AT&T - Cordless Headset - Silver/Black

AT&T - Cordless Headset - Silver/Black
Model: TL7610 | SKU: 8829921

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Use this cordless headset to keep your hands free to do other tasks while you're talking on the phone. The DSP-enhanced technology delivers clear, crisp sound, so you can easily hear the conversation.
Product Features

    * Compatible with most corded or cordless single-line phones with a PSTN connection and most multiline corded business systems with a handset port
    * DSP-enhanced sound quality delivers clear, crisp sound;
    * Up to 500' range
    * Expandable to 2 headsets
    * Electronic hook switch-capable
    * Conference capability with up to 2 headsets
    * Lightweight design with multiple wearing options for added comfort
    * Up to 9 hours talk time with included lithium-ion rechargeable battery

Microsoft - Xbox 360 Pro Console System

Microsoft - Xbox 360 Pro Console System
Model: B4J-00174 | SKU: 8928814

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Prepare for limitless possibilities where your imagination knows no boundaries. Xbox 360 is an exciting combination of hardware, software and services that fully engages you in more expansive, dramatic and lifelike gaming. The personalized interface lets you create your own unique system and experience. The Xbox Gamer Guide is an entertainment gateway that instantly connects you to your games, friends, music, movies and downloadable content. The Xbox Guide button puts you in control of bringing up the Xbox Gamer Guide and the Xbox System Guide, and you can even turn the system on and off without ever leaving the couch.

Every Xbox 360 title supports 720p and 1080i high definition resolution or 480p standard definition resolution, in 16:9 widescreen, with antialiasing, so you enjoy smooth, movie-like graphics and multichannel surround sound. Enjoy awesome digital entertainment — amplify your music, photos, video and TV, and enjoy progressive-scan DVD movies right out of the box. Xbox LIVE is where games and entertainment come alive, a unified place where you can play with anyone, anytime, anywhere. Connect Xbox 360 to your broadband connection, attach a storage device (hard drive or memory unit), and get instant access to Xbox LIVE Silver. Express your digital identity through your gamertag and gamer card, talk with others using voice chat and access the Xbox LIVE Marketplace to get new content.
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    * Every Xbox 360 title supports 720p and 1080i high definition resolution or 480p standard definition resolution
    * Exclusive games (not included) shatter expectations with advanced customization features, HD graphics, full surround sound and online-enabled gameplay
    * Vibrant characters display depth of emotion to evoke more dramatic responses, immersing you in the experience
    * Rip music to the Xbox 360 hard drive and share your latest digital pictures with friends
    * View progressive-scan DVD movies
    * Support for up to four wireless game controllers
    * Powerful hardware features 512MB unified memory, custom symmetrical tripe-core CPU and custom 500MHz ATI graphics processor

Garmin - nüvi 205 Portable GPS

Garmin - nüvi 205 Portable GPS
Model: NUVI 205 | SKU: 9299671

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Use this small portable GPS navigator and personal travel assistant to find your way wherever the road takes you. The turn-by-turn voice directions help you to find your desired location easily.
What's Included

    * Garmin nüvi 205 Portable GPS
    * Vehicle suction cup mount with dashboard disc
    * Vehicle power cable
    * Quick-start manual
    * Owner's manual

