Wimbledon 2011: Petra Kvitova will FaceSharapova in the Final

Petra Kvitova rode her big serve right into the Wimbledon final, defeating Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 Thursday.

Petra Kvitova hit nine aces, including three in a row in the final game of the first set, to reach her first Grand Slam final. She will face either Maria Sharapova.

Petra Kvitova is the first left-handed player to reach the Wimbledon final since Martina Navratilova in 1994. Navratilova, who won the title nine times and was in the crowd on Thursday, and Ann Jones (in 1969) are the only ones to win the championship dish at the All England Club.

Wimbledon 2011: Online tool to turn down volume of grunting

Radio listeners in the United Kingdom won't be subjected to loud shrieking coming from their wireless sets during Wimbledon. The BBC recently unveiled a new program that allows listeners of live Wimbledon broadcasts to minimize the sound of on-court grunting.


This week, BBC's Radio 5 released NetMix, an online tool that gives viewers the option of decreasing the volume of the sound on the court relative to commentary provided by analysts. The site boasts that NetMix can change the level of "the crowd, base-line, grunting and ball," as if people care about any but the third.


The program came out days after the head of Wimbledon said he would like to see less grunting in the women's game. Listeners on Thursday, for instance, could adjust the volume of on-court sound in matches featuring two of the loudest grunters on the WTA, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova.

Robert Brun, the head of audio and music technology for BBC radio told London's Telegraph newspaper:

"Having known for a long time that broadcasters have a problem with balancing the ambient sounds of a sports match with the commentary, we felt we had to develop a tool which put the control back into the hands of the audience.

"The BBC receives lots of complaints from the public regarding sound balance — with many of them wanting the sound of the commentators turned up and the noise for a match turned down. Wimbledon was a clear choice to launch this product for as there are always so many comments about the amount of grunting from the players."

This could be a "be careful what you wish for" situation. Turning down Azarenka's interminable, 95-decibel grunts is a no-brainer. Having to listen to certain broadcasters may not be any better, though.(S)

Emma Stone:"I usually wear a one-piece."

 Emma Stone looks sexy and flawless in a red-and-white striped bikini on the July cover of Vanity Fair -- but don't get used to it.

"I usually wear a one-piece," Emma Stone, 22, tells the magazine, admitting that she was nervous for the cover shoot. In a playful mood, the up-and-coming star jokes that her only vices are sugar, wine, and black-tar heroin!

Emma Stone is set to become Hollywood's next big thing, costarring with Andrew Garfield in 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man plus three summer 2011 films (The Help, Friends with Benefits, and Crazy, Stupid, Love), and admits she's become "more conscious" of staying thin.(R)

Wimbledon 2011: Beautiful Maria Sharapova will face Sabine Lisicki

The lovely Maria Sharapova won the semi-final ticket by beating Slovak Dominika Cibulkova, in straight sets 6-1, 6-1.

Maria Sharapova deserves praise because it could prove to have never lost the set so far. Maria Sharapova also favored to be won all four grand slam tennis player and will meet German Sabine Lisicki, in the semifinals Thursday, June 30, 2011 local time.

Wimbledon 2011: Beautiful Caroline Wozniacki Failed (again)

Caroline Wozniacki failed to meet the desires of her first grand slam title at Wimbledon. While defending champion Serena Williams also had to give up the trophy on Tuesday (28/06/2011).

Caroline Wozniacki in action

In the second week of the tournament which has another name the All-England Club, Caroline Wozniacki defeated by Dominika Cibulkova.

Wimbledon 2011: Dominika Cibulkova beat Caroline Wozniacki

Wimbledon 2011: World number one tennis player, Caroline Wozniacki defeated Dominika Cibulkova in three sets, 6-1, 6-7, 5-7, on Monday (6/27/2011).

This defeat as well as reinforce the criticism against Wozniacki as world number one tennis player who has never won a Grand Slam tournament. At the French Open Grand Slam tournament last Wozniacki eliminated in the third round.

Dominika Cibulkova better luck with a double fault carried Wozniacki. Cibulkova won the third set with a 7-65 victory.

The results of fourth round matches:
Maria Sharapova (RUS x5) bt Peng Shuai (CHN x20) 6-4, 6-2
Sabine Lisicki (GER) bt Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 7-6 (7 / 3), 6-1
Marion Bartoli (FRA x9) bt Serena Williams (USA x7) 6-3, 7-6 (8 / 6)
Tamira Paszek (AUT) bt Ksenia Pervak ​​(RUS) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 V
Victoria Azarenka (BLR x4) bt Nadia Petrova (RUS) 6-2, 6-2
Petra Kvitova (CZE x8) bt Yanina Wickmayer (BEL x19) 6-0, 6-2

Schedule quarter-finals:
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x24) vs. Maria Sharapova (RUS x5)
Sabine Lisicki (GER) vs. Marion Bartoli (FRA x9)
Tamira Paszek (AUT) vs. Victoria Azarenka (BLR x4)
Petra Kvitova (CZE x8) vs. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL x32)

Selena Gomez:“The problem is, I don’t eat right, Not Pregnant!"

As Selena Gomez’s romance with Justin Bieber heats up, a sudden trip to the hospital had fans wondering what’s really going on.

When Selena Gomez checked into a Burbank, Calif., hospital complaining of headaches and nausea (and reportedly receiving blood pressure tests) on June 9, the rumor mill went into overdrive: Was the Disney darling living the dreams of millions of young women around the world — by carrying The Biebs’ love child?

It wasn’t much of a leap, given her symptoms and the way the teen heartthrobs have been all over each other everywhere they go — especially during their recent PDA-filled afternoon in the Hawaiian surf over Memorial Day weekend. No, it looks as if a baby Bieber will have to wait.

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“I was just very malnourished,” Selena Gomez of her mini health scare. “I was low on iron and very exhausted.” Evidently the Wizards of Waverly Place star has been subsisting on junk food and candy.

“The problem is, I don’t eat right,” Selena Gomez explains. “I love everything that’s possibly not good for me.” (Ref)