Here is the Adidas dress for Ana Ivanovic at Wimbledon 2012. The clothing item is called Adidas Women’s Lawn Adizero Dress and comes in white with an infrared line cruising from back to front.
What do you think?
Wimbledon has just announced an increase in the total prizemoney for 2012. Total Wimbledon prizemoney will be £16.1m, an increase of 10% on 2011 (£14.6m).
The increases also extend to all rounds of the qualifying events (+21%), while per diems rise by 17% from £170 to £200 for a main draw player and £85 to £100 in qualifying.
The Men’s and Ladies’ Singles Champions will each receive £1,150,000, an increase of £50,000 (4.5%) on 2011. In overall terms, this means that 93% of all singles players will receive an increase in prize money of least 13%, while the remaining 7% will earn a minimum of £75,000.
Philip Brook, Chairman of the All England Club and The Championships, said “Wimbledon continues to be successful and we are delighted to share that success with the players by increasing total prize money by 10%, the largest increase since 1993. At the same time, we appreciate the need to help players meet the rising costs associated with professional tennis so the majority of the record £1.5m increase will be distributed to those who are knocked out in the early rounds of The Championships.”
Four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters will not play the French Open held in Paris, France due to still needing recovery from a hip surgery.
The 28-year-old, previously stating that she will end her career after this season, has been suffering from ankle and hip injuries for a while now. Clijsters admitted to having an injury after being defeated by Yanina Wickmayer in the Sony Ericsson Open last month.
The Belgian has also stated that she will mainly focus on the grass-court season that comes after the clay-court season, which includes Wimbledon and the Olympic Games.
Good luck to getting better and playing well again, Kim!
Richard Lewis has been named as the new Chief Executive of The All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon. Lewis is the current Chairman of the Rugby Football League (RFL) and Chair of Sport England.
He will start at the All England Club on 1 May 2012.
Richard Lewis said: “I am delighted to be taking up the role of Chief Executive at the All England Club. As a former tennis professional, the prospect of helping shape the future of the Club and the premier tennis tournament in the world is one to be relished. I leave the RFL after ten fulfilling years during which the sport has grown and prospered. I am extremely grateful to all the colleagues with whom I have had the privilege to work. I shall enjoy continuing my role at Sport England albeit with less time commitment.”
Björn Borg celebrating his 5th Wimbledon title, 1980.
John McEnroe celebrating his first Wimbledon title, 1981.
Great view of the Wimbledon Centre Court during the final week of the Championships.
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Andy Murray has announced that he will be playing Queens Club ATP tournament 2012. Murray will be using Queens Club as a lead up tournament to Wimbledon and then the summer Olympics in London.
George Morgan recently won the Wimbledon Boys Doubles Championships with Mate Pavic and he has sat down with the Mancunian Times to talk about the tournament and what we wants to achieve in the future.
George won the boys doubles against Oliver Golding and Jiri Vesely 3-6 6-4 7-5. The pair had previously beaten Stockport’s Liam Broady, last years winner in the same contest and his Slovakian partner Filip Horansky.
Wimbledon Girls Singles Champion, Ashleigh Barty, visits the Richmond Tigers AFL team. This all happened last week and her dad must be very jelous as he’s a Tigers supporter.
Only a month after Wimbledon we have finally found a video of the Junior Boys Singles final between Liam Brody (GB) and Luke Saville (AUS).
We recently found this video of 2011 Wimbledon Womens Singles Champion Petra Kvitova. The video was taken when Petra was only 4 and she is showing the world how she hits a forehand and backhand. Even great hand eye coordination at that age.
Tennis has many tournaments in each season or year, but there are only four tournaments that mean the most to players who desire praise. The four Grand Slam tournaments are the Australian Open, the French Open, the Championships Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open. Let me tell you a little bit about the history of each of these four glorious events of tennis. First up, the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open. It has been played in seven different locations since 1905, when it was first played on grass. In 1988, the surface changed to hard courts, and the location of the Grand Slam stayed permanently in Melbourne, Australia. And here is a twist: the Australian Open was not even a Grand Slam until 1924! Since this tournament is played in the summertime of the southern hemisphere, there is a extreme-heat policy, since the temperatures can reach dangerous levels that could harm players.
