Wimbledon 2014

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 big four: it’s become the short-hand in tennis for the quartet of men that has dominated tennis for the last decade. Since Wimbledon 2004,…

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…

Heather Watson declared her desire to climb the rankings after she suffered a second-round Wimbledon defeat by German Angelique Kerber on Centre Court. The British…

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…

Heather Watson was so nervous ahead of her first-round Wimbledon match that she struggled to bite into a banana before beating Ajla Tomljanovic in straight…

It happened to be one of those days that this tennis fan will remember for a very long time. It was 2004, and a young,…

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…

Heather Watson insists that she is in confident mood heading into this year’s Wimbledon. The British No1 heads to SW19 after reaching the semi-finals in…

Serena Williams, top seed, world No1, 17-time Grand Slam champion and five times Wimbledon champion, has been working hard on the All England Club’s pristine…

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…

Rafael Nadal insists that he has no extra motivation ahead of Wimbledon following Spain’s dismal exit from the World Cup. The defending champions were knocked…

Top seed Novak Djokovic has been dealt a tricky hand if he is to equal or better his 2013 run at the All England Club.…

The All England Club has released the seedings for The Championships that begin on Monday next and, as always when it comes to Wimbledon, the…

The tennis of Ernests Gulbis stood out from the first. It was perhaps around 2007 that followers of this sport began to sit up and…