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Line up for Wimbledon 2012 men’s singles semi-finals
Wednesday 4th July was a big day at Wimbledon. It was mens quater finals day taking 8 men down to 4 for the semifinals on Friday. Briton Andy Murray worked hard and staged an amazing fightback from 1 set and 1 break down against David Ferrer. Murray remained calm despite [...] -
Djokovic sets up Wimbledon semifinal encounter against Federer
Defending champion Novak Djokovic set up a semifinal encounter against Swiss Federer after defeating Florian Mayer of Germany 6-4 6-1 6-4 in today’s Wimbledon quarterfinal. Djokovic is bidding to become the first player to retain his Wimbledon title since Federer managed to do it in 2007. With this victory over [...] -
Federer Cruises Past Youzhny Into Wimbledon Semi Finals
Roger Federer became the first Wimbledon 2012 semifinalist after beating russia’s Mikhail Youzhny in straight sets 6-1 6-2 6-2. With this win, the Swiss improved his head to head record against Youzhny to an impressive 14-0,dropping just 3 sets alltogether. This is the first semifinal appearance for the 16 time [...] -
Ferrer Poses Big Problem For Murray – Wimbledon 2012 Day 9 Preview
It’s been a frustrating time at SW19 over the past few days, but even the persistent rain has not dampened the excitement surrounding the latter stages of the Wimbledon championships. With Rosol defeating Nadal in the second round, a massive opportunity has arisen for Murray to make it to his [...] -
Why does it Always Rain on Me?: Murray Triumphs over Cilic and the Elements
Benjamin Franklin once said in a letter to his friend Jean Baptiste Le Roy that nothing was certain in this life except death and taxes. Had he been writing more recently he would most likely have added “rain disruption at Wimbledon” to that grim list. Almost inevitably, it was rain [...] -
Andy Murray defeats Marin Cilic, advances to Wimbledon Quarter-finals
A fourth-round Wimbledon clash saw British favourite, Andy Murray take on Croatian, Marin Cilic for a place in the quarter-finals. The grass court match was played on Wimbledon’s Court One, without the benefit of a roof to protect from the typical English summer elements of rain and wind. Murray came [...] -
Djokovic moves into Wimbledon Quarters as he overcomes Troicki
World no.1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic didn’t waste too much time on center court today as he raced to a straight sets win over fellow Serbian Viktor Troicki, winning 6-3 6-1 6-3. Troicki started the match with an immediate break, but couldn’t capitalise on it as Djoko stepped up [...] -
Federer beats Malisse, Makes 33rd Straight Slam Quarter Final
After Federer’s last match was played under the roof with dry conditions outside, Wimbledon seemed keen to keep the roof open as much as possible for for this 4th round match. In what were possibly the most testing conditions I have seen at Wimbledon in recent years Federer came through [...] -
Federer vs Malisse – Match Preview Day 7 Wimbledon 2012
On paper this looks like a formality for the Fed Express, but looking a little deeper into that statistics gives a glimmer of hope for fans of the veteran Belgian. At 31, Malisse is a year older than Federer, and has a worrying 1-9 win loss record against him. Their [...] -
Cilic beats Querrey in second longest match ever at Wimbledon
Marin Cilic and Sam Querrey both had to dig deep during their third round encounter that lasted 5 hours and 31 minutes, making it the second longest match in Wimbledon history. It was the Croat Cilic, who had a lot more reasons to celebrate after beating the American in a [...] -
Ferrer and Tsonga move into last 16 at Wimbledon
No.7 seed Spaniard David Ferrer and the 5th seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France booked their place in the last 16 of this year’s Wimbledon Championships. Ferrer, who won last week’s tournament in Hertogenbosch, defeated American Andy Roddick as he came back from a set down to win 2-6 7-6 (8) [...] -
Wimbledon 2012 Day 6 Saturday preview – Centre Court
A great day of tennis is in store on Centre Court on day six of the Championships, and here are some predictions for the matches ahead. Sixth seed Serena Williams gets things started against Chinese 25th seed Jie Zheng. Although Zheng will be ready for the battle, logic would suggest [...] -
Wimbledon day 5 – Men’s roundup
After the drama of day 4, and the mammoth performance by Rosol in defeating Nadal it was unlikely that Friday was going to reach such highs, but Wimbledon did not disappoint… Novak Djokovic Def Radek Stepanek 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 The Serb got off to a slow start, but [...]
