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Will Federer make it six straight titles at the All England Club, or will Nadal finally tame his nemesis on the grass? After moving within a victory of his sixth consecutive Wimbledon title, Roger Federer found time to catch only a few games of Rafael Nadal’s… Five-time Wimbledon champion Bjorn Borg tips Rafael Nadal to [...]

Collins, who has covered Wimbledon for The Boston Globe for 40 years, arrived at NBC in 1972 to find it wasn’t even given a booth for its coverage. Collins and on-air partner Jim Simpson had to do post-match voiceovers of taped action “we did a pretty shoddy job.” In 1979, NBC went live with [...]

I was just about to post on this. There is a transparent formula (whether you agree with it or not) for Wimbledon seedings (I will give it to you in the next post) so the commitee can’t show him “love”. Were they confused because the formula doesn’t apply to the women’s seedings? Were they confused [...]

She reached the fourth round of Wimbledon back in 1999, but her year-to-date hasnt been good. She reached the second round in WTA Doha, Miami, Roland Garros and Birmingham, but those have been the real high points of her 2008 season so far. On current form, Ivanovic will have to have something of an off-day [...]

First, there was Roger Federer’s cardigan and Serena Williams’ trench coat. Now, Maria Sharapova has set her own fashion trend at Wimbledon a tuxedo. “I love men’s wear in general,” Sharapova said Tuesday after beating French qualifier Stephanie Foretz 6-1, 6-4 in the first round. “I love tuxedo jackets.” The 2004 champion played the [...]

This is largely due to the uncertaintyWimbledon betting fans feel about how various players match up to one another on the different surfaces used in the major tournaments. Federer was embarrassingly trashed by Nadal in the French Open but bookies have him to take the top honours at Wimbledon. Maria Sharapova barely featured in France, [...]

Venus Williams has joined an elite group by winning the Ladies Championship for a fourth time. The only female players to have won more titles in the Open era are Martina Navratilova (9), Steffi Graf (7) and Billie Jean King (6).
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The 20-year-old Serb made the most of her third Grand Slam final by dominating Russian Dinara Safin, 6-4, 6-3 to win the French Open. And the French Open title might be the first of many. Ivanovic has the game to win not only on clay, but on hardcourts and the grass of Wimbledon as well. [...]

So this week weve got Muirfield Village in Dublin, OH, 7,265 yards, par 72, with a solid (but not quite major) field. This is one of those weeks where I really want to pick 15 players, but no, Ive diligently whittled it down to my usual list of 10 to watch. Yes, some of the [...]

Finally a site that works as a ticket hub between buyers and sellers of concert tickets, sports tickets and theater tickets. How convenient to have the info gather into one site, especially when the platform invites seller and buyer of tickets to trade with one another. I have not tried to get some tickets there [...]