Read the thoughts of the world’s tennis stars on rain, including Venus Williams on why she likes the rain, what Roger Federer would like to do during the rain and Andy Roddick on rain induced boredom.
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Mario Ancic was the last person to beat Roger Federer on grass but never got anywhere near to replicating his Wimbledon victory in 2002 against a champion who was simply too good.
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Top players have joined a promotional push for tennis ahead of the Beijing Olympics as the International Tennis Federation aims to quash any remaining doubts about the sport’s participation in the Games
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Serena Williams has not dropped a single set on her way to the semi-finals. She is now eyeing an all-Williams final against sister Venus over whom she has had the upper hand in previous encounters.
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Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, the most successful double act in ATP history, discuss the retirement of about Jonas Bjorkman, the best doubles player of all time and what it’s like being back at Wimbledon.
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She won a silver medal at the Sydney Olympics, has twice been a Grand Slam runner-up, and has been in or around the top 10 for most of the decade. But you won’t find Elena Dementieva making diva demands.
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The defending champion is into the last four of the ladies’ singles, having not lost a set and broken the Wimbledon record for the fastest serve. The seventh seed with four titles already is hungry for more.
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Though ladies’ semi-finalist Zheng Jie is a relative unknown to the casual tennis observer, Wimbledon 2008 marks a comeback for a player who was once ranked inside the top 30 and has 10 doubles titles to her name.
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Men’s quarter-final day sees Federer-Ancic and Safin-Lopez first up, followed by Murray-Nadal and Schuettler-Clement. Follow all the action from all the courts here on the Championships blog.
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Tennis legend Martina Navratilova made a return to Wimbledon with a straight sets victory in the ladies’ invitation doubles, with one of her opponents the woman who beat her in the 1994 final.
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Wednesday is men’s quarter-final day. First up on Centre Court, Roger Federer takes on Mario Ancic, before Andy Murray takes on Rafael Nadal for the chance to meet either unseeded Arnaud Clement or Rainer Schuettler
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Fifith seed Elena Dementieva beat Nadia Petrova to advance to her first Wimbledon semi-final in a match that saw both players collapse and recover under the pressure of Centre Court.
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Marat Safin and Feliciano Lopez last met at Wimbledon in 2005. On that occasion Lopez emerged the victor, disposing of the Russian in the third round.
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Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy remain on track for a fifth Grand Slam doubles crown while Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic, the number two seeds, were the other winners.
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More than 10 million people in the United Kingdom watched Andy Murray’s win over Richard Gasquet on the BBC, a 44.7% audience share. Viewers peaked as the match reached the fifth set with 10.5 million tuning in at 9:30pm.
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Defending champion Venus Williams moved another step closer to a potential fifth title with a largely trouble-free 6-4, 6-3 win over Thailand’s Tamarine Tanasugarn.
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Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal go head-to-head for a place in the semi-finals berth on Wednesday, in what promises to be a contest of both brawn and brains. The crowd could play a part too.
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Venus Williams said she had no qualms about playing on Court 2, despite losing there in 2006. “I’m here for the tennis and will play wherever I am down to play. I just love playing here. It’s just that simple.”
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Roger Federer did not produce a vintage performance in his straight sets defeat of Lleyton Hewitt but the Swiss was always in charge against a player unable to perform at his terrier-like best due to a hip injury
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