Nalbandian Beats Federer in Spain Tennis Match

With a superb 1-6 6-3 6-3 triumph over world number one Roger Federer in Madrid, David Nalbandian won the first Masters series title of his career. Federer took the first set with ease. Then Nalbandian broke in the second game of the second set and went on to level. Defending champion Federer made further errors in the third set. Nalbandian said he was extremely contented to beat the world number one. He also said that he and Roger have a long history and he thought that influenced the match.

Venus Williams Advances

Venue Williams beat Russia's Alla Kudryavtseva to reach the second round at the All England Club. She received words of encouragement after nearly every point came from Venus partner and practice cohort, her younger sister, Serena, and they worked. Venus said it is so important to have that support because then she definitely wanted to play better. She wasn't disappointed that she wasn't playing well. Just knowing Serena was there and her mom too was like telling her she could do it and she did. Go Venus!

Jeff Gordon Wins Race

With dark clouds hovering over him, Jeff Gordon was put into a spot of making a pit stop due to faltering brakes or continue on. A pit stop would put him behind and rain was closing in. But the dark clouds and rain were about to bring him luck. With Ryan Newman nipping at his heels, and his brakes failing, Gordon was begging for the skies to open and for it to rain. It did begin to rain and the race was red flagged but Gordon showed again that nothing was going to slow him down. He won the rain shortened game,giving him his fourth win this season.