South Africa’s Kevin Anderson has said he would have to play his absolute best to shatter Novak Djokovic’s dreams of winning Wimbledon.
Rain delayed most matches but Venus Williams had a gruelling match against Kimiko Date-Krumm, while Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray comfortably won.
On the second day of Wimbledon, Serena Williams made an emotional return, while Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic eased in to the second round.
Rafael Nadal has made an ardent start to his bid for a third Wimbledon title, while five-time winner Venus Williams has been back to her old routine.
On the first day of Wimbledon, Rafael Nadal made a good start to his title defence, while five-times champion Venus Williams also progressed easily.
Rafael Nadal on Sunday played down his chances of matching Roger Federer’s Grand Slam haul.
After a series of health scares, four-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams is not playing to win — or so she says.
World number one Rafa Nadal swapped tennis balls for golf balls as he prepared to defend his Wimbledon crown.
US and Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters has re-injured her right ankle, just days before the start of Wimbledon.
Andy Murray has set his sights on Wimbledon glory after winning his second Queen’s title with a 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Rafael Nadal insists he will be back to peak form and fitness in time for the defence of his Wimbledon title after he crashed out of Queen’s.
Rafael Nadal admitted he is feeling the strain of his French Open heroics after he kicked off his grass-court campaign by beating Matthew Ebden.
World number four Andy Murray has admitted he is risking his dream of winning Wimbledon by playing at Queen’s this week.
After Rafael Nadal equalled Bjorn Borg’s record of six French Open titles, Roger Federer is focusing on matching Pete Sampras’s seven Wimbledon wins.
Rafael Nadal reclaimed the Wimbledon men’s singles title on Sunday, putting in a dominating performance to beat Tomas Berdych in the final.
Serena Williams again showed the gaping chasm between her and the rest of the field when she retained her Wimbledon singles crown on Saturday.
The Swiss has fallen to No 3 in the world after losing to Tomas Berdych, but the effect on his standing is greater than that.
After back-to-back quarterfinal losses at the French Open and Wimbledon, Roger Federer is suddenly no longer the Grand Slam certainty he used to be.
Andy Roddick became Wimbledon’s biggest casualty on Monday when he lost to the son of a Taiwanese chicken farmer.
The Wimbledon round of 16 takes place on Monday with all eyes on the progress of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and the Williams sisters.
Rafa Nadal tamed his fury after a warning for coaching to come through a five-set test at Wimbledon while Andy Murray made more clinical progress.
If great memories sustain great players, Roger Federer is drawing on one of his most cherished as he pursues Pete Sampras’s Wimbledon record.
The top players took care of business on the big courts at Wimbledon, then found themselves immersed in the drama unfolding on little Court 18.
As victories go it was a breeze for Rafael Nadal against Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the first round of Wimbledon on Tuesday.
Roger Federer and Venus Williams, the stars of Wimbledon over the past decade, had contrasting journeys into the second round on Monday.
Roger Federer will step on to Centre Court on Monday with the prospect of a record-equalling seventh Wimbledon men’s title on his mind.
Reigning Wimbledon champion Roger Federer will be the top seed at the grass-court grand slam despite losing the world number one spot to Rafael Nadal.
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/ 27 January 2010
A year ago, Rafa Nadal was sprinting along the road to tennis immortality. Now, the Spaniard has not so much slowed to a walk as stopped all together.
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/ 26 January 2010
Trailblazing Chinese tennis player Zheng Jie will have to defeat one of her idols if she is to create even more history at the Australian Open.
Does the fact that Roger Federer has now won more Grand Slam tournaments than any other player mean he is the greatest?
Roger Federer has vowed to continue rewriting tennis history after clinching a sixth Wimbledon title on Sunday.
Switzerland’s Roger Federer beat inspired American Andy Roddick 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16-14 in a marathon Wimbledon’s men’s singles final on Sunday.