Post Tagged with: "Roger Federer"
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Post Wimbledon Rankings Round-Up
As expected, there are quite a few movements up and down the women’s and men’s official rankings following the Wimbledon Championships this month with a surprise re-claimant of the women’s number 1 spot. Despite squealing her way out of her semi-final clash against Serena Williams, Belarusian Victoria Azarenka has returned [...] -
Roger Federer Wins Wimbledon 2012, Beats Murray in the Final
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 [...] -
Roger Federer: 7 time Wimbledon Champion
It looked for a while that Andy Murray could do it. At one set ahead and 4-4 in the second, he had break points to give himself the opportunity to serve for a two set lead. His backhand drive flashes millimetres long, and from then on, the true Roger Federer [...] -
Federer Breaks British Hearts, but Marray wins some
The Wimbledon fortnight has now ended, what a match to go out on. Roger Federer against British hopeful Andy Murray. After waiting 74 years for another British finalist, Murray finally managed to make a Wimbledon final. After 4 sets against Tsonga he was all set for his attempt to make [...] -
Was the Wimbledon 2008 men’s final the greatest ever?
Roger Federer went in to the final having won five consecutive Wimbledon titles and was the undisputed master of the grass court game. His opponent, Rafael Nadal, was more at home on clay courts where the slower paced game suited his gritty, energetic style. Federer had breezed to the final [...] -
Federer – Murray Wimbledon 2012 Live Commentary
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 [...] -
Federer – Djokovic Wimbledon 2012 Live Commentary
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 [...] -
Federer and Co have eyes on Olympic Gold
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 [...] -
Djokovic v Federer Wimbledon 2012 Semifinal Preview
Surprisingly the pair have never met on grass so there is no previous history to compare on the lawns. On hard courts and clay, while Federer still holds the better head-to-head record overall at 14-12, perhaps the more important stat is the most recent shift in power, with the Serbian [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
Djokovic and Federer ease to second round at Wimbledon
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer both won their opening matches at Wimbledon 2012 in straight sets. Djokovic was the first one on center court, and started his title defence against former world no.1 Juan Carlos Ferrero with a 6-3 6-3 6-1 win. The world no.1, who defeated Nadal in last [...]
