Category: Wimbledon

Wimbledon 2010: Djokovic Looks For Revenge Against Hewitt

| June 28, 2010 | 0 Comments

Djokovic has an additional incentive to try and crush Hewitt in their match tonight in the round of 16 – revenge. But Hewitt hasn’t beaten Djovokic any time, recently.  So what would the Serbian want revenge for? The answer is, revenge on behalf of Serbia, who lost to Australia in the World Cup, a match [...]

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Wimbledon 2010: An Open Letter To Federer

| June 25, 2010 | 0 Comments

Hi Roger, My name is Isner. You probably don’t know me. I am also a tennis player though not in your class. So I was pleasantly surprised to see your face in the crowd at Wimbledon’s Court 18, a couple of days ago, when I was playing my good friend, Nicolas Mahut, in our first [...]

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Wimbledon Seedings Have A History Of Controversy

| June 20, 2010 | 0 Comments

This article was originally written in June, 2010. The following is an update, a year later, in June 2011. (The original article is directly below this — scroll down to read it.) Wimbledon’s seedings have always been a bone of contention. Unlike the other Grand Slams, Wimbledon does not stick to ATP and WTA rankings, [...]

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Tennis: Wimbledon 2010 Preview

| June 19, 2010 | 1 Comment

 The 124th edition of Wimbledon begins this year, like every other year, in the last week of June. Federer looking for his 7th record-equalling men’s title is top seeded ahead of world no. 1, Nadal. In the men’s section, apart from the usual suspects, Federer and Nadal, Roddick who did everything but win in last [...]

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French Open Tennis: Will It Be Rafa Versus Fedex?

| May 22, 2010 | 0 Comments

Nadal and Federer have scripted a fairy tale rivalry, and arguably their greatest battles have been on the red clay of Roland Garros. There have been other legendary rivalries, such as Borg versus McCenroe and Sampras versus Agassi. But none on such a large scale as a Grand Slam final on 7 separate occasions. Nadal [...]

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