Archive for category: Wimbledon
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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 [...] -
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 Live 2012 Andy Murray Vs Marcos Baghdatis
Murray vs Baghdatis: Final 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 Just in the nick of time, Andy Murray beat Marcos Baghdatis in four sets to advance to play 16th seed Marin Cillic for a place in the quarter finals. Marcos Baghdatis leaves the 126th Championships with his head held high having given a [...] -
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 [...] -
Nadal shock defeat against Rosol at Wimbledon
Czech Lukas Rosol played some unbelievable tennis to oust world no.2 Rafael Nadal from this year’s Wimbledon Championships. Rosol will surely get everyone’s attention after a superb 6-7 (9) 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4 victory over the 7 time Roland Garros Champion Nadal. The Czech entered the center court without any [...] -
Wimbledon off to a great start
Wimbledon The Wimbledon fortnight commenced this week with a flurry of matches, and some surprising results. In the women’s singles Venus Williams failed to progress past this first round for only the 2nd time in her career, the first being in 1997 when she was again unseeded, and her début. Venus has [...] -
Good start for the British at Wimbledon 2012
It’s been a great start for the British players at the All England Club so far this week. British number one man Andy Murray cruised through to the second round with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 straight sets win against Davydenko. Murray has a tough draw in the Wimbledon championships to get [...]
