With a roaring home crowd behind him, Scotland’s Andy Murray will get a second chance to win a final at Wimbledon, that is the Olympic men’s singles final at Wimbledon. Murray defeated No. 2 Novak Djokovic 7-5, 7-5 in the semifinals to assure … [Read more...]
Serena Williams Demolishes Azarenka to Gain Olympic Final Against Sharapova
Serena Williams will play Maria Sharapova for the Olympic gold medal on Saturday as both women put in dominating performances against their opponents in their respective semifinals on Friday at Wimbledon. The winner of the match will have a career … [Read more...]
Federer Wins Marathon Match to Reach Olympic Final
In an epic marathon match on Wimbledon’s Centre Court, top seed Roger Federer of Switzerland rallied to defeat Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro 3-6, 7-6(6), 19-17 to advance to finals of the Olympic Men’s singles with a chance to win the gold … [Read more...]
Serena Williams, Azarenka, Sharapova, Kirilenko set-up Women’s Olympic Semifinals
Serena Williams will take on No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, while Maria Sharapova will play countrywoman Maria Kirilenko in the semifinals of the Women’s Olympic tournament at Wimbledon. Williams destroyed Caroline Wozniacki 6-0, 6-3. During the … [Read more...]
Federer, Djokovic, Del Potro and Murray advance to Semifinals of Olympics
Andy Murray will meet Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer will take on Juan Martin Del Potro in the semifinals of the Olympics on Friday at Wimbledon. Murray with the home court advantage, playing in front of British Royals Prince William and … [Read more...]
An Olympic View from Court 1, Third Round
By Ros Satar WIMBLEDON - It’s not quite the AELTC, is it? It’s all very familiar but very different. Where once was the comfortably subtle dark green and purple livery adorning the iconic front of Centre Court, there are angular and lively … [Read more...]
Tsonga Win over Raonic Makes Olympic History
Two Olympic Tennis Event records were broken on Tuesday in London in the men’s singles second round match between No. 5 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France and Milos Raonic from Canada, which Tsonga won 6-3, 3-6, 25-23 in 3 hours 57 … [Read more...]
Djokovic and Tsonga Rally for First Round Wins at Olympics
Novak Djokovic and Jo-Wilfred Tsonga were both forced to come back from a set down to gain first round victories at the Olympics at Wimbledon on Sunday. Djokovic overcame Italian Fabio Fognini -7 (7), 6-2, 6-2. Djokovic failed to take advantage of … [Read more...]
Goerges Upsets No. 2 Radwanska in First Round of Olympics
Under a closed roof at Wimbledon’s Centre Court, Julia Goerges of Germany upset No. 2 seed and Wimbledon runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska from Poland 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-4 in the first round of the tennis event at the London Olympic games. No. 24 Goerges … [Read more...]
Serena Sails, Federer Survives, Stosur Falls in First Round of Olympics
Both current Wimbledon title holders Serena Williams and Roger Federer began their quest for one of the few titles which has eluded them in their careers – an Olympic singles gold medal. For Serena Williams it was an easy task in London on … [Read more...]