WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 2, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic looked relaxed and at home on Wimbledon’s famed Centre Court Tuesday afternoon. It didn’t matter that the roof was closed to keep the rain out. The 37-year-old Serbian […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 1, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) The 137th Wimbledon Championships began Monday with pristine grass, a mixture of sunshine and non-threatening clouds, and plenty of strawberries and cream. Oh, and there were 64 first round matches (32 men’s and […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, June 30, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) As seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic sat down to his pre-tournament news conference Saturday afternoon, the No. 1 topic on everyone’s mind and agenda was the condition of the iconic Serbian’s right knee. […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, June 29, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) With the draw of the 137th edition of the Wimbledon Championships completed on Friday, it provides both players and fans with a roadmap in which to follow during the upcoming British fortnight. The […]
LONDON/STARNBERG, June 14, 2024 The All England Club announced the total prize money fund for The Championships 2024. The players will receive £50 million (approximately €59.16 million), marking an 11.9 per cent increase compared to the previous year. The winners […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 19, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Japan’s 17-year-old Tokito Oda became a Wimbledon champion for the first time Sunday afternoon. The World No. 1 Oda defeated Alfie Hewett of Great Britain, 6-4, 6-2, in one hour 25 minutes to […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 17, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) The last time a British lad won the boys’ junior singles title at the Wimbledon Championships was 1962, the same year that Harold Macmillan was prime minister of England and the Beatles were gaining […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 16, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Sunday afternoon’s Gentlemen’s Singles final at Wimbledon, which paired the 23-time major titlist and seven-time Championships winner Novak Djokovic and the current World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, showcased the best player in the […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 16, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Sunday’s Gentlemen’s Singles final at the Wimbledon Championships, between seven-time winner and defending champion Novak Djokovic and World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, merely matches the two best players in the game today competing […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 15, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) The tradition of Czech-born women’s champions at the Wimbledon Championships has just gotten richer. What began in 1978 with the excellence of nine-time champion Martina Navratilova, continued with the emotional 1998 victory of […]
