Новости за 15.07.2011

James Waterson and Lauren Lynch report on the week’s tennis news. Robin Soderling will face Tomas Berdych and David Ferrer will play Nicolas Almagro in the semifinals of the SkiStar Swedish Open and all of the top eight seeds at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart were ousted by the second round. Roger Federer launched a $3.3 million educational initiative in Malawi, one of the poorest and least developed countries in Africa, and Elena Dementieva is getting married on July 16.

The government struggles to do much right, and the trial against Roger Clemens is no exception. They botched his trial, setting the former standout baseball pitcher free unless prosecutors can get a retrial on charges he perjured himself before Congress in 2008, saying he had never done performance enhancing drugs.