (4-2 against Real Madrid, 2-1 with Atletico Madrid and 1-0 in the last round against Barcelona). Even their "Estadio Anoaeta" was renamed "The cemetery of giants".
Most likely, both teams will play with the same strategy as they play in La Liga and we think that the meeting will end with under 2.5 goals. Both teams will make major changes and who will go forward will be decided in the second collision, which will be played on January 14, 2015.
Prediction Villarreal - Real Sociedad: under 2.5 goals
Security: 7/10
Odds: 2.00 at bet365
Atletico Madrid - Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid welcomes Real Madrid at the "Vicente Calderon" in an interesting clash of the 1/8 finals of the Cup of Spain. The match will be played on January 7 (Wednesday) 2015 and can be followed directly on the online bookmaker sites Bet365.com and Sportingbet.com.
Atletico Madrid will try to prevail over Real Madrid by seeking a third consecutive victory over them. Last year, the home side managed to win twice in less than a month to against Real Madrid - once at home in a meeting of the Spanish Cup and once in the meeting as guests in La Liga. At this tournament, Atletico Madrid has enjoyed good success, having conceded only one defeated in two of the past 19 meetings. The first match of the new 2015 ended with emphatic success over Levante with 3-1, as we predicted. Fernando Torres is expected to hold the attack, for the first time after eight years.
Atletico Madrid is not performing brilliantly this season, but their direct competitors have allowed a lot of mistakes, so the team has chance to defend their title. The boys of Diego Simeone are on the third place in the table and two points less than Real Madrid. Unpleasant moment for Simeone is the forthcoming visit at "Camp Nou" in the Primera Division, because Atletico has an equal points with Barcelona at this moment. Perhaps, Simeone will combine his holders to be able to keep the key players. Currently out are the defenders Miranda and Ansaldo.
Real Madrid failed to achieve an absolute record and Valencia stopped them in their winning way with absolute twist of 2-1 after lagged score of 0-1. However, this loss has its good side, which is the reduction of the pressure that the pursuit of the record created. Now, Real Madrid continues to lead in the Primera and now even has the chance to defeat Atletico Madrid. Against Valencia, Real Madrid was with the strongest line-up, which will happen against Atletico Madrid too. For this match we will see some players in the different headings. It is most likely to see Cristiano Ronaldo partnering with Rodriguez or Chicharito in the attack.
This is the first match of the 1/8 finals and the rematch will be played on January 15, 2015. Atletico Madrid will have benefit from the defeat of Real Madrid in La Liga and have a good chance to win, at least in this first match.
Prediction Atletico Madrid - Real Madrid: 1
Security: 7/10
Odds: 3.50 at bet365
Atletico Madrid will try to prevail over Real Madrid by seeking a third consecutive victory over them. Last year, the home side managed to win twice in less than a month to against Real Madrid - once at home in a meeting of the Spanish Cup and once in the meeting as guests in La Liga. At this tournament, Atletico Madrid has enjoyed good success, having conceded only one defeated in two of the past 19 meetings. The first match of the new 2015 ended with emphatic success over Levante with 3-1, as we predicted. Fernando Torres is expected to hold the attack, for the first time after eight years.
Atletico Madrid is not performing brilliantly this season, but their direct competitors have allowed a lot of mistakes, so the team has chance to defend their title. The boys of Diego Simeone are on the third place in the table and two points less than Real Madrid. Unpleasant moment for Simeone is the forthcoming visit at "Camp Nou" in the Primera Division, because Atletico has an equal points with Barcelona at this moment. Perhaps, Simeone will combine his holders to be able to keep the key players. Currently out are the defenders Miranda and Ansaldo.
Real Madrid failed to achieve an absolute record and Valencia stopped them in their winning way with absolute twist of 2-1 after lagged score of 0-1. However, this loss has its good side, which is the reduction of the pressure that the pursuit of the record created. Now, Real Madrid continues to lead in the Primera and now even has the chance to defeat Atletico Madrid. Against Valencia, Real Madrid was with the strongest line-up, which will happen against Atletico Madrid too. For this match we will see some players in the different headings. It is most likely to see Cristiano Ronaldo partnering with Rodriguez or Chicharito in the attack.
This is the first match of the 1/8 finals and the rematch will be played on January 15, 2015. Atletico Madrid will have benefit from the defeat of Real Madrid in La Liga and have a good chance to win, at least in this first match.
Prediction Atletico Madrid - Real Madrid: 1
Security: 7/10
Odds: 3.50 at bet365
6-year-old Aston Villa fan asked Mourinho to take his team
A young fan of Aston Villa named Jude Branson sent a letter to the manager of Chelsea Jose Mourinho in an attempt to convince him to take his team. Here is what the 6-year old boy wrote to "The Special One":
"Dear Mr. Mourinho,
My name is Jude. I am 6 years old and I am a fan of Aston Villa. You are my favorite manager. Please, can you take Villa and bring Costa with you? We need help.
Thank you
Jude Branson"
The boy`s father revealed that his son doesn`t receive what he want , but still got a very nice response in return - picture with autograph from Mourinho.
"Dear Mr. Mourinho,
My name is Jude. I am 6 years old and I am a fan of Aston Villa. You are my favorite manager. Please, can you take Villa and bring Costa with you? We need help.
Thank you
Jude Branson"
The boy`s father revealed that his son doesn`t receive what he want , but still got a very nice response in return - picture with autograph from Mourinho.
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