Product Features

    * Backlit 3.5" QVGA TFT color touch screen with a 320 x 240 resolution
      Easily navigate settings and functions, day or night, on the large, bright display.
    * Preloaded with City Navigator NT
      Provides detailed base maps of the continental United States, Hawaii and Puerto Rico with programmable points of interest.
    * microSD media card slot
      Insert a removable media card (not included) containing additional map data or regional maps to expand your navigational ability.
    * High-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled, 12-channel portable GPS receiver
      For precise global positioning and tracking.
    * Trip log
      Saves up to 10,000 specified points for easy reference and trip review.
    * Trip computer
      Provides current/average speed, resettable maximum speed, trip timer and trip distance.
    * Up to 1,000 user-programmable waypoints
      Save the coordinates of your favorite destinations for easy navigation and route planning.
    * 5 million points of interest
      Find banks, hotels, restaurants, gas stations and other attractions along your travel route.
    * Turn-by-turn voice prompts
      Convenient voice guidance says upcoming turns for easy step-by-step navigation.
    * Where Am I? feature
      Find nearby hospitals, police stations, gas stations, addresses and intersections. Mark the location of your car when the unit is taken from its holder so you always know where you are.
    * Travel Guide
      Includes world clock, picture viewer, currency and measurement converter, configurable vehicle icons and a calculator.
    * Built-in, rechargeable lithium-ion battery
      With up to 4 hours of battery life.
    * Garmin Lock
      Antitheft feature keeps your investment safe.
    * Ultraslim design
      GPS fits easily into a pocket for convenient portability.

Samsung - 1000W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with Blu-ray Disc Player

Samsung - 1000W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with Blu-ray Disc Player
Model: HT-BD1250/XAA | SKU: 9237818

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With high-definition Blu-ray Disc and standard-definition DVD support, as well as Netflix streaming and Pandora capability and an included Apple® iPod® dock, this 5.1-channel home theater system plays host to a variety of entertainment options.

What's Included

    * Samsung Blu-ray Disc/DVD player
    * 4 satellite speakers, 1 center-channel speaker and passive subwoofer
    * Apple iPod dock
    * Remote with batteries, speaker wires
    * Owner's manual

Product Features

    * Complete home theater system
      Includes Blu-ray Disc player with 5.1-channel amplifier and built-in surround sound decoders, 4 satellite speakers, center-channel speaker and subwoofer.
    * 1000W total power @ 10% THD
      Two 166W main speakers, one 166W center channel speaker, two 166W rear surround speakers and one 170W subwoofer deliver powerful sound to complement movies and enliven music.
    * Multiple surround sound decoders built in. Learn more about surround sound home theater.
    * Built-in surround sound decoders
      Include Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic, DTS Dolby True HD and DTS Master for an immersive soundscape.
    * Plays back a variety of video and audio formats
      Including Blu-ray Disc, DVD, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-DA, WMA, WMV, MP3 and JPEG for enjoying your favorite media.
    * 4 matched satellite speakers
      2 front speakers each feature a 2-5/9" woofer and a 1-4/7" tweeter and 2 rear speakers each feature a 2-5/9" woofer. Center-channel speaker features two 1-3/4" woofers.
    * Subwoofer
      Features a 6-1/2" driver for extended bass response.
    * Wireless speaker-ready (requires optional Samsung wireless speaker kit, not included)
      For expanding the home theater system's audio capability using additional wireless speakers (not included).
    * Wi-Fi ready (requires wireless USB 2.0 adapter, not included)
      Allowing you to access Netflix and Pandora services via the Web (additional fees may apply).
    * Apple iPod/iPhone dock
      Supports most iPod models with a dock connector and iPhone, allowing you to listen to your favorite music and podcasts and view videos with rich 5.1-channel audio.
    * USB port
      Allows you to connect an MP3 player or other USB portable audio device to enjoy your favorite tunes in rich 5.1-channel sound.
    * Inputs
      Include 1 stereo audio and 2 optical digital audio.
    * Outputs
      Include 1 HDMI, 1 component video and 2 digital audio.
    * Apple, the Apple logo and iTunes are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. iPod is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.

Golf British Open Betting: Reborn Norman can triumph at course where it all began

Golf British Open Betting: Reborn Norman can triumph at course where it all began

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At the course where his 10 year domination of the game began, all-round top bloke and former Open Champion Greg Norman may be able to follow up his remarkable performance at Birkdale with an even stronger title challenge, says Bill Elliott.

    "Norman’s assault on the Open title in 2008 was a brilliantly hectic ride for everyone who loves a sportsman with style as well as substance."

