Archive for June, 2010

Britain’s Andy Murray battles past Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in four sets to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals, where he will face world number one Rafael Nadal. … Article source: news.bbc.co.uk »

Seventh seeds Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman advanced to their second straight Grand Slam semi-final after ousting 2006 Wimbledon champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 7-6(4), 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 7-5 Wednesday at the All England Club. ] … Article source: atpworldtour.com »

World No. 1 Rafael Nadal overcame a slow start to advance to the semi-finals of The Championships with a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-1 victory over Robin Soderling at Wimbledon on Wednesday. Nadal also defeated the Swede in the Roland Garros final three and a half weeks ago. ] … Article... »

ATPWorldTour.com takes a look at the news and talking points at The Championships on the second Wednesday. ] … Article source: atpworldtour.com »

What a difference a month makes? Tomas Berdych, a semi-finalist at Roland Garros, considered one of the most talented players on tour, has become the first Czech in 20 years to reach the last four at The Championships. ] … Article source: atpworldtour.com »

World No. 3 Novak Djokovic produced arguably his best display of The Championships so far as he ended Yen-Hsun Lu’s dream run in the quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory on Wednesday at the All England Club. ] … Article source: atpworldtour.com »

Six-time champion Roger Federer has lost to Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. The 12th-seeded Czech beat Federer 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday for the biggest victory of his career. It’s the first time since 2002 that Federer has failed to reach the final. He had been bidding for a record-tying seventh... »

Novak Djokovic has advanced to the Wimbledon semifinals for the second time by beating unseeded Yen-hsun Lu 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. The third-seeded Djokovic lost only 12 points in 13 service games Wednesday and never faced a break point. He also returned well and won the vast majority of the extended rallies. … Article source: sports.yahoo.com »

Venus and Serena Williams have lost 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Russians Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva in the quarterfinals of the doubles at Wimbledon. The loss ends the American pair’s hopes of winning the Grand Slam this year after victories at the Australian Open and French Open. They had won four straight Grand Slam... »

While waiting nearly 1 1/2 years for another shot at Roger Federer on a Grand Slam stage, Rafael Nadal has developed a pretty fair rivalry with Robin Soderling. The Spaniard and Swede will meet in a major event for the third time since June 2009 in Wednesday’s quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Soderling pulled off a... »