Roger Federer equaled Pete Sampras’ record seventh Wimbledon title yesterday by beating Britain’s Andy Murray in four sets. In doing so, he also bought himself the enviable haul of a 17th Grand Slam title, regained the world number one spot from Novak Djokovic, and will now surpass the 286 week [...]
Let’s face it, the Williams sisters really haven’t had the best tennis season so far. Between Venus’ struggle with Sjogdren’s syndrome and Serena’s first-round loss to Virginie Rizzo at the French Open, there were many who doubted that the two would ever again reach the finals of a Grand Slam [...]
Live Commentary of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals semis: Djokovic vs Del Potro Live ATP Finals 2012 Federer vs Murray Live ATP Finals 2012 Murray v Federer. Sets 1-3 (4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4) Federer wins Wimbledon! Game, set, match for Federer’s joint record 7th Wimbledon title, and [...]
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) confirmed today that Austrian rising star Tamira Paszek is eligible for entry into the 2012 Wimbledon Olympics tennis tournament, following a successful appeal. Brought forward by Tennis Austria, the appeal was made against the ITF Olympic Committee’s decision not to allow Paszek into the Olympic [...]
ATP Finals 2012 Live Commentary: Novak Djokovic vs Roger Federer ATP Finals 2012 Live Federer vs Djokovic: Game, set, match Federer. 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 Fourth set: 6-3 Federer shows nerves of steel to recover from a nervous moment at 30-30 and a line challenge to take the match [...]
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 [...]
A year ago German tennis player Angelique Kerber was just like many of those other Wimbledon hopefuls who suffered devastating losses in the first round, remaining just outside the top 100 and never quite getting passed the third-round in major tournaments and Grand Slams. Just 11 months later, however, nothing [...]
We’re used to blunders from the Lawn Tennis Association when it comes to Wimbledon, after all this is the same organisation that prematurely arranged for a nationwide helicopter tour of the British winner of Wimbledon who never was, but their latest fiasco goes far and beyond that. In supreme act [...]
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 [...]
Most professional tennis players would have a wealth of excuses to hand for losing such an important match as the opening round at Wimbledon. Not so Bernard Tomic who has been refreshingly honest in admitting he lacks motivation and that a lack of application was mostly behind his shock loss [...]
British no.1 Andy Murray showed no signs of weakness as he stormed to an excellent 6-1 6-1 6-4 win over Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko in today’s first round encounter at Wimbledon. Murray, who could be the first Brit to win this precious trophy since Fred Perry prevailed in 1936, played some [...]
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 [...]
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The red dust has settled, the players have had a green grass tune-up event and now the very heart of the tennis season is upon us: Wimbledon. Rafael Nadal’s successful defence of the French Open title, together with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer making the final and semi-final respectively, means [...]
