Wimbledon 2014

Serena Williams is going through a “difficult period”, her coach Patrick Mouratoglou has said. World No1 Williams suffered her earliest Wimbledon defeat since 2005 last…

Amid the hype and hyperbole of a certain football jamboree in Brazil, many found their pleasure in a quiet, suburban corner of England, where lawns…

The first time that Novak Djokovic won Wimbledon, he had already made a legitimate claim for being the best player on the tour that year.…

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 would be very neat for the headline writers to attach the rather French sobriquet of ‘ingenue’ to the charming 20-year-old woman from the English-French…

So the biggest names in women’s tennis are nowhere to be seen as the clock ticks towards the ladies’ final on closing Saturday at the…

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…

Right on schedule, the last four women have made it to the 2014 semi-finals on the allotted day, a second Thursday that dawned just about…

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…

It’s hard to fathom how two men from the same small nation of Switzerland could maintain such friendship and respect for one another when they…

Wonderful Wednesday at Wimbledon: Sun hot and bright, crowds full of cheer—and Pimms—to cheer on home hero Andy Murray; Even the Royals had turned up,…

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…

Already, the women’s draw at this year’s Wimbledon has opened up like a flower in the sun that broke out over the All England Club…

Middle Sunday is a Wimbledon ritual: This remains the only Major to give the players, volunteers, fans—and courts—a rest at the half-way point of the…

Serena Williams vowed to continue working to find consistency after she suffered her earliest Wimbledon defeat since 2005, losing to Alize Cornet in the third…

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…