Was there ever a more compelling back-story to an Open Championship than the one Greg Norman laid before our startled eyes at Birkdale a year ago?

No, of course, there wasn't. In his mid-50s, semi-retired, more concerned about business plans than course strategies, Norman's assault on the old title in 2008 was a brilliantly hectic ride for everyone who loves a sportsman with style as well as substance.

Now here he is back at Turnberry where he won the first of his two Opens in 1986 and where he began 10 years during which he dominated the world rankings and almost everything else. Tall, blond and aggressive as only Aussies can be he is also laid-back, thoughtful and loyal. These are excellent qualities.

He has his critics, has a bunch of people who dislike him no matter what he does or says but they probably don't like anyone who is good-looking, successful and happy to so obviously enjoy these things. Small minds come up with big reasons not to like things.

What is certain, however, is that he will perform this week as a man reborn where golf is concerned and a player who looks at his birth certificate, shrugs his shoulders and says: 'Oh, what the hell, let's give it a bloody good go. I can win this'.

"You're right about some of that mate, " he said when we spoke. "It's going to be a totally different mindset to when I went into Birkdale last year. There's no question about that. This year I've kept my playing and practice on fairly decent schedule. Okay, not to the rigorous routine I had back in my heyday but, believe me, it has been substantial. So I do go into Turnberry with a different mindset. I love the place."

Meanwhile, what he loves about Turnberry is not just the course but the fact that - assuming you have the money to stay at the hotel overlooking the course - as a player you can book in, throw the car-keys away for a week and stroll to work each day whistling a happy tune. This, he says, "makes it much more of a comfort zone for a player to go play".

All of which got him thinking deeply about what he might achieve again this summer in Scotland. "A lot of people believe what I did at The Open last year was an anomaly in some ways. Well, to me it wasn't. It just convinces me that anybody, no matter how old they are or their position in life, if they really want to focus their mind on something it's very achievable."

This, in turn, got him thinking about what he has achieved as a golfer. Dismissed by some as a choker on too many occasions, supported by others, and led by me, that he only choked once - in the Masters, a blocked four iron up the last - but suffered more outrageous bad fortune, in the shape of others' good luck, than any other pro in the modern era.

Plus he accepts with grace and often good humour the demands placed upon the famous. He can, to be fair, become irritable swiftly if he encounters someone he considers a fool or, worse, a pest but then life is too short to have to put up with many things. He can be abrupt, demanding and domineering. He can also be kind and genuinely sensitive. In other words, Greg Norman always has been a rounded human being, a bloke who came to the UK as a youngster with little in his pocket and big dreams in his head.

What he has achieved, he has worked for and worked hard. He has been lucky in having a hugely supportive network of family and friends around him. His first wife (Laura, an air-stewardess who served him a drink as he flew away from the 1979 US Open after missing the cut) was great for him for many years. His new wife seems to be the same with the added bonus that Chrissie really appreciates the demands of trying to be a top class competitor in the wacky world of high-level sport.

After a few years of personal turmoil he is back in a more tranquil place and it shows. It shows in his face, in his smile and it really shows in his golf.

After The Open this year he travels to Sunningdale for the Senior British Open (a stellar line-up for this one including Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, Ian Woosnam and Tom Watson by the way) and then back to the USA for their Senior Open. Even for a wave-riding, scuba-diving fitness freak like Greg this is a potentially gruelling few weeks but, typically, he looks forward to it in the same way a mountaineer gazes up at K7.

"Yeah, it's a demanding few weeks for guys our age but it's also great, isn't it? You know, it took about 10 days after Birkdale last year for it to really sink in what had just happened. It's effect? My game started to get better and better at the US Senior. As I left that three week swing I was actually disappointed I didn't win two of the three. I can't wait to get going again this week." 

Golf Open Championship Betting Preview

Golf Open Championship Betting Preview: The world's best players in a fabulous setting

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Tiger Woods is striking the ball beautifully and his superior imagination will set him apart from his opponents at Turnberry, says Tareq Quiroz as he provides his Open Championship fact file.

