Post Tagged with: "wimbledon 2012"
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“Cheated” Karlovic a Victim of Favouritism?
Big-serving Ivo Karlovic believes he is the victim of favouritism following Andy Murray’s controversial win over the Croatian in the opening rounds of Wimbledon. Karlovic was beaten by Murray 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-2, 7-6 (4) on Thursday, however he has accused line judges of favouring the home player after a succession [...] -
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 [...] -
Defeated Tomic Lacking Motivation
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 [...] -
Tsonga and Del Potro into second round at Wimbledon
5th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga showed no mercy as he demolished the Austalian wild card holder and former world no.1 Lleyton Hewitt in three sets 6-3 6-4 6-4 and booked his place in the second round of Wimbledon 2012. Hewitt has been struggling with injuries recently and his ranking dropped to [...] -
Murray superb performance against Davydenko
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 [...] -
Nadal starts his Wimbledon 2012 campaign with a straight sets win over Bellucci
After a short rain delay, last year’s finalist Rafael Nadal started his Wimbledon 2012 campaign against Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci with a straight sets win 7-6 (0) 6-2 6-3. Bellucci came out very strong, breaking the Spaniard twice to take a 4-0 lead in the first set and there was no [...] -
Wimbledon First Round Recap
Ernests Gulbis def. Tomas Berdych[6], 7-6(5), 7-6(4), 7-6(4)- Gulbis finally showed that he can compete with the top players, something that the tennis world has been looking forward to seeing. Gulbis can not lose sight of what’s at stake, and for him that’s to reach the 2nd week. After beating [...] -
Murray Drama Queen or King of the Court?
This summer serves up an absolute feast of British sport, with Wimbledon providing a tasty filler between the football European Championship and the upcoming London Olympics. After England limped out of the football tournament on Sunday, the sporting expectations of the nation arguably turn to Andy Murray. So we find [...] -
Big Love for Andy Murray from fellow Big Four Member Federer
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 [...] -
Tipsarevic beats Nalbandian, Isner out of Wimbledon 2012
8th seed Janko Tipsarevic booked his place in the second round of the Wimbledon Championships 2012 after beating Queen’s Club finalist David Nalbandian 6-4 7-6 (4) 6-2. Nalbandian, who got disqualified from the AEGON Championships week before last, couldn’t convert any of the five break point opportunities he had at [...] -
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 [...] -
Berdych stunned by Gulbis in the first round of the All England Club
Ernest Gulbis produced some superb tennis in the first round of this year’s Wimbledon Championships, knocking out 2010 runner-up Tomas Berdych 7-6 (5) 7-6 (4) 7-6 (4). There were no break point opportunities in the first set and it was Gulbis who managed to secure the only mini break of [...]
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