March 17, 2014
A weird and wonderful final saw Novak Djokovic take his first title of 2014 by beating Roger Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3). But Novak is still having trouble when it comes to closing out matches. And it wasn’t his own offensive stroke-play which carried the day, as he reversed Roger’s victory in Dubai a fortnight […]
March 1, 2014
Welcome back to the King of Tennis; Fabulous Federer wins in Dubai It was like that line from the old Beatles song: “I don’t know why you say goodbye I say hello.” Many of us weren’t listening. We’ll listen now. We thought we might have said farewell to the very best of him. Instead it […]
February 21, 2014
Grand Slam History: Wonderful Wimbledon Aces Them All All the Grand Slams have their history – but nowhere has quite as much as Wimbledon. You can feel it when you walk in. That magic took many years to create. You can’t feel it anywhere else, for all the qualities and diversity of the world’s other […]
February 10, 2014
Let’s Hear It For The Partners The team at WimbledonDebentureHolders.com have come up with their own Happily Ever After #HEA rating for our favourite tennis couples. Do you agree? Join in the conversation on twitter It’s amazing how many stable romances there are at the top of tennis. Especially when the top stars could have […]
January 26, 2014
Australian Open – The Happy Slam Two great finals – both with gripping first sets in very different ways. 2014 Champion – Li Na Li Na was not in control of the newcomer. Both appeared not to settle although this was Li’s third Aussie final, the petite Slovakian, Dominika Cibulkova did not disappoint in her first. […]
The tournament of shocks has ended with yet another. Stanislas Wawrinka out-gunned an injured Rafa Nadal to take the Australian Open 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. In doing so he became the first man in twenty years to beat the top two players on the way to winning a Slam. No one had ever beaten Novak […]
January 25, 2014
Wonderful Li Na won her second Grand Slam – then brought the house down with one of her trademark comedy routines in Melbourne. She thrilled hundreds of millions in China on the way – and took her career earnings well beyond £50 million. But the whole world is rejoicing for one of the most popular […]
January 24, 2014
Rafa Nadal Takes Down Federer On His Way To The Australian Open Final Rafa Nadal cruised past a weary Roger Federer, despite having to deal with a painful, raw blister on his left hand. In doing so the dynamic Spaniard gave himself the chance to draw level with the legendary Pete Sampras by winning his […]
January 23, 2014
Who isn’t delighted for Stanislas Wawrinka? His four-set victory over Tomas Berdych means that Stan The Man has earned his reward for all the great entertainment he has given us in recent times. Those epic five-setters against Novak Djokovic, all those years of trying to break into the sport’s elite…now Wawrinka has something to show […]
January 22, 2014
Graceful Roger Federer moved like a youngster but used years of experience to defeat a ring-rusty Andy Murray 6-3, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3. Let off a controversial double bounce on the way to glory, Federer nevertheless deserved his win, having squandered match points in the third. Now we can look forward to yet another epic between […]