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Federer, Murray give Wimbledon a grand, grand finale, full of emotion and beautiful tennis Final score: 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss weather was perfect, but the beaches relatively empty Sunday afternoon as television and computer screens were tuned in to the final men’s match at Wimbledon. And was it worth it! Roger [...]
WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND – Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic fought back from poor starts to avoid joining Rafa Nadal in the list of Wimbledon upsets, 29 June. Djokovic lost the first set in his match against 33 year old Czech Radek Stepanek 4-6. The ex companion of Martina Hingis was then crushed in the next three, [...]
Wimbledon, London: Novak Djokovic broke the eight year domination of Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal when he beat Nadal in four sets 6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3 to take the 2011 Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Singles Championship, Sunday 3 July. The Serb also moved to the top of the ATP rankings after an exceptional start to the year [...]
Wimbledon, London Roger Federer’s dream of a seventh Wimbledon title, and a 17th Grand Slam win disappeared as the French 12th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga came back from two sets down to win 3-6 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-4, 29 June. It is the first time Federer has lost after having a two set lead. The big [...]
WIMBLEDON, LONDON, ENGLAND Last year’s champion Serena Williams crashed out of Wimbledon, as did sister Venus in a dramatic day’s tennis. World number one Caroline Wozniacki also lost. The men’s event went more to form although Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer each dropped a set before going through to the quarter-finals. Serena Williams went down [...]
Wimbledon, England (GenevaLunch.com) – Rafael Nadal won his second Wimbledon title Sunday 4 July, outplaying Tomas Berdych 6-3 7-5 6-4. The sets all went the same way as the Czech matched Nadal for a few games and then could not keep pace as the Spanish top seed accelerated at key points. Nadal now looks set [...]
International sports, Wimbledon tennis Wimbledon, London (GenevaLunch) – Rafael Nadal, the world’s top player according to the ATP rankings, ended Andy Murray‘s hopes of becoming the first British player since 1938 to reach the Wimbledon final. Nadal won in three sets, 6-4 7-6 (8-6) 6-4. The match was closely contested but Nadal never seemed threatened [...]
International sports, Wimbledon tennis Wimbledon, England (GenevaLunch.com) – Roger Federer is out of Wimbledon, after losing to Czech player Tomas Berdych 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-4 Wednesday. The six-time Wimbledon winner did not make it to the semi-finals, just as he missed them at Roland Garros in Paris earlier in the season. Wimbledon, where he has [...]
International sports, Wimbledon tennis Wimbledon, London (GenevaLunch) – The Wimbledon record for the longest ever match was smashed by almost five hours, and the match still isn’t over! American John Isner and French player Nicolas Mahut were deadlocked at 59-59 in the fifth set after more than ten hours of play when bad light stopped [...]
International sports, Wimbledon Tennis Wimbledon, London (GenevaLunch) – Roger Federer’s attempt to win a seventh Wimbledon almost ended as he fought back from being two sets down against Alejandro Fella, the ATP 60th ranked Colombian clay court specialist. Fella played an aggressive game and quickly took a two set lead before Federer pulled back in [...]
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