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Who Will Win Wimbledon 2015?

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June 23, 2015

Only days to go now, and with the excitement already building, the question on everyone’s lips is: who will win Wimbledon? It’s easy to single out the favourites, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, because they are such clear world number ones right now. AWESOME But does that mean they will win Wimbledon? Serena has only […]

ROGER, ANDY TAKE TITLES BEFORE WIMBLEDON

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June 21, 2015

If Roger Federer wins Wimbledon for a record-breaking eighth time, you can bet his psychological strength will have played the biggest part in his victory. So it was at Halle, where the world’s best-loved player claimed his eighth title in a 7-6 (1), 6-4 victory over Andreas Seppi of Italy. Meanwhile Andy Murray has claimed […]

Super Nadal Fires Wimbledon Warning

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June 15, 2015

Rafael Nadal is ready to thrill Wimbledon once more – and that’s great news for tennis fans. At last, we can look forward to the return of the “real Rafa” on grass. EXPLOSIVE And that means Wimbledon is likely to be even more exciting and explosive this year. How do we know that Nadal means […]

WAWRINKA WINS FRENCH OPEN, DJOKOVIC MOVED TO TEARS

Locker Room

June 7, 2015

  Mental strength. That’s what Stan Wawrinka summoned to beat Novak Djokovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in one of the great French Open finals. An astonishing will to win and a raw power so jaw-dropping that you sometimes wonder how it can be generated from Wawrinka’s modest frame. Having squandered a match point and been […]

Serena seals her 20th Slam!

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June 6, 2015

  Serena Williams dropped her racquet on the Roland Garros clay, stretched her arms skywards, and savoured the moment she sealed her 20th Grand Slam. Though we witnessed a superb second-set comeback from Lucie Safarova, and a break in the very first game of the third, you always felt Serena would find a way. FEROCIOUS […]

What Can Be Done About Murray’s Mindset?

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First of all, you have to salute Novak Djokovic for beating Andy Murray yet again, and in doing so ending the Brit’s hopes of taking a Grand Slam he hasn’t won before. The 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 5-7, 6-1 scoreline tells the basic story. The first two sets were ridiculously easy for Djokovic. So was the […]

Wimbledon wouldn’t be Wimbledon without Americans!

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June 5, 2015

Try to imagine Wimbledon over the years without Americans. It just wouldn’t have been the same, would WIMBLEDON WOULDN’T BE WIMBLEDON WITHOUT AMERICANS! Try to imagine Wimbledon over the years without Americans. It just wouldn’t have been the same, would it? Rebellious, record-breaking, glamorous or just utterly brilliant, the Americans always add something – and […]

Street-fighter Stan’s Sucker Punch

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If you see poetry in a sucker-punch set up by a true street-fighter, this really was a match to admire. Stan Wawrinka saved sixteen break points to show his fighting spirit – but that wasn’t the most remarkable feature of his intriguing performance. ASSAULT No, the timing of his assault in the all-important third was […]

Surely Only Illness Can Deny Serena Now?

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June 4, 2015

Once again, Serena Williams needed to come from behind. Once more she found the strength when the cause seemed beyond her. Timea Bacsinszky seemed to have such freedom of movement, to show such fearlessness in her stroke-play, that when she took the first set 6-4 and more than held her own in the early games […]

Rafael Nadal Loses At Roland Garros

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June 3, 2015

For the first time in 40 matches and only the second time in ten years, Rafael Nadal lost a tennis match at Roland Garros. The superb Spaniard had won here for the last five years and yet he finally met his match in Novak Djokovic, the world number won who hasn’t lost now in 27 […]

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