WASHINGTON, October 22, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Lost in the shuffle of a busy, late-in-the-season tennis weekend – with ATP World Tour titles being awarded in Antwerp, Moscow and Stockholm, plus the start of the WTA Finals in Singapore – […]
WASHINGTON, July 17, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) The 2018 Wimbledon fortnight will be remembered for many wonderful storylines woven into the mosaic of tennis. A few that come to mind: Novak Djokovic’s return to Grand Slam excellence, Angelique Kerber’s big […]
WASHINGTON, July 16, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) One year ago, Novak Djokovic left Wimbledon injured and uncertain of his future. On Sunday, the Serbian left the All England Club as the 2018 Wimbledon gentlemen’s singles champion for the fourth time. […]
WIMBLEDON, July 15, 2018 For the third consecutive year, a member of the ‘Big 4’ took on a player making his first appearance in the Wimbledon final. Milos Raonic finished runner-up to Andy Murray in 2016 and Marin Cilic finished […]
WIMBLEDON, July 15, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) As Saturday turned to dusk on Centre Court at Wimbledon, the seventh-seeded American duo of Mike Bryan and Jack Sock fought off Raven Klaasen of South Africa and Michael Venus of New Zealand […]
WIMBLEDON, July 14, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) At No. 181, Serena Williams became the lowest ranked player in history to reach a Wimbledon women’s final. However, it wasn’t a guarantee for success when the seven-time Wimbledon singles champion faced No. 11 seed […]
WIMBLEDON, July 14, 2018 Novak Djokovic advanced to the Wimbledon final. The 31-year-old from Serbia won 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(9), 3-6, 10-8 against Rafael Nadal in five hours and 16 minutes under the closed roof on Centre Court. Djokovic led by […]
WIMBLEDON, July 13, 2017 Friday’s first semi-final at Wimbledon lasted record-breaking six hours and 35 minutes, when the No. 8 seed faced the No. 9 seed, as Kevin Anderson defeated John Isner 7-6(6), 6-7(5), 6-7(9), 6-4, 26-24. Anderson, who came into […]
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Decimated by a slew of upsets that wiped out the Top 10 seeds by the end of the fourth round of this glorious fortnight, the 2018 Wimbledon Championships women’s draw came down to the […]
WIMBLEDON, July 11, 2018 Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, who boast 13 Wimbledon titles between them, made up three of the eight men through to the quarterfinals here this year – it is the first time since 2015 […]
