After a historic first round win over Sri Lanka in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier, the Azkals will now face a formidable opponent in the 102nd-ranked, Kuwait. Do you believe the Philippines can beat Kuwait in this round? Ahhh, ehhhh…

Azkals vs Kuwait

Kuwait is a ten-time Gulf of Nations Football Cup winner. They’ve been to the World Cup finals in 1982. They were also winners in the 1980 AFC Asian Cup. It is a team tougher than any other Asian team played by the Philippines so far. And they are not taking the Philippines for granted. There were reports saying that they sent scouts when the Azkals played against Sri Lanka.

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2011 is Novak Djokovic’s year. First, he won the Australian Open. Second, he topped the world rankings the other day. And now, he dislodged Rafael Nadal from the top of the rankings and snatched the Wimbledon trophy in an emphatic 6-1, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 victory over the Spaniard.

It was Djokovic’s 50th win in 51 matches and fifth win over Nadal this year. His solitary loss was against Roger Federer in the French Open. They could have set up a rematch but the Swiss failed to stop a resurging Tsonga. Novak easily dispatched the Frenchman to set up the fifth Final against Nadal this year.

Wimbledon is the Serb’s third Grand Slam title after getting two Australian Open trophies. Will it be the US Open title next?

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As of this writing, the semifinals for men is about to start and the expected 1vs4, 2vs3 seeds semi-finals did not materialize as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (12) came from behind to beat 6-time winner Roger Federer.  Waiting for Tsonga is Djokovic, who has an outstanding season starting from his triumph over Murray at the Australian Open.

At the other side of the tie is a match between the no.1 Rafael Nadal and the no. 4 Andy Murray.  Nadal has an 11-4 winning record versus Murray but the Scot has some excellent plays that can give any of the top three a run for their money.

A Nadal vs Djokovic final is expected here considering that tennis god Roger Federer is already a shell of his past achievements.  But do you think Tsonga can beat Djokovic and Murray upset Nadal?

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