Next up is the French Open, also known as Roland Garros, which is played in the city of love: Paris, France. This event has been played in four different venues since it started in 1891, (1897 for the women), and it was not official a Grand Slam tournament until 1925, when it was known as the French Championships. The French Open played on clay, is usually played around the end of May, and carries on for two weeks, just like all of the other Grand Slam tournaments. There was talk in 2010 about the French Open venue, as it was thought as being too small, and there was talk that it would be played in a bigger venue, but the rumors were put to a halt when the French Tennis Federation decided to keep the venue and build bigger stadiums, as well as build a roof on the main stadium.
The third Grand Slam of the year is quite special, as it is played on grass that is mowed down to a length on 8 millimeters! This event is called The Championships Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, and is played in Wimbledon, London, England. Here are some cool facts about this Grand Slam: it is sometimes called SW19, because that is the post code of the area where Wimbledon’s venue is, which is the All England Club; the event started all the back at 1877; and Wimbledon was not played twice in its history, due to the outbreak of Word War I and Word War II. Wimbledon has had a roof since 2009, when it was decided that at least one court, the main stadium, should have a roof due to the annual rain reports at the tournament.
The last Grand Slam of the year is the U.S. Open, which is held in the Big Apple: New York, USA. Some fun facts about it are that it was first held in 1881 the state of Rhode Island; the U.S. Open has been played on three different surfaces, grass, then clay, then hard, in its history; it is held every year for two weeks, with one week before the Labor Day weekend, and one week after; and the main stadium of the venue is Arthur Ashe Stadium, which is the largest outdoor tennis-only stadium in the world!
The Grand Slams have a great history behind them, and that is why the history of these great tournaments is well worth knowing!
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Milos Raonic is only 20 years of age and already the Canadian tennis star has had to undergo hip surgery. Milos suffered the injury during his second round at this years Wimbledon.
Raonic is currently ranked at 26, but this is going to quickly slip, because he is expected to be out of action for the next six weeks.
Get well soon Milos and we will hopefully see you at the US Open.
Head have put together a little video to celebrate the victory of Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon and to now be the number 1 player in the world.
Congrats again Novak!
The other day we reported that Rafael Nadal will be out for 6 weeks with a hairline fracture. However, it now turns out that reports were incorrect and that Rafa will be playing in the Montreal tournament in little over a month.
Nadal News posted this translation of an article from as.com, wherein Uncle Toni refutes the story:
Toni Nadal, uncle and coach Rafa Nadal, said the Spaniard tennis player does not suffer any fracture in his left foot, against which publishes the British newspaper The Times. Nadal will be in the tournament in Montreal, as planned, that is played in just over a month.
ESPN has been able to sign a very lucrative 12 year TV deal for the rights to Wimbledon. ESPN were already running coverage via the Tennis Channel of the event, but now they will be able to carry first and final weekend coverage.
NBC lost the bidding war, but they will keep control of the French Open coverage in the USA.
Novak Djokovic recently returned home to Serbia to an amazing welcome at a rock concert.
Really.. that whole crowd was there for him?
David Nalbandian has really had a tough run in recent times with injury. Nalbandian was previously out for over a year with a hernia and hamstring tear and it now seems as though he is going to be out of action for a lot longer. Nalbandian now has an adductor (groin) injury that bothered him in his Wimbledon match against Roger Federer. Additionally, the haematomia is very visible and associated with his abdominal hernia operation.
I hope this isnt the last we see of David Nalbandian on court!
Justin Gimelstob in the Royal Box with Bjorn Borg, his wife, my beautiful girlfriend, Cary, F1 champ Jenson Button and his girlfriend Jessica Michibata.
