Post Tagged with: "london olympics 2012"
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Andy Murray not willing to trade Olympic Gold for Wimbledon Title
After playing in what he has described as “the greatest match of my life” against Roger Federer to win Olympic Gold yesterday afternoon, Andy Murray isn’t willing to trade in his medal for a Grand Slam win, even that ever-elusive Wimbledon Singles title. Often described as the greatest player never [...] -
Murray’s Mongrels get the Medals!
Just hours after claiming his long sought victory over Roger Federer and his brave battle against the number 1 Belarusian doubles pair of Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi, Andy Murray has been the victim of some Olympic medal snatching by two furry culprits who are very close to home. Maggie [...] -
Fed’s Feeling Fine after Shock loss at Olympics
Roger Federer may have missed out on bagging that elusive Olympic singles gold medal this year, but the man with 17 Grand Slam wins and 7 Wimbledon titles doesn’t want fans to feel sorry for him. After being beaten by our very own Andy Murray 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday, [...] -
Defeated Bhupathi gives up on Olympic Dream
For one particular Olympic athlete – Mahesh Bhupathi – the London Olympics 2012 has been a non-stop battle, filled with selection rows and partner swapping before the action on court even kicked off. Now out of the competition following his and partner Rohan Bopanna’s second round loss in the men’s [...] -
Mixed Doubles a no-no for Williams Sisters
Although chances were slim that Venus Williams would be picking up the mantle again in the US Olympic mixed doubles tennis team, it has been decide that Serena is also out of the running and will instead be competing in just the Women’s Doubles and Women’s Singles events. “We all [...] -
Star Struck Olympians mob Sharapova
The former world number one faced a walk in the park during her opening round match against Israel’s Shahar Peer at Wimbledon on Sunday, especially when compared to the battle that was on her hands at the athletes’ cafeteria afterwards. Following her 6-2, 6-0 victory at Wimbledon the tennis star [...] -
Is Olympic Gold all that’s left for Federer?
Already well on his way to going down in history as one of world’s greatest sportsmen, Roger Federer admits to not really having any major goals on his ‘bucket list’, although he’d love to get a medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games. During the traditional press conference held by [...] -
Roger Federer the Olympics Addict
Not content with playing, and no doubt medalling, in the past two separate summer games – Beijing 2008 and London 2012 – world number one Roger Federer also has his heart set on competing at the Rio 2016 Games. Delivering the news that will no doubt have his rivals up [...] -
Opening Ceremony past UK Tennis Squad’s Bedtime
The British Olympic tennis squad and a number of other home-grown athletes have been ordered by their respective team officials to miss out on the festivities in the opening ceremony so that they can get a good night’s kip before the Wimbledon Olympic tennis tournament begins on Saturday. Andy Murray, [...] -
Novak’s missing Rafa at the Olympics!
Here’s a quick story to warm your hearts! It seems that the brotherhood of the Big Four tennis players is more than just a media-friendly image as former world number 1 Novak Djokovic is missing Rafael Nadal at the 2012 Olympics. Excited to be the flag bearer for Spain and [...] -
Olympic Tennis Men’s Draw Preview and Analysis
With Roger Federer’s triumph and Andy Murray’s tears still fresh in the memory, tennis returns to the hallowed turf of Wimbledon for a second time this summer with the Olympic tournament. Holding the event at the epicentre of world tennis has added extra prestige to the already much sought after [...] -
NBA Players turn Miles Raonic into Fan-Boy at Olympics
Miles Raonic may have a top 30 ranking, an astoundingly bright tennis career and a pad in Monte Carlo, but when it comes to his favourite NBA players he gets just as star-struck as the rest of us. Although not admitting whether he’ll be following them around the Olympic village [...] -