    "Two of the three lowest ever winning scores in an Open have been recorded at Turnberry so maybe, just maybe, it won’t play as hard as we all think."

After lining my pockets for two weeks in a row, Martin Kaymer is currently my favourite person on the planet. The German and I are both in tip-top form at just the right moment as we move into the biggest week of the golfing calendar. The Open Championship from Turnberry sounds great and I am sure that it won't let anyone down.


The Course

The Open rotation has finally worked its way back to the fabulous setting of Turnberry and what a treat we are all in for. This track is a great example of what a links course is all about. There is natural history all around and a general feeling that this is a very special place. At just over 7,200 yards it is pretty lengthy for a par 70 course but as with all links courses the length is only ever second in relevance to the weather. My sources in that department tell me that whilst it will be unsettled we should not expect anything too severe. The course is tough but there are also good birdie chances so pick your holes and know when to play in-running.


The Favourite

No prizes for guessing who holds the top spot in the market this week. Tiger is hunting his 15th major win and he has an ominous look in his eyes this week. Since his return from knee surgery he has already recorded three tournament wins but notably no major victory. For anyone opposing him that is not a good sign. When the great man gets the bit between his teeth then it will take an act of god to stop him. Something similar to the scenes we saw at Muirfield in round three of the 2002 Open is what his opponents will have in mind.

The truth of the matter is that Tiger is striking the ball beautifully. As much as we try and deflect the attention away from him and big-up the chances of the Europeans, nobody can beat him if he executes his game plan. Tiger has had a few practice rounds at Turnberry now and whilst others are marveling in the surroundings he is doing nothing but plotting their downfall. His planning is meticulous and I believe that of all the majors this one suits him best. His low stinger shots will be seen to their full effect this week and his superior imagination will put him ahead of his rivals. I rarely get involved at anything so short but backing Tiger at 3.7 seems the only logical solution to the 138th Open Championship.


The Next Best Bets

There are two ways to play Turnberry. Either you take the hazards on and get a much easier second shot if successful or you play it safe. Tiger will play it safe but he can afford to do that as he is deadly with virtually every iron in his bag. That cannot be said for all his opponents. If Tiger is to be beaten it will have to be by someone who is great with the driver or someone who hits it very very long.

Angel Cabrera could be the man. The Masters champion is still underrated in my opinion and I am not sure what he has to do to get himself in amongst the top echelons of a market. He has always played links courses well and like Tiger he will play it safe. He is perceived as a swashbuckling big hitter but he is a great planner and will be more than happy to be patient and wait for his opportunities. At current odds of 100.00 he has to be in your staking plan.

If there was one player I would be happy to see play the risky shot off the tee it would be Lee Westwood. He is hitting the ball as well as anyone in the world right now. I really do hope he is lifting the Claret Jug on Sunday and he will be seeing a bit of my money at decent odds of 38.0.


The Massive Outsider

There are some seriously big prices available about some very good players this week. The main man in this category is definitely Vijay Singh. The big Fijian has taken some time to get back to his best following a knee problem but now the only problem is a misbehaving putter. As long as the really poor weather stays away he has all the game to challenge on Sunday afternoon. At current odds of 120.00 he is most definitely top of my outsider fancies.

A little further down the market you have to pay good attention to Stuart Appleby. A play-off loser in the 2002 Open, he knows he can play these courses. A lean spell is passing and the last few weeks has seen some really good stuff from Appleby. His record at the Mercedes Championship and his Aussie background tells you he knows how to play windy conditions so he won't be fazed by that. At odds of around 250.00 you can't really go too far wrong for a saver.


Interesting Info

Two of the three lowest ever winning scores in an Open have been recorded at Turnberry so maybe, just maybe, it won't play as hard as we all think. Only two players in the last 75 years have been wire to wire winners with no ties so don't get too excited if your fancy hits the front after the first round. Most interestingly of all is the fact that I backed Nick Price to win the Open the last time we had the championship at Turnberry in 1994. Surely I can't defend my 100% course record...

