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The greatest intrusion that Tomas Berdych ever experienced away from the court was when he was followed by a couple of photographers.Berdychs semifinal against Andy Murray -- with Ivan Lendl looking on from Murrays guests-box, and with the 1973 champion Jan Kodes seated in the Royal Box -- was a reminder of how Czech players used to have their lives picked over by the states security apparatus. The Wimbledon Diary has seen the files from the 1980s that demonstrate how Lendl and Kodes were spied on by the StB, the secret police of the then Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, with the spooks particularly interested in who they were talking to.While Kodes had the codename Vitez, meaning winner, Lendl was simply known to the agents and their informants as Ivan. Its highly unlikely that any state ever spied on their tennis players as the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic did, with the administration terrified that the athletes would follow Martina Navratilovas lead and defect to the West. Lendl was analysed by the StBs X Division, which was responsible for the counter-intelligence against internal enemies.It was in 1982 that a division chief in Prague signed a document approving the opening of a personal file on Lendl, with regards to his connections with adversary persons. Among the collaborators informing on Lendl were some of his familys closest friends, as well as some within Czech tennis.Strawberries, no creamSerena Williams is halfway to being a tennis traditionalist. The Wimbledon Diary has learned that while the American eats strawberries at the All England Club, what she wont do is smother them with cream. You can watch the womens singles final?Saturday at 9 a.m. ET on ESPN and WatchESPN.Money, money, moneyHow better to calm Britains jittery financial markets than for Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, to spend a day in the Royal Box? By taking his seat on Centre Court, he seemed to be sending a message that, a fortnight after the public voted for Brexit from the European Union, he was no longer so alarmed about the economy. Otherwise, what would he be doing at Wimbledon?While Carney watched tennis in the sunshine, the FTSE 100 equity index rose by almost one per cent on Friday, closing at its highest level in almost a year. It was a good days work for Carney. The tennis would have been pleased him, too. Carney, who is Canadian, would have been thrilled to have watched Milos Raonic reaching a first Grand Slam final, which you can watch Sunday at 9 a.m. ET on ESPN and WatchESPN.Best of friends?All these years after they played on Centre Court, John McEnroes admiration for Bjorn Borg endures. God, he looks terrible, McEnroe said with heavy sarcasm when a cameraman showed a close-up of Borg watching Raonics victory over Roger Federer. Maillot Olivier Giroud . Once again, DeLaet finished tied for second at a PGA Tour stop on the weekend, this time at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The pride of Weyburn, Sask. Maillot Griezmann France . "Theyve both been real good," said Babcock. "Havent changed our minds." A decision has seemingly been made - Sundays Group B-deciding tilt against Finland ahead - but it could not have been an easy one. Price opened the tournament with a sturdy 19-save performance against the Norwegians, yielding just one goal. http://www.nouveaumaillotequipedefrance.fr/maillot-antoine-griezmann-pas-cher.html . Clarke was injured while practicing on the Doha Golf Club range after the pro-am on Tuesday. The Northern Irishman arrived at the course on Wednesday hoping to start, but after hitting a few balls on the practice putting green Clarke advised officials he was not fit to play. Maillot Equipe De France Pas Cher . - Levi Browns tenure at left tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers is over before it even began. Maillot Zinedine Zidane . -- Timbers coach Caleb Porter didnt stray from his business-like approach to the season even after Portland downed the two-time defending league champion Los Angeles Galaxy to gain crucial playoff position. TORONTO -- It hasnt been the fastest race to the checkered flag for Josef Newgarden, the rising star of IndyCar.Newgarden, coming off a dominating win on the oval at Iowa Speedway last weekend, returns to the street course of Toronto this weekend as the defending race winner. Its a far cry from four seasons ago, when as a rookie he led only one lap all year while driving for a small, single-car team.About halfway through that year it got really difficult at certain points to have faith and motivation in what you were doing, Newgarden said Friday. I just remember thinking, `What is going on? I dont know what Im doing, I dont know what we need from a big picture, whether thats a team thing or a car set up standpoint. There was a lot going on. If you can imagine loving something so much, more than anything else in life and then losing your love for it -- its kind of an odd thing to happen. And then you regain it.Newgarden believes things really began clicking two seasons later, in 2014, and have been steadily rolling upward since. He now drives for the two-car team at Ed Carpenter Racing and was in the championship hunt last season, when he won two races and finished seventh in the final standings.You learn the ups and downs, he said. You learn the emotional roller coaster of racing.Newgarden enters Sundays race on the temporary street course as one of the favorites. His win last weekend at Iowa, where he led all but 18 of the 300 laps, helped him close the gap on IndyCar Series points leader Simon Pagenaud. Hes climbed from 12th to second in the standings over the last five races and the Tennessee native trails Pagenaud by 73 points.I think thats racing, he said. You have one weekend where youre like the biggest jerk on the planet and everyone hates you and theen the next weekend you have an amazing weekend and youre like the messiah again.dddddddddddd.Hes already experiencing that at Toronto, where he was 16th on the speed chart after Fridays practice sessions. Pagenaud was fastest, while his Team Penske teammates Helio Castroneves and Will Power were second and third. The fourth Penske driver, Juan Pablo Montoya, was in a crash during practice.Pagenaud had praise for the course.I like it because I find it more exciting, Pagenaud said. You got to be so precise and its narrow, its technical in the last section but it also meets speed corners, its high speed because its so narrow. Its better for the fans because it looks more sketchy and will bring a better show.Newgarden, meanwhile, is still driving with a wrap on his right hand from the break he suffered in a crash at Texas last month. Hes been downgraded from a brace because it took up too much room in his car and he couldnt grip the wheel. Although he also broke his clavicle, Newgarden said his hand is the issue.The hand is really whats bothering me, its going to be a problem, Newgarden said. Its healing. I just went and got X-rays this week.Newgardens best finish on a street course this year was fourth at Detroit, and he struggled to a 22nd-place finish to start the season in St. Petersburg. He was 10th on Long Beach. Because of his struggles on street courses, he doesnt believe his victory last year makes him the driver to beat.I dont think were going to walk away. (The) goal this weekend is to finish in (the) top six, Newgarden said. If we can do that then we just need to have a clean race and then well fight for a podium or a win. Youth NFL Jerseys Cheap China Jerseys Cheap Wholesale Jerseys From China NFL Jerseys Wholesale Stitched Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Online Cheap NFL Black Jerseys ' ' '