Murray v Tsonga. Final, Murray wins 3 sets to 1 (6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5) Game, set and match Murray 7-5 Murray breaks – I’m sure you don’t need me to say he’s the first Briton since 1938 in the final, so that ludicrous record is finally put to bed. He’ll play Roger [...]
In a match up that would be more than befitting of the final itself, two heavyweights of the game, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic face off in the Wimbledon Semi Final on Friday. If these two played in an exhibition match it would be a highly anticipated clash, but [...]
Novak Djokovic may be the current world number one and holder of the Wimbledon men’s singles title, but today could be the day that all that changes. Facing the Serb in what could be considered the most anticipated Grand Slam semi-final of the season is the man who wants to [...]
For Roger Federer and his fellow top tennis players taking the title at Wimbledon this year isn’t enough, they each have their eye on winning Olympic gold on the grass courts of the All England Tennis Club next month. Federer especially is looking forward to adding a medal in Singles [...]
This matchup is being billed as Murray’s best chance to reach his first Wimbledon final, and with this being his fourth consecutive appearance in the semi finals, there is a just argument that this represents his best opportunity yet. But while there is a collective sigh of relief from all [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
So far the 2012 Wimbledon Championships have brought a lot of shocks and surprises. From the potentially misogynistic remarks of Gilles Simon to the stunning second-round knockout of World number 2 Rafa Nadal, we thought we’d seen it all. What we weren’t prepared for however was the maturity of Andy [...]
In one month’s time the world’s top tennis players will return to the hallowed grounds of the All England Tennis Club to compete in what is arguably the biggest sporting event of the decade – the 2012 London Olympic Games. The 2012 “Wimbledon Olympic” tennis tournament is only the fourteenth [...]
Week One of Wimbledon 2012 is in the books. Here’s a quick look at some of the stats so far. Tie Breaks: 87 5 Set Matches: 23 Retirements: 5 Walkovers: 0 Seeds into second week: 12 Unseeded into second week: 3 Qualifiers into second week: 1 Wild Cards [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
For all the rivalry that occurs between them tennis’ Big Four are a caring bunch, as proved by current world number 3 Roger Federer’s recent support of Andy Murray. Federer, who has himself had a breezy start to the Wimbledon Championships following a 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 victory over Albert Ramos [...]
