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Serena Williams Graces the Cover of Sports Illustrated

After capturing her fourth Wimbledon title and 13th Grand Slam, it appears that Serena Williams is getting a lot of attention. Here is the latest promo is the cover of Sports Illustrated.

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Venus and Serena Williams Fined Because They Are Bad Losers

Both Serena and Venus Williams have been fined $4,000 each for not turning up to a Wimbledon news conference after their doubles quarterfinal loss. Bad losers! Serena said Thursday she is “shocked to hear” about the penalty, adding she and her sister rarely speak to the media after Grand Slam doubles matches other than finals. [...]

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Marton Fucsovics Defeats Ben Mitchell in Wimbledon Junior Final

Marton Fucsovics is the Wimbledon Junior Boys Singles champion for 2010. Fucsovics defeated Ben Mitchell 6-4 6-4 in the final (I used to play tennis with Mitchell’s older brother, and remember Ben was he was only 12. Damm Im getting old now). Fucsovics, the 13th seed, beat the unseeded Mitchell on the 11,400-seater Court One [...]

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David Beckham Spotted at Wimbledon Watching Andy Murray

Everyone seemed to enjoy Wimbledon this year, even though it isnt the largest sporting event happening at the moment (World Cup Football). Anyways this year saw the Queen attend Wimbledon and that never happens. Towards the end of the 2nd week we also the King of Football attend Wimbledon. David and Brooklyn Beckham attended the [...]

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Rafael Nadal 2010 Wimbledon Champion

Congratulations to Rafael Nadal who is Wimbledon Mens Singles champion for 2010! Rafael Nadal is again the Mens singles champion at Wimbledon. Nadal defeated Tomas Berdych 6-3 7-5 6-4. Nadal played some very solid tennis today, but Berdych just looked a little over-awed and didn’t play his best tennis today. Nadal is now tied with [...]

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Roger Federer Out at Wimbledon by Tomas Berdych

Roger Federer was outed at Wimbledon yesterday by Tomas Berdych 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. The 6 time champion Federer just had no answers for the big serving of the Czech player. After the match Federer had this to say in the interview. Q. You beat him almost every time you played him. Was he any [...]

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Rafael Nadal Fined $2,000 for Coaching at Wimbledon

Rafael Nadal has been fined $2,000 by Wimbledon officials for receiving coaching during his third-round match. The match was against Philipp Petzschner in which Nadal was down 2 sets to 1. Typical! Nadal was given a code violation by French umpire Cedric Mourier for allegedly receiving advice from his coach, uncle Toni Nadal, during his [...]

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Novak Djokovic is No Andrew Ilie! Not Even Strong Enough to Rip His Own Shirt

I remember back in the day when Andrew Ilie used to play on the pro tour and whenever he won a game at the Australia Open he used to rip his shirt off. It seems like Novak Djokovic tried to do that the other day, but without any luck. Maybe you should head back to [...]

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Yen-Hsun Lu Makes Asian Tennis History by Defeating Andy Roddick

Today is a great day for Asian tennis. Yen-Hsun Lu from Chinese Taipei is the first ever player from that country to make the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam event. Lu had an amazing win by knocking out Andy Roddick 4-6 7-6 7-6 6-7 9-7. Lu is currently ranked 82nd in the world, but today [...]

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Svetlana Kuznetsova Refuses to Shake Hands with Anastasia Rodionova after Wimbledon Match

After losing her second round match at Wimbledon, Svetlana Kuznetsova refused to shake hands with Anastasia Rodionova. Radionova who is now an Australian citizen defeated Kuznetsova 6-2 2-6 6-4. Radionova is known for on-court theatrics and tactics. During the match Radionova questioned a huge amount of line calls and even went for a medical break [...]

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Bethanie Mattek-Sands Looking Terrible at Wimbledon

The New York Times recently did a story about Bethanie Mattek-Sands dressing herself up in soccer-like garb every four years for the World Cup. I think it might also be a bit of a coincidence that Bethanie has been playing terrible tennis and even looking a bit sick, since she got married!

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Longest Tennis Match in History: Nicolas Mahut and John Isner Wimbledon 2010

The longest tennis match ever played is still going and scheduled to continue today at 3:30pm. John Isner and Nicolas Mahut are set to continue their titanic battle on court 18 later today with the score standing at 4-6 6-3 7-6 6-7 59-59. It’s already the longest match in tennis history at 10 hours but [...]

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Sam Stosur Crashes Out of Wimbledon to Kaia Kanepi

Samantha Stosur offered no excuses after her first-round loss to Estonian qualifier Kaia Kanepi. “I just didn’t play as well as I know that I can today,” the French Open runner-up said after the 6-4 6-4 loss on Tuesday. “But I thought she played well. She served very well. I didn’t serve as well as [...]

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James Blake and Pam Shriver Have a Few Choice Words for Each other at Wimbledon

James Blake wasnt really having a great time at Wimbledon yesterday. While playing his match he could hear Pam Shriver talking about him and not being very pleasant about his game! All happens at about 4:30. Sorry for the intro on the video. JB: “Amazing you used to play tennis. I can still hear you.” [...]

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Andy Roddick Was Expecting to Lose Early at the French Open

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Roger Federer Gets a Lucky and Wins in 5 Sets at Wimbledon

Roger Federer survives first round scare at Wimbledon. Federer was down 2 sets to love against Alejandro Falla. Federer win in 5 sets 5-7 4-6 6-4 7-6 6-0. Federer has reached the tournament final each of the past seven years, but Monday he barely survived the traditional opening match on Centre Court as defending champion. [...]

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Watch Wimbledon Live in USA on ESPN

There is some great Wimbledon coverage this year by ESPN in the USA. Cliff Drysdale and Dick Enberg lead the ESPN tennis team, working with Darren Cahill, Mary Carillo, Mary Joe Fernandez, Brad Gilbert, Luke Jensen, Patrick McEnroe and Pam Shriver. Hannah Storm will host while Tom Rinaldi will be on hand for essays and [...]

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Wimbledon Dresses 2010: Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams and Li Na

Here are the Nike dresses that Li Na, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams, will be wearing at Wimbledon.

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Dinara Safina Withdraws from Wimbledon

Dinara Safina has withdrawn from Wimbledon due to the lower back injury that has plagued her since November. Last year Safina reached the semifinals of Wimbledon and was set to be seeded 20th for this years Championships. Safina’s seeded spot in the draw has been taken by Melanie Oudin, who made a dramatic run to [...]

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Alex Bogdanovic Yet Again Out at Wimbledon

Alex Bogdanovic is know every year for losing first round of Wimbledon after being given a wildcard. This year the All England Club decided not to give him a wildcard and he had to qualify. Alex however is no longer in qualify after losing a dramatic match 24-22 in the third set.

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