July 3, 2014
Novak Djokovic against Grigor Dimitrov will be the first semi-final on Centre Court on Friday, starting at 1pm. It promises to be a scintillating match. And although Novak is number one seed, few see him as a clear favourite after what Dimitrov did to Andy Murray. The legendary Roger Federer will face Milos Raonic in […]
July 2, 2014
Defending champion Andy Murray was knocked out of Wimbledon in straight sets by his friend and young pretender, Grigor Dimitrov. Remarkably, Dimitrov revealed he knew Murray wasn’t right from the very start. When he heard that piece of analysis, Andy seemed mystified by such a controversial remark. Yet this was a result many of us […]
July 1, 2014
Rafael Nadal crashed out of Wimbledon to a big-serving teenager last night.Aussie sensation Nick Kyrgios served up nearly forty aces and the Spaniard just couldn’t cope with the firepower.Fittingly, it was an ace which finished it – the first time since 1992 that a world number one had been defeated by a player from outside […]
Beautiful and brutal. The tennis which saw Roger Federer defeat Tommy Robredo in straight sets was beautiful. A man in total control, a master of his trade, who still hasn’t lost his serve in these Championships and rolls back the years to everyone’s delight.The tennis which saw Angelique Kerber down Maria Sharapova was brutal – […]
June 30, 2014
The matches we all dreamed about are becoming a delicious reality at Wimbledon this year…get your tickets now, while you still can! Novak Djokovic beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 under a closed roof on Centre Court to stay on collision course with Andy Murray for a mouth-watering semi-final showdown on Friday. The defending champion […]
June 29, 2014
Serena Williams was beaten by the little-known Alize Cornet to blow the women’s tournament wide open at Wimbledon. The number one seed romped to a convincing lead by taking the first set 6-1. But 24-year-old Cornet, from Nice, never gave up and hit back to take the second set 6-3. Williams, who suffered a shock […]
June 27, 2014
Number two seed Li Na went crashing out of Wimbledon yesterday in the biggest surprise of the tournament so far. The Chinese superstar couldn’t handle two tie-breaks against Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, a little-known Czech who had only won two Wimbledon matches in the previous three years. Despite suffering from a suspect temperament in the past, […]
June 26, 2014
My name is Luca Ryan, I’m nine-and-a-half and I’ve just spent an amazing day at Wimbledon. On the way in we saw Andy and Jamie’s mum Judy Murray, which was pretty cool. We were going to watch her sons play too. First it was Jamie. There were so many people at Court 8 that I […]
June 24, 2014
Rafa Nadal survived another first-round crisis to defeat Martin Klizan 4-6, 6- 3, 6-3, 6-3 in the battle of the “lefties” on Centre Court. The Spaniard, who fell at the first hurdle last year, looked to be going the same way at one stage. But the French Open champion wasn’t calling it quits so easily […]
Walking through the Wimbledon gates again, it is like being allowed back into a magical fantasy land, one which never disappoints. You feel you are already in the embrace of a dear old friend, who will make the tribulations of the real world disappear. While players on the outside courts are already battling hard to […]