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Where’s Wally? Spectators watch a match at Wimbledon. Tickets are expensive, and hard to come by. (Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

A walkabout at Wimbledon

Poorer fans watch screens on Murray Mount and the posh mingle with stars in Rosewater Pavilion

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Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon title

Djokovic beat South Africa’s Kevin Anderson for the title on Sunday

John Isner returns a shot to Jack Sock during the BB&T Atlanta Open at Atlantic Station in Atlanta

John Isner to face Andy Roddick at Atlanta Open semis

Top seed John Isner won a hard-fought tiebreaker in the first set and held off teenager Jack Sock to advance to the Atlanta Open semifinals.

Nadal crushes Tsonga to fire Spain into final

‘Struggling’ Nadal powers to French Open last 16

Top seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal had coasted into the last 16 of the French Open after beating Croatian qualifier Antonio Veic.

Federer finds his feet as Haas halts red-hot Roddick

World number one Roger Federer, in search of his first title of 2008, took no chances on Sunday as he moved smoothly into the third round of the Indian Wells Masters Series. The…

South African Anderson reaches Las Vegas ATP final

South African Kevin Anderson reached the final of the ATP hard-court tournament in Las Vegas on Saturday with a straight-sets victory over American Robby Ginepri. Anderson,…

Crowd trouble mars Melbourne Park fiesta

Crowd trouble and police ejections cast a shadow across Melbourne Park on Tuesday, diverting attention from world-class sport at the Australian Open. A violent incident marred a…

Federer leads top contenders in US Open

World number one Roger Federer answered the threat of big-serving United States giant John Isner to join top challengers Andy Roddick, Nikolay Davydenko and James Blake in the US…

Tall order for Isner against Federer

World number one Roger Federer faces a lofty challenge in his bid for a fourth straight US Open title when he takes on wildcard John Isner in the third round on Saturday. Former…

No mercy from Sharapova as Blake struggles

Maria Sharapova produced another display of fearsome big hitting to roll into the US Open third round on Thursday, while top American hopes Andy Roddick and James Blake struggled…

Sore Nadal struggles as Federer cruises on

Rafael Nadal struggled on a sore left knee past unheralded Australian Alun Jones on Wednesday to reach the second round of the US Open, but his bid for a third Grand Slam final…