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Wimbledon 2011: Sharapova in Wimbledon Finals after 7 Years!
Jul 1st
Wimbledon 2011: Maria Sharapova is set play in 2011 Wimbledon finals after a long 7 years time. Sharapova defeated the top-seeded Serena Williams 6-1, 6-4 in 2004 to make her mark as a future superstar of the women’s game.
Since 2004, Sharapova won 2006 U.S. Open and the 2008 Australian Open titles. She also has recovered from shoulder surgery in October 2008 that took her off the singles court for nearly 10 months. Saturday’s match against Kvitova will be her first Grand Slam final since 2008.
”There were doubts because I had many expectations on when I would come back,” Sharapova said. ”I set myself certain goals. I never really met More >
Wimbledon Quarterfinals 2011: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Roger Federer
Jun 30th
Wimbledon 2011: Roger Federer has lost in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. The former world number one and now the third seed was chasing Pete Sampras’s record of seven Wimbledon titles but lost in the quarterfinals. This is the 2nd time Federer leaving Wimbledon tournament in quarter finals. This is first time that Federer ever blown a two-set lead in a Grand Slam.
Federer turns 30 in August and only two men in the last 36 years Petr Korda at the 1998 Australian Open and Andre Agassi at the 2003 Australian Open have won a Grand Slam title after reaching that milestone.
On the other hand the winner Tsonga is on top of the world and says this is his special day. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is a talented More >
Wimbledon 2011: Live update – Katie O’Brien is the first player to step out
Jun 20th
Britain’s No 5 Player Katie O’Brien is the first to step out the Wimbledon. Japanese player Kimiko Date-Krumm defeated Katie with 6-0, 7-5.
Currently Rafael Nadal vs Michael Russell round 1 game is going on center Court, Alison Riske and Vera Zvonsreva playing round 1 in Court 1 and Gael Monfilis and Matthias Bachinger are playing in court 2 which is recently renovated.