London: More than once during the past fortnight, Serena Williams has won an important point at Wimbledon and then returned to the baseline, her clenched fist leading the way. The ferocity of the gesture is understandable, given the obstacles she has beaten back in the past couple of years. A succession of health issues led to a long layoff that forced Williams to mount a career comeback, and she'll try...
08:53 AM, Jul 07, 2012
Wimbledon: The buzz around Centre Court gradually increased while Andy Murray inched closer to ending one of the longest waits in British sports. A tennis crowd used to disappointments finally saw reason to believe, with the classic shouts of "Come on Andy" at Wimbledon over the last seven years coupled with the added encouragement: "You can do it." And, in his fourth attempt in four years, Murray finally did. Murray...
11:08 PM, Jul 06, 2012
London: India's Leander Paes and his Russian partner Elena Vesnina beat unseeded Paul Hanley and Alla Kudryavtseva to stroll into the mixed doubles semifinals of the Wimbledon tennis championships here Friday. The fourth seeds got the better of the Australian-Russian pairing 6-2, 6-2 in the quarters. They next meet winners of the match between top seeds Bob Bryan-Liezel Huber of America and eighth seeds Daniel Nestor of Canada and Julia...
10:00 PM, Jul 06, 2012
Wimbledon: Roger Federer advanced to his record eighth Wimbledon final on Friday, beating defending champion Novak Djokovic in four sets. The six-time champion defeated Djokovic 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 under a closed roof on Centre Court and is now one victory from equaling two other records in an already record-laden career. "This is what you want to be playing for " the Wimbledon trophy," Federer said. "I've got a tough...
08:08 PM, Jul 06, 2012
London: Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Friday paid a visit to the All England Club to watch the marquee semifinal match between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in Wimbledon. Tendulkar, who decided to skip India's limited overs series in Sri Lanka starting later this month, was at the Wimbledon Royal Box along with his wife Anjali. The iconic Indian batsman, who is passionate about tennis and a Federer fan, has...
07:49 PM, Jul 06, 2012
London: Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwanska cancelled a news conference on Friday because of a respiratory illness that made it difficult for her to speak. Radwanska is scheduled to meet four-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams for the title on Saturday. Radwanska played with the ailment on Thursday, when she beat Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4 and became the first Polish player to reach a Grand Slam final since 1939. Her news conference...
07:42 PM, Jul 06, 2012
London: With "Murray Mania" gripping Britain, it's the other men's semi-final at Wimbledon that has many tennis fans anticipating a griping matchup on Friday afternoon. Six-time champion Roger Federer and last year's winner Novak Djokovic will face each other on the grass of Wimbledon for the first time " in their 27th head-to-head meeting. "It is interesting that this is our first grass-court match. I'm looking forward to it," said...
03:49 PM, Jul 06, 2012
London: A couple of hours after reaching her seventh Wimbledon ladies singles final, Serena Williams returned to Centre Court with sister Venus to secure a spot in the semi-finals of the ladies doubles. The Williams sisters routed Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears 6-1, 6-1 in less than an hour on Thursday. Venus and Serena are playing a doubles tournament for the first time in two years and are looking for...
02:00 PM, Jul 06, 2012
London: Veteran Leander Paes was the lone Indian left in fray at the Wimbledon as he reached the mixed doubles quarter-finals with Elena Vesnina after Rohan Bopanna and Jie Zheng crashed to a straight-set defeat in the last-eight stage of the same event here. Fourth seeds Paes and Russia's Vesnina staved off a stiff challenge from the Belarussian combination of Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka to win 7-6 (3), 6-3...
10:25 AM, Jul 06, 2012
London: India's Rohan Bopanna and his Chinese partner Jie Zhang crashed out of the mixed doubles after they lost their quarter-final match in Wimbledon on Thursday. Bopanna and Zheng, who are seeded 10th, went down 2-6, 5-7 to the second seeded American pair of Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond. Bopanna and Zheng could convert only 67 percent of the break points compared to 83 of the American duo. The Indo-Chinese...
12:49 AM, Jul 06, 2012
Serena Williams is back in the Wimbledon final. The 13-time Grand Slam champion reached her seventh Wimbledon final on Thursday, smacking 24 aces to beat Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 7-6 (6) in the semifinals.The final point of the match was, fittingly enough, the record-breaking ace. "I've been working so hard, and I really, I really wanted it," said Williams, a four-time Wimbledon champion who lost in the first round of the...
08:47 PM, Jul 05, 2012
London: A steady hand, or steady backhands and forehands actually, was all it took for Agnieszka Radwanska to reach her first Wimbledon final. The third-seeded Pole won five straight games to take the first set, and then held on after taking an early lead in the second to beat Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday in the Wimbledon semi-finals. "This is a dream from when I was kid," the 23-year-old...
07:17 PM, Jul 05, 2012
London: Rohan Bopanna and his Chinese partner Jie Zheng reached the mixed doubles quarter-finals at the Wimbledon with a straight-set victory over the Italian pair of Daniele Bracciali and Roberta Vinci here on Thursday. The 10th seeded Indo-Chinese combo caused an upset with a comfortable 6-0, 6-3 victory over their sixth-seeded opponents in just 40 minutes at the All England Club. They will now take on the second-seeded American duo...
06:55 PM, Jul 05, 2012
London: Serena Williams hit top gear in deposing champion Petra Kvitova and ominously for her Wimbledon semi-final opponent Victoria Azarenka the four-times champion says she has nothing to lose in the last-four clash on Thursday. Williams, who banged down 13 aces in her quarter-final rout of Kvitova, faces the Australian Open champion and world number two in what is likely to be a decibel-busting clash between two of the game's...
11:43 AM, Jul 05, 2012
Wimbledon: Drawing inspiration from LeBron James and his new NBA title, Andy Murray is ready to win his first championship, too. The fourth-seeded Murray, who has lost in three Grand Slam finals, advanced to the Wimbledon semifinals for the fourth straight year by beating No. 7 David Ferrer of Spain 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (4) Wednesday. "He came very close to winning quite a lot of times," Murray,...
11:26 AM, Jul 05, 2012
London: Serena Williams had to earn two doubles victories with older sister Venus at Wimbledon on Wednesday, a day before her singles semi-final against Victoria Azarenka. The Williams sisters were finally able to complete their second-round match against Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova that started on Saturday but was suspended by rain. It picked up in the third set on Wednesday, with the Williams sisters winning 3-6, 6-3, 9-7. The...
09:11 AM, Jul 05, 2012
London: Novak Djokovic closed out his latest Wimbledon win with an ace, then threw a fist and let loose a primal scream. Bring on Roger Federer. They'll meet at Wimbledon for the first time on Friday. Federer earned a record 32nd Grand Slam semi-final berth and moved closer to a record-tying seventh Wimbledon title on Wednesday, beating Mikhail Youzhny 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. Minutes later on an adjacent court, defending champion...
11:21 PM, Jul 04, 2012
Wimbledon: Leander Paes and his Russian partner Elena Vesnina reached the pre-quarter-finals of the mixed-doubles at the Wimbledon with a straight-set victory over Australia's Ashley Fisher and Mona Barthel of Germany here on Wednesday. The fourth seeded Indo-Russian pair beat Fisher and Barthel 6-3 6-3 in a match that lasted just over an hour at the All England Club. The duo will next take on Belarusian pair of Max Mirnyi...
10:53 PM, Jul 04, 2012
