LONDON/WASHINGTON, July 11, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Sunday’s Gentlemen’s Singles final at the Wimbledon Championships featured Matteo Berrettini of Italy, the best player on grass in 2021, against five-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic, the best player in the world. Regardless of […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, July 11, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) In just their fifth tournament together, Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan and Elise Mertens of Belgium won the Wimbledon Championships ladies’ doubles title Saturday evening on Centre Court. The third-seeded Taiwanese-Belgian duo saved two […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, July 10, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The moment of truth for the Wimbledon Championships – from a draw of 128 women down to two – came on Centre Court Saturday afternoon. A current No. 1, Ashleigh Barty of Australia, […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, July 10, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The AELTC, best known as the venue of the Wimbledon Championships, has extended its partnerships with broadcasters BBC and ESPN, which will continue to help grow Wimbledon audiences around the world and “future-proof […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, July 9, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Make no mistake, Sunday will be quite a sports day in London for Italian men. Not only will Italy be playing for the Euro Cup title against England at Wembley, but Matteo Berrettini […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, July 8, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 and top seed Ashleigh Barty, just a couple of victories from achieving her first Wimbledon Championships ladies’ singles title on the 50th anniversary of the first by her idol and […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, July 8, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Roger Federer felt horribly exhausted after losing in the quarterfinal round of the Wimbledon Championships to Hubert Hurkacz on Centre Court Wednesday afternoon. So much so, he suggested later in press, he could […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, July 7, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Coming into Wednesday’s men’s quarterfinals at the Wimbledon Championships, six of the eight quarterfinalists were making their debuts at this stage. The other two, top seed Novak Djokovic and eight-time Wimbledon champion Roger […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, July 7, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Denis Shapovalov is very happy with his game these days. On Manic Monday, the young, 22-year-old Canadian lefty, seeded 10th at the Wimbledon Championships, beat a very good No. 8 seed Roberto Bautista […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, July 6, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) And then there were four: Ashleigh Barty, Angelique Kerber, Karolina Pliskova and Aryna Sabalenka. The Wimbledon Championships, which began nine days ago at the All England Club with a draw size of 128 […]
