ESPN Awards 2014 List: Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova

Rafael Nadal and Russian beauty have won Best Tennis Players Awards in the 2014 ESPN Awards events, which will take place in Los Angeles in California.

14-time singles Grand slam champion Rafael Nadal has won Best Male Player in Tennis category, while Maria Sharapova bagged Best Female Tennis Player Awards in the 2014 ESPN Awards ceremony. Meanwhile, Seattle Seahawks has won Best Team, Kevin Durant Takes Best Male Athlete.

 ESPN Awards 2014: Winners List

Best Team: Seattle Seahawks
Best Female Athlete: Ronda Rousey, UFC
Best Male Athlete: Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder
Best Play: Chris Davis, Auburn University
Best Driver: Ryan Hunter-Reay, IndyCar
Best NFL Player: Peyton Manning, Denver Broncos
Best Female U.S. Olympic Athlete: Jamie Anderson, Snowboard Slopestyle
Best Male U.S. Olympic Athlete: Sage Kotsenburg, Snowboard Slopestyle
Best Game: Alabama vs. Auburn, Iron Bowl
Best Female Action Sports Athlete: Jamie Anderson, Snowboard Slopestyle
Best Male Action Sports Athlete: Nyjah Huston, Skateboarding
Best Moment: USA Beats Ghana in World Cup
Best Comeback Athlete: Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder
Best Upset: Mercer over Duke, NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Best Breakthrough Athlete: Richard Sherman, Seattle Seahawks
Best Championship Performance: Kawhi Leonard, NBA Finals MVP
Best Male College Athlete: Doug McDermott, Creighton Basketball
Best Female College Athlete: Breanna Stewart, Connecticut Basketball
Best NBA Player: Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder
Best WNBA Player: Maya Moore, Minnesota Lynx
Best Coach/Manager: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut Women's Basketball
Best MLB Player: Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers
Best NHL Player: Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
Best Male Athlete with a Disability: Declan Farmer, Sled Hockey
Best Female Athlete with a Disability: Jamie Whitmore, Para-cycling
Best Jockey: Victor Espinoza
Best Fighter: Floyd Mayweather, Boxing
Best Male Golfer: Bubba Watson
Best Female Golfer: Michelle Wie
Best Male Tennis Player: Rafael Nadal
Best Female Tennis Player: Maria Sharapova
Best Bowler: Pete Weber
Best MLS Player: Tim Cahill, New York Red Bulls

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US Open 2014: Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer leads

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer are leading US Open 2014 tournament, schedule to start from 25th August and it will held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

Rafael Nadal has defeated Djokovic in the final in four sets with a 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 to clinch second US Open crown, where he wants to continue similar form to clinch third title. Nadal, who had struggled a bit in the Wimbledon Championships last month, he needs to work hard to regain high level form to dominate US Open men's singles.

Rafael Nadal has won two US Open titles so far in his career and he is looking very confident to take home third title, begins from 25th August to 8th September. Nada will have to face difficult challenge against best players on the tour Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka at the US Open.

32-year-old Roger Federer is considered as one of the greatest players on hard courts by winning five consecutive US Open titles at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Federer has been seeded as No. 3 ahead of the Djokovic and Nadal as No. 1 and No. 2 seeds respectively.

US Open 2014 Top Seeds:

1 Djokovic, Novak
2 Nadal, Rafael
3 Federer, Roger
4 Wawrinka, Stan
5 Berdych, Tomas
6 Raonic, Milos
7 Ferrer, David
8 Del Potro, Juan Martin
9 Dimitrov, Grigor
10 Murray, Andy
11 Nishikori, Kei
12 Isner, John
13 Gulbis, Ernests
14 Gasquet, Richard
15 Fognini, Fabio
16 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried
17 Anderson, Kevin
18 Bautista Agut, Roberto
19 Youzhny, Mikhail
20 Robredo, Tommy
21 Dolgopolov, Alexandr
22 Cilic, Marin
23 Monfils, Gael
24 Lopez, Feliciano
25 Haas, Tommy
26 Kohlschreiber, Philipp
27 Almagro, Nicolas
28 Granollers, Marcel
29 Karlovic, Ivo
30 Tursunov, Dmitry
31 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo
32 Giraldo, Santiago
33 Verdasco, Fernando
34 Pospisil, Vasek
35 Sousa, Joao
36 Delbonis, Federico
37 Chardy, Jeremy
38 Simon, Gilles
39 Stepanek, Radek
40 Istomin, Denis
41 Hewitt, Lleyton
42 Rosol, Lukas
43 Benneteau, Julien
44 Seppi, Andreas
45 Roger-Vasselin, Edouard
46 Mayer, Leonardo
47 Lu, Yen-Hsun
48 Janowicz, Jerzy
49 Mayer, Florian
50 Dodig, Ivan

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Rafael Nadal Outing in Ibiza Island

World No. 2 Rafael Nadal had posted a picture on his Facebook wall, he said that "we all are at the dining table about to have fine dinner on Friday evening" and he has been passing through happy weekend to spend great time these days in Ibiza with his close friends. Nadal has been enjoying outing from past a week in Ibiza and Fuerteventura Islands and had a great time along with his close friends.

