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The comeback of Victoria Azarenka continues as she came from a set down for the second time at this Wimbledon, battling past Brit Heather Watson 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. Azarenka, in just her second tournament back from giving birth to her son Leo, advances to the Round of 16 to face second seed Simona Halep. It was a nervy start for the Brit as […] READ MORE
17th seed Jack Sock was upset Thursday after falling to 217th ranked Sebastian Ofner of Austria 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-2. 21 year old Ofner who mainly plays futures, and challengers, recorded his first tour level win of any kind when he defeated Thomaz Bellucci on Tuesday. Ofner, unknown to many has the tennis world […] READ MORE
Top seed and defending champion Andy Murray won his ninth straight match at Wimbledon with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 rout of German Dustin Brown. The Brit was in control throughout the entertaining affair as he seeks his third title in London. The Jamaican-born German played his flashy style of tennis from the word go with his big serves, net approaches […] READ MORE
This year Nadal has impressed on clay and hard courts – not experiencing a dip in form at any point. As the Spaniard entered Wimbledon all eyes were on whether he could replicate his form on the grass courts of Wimbledon, and he surely has. Today the two-time Wimbledon champion took to Centre Court for […] READ MORE
Third seed Roger Federer moved into the second round of Wimbledon after Alexandr Dolgopolov retired with an ankle injury. The win was Federer’s 85th at the All-England Club, breaking a tie with Jimmy Connors for most all-time at the Championships. The seven-time Wimbledon broke to start the match, some sharp returning producing the early lead. After a quick hold for a 2-0 lead, […] READ MORE
Bernard Tomic’s straight set loss to Mischa Zverev in the 1st round of Wimbledon 2017 is hardly headline worthy. It’s not exactly an upset result and merely a continuation of the losing trend Tomic has exhibited all throughout 2017. But while the result in itself wasn’t noteworthy, Tomic’s press conference afterwards sure was. The Australian […] READ MORE
Steen Kirby, Yesh Ginsburg, and Brett Margolies are back again to offer their predictions for day 3 at Wimbledon. Defending champion Andy Murray faces the tricky Dustin Brown, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Kei Nishikori will be hoping to avoid upsets, while Daniil Medvedev looks to backup his big round 1 victory, and two veterans, Lukas Rosol, […] READ MORE
Jelena Ostapenko entered Roland Garros with no titles to her name. She left as a Grand Slam champion and a new star of the sport with her aggressive brand of tennis. The Latvian was ranked at no. 47 in the world when she stunned the tennis elite, so why can’t she do it again at […] READ MORE
Top seed Andy Murray eased into the second round of Wimbledon as he dismantled lucky loser Alexander Bublik 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. Murray looked at his very best, shaking off an ankle injury to see off the Kazakh in an hour and 44 minutes. The Brit fired 29 winners and withstood 15 aces from his confident opponent, who came out swinging freely. […] READ MORE
The first day of the most prestigious tournament in the world is over and there were a few surprising results and performances on show. The biggest shock of the day was the exit of three time Grand Slam winner Stanislas Wawrinka to Daniil Medvedev losing 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-1. The 21 year old Russian has […] READ MORE
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