There are different ways to win a match. Some fans like offense. Back when Steffi Graf was dominant, she sometimes had to play Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario. Graf brought a new level of power to the women's game. She was fast, had a big serve for the day, and the biggest forehand in the women's game (at
1936. To give a sense of perspective, World War 2 had not started in 1936. Nor had, of course, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Shock and Awe. It's certainly possible that Andy Murray's grandparents weren't alive when the last British male to win Wimbledon won Wimbledon. That man, as Andy Murray is constantly reminded,
The expectations were that Jerzy Janowicz would be happy to be in the semifinal. Even with a loss, being the first Pole to reach the Wimbledon semifinal was a big deal, and it wouldn't be shocking if he lost. But the tall Pole has one of the biggest serves in the game, and combined with
The big question entering this match was "How is del Potro's knee?". Twice, in two consecutive matches, del Potro hyper-extended his knee. Twice, he came storming back. Against Zemlja, he won 3 games in a row to close out the third set and a match. Against Ferrer, he dominated the match start to end, despite
Ah, Wimbledon Wednesday, the day all the men play their quarterfinal matches. Unlike previous years, the quarterfinal matches were more of a surprise. No Nadal, no Federer, and no Tsonga will do that to a tournament. The matches are played two at a time. Two played on Centre Court, and two played on Number 1
Today was a day of disaster which started off with a litany of injuries. Steve Darcis, who beat Rafael Nadal, had a shoulder injury and could not play his second round. Isner managed two games, but then retired in his match against Mannarino. Cilic did not play his match against Kenny de Schepper. Tsonga retired
Seems like Steve Darcis is the new Lukas Rosol. While Rosol was tumbling out of the first round of Wimbledon, Nadal was finding himself in a heap of trouble against a little heralded Belgian player, 29 years of age, ranked 110 in the world trying to take Nadal out of Wimbledon early for the second
Today was the day where the Nadal ping pong ball was going to land in the quarter of one of the top 4 seeds. As the number 5 seed, Nadal had an equal shot of playing Djokovic, Federer, Ferrer, or Murray, and wound up with third seed, Roger Federer. Let's see how everyone else did.
Less than three weeks after the conclusion of Wimbledon, grass tennis will be played once again. London serves as host of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Wimbledon, the venue of the tennis tournament. The downtrodden grass has been replanted, and competition will start on Saturday. The men's event is a draw of 64. Round 1
If you had asked me, a week before Wimbledon, if I thought Roger Federer could win Wimbledon, I'd say sure, he could, but that Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic would be favored, and possibly Andy Murray, though, at the time, he was the big unknown. He hadn't had a good tournament in quite sometime, arguably