 

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Novak Djokovic leads ATP Rankings, after winning Wimbledon Crown

Novak Djokovic clinches 2014 Wimbledon crown on Sunday final in All England Club, where he had outlasted his rival former World No. 1 Roger Federer in five sets 6-7(7), 6-4, 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-4.

Latest ATP Rankings:

1 Djokovic, Novak (SRB) 13,130 1 18
2 Nadal, Rafael (ESP) 12,670 -1 20
3 Federer, Roger (SUI) 6,100 1 21
4 Wawrinka, Stan (SUI) 5,770 -1 21
5 Berdych, Tomas (CZE) 4,410 1 24
6 Raonic, Milos (CAN) 3,920 3 20
7 Ferrer, David (ESP) 3,875 0 24
8 Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG) 3,360 0 19
9 Dimitrov, Grigor (BUL) 3,270 4 23
10 Murray, Andy (GBR) 3,040 -5 20
11 Nishikori, Kei (JPN) 2,780 1 21
12 Isner, John (USA) 2,735 -1 22
13 Gulbis, Ernests (LAT) 2,680 -3 25
14 Gasquet, Richard (FRA) 2,370 0 25
15 Fognini, Fabio (ITA) 2,235 0 27
16 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) 1,910 1 21
17 Anderson, Kevin (RSA) 1,835 1 24
18 Robredo, Tommy (ESP) 1,720 4 23
19 Dolgopolov, Alexandr (UKR) 1,680 0 29
20 Cilic, Marin (CRO) 1,665 9 22
21 Monfils, Gael (FRA) 1,660 0 24
22 Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS) 1,655 -6 26
23 Bautista Agut, Roberto (ESP) 1,625 0 25
24 Lopez, Feliciano (ESP) 1,545 2 27
25 Haas, Tommy (GER) 1,475 -5 24
26 Kohlschreiber, Philipp (GER) 1,475 2 29
27 Almagro, Nicolas (ESP) 1,360 0 24
28 Granollers, Marcel (ESP) 1,285 2 30
29 Verdasco, Fernando (ESP) 1,205 -5 24
30 Tursunov, Dmitry (RUS) 1,200 1 31
31 Karlovic, Ivo (CRO) 1,175 1 27
32 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo (ESP) 1,163 2 26
33 Pospisil, Vasek (CAN) 1,135 0 27
34 Giraldo, Santiago (COL) 1,135 1 28
35 Chardy, Jeremy (FRA) 1,105 7 27
36 Simon, Gilles (FRA) 1,085 8 24
37 Stepanek, Radek (CZE) 1,085 1 23
38 Delbonis, Federico (ARG) 1,084 -1 24
39 Istomin, Denis (UZB) 1,065 6 28
40 Sousa, Joao (POR) 1,020 1 30
41 Berlocq, Carlos (ARG) 1,010 2 23
42 Lu, Yen-Hsun (TPE) 958 5 26
43 Hewitt, Lleyton (AUS) 950 5 20
44 Benneteau, Julien (FRA) 935 2 25
45 Seppi, Andreas (ITA) 935 -9 30
46 Roger-Vasselin, Edouard (FRA) 920 4 29
47 Mayer, Leonardo (ARG) 919 17 24
48 Rosol, Lukas (CZE) 900 4 33
49 Haase, Robin (NED) 900 4 29
50 Mayer, Florian (GER) 895 -10 23

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Eugenie Bouchard vs. Petra Kvitova in Wimbledon 2014 Semis

2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and Eugenie Bouchard will battle for Wimbledon Championship. The 2014 Wimbledon finals will be played on Saturday 5th July, which will kick off at 13:10 GMT being played here on outdoor grass courts in Centre Court in All England Club.

Petra Kvitova is leading with a 1-0 win loss head-to-head record against Bouchard, where the pair is clashing for second time on the WTA Tour. Both the players played each other last on in 2013 Toronto WTA Open second round and Kvitova went on to clinch victory in two sets with a 6-3, 6-2. As per the predictions, Kvitova is having most of the possibilities to clinch 2014 Wimbledon Championship crown for second time in her career.

2011 Wimbledon Champion Petra Kvitova has defeated fellow country mate Lucie Safarova in semi final in two sets with a 7-6, 6-1, where she is looking very confident to clinch second Wimbledon crown in her career. Kvitova had played outstanding tennis here in All England from beginning of the tournament and hopes to continue high level performance against Canadian young Eugenie Bouchard in Wimbledon Championship final.

20-year-old Eugenie Bouchard has stunned World No. 3 Simona Halep in Wimbledon semi final with a 7-6, 6-2 and Canadian star is eyeing to clinch first ever Grand Slam crown here in All England on Saturday. Bouchard has showed great performance to beat some best players on the tour like Angelique Kerber, Daniela Hantuchova and Andrea Petkovic.

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