Ashes Second Test Betting: Australia right at home

Ashes Second Test Betting: Australia right at home

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With their last defeat at Lord's coming in 1934 Australia will be confident of finally taking a 1-0 lead over a potentially unbalanced England side, says Ed Hawkins

    "Australia have lost only five times in 34 matches at Lord's and four of those were a scarcely believable two centuries ago"

If the momentum was with England following their extraordinary rearguard action in avoiding defeat in Cardiff, then there is no doubt that since the players left Sophia Gardens it has been slowly but steadily drifting back towards the Australians.

And by the time the two sides pass through the Grace Gates on Thursday morning for the second Ashes Test, there should be a bounce in the stride of Ricky Ponting and co while England could feel like they are shuffling towards a 1-0 deficit.

The draw, a perennial favourite at a venue which has seen six stalemates in the last seven, heads the market at 2.18 but Australia are shortening all the time at 2.80 while England are 5.40.

Australia's march to London has a sense of inevitability about it. With every notched mile on their journey from the Welsh capital to the English one, they will have felt more confident.

That will have been largely because during the three-hour drive, it will have dawned on them exactly how dominant they were, something which can too easily be forgotten when a draw feels like a defeat.

England took only six wickets in the match as they reverted to the form of the side that, pre West Indies this summer, hadn't a hope of taking 20 wickets and this correspondent made it 11 sessions won for Australia in Cardiff. If it had been a boxing match ...

Do not underestimate, either the lift it will give Australia to be playing at Lord's, a venue where they have a quite incredible record. They have lost only five times in 34 matches and four of those were a scarcely believable two centuries ago. The last was in 1934.

There is no rhyme or reason for Australia effectively making Lord's an outground, save for the slightly uncomfortable one that they just seem to put in a bit of extra effort. If that sounds like emotional claptrap, just reread their record again.

The potential loss of Andrew Flintoff is a boon, too, for Australia. Despite England winning 44% of Tests without the allrounder as opposed to 37% with, his absence to a knee injury will leave them unbalanced (Steve Harmison, who averages 3.8 wickets per game in north London, is the likely replacement) and without the one bowler Australia genuinely fear.

No doubt England's hopes of taking wickets will take a blow if Flintoff is out on a Lord's track which has been a graveyard for their bowlers. During the run of draws, England four times had the upper hand against Sri Lanka, India, New Zealand and South Africa but could not find the nous to bowl them out a second time.

Indeed, so impotent were they in those innings that they averaged a wicket only every 20 overs. Having averaged one every 30 overs in Cardiff, the form is there for a repeat.

Of course Australia must also contend with a wicket which has produced an average first-innings total of 404 in the last ten Tests - Australia and England are 1.68 and 1.98 respectively on the first-innings runs market - but the general consensus is that one, or both, of the admirable Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Siddle have the perfect styles to make use of the slope.

Backing Australia would be the advice but a canny wager could well be lumping on which side bats first to enjoy a lead. In the last 10 Tests, the side getting first go has eight times getting a first dig advantage.

Otherwise punters must be aware of the likelihood of a run feast. England have five times posted 500 or more in the seven times they have batted first and their top six boasts 13 centuries between them.

Cases could be made for top bat honours on averages alone for Andrew Strauss (average 58), Alastair Cook (59), Ravi Bopara (143), Kevin Pietersen (72), Paul Collingwood (41) and Matt Prior (58). However, there are doubts about the form and decision-making of all of those men except Strauss and Collingwood. Strauss (Phil Tufnell's pick) is 5.30 and Collingwood, the Cardiff hero, is a disrespectful 8.00.

For Australia, Ricky Ponting is the 4.60 Australia favourite. He averages only 19 at HQ, a mark he must surely put right. Michael Clarke, who fell nine short of a ton in the 2005 contest, and Phillip Hughes, 183 runs for Middlesex in one game this summer, have ground form.

