Wimbledon 2015: Serena Williams brushes aside sister Venus to reach last eight July 6, 2015 World No1 Serena Williams insisted that she feels at her most lethal in grand slams from the quarter-final onwards after defeating elder sister Venus to reach the last eight of Wimbledon yesterday. Read more: Williams sets up tilt for 20th career grand slam title Five-time champion Serena prevailed in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, to [...]
Wimbledon 2015: Tim Henman says Andy Murray has nothing to fear from Karlovic July 5, 2015 Big-serving Croatian Ivo Karlovic may be on course for a record number of aces at a single Wimbledon championships but Andy Murray has nothing to fear today, according to former British No1 Tim Henman. Read more: Murray leads British charge Karlovic, who stands at 6ft 11in, has served more aces than any other [...]
Wimbledon 2015: Victory nets James Ward £100k July 2, 2015 British wildcard James Ward insists there are greater rewards than the minimum £100,000 he has earned by beating big-serving Czech Jiri Vesely and reaching Wimbledon’s third round yesterday. Read more: Boost for James Ward as eighth seed Ferrer withdraws On a day when fellow Briton and world No3 Andy Murray also progressed after [...]
Wimbledon 2015: Rafael Nadal admits he might never win title again July 2, 2015 Former world No1 Rafael Nadal admitted that he may never recapture the form which saw him twice crowned Wimbledon champion after crashing out to unheralded qualifier Dustin Brown yesterday. Read more: Dustin Brown set for most lucrative year of career Out of form tenth seed Nadal was beaten in four sets, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, [...]
Heather Watson: I can stop Serena Williams at Wimbledon July 1, 2015 British No1 Heather Watson has vowed to learn from previous failed auditions against seeded players at Wimbledon when she bids to thwart world No1 Serena Williams’s charge towards a calendar grand slam in the third round. Read more: Fightback fires Heather Watson towards Serena meeting Watson dispatched former world No5 and Australian Open semi-finalist [...]
Wimbledon Centre Court evacuated following reported electrical fire July 1, 2015 Wimbledon's centre court has been completely evacuated due to a reported electrical fire. Around 3,000 people were evacuated as a precaution, London Fire Brigade said. The service already had a number of firefighters at the club who act as fire patrol during the tournament, but a further 18 were sent to deal with the [...]
London brings out deckchairs for Wimbledon June 30, 2015 WIMBLEDON: it’s the most British time of the year, but you’re stuck at work like it’s not even summer. Never fear, there are loads of places in central London to watch a spot of lunchtime rallying this month. As part of Broadgate’s Summer Live Season, matches are being screened at Exchange Square until late most [...]
Wimbledon 2015: Andy Murray leads British charge to round two June 30, 2015 Title-chasing Andy Murray believes there is plenty of scope for improvement despite starting his Wimbledon campaign with a straight-sets victory over unseeded Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan yesterday. Read more: How much prize money has Andy Murray won at SW19? Third seed Murray was presented with a robust workout by unheralded world No59 Kukushkin, who [...]
Wimbledon 2015: Fightback fires Heather Watson towards Serena meeting June 30, 2015 British No1 Heather Watson insisted that her faith wavered only momentarily despite having to save three match points before powering past France’s Caroline Garcia in her truncated Wimbledon opener yesterday. Read more: Andy Murray leads British charge to round two Restarting at 1-6, 6-3 after bad light stopped play on Monday evening, the 23-year-old [...]
Wimbledon 2015: Tesco serves up tennis inspired signs at Wimbledon June 30, 2015 Tesco is getting into the Wimbledon spirit with a new sign on its shops near the famous tennis ground. Tesco Metro stores in Wimbledon's SW19 postcode have had the "o" in Tesco replaced with a tennis ball for the tournament. Its store in Dunblane, Andy Murray's home town, has had the same treatment. [...]