With Wimbledon’s dust settled, Steve Bierley asks: Who’s number one now?
New Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal arrived to a hero’s welcome in his home town of Manacor on the Spanish island of Majorca on Tuesday.
Rafael Nadal dethroned five-time champion Roger Federer as king of Wimbledon on Sunday with an epic 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-7 (8/10), 9-7 win.
Venus Williams survived a fierce onslaught from Serena Williams to win her fifth Wimbledon singles title on Saturday.
Roger vs Rafa III, coming soon to a grass court near London.”It’s a huge thrill every time when I get to another Wimbledon final,” said Roger Federer.
Roger Federer beat Marat Safin in straight sets on Saturday to move one win away from his sixth consecutive Wimbledon title.
The Williams name will once again be engraved on the Wimbledon trophy in 2008 after Venus and Serena Williams surged into the final on Thursday.
Champion Venus Williams powered her way to her seventh Wimbledon final on Thursday with a 6-1, 7-6 victory over Russian Elena Dementieva.
Marat Safin says he had almost given up hope of recapturing the form that made him the world’s best before embarking on his surprise Wimbledon run.
Champion Roger Federer banished menacing storm clouds on Wednesday to set up a tantalising Wimbledon semifinal date with Marat Safin.
Roger Federer moved to within two victories of a record sixth successive Wimbledon title when he crushed Croatia’s Mario Ancic 6-1, 7-5, 6-4.
Chinese wildcard Zheng Jie provided an absorbing sub-plot to Williams sister domination on quarterfinal day at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
Jelena Jankovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova joined the Wimbledon scrapheap on Monday as the second week began with more shocks.
With the sun setting behind Centre Court, Rafael Nadal was racing to get done so he could concentrate on another important match.
Ninth seed Dinara Safina missed setting up a rematch with fellow Russian Elena Dementieva when she was harried out of Wimbledon in the third round.
A ruthless Venus Williams and a hobbling Jelena Jankovic restored some order to the women’s draw on Saturday to keep their grand slam hopes alive.
Unseeded Russian Marat Safin illuminated the evening gloom at Wimbledon on Friday with another electrifying performance to beat Italy’s Andreas Seppi.
Maria Sharapova was floored at Wimbledon on Thursday by Alla Kudryavtseva, the daughter of a Greco-Roman wrestler.
A middle class, wrote Clive James, is the first thing any society has to build and the last thing it can do without. Which brings us to Wimbledon.
Rafael Nadal has been granted his wish for an early start at Wimbledon on Thursday so he can watch Spain’s Euro 2008 semifinal against Russia.
Former world number one Marat Safin sent third seed Novak Djokovic crashing out of Wimbledon on Wednesday.
Roger Federer returned to his favourite stamping ground at Wimbledon on Monday and banished painful memories to reach the second round.
Five-time champion Roger Federer put his growing army of doubters firmly in their place by storming into the Wimbledon second round on Monday.
It was one of those ”could have been worse, could have been better” draws for South Africa’s two Wimbledon tennis championships hopefuls.
Roger Federer’s traditional Wimbledon waltz is set to be transformed into a dogfight as Rafael Nadal plots to shatter the world number one’s dream.
Rafael Nadal insists there is no chance that his French Open thrashing of Roger Federer will quench his thirst for success at Wimbledon.
Roger Federer is counting on the green, green grass of Wimbledon to help him bury the memory of the worst defeat of his career and a miserable first half of the year.
Hours after he was sure he had won, Rafael Nadal still had some work to do to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon. A point away from victory in the third set on Monday, Nadal hit a forehand he thought ended his match against Robin Soderling. Nadal raised both arms in celebration, then realised his shot had been called out.
At rainy Wimbledon, the reigning champion shows signs of making another big splash. Amelie Mauresmo keeps moving forward, and her aggressive game has advanced her to the fourth round. ”I think it comes pretty naturally for me,” the Frenchwoman said.
Three-time champion Venus Williams came back from a break down in the last two sets to avoid a major first-round surprise on Tuesday against a Russian teenager playing her first match at Wimbledon. In men’s play, second-seeded Rafael Nadal and former champion Lleyton Hewitt were among the winners.
Venus and Serena Williams are teaming up again. They will play doubles together for the first time since 2003 at Wimbledon, where this year’s play begins on Monday. ”They requested a wild card and they got it,” Venus Williams’s agent, Carlos Fleming, said by telephone on Wednesday.
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/ 22 February 2007
After years of holding out against equal prize money, Wimbledon bowed to public pressure on Thursday and agreed to pay women players as much as the men at the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament. The All England Club announced at a news conference that it had decided to fall into line with other Grand Slam events and offer equal pay at this year’s tournament.