Open Betting: Woods inspired by Federer's record win

Open Betting: Woods inspired by Federer's record win


It's been a steady road back after the knee operation which kept him out of the second half of last season but Tiger Woods is now ready to add to his 14 majors, says Ralph Ellis.

    “I texted Roger to say: ‘Great job, now it’s my turn.’”

What's the saying about form being temporary and class permanent? It was certainly shown to be true by Roger Federer at the weekend and now Tiger Woods is about to get in on the act.

Woods and Federer are close pals and the Swiss tennis ace has been taking advice on changing nappies. Tiger's a bit of an expert on that now because his little boy Charlie is five months old tomorrow, and of course he's already been through the parenthood hoop once before when daughter Sam was born in the summer of 2007.

But if Federer is getting inspiration for being a dad, then Woods is chasing his mate's new total of Major victories. Wimbledon took his total to 15, one ahead of the tally that Tiger has accumulated, and the race will be on to catch up again when he stands on the first tee at Turnberry for The Open in nine days time.

It was a few hours before the final round of the AT&T National when Federer completed his epic final set against Andy Roddick. Woods was on the practice range - where else would he be? - when he heard and immediately sent his mate a text.

"I texted him to say: 'Great job, now it's my turn,'" he's revealed to today's papers. "Roger won at the French Open and I won Memorial, so it was kind of: 'Let's do it on the same day, let's do it again today.' But his wins are a hell of a lot bigger than mine. He won two Slams and I won two tour events. Hopefully it's my turn to get the Majors now."

It's been a steady road back to his best for Tiger since the knee operation that forced him out at the end of last season, and it was clear at Augusta that he still needed time. The fact he's now picked up a couple of tour wins - the latest after a superb closing round 67 at Congressional to win his third title of the season - suggests that he could be getting back to the type of form which has seen him accumulate 14 majors.

Woods hasn't always found things easy playing links golf at The Open. He says he loves the challenge but when the winds whip up, and the rain batters down, it's been known to blow him off course. His big hitting style, blazing long drives then playing superb recovery shots, isn't so well suited. Of his three wins, in 2000 and 2005 at St Andrew's the conditions were relatively kind - and in 2006 at Royal Liverpool he produced a master of course management hitting irons off the tees and only four times in 72 holes failing to find the fairway.

That year, of course, he was inspired by the raw emotion of his father's death to play controlled, winning golf. Will a mixture of little Charlie's arrival, and trying to catch up his mate, have the same effect this time on a course he's never seen before?

Betfair punters certainly think so. Woods is 3.2 favourite to win The Open and the next best bet, Sergio Garcia, is as long as 25.0. After that nobody is at odds shorter than 30.


Five things you might not know about Turnberry

1. Turnberry Castle is reputed to be the birthplace of Robert the Bruce - certainly his mother lived there


2. The site of the ruined castle is now occupied by a lighthouse which was built in 1871 after a two-year delay because of arguments over what sort of oil should be used. Three ships crashed on the rocks during those two years


3. Turnberry is credited with having been the first purpose built luxury golf resort, with a 100 bedroom hotel designed by architect James Miller opened in 1906


4. In World War I the hotel was used by Canadians who were training as pilots and aerial gunners as an officers' mess - in World War II it was a military hospital. The golf courses were concreted over in 1942 and used as an airfield


5. A two night weekend break in the hotel's Ocean View suite in August would set you back around £1,600.

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Open Betting: Three reasons to back Tiger Woods

Open Betting: Three reasons to back Tiger Woods


The world number one has banished doubts about his form and fitness in recent weeks and is now in a prime position to make a sustained assault on the Open Championship. Paul Krishnamurty explains why...

    "Most encouraging has been Tiger's improved accuracy off the tee in recent weeks. The general rule over the past decade has been that when he drives it straight, he wins."

