WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 7, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Rafael Nadal has already won this year’s Australian Open in January and added the French Open in June. Now, after winning 19 straight Grand Slam matches, including a five-set quarterfinal thriller over No. […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 6, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Simona Halep is three years removed from winning her first Wimbledon singles title, which she accomplished in 2019 as the No. 7 seed with a near flawless performance against seven-time champion Serena Williams, […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 5, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Tatjana Maria‘s fairytale Wimbledon Championships keeps getting better. On Tuesday afternoon, the 34-year-old German mother of two little girls became the oldest, first-time major semifinalist in the Open Era after defeating fellow countrywoman […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 4, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) During his post-match interview on No. 2 Court after Cristian Garin gave it his all for four hours and 34 minutes to reach his first major quarterfinal at the Wimbledon Championships, he gathered […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 4, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic capped a busy Middle Sunday at the Wimbledon Championships with his 25th consecutive victory on grass at the All England Club. The World No. 3 and top seed […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 3, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) As a historic Middle Sunday unfolded at the Wimbledon Championships, nothing seemed certain in the women’s singles draw. With only World No. 2 Ons Jabeur and No. 12 seed Jelena Ostapenko remaining among […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 3, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) When Nick Kyrgios converted his second match point against No. 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas during a fourth-set tiebreak of their third-round clash at the Wimbledon Championships Saturday evening, which gave him a hard-fought […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 2, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Eight years after beating Serena Williams in the third round of the Wimbledon Championships in 2014, Alizé Cornet has done it, again. She’s beaten another World No. 1 player. This time, the 32-year-old […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 2, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) While few fans are likely to remember the 2011 quarterfinal run by then-18-year-old Australian Bernard Tomic at the Wimbledon Championships, everyone is talking about the impressive run by this year’s teen sensation, Carlos […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 1, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) It wasn’t easy for charismatic American Frances Tiafoe to keep his cool or put up with the one-man-show antics of his opponent, the powerful-serving Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan, on No. 2 Court with […]
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