Wimbledon 2014: Emotional Djokovic denies spirited Federer to win title
Talk of the ‘big four’ has been a hot topic at this year’s Wimbledon. Perhaps, many were starting to say, this may be the Grand…
Talk of the ‘big four’ has been a hot topic at this year’s Wimbledon. Perhaps, many were starting to say, this may be the Grand…
There were rumours that this could be the year when one of the rising stars of men’s tennis broke ground that few others have managed…
It was a big task for Roger Federer in more ways than one. Milos Raonic had proved himself the leading member of the young players…
And so it was left to the top seed and 2011 champion Novak Djokovic and No4 seed and seven-time champion Roger Federer to fly the…
So it will be former champions Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic taking on two of the brightest rising stars of the tennis stage, 23-year-olds Milos…
Nick Kyrgios admits that his fitness let him down during his 6-7 6-2 6-4 7-6 defeat by Milos Raonic in the Wimbledon quarter-finals. The 19-year-old…
There has been no doubting that the promise was there. This 19-year-old, long and lean, 6ft 4in, striking young man, Australian by birth but with…
For tennis purists of a certain age, this particular day offered up a picture-perfect schedule. Not only did this four-man segment of the draw feature…
Things were, thus far, working out quite nicely for Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, both former Wimbledon champions, friends and rivals born within a week…
It has become a section of the draw that could turn into a battle of the generations. The bottom half threw four of the most…
It’s the quiet before the storm, the early hours at the All England Club before the gates open, before the walkways become dense with fans,…
Things had been pretty straight-forward for defending champion and home favourite, Andy Murray, in the first week of Wimbledon. He got past a tricky first-round…
The pre-match statistics about Roger Federer’s campaign to avoid his shock second-round exit of last year’s Wimbledon came up with a very upbeat finding. They…
For the world No1 and second seed at Wimbledon, this was nothing less than a very important day for the two-time former champion Rafael Nadal.…
It was midway through a tight—indeed edgy—contest between Tomas Berdych and Bernard Tomic that a collective sigh of disbelief, and not a little disappointment, filled…
This time last year, the first Wednesday at Wimbledon started like any other, but by its end, things were far from normal. Already Rafael Nadal…
It would have been quite understandable if there were some nerves and tension in the legs and shoulders of three of the biggest names in…
At every turn in the last couple of years, there have been men of a certain age proving that turning 30 is no barrier to…
And so it begins. A fortnight short of a year, Andy Murray took to Centre Court for a moment he must surely have dreamt about…
Just looking at the titles and achievements of Wimbledon’s top seed, Novak Djokovic, is enough to raise the heart-rate of your average tennis player. The…
Roger Federer seems always to be the calm eye amid the storm that accompanies the start of any Grand Slam tournament, and especially so at…