He's now fully back to his best after injury

Any doubts that Tiger would not fully recover his best form after an eight-month injury lay-off have been firmly laid to rest. Sunday's victory in the AT & T National was his third title in eight strokeplay events since returning, and he hasn't finished outside the top 10 in any of them. Most encouraging has been his improved accuracy off the tee in recent weeks. The general rule over the past decade has been that when Tiger drives it straight, he wins.

He lacks any obvious rivals

Going into the year's first two majors, all the focus was on Tiger's rivalry with Phil Mickelson; a battle won by the latter on both occasions. However, with Mickelson missing the Open and tournament specialists Padraig Harrington, Sergio Garcia and Ernie Els all badly out of form, Woods appears totally dominant. The market perfectly illustrates this year's 'Tiger vs the Rest' narrative, with Woods trading at 3.1 ahead of next best Garcia at 25.0.

Turnberry usually produces great champions

The last three Opens to be played at Turnberry have been won by world-class players at the peak of their powers. Tom Watson won the second of his five Open titles in 1980, and Greg Norman won the first of his two in 1986 during his best ever season. Nick Price was the world's leading player during his victorious year of 1994. The logical extension of that trend is a fourth Open, and 15th major title for Tiger Woods.

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Serena eclipses Venus in Wimbledon final

 Serena eclipses Venus in Wimbledon final

    * Story Highlights
    * Serena Williams avenges last year's Wimbledon final defeat by sister Venus
    * The younger sibling triumphs 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 for her third title at the grass event
    * Venus had been seeking to win her sixth title at Wimbledon
    * They later win their fourth Wimbledon doubles titles together in straight sets

July 5, 2009

 (CNN) -- Serena Williams has avenged last year's Wimbledon final defeat by sister Venus to claim the grass-court major for the third time.
Serena Williams claimed her 11th Grand Slam title with her third victory at Wimbledon.

The 27-year-old, who also beat her older sibling in winning in 2002 and 2003, triumphed 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 with a powerful display on Center Court on Saturday to celebrate American Independence Day.

Defending champion Venus, who was seeking her sixth Wimbledon title, matched her sister for intensity in the opening set but fell away badly after losing the tie-break.

She saved four match-points against her own serve in the final game before finally capitulating.

Serena clinched her 11th Grand Slam title and now holds three of the four, with only the French Open -- which she has won only once, in 2002 -- missing from her current collection.

"It feels so amazing, I feel so blessed. I feel like I shouldn't be holding the trophy, like I can't believe I won and not Venus. It hasn't settled in that I won yet," she said on being presented with the trophy.

"Today she was too good," said 29-year-old Venus. "She had answers for everything, she played the best tennis today. I don't think the loss has set in yet because I'm still smiling."
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The sisters have now won eight of the last 10 titles at SW19, while Serena is 11-10 ahead in career meetings with Venus, but more importantly 6-2 in majors.

The first set went with serve as the players treated the crowd to some superb rallies and powerful groundstrokes.

Second seed Serena crucially saved two break-points in the eighth game as Venus sent a vital forehand long when the court was wide open for a winner.

In the tie-break, Serena earned a mini-break to go 3-1 ahead and took a 6-2 advantage before finally clinching the set with a superb lob over the head of third seed Venus to the back of the court.

The second set went with serve until the sixth game, when Venus -- seeking to become the first woman to win three titles in a row at Wimbledon since Steffi Graf in 1991-93 -- served up a double-fault to go 4-2 down.

Serena then comfortably held serve before an epic final game that went to deuce as Venus desperately tried to stay in the match, ultimately handing her sister the crown when she netted a backhand.

Later on Saturday they paired to win a fourth Wimbledon women's doubles title as they beat Australia's Samantha Stosur and Rennae Stubbs, 7-6 6-4.
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Fittingly, Serena sealed victory on the third match point with a thunderous ace to cap a remarkable day.

In other title action, Daniel Nestor of Canada and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic beat top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan of the United States, 7-6 6-7 7-6 6-3 to win the men's doubles crown for the second straight year.