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Who would win a Wimbledon final between Federer and Nadal?

Roger Federer meets Marat Safin, the rejuvenated Russian, on Centre Court today with a place in Sunday’s men’s singles final on the line. While Safin, seemingly free of injury, has been producing the sort of tennis that saw him...

Marat Safin finds niche where least expected

When Marat Safin required three sets to defeat James Ward - the British No8 - in the first round of the Artois Championships last month, one wondered what he thought of the cabbie's son from Euston. “He's OK,” Safin said, “but...

Wimbledon: Cold comfort for Rainer Schuettler

Wimbledon: Cold comfort for Rainer Schuettler By Alison Kervin The good news for Rainer Schuettler is that he won his Wimbledon quarter-final yesterday. The bad news is the fact that it took him over five hours to do so, and as...

Nadal proved to Andy there's a big gap in class - but time is on my brother's side

guardian.co.uk     7 hrs ago   7 related          

So I'm the only British player left at Wimbledon again, after Liezel Huber and I reached the semi-finals of the mixed doubles. It wouldn't matter to me if there were 10 other British players still left in, I'd still be trying...

Sport the loser after ICC's history revision

Had Pyrrhus not fallen by a beldam’s hand in Argos or Julius Caesar not been knifed to death? They are not to be thought away. Time has branded them and fettered they are lodged in the room of the infinite possibilities they...

Friday's TV & radio choices

telegraph.co.uk     6 hrs ago          

By Noam Friedlander, Pete Naughton & Gillian Reynolds CRITIC'S CHOICE Brits Who Made the Modern World Five, 7.30pm Back in the heady days of the mid 20th century, there was a growing feeling among British astrophysicists that...

Wimbledon Diary: Set your watches by the weather prophets of SW19

independent.co.uk     7 hrs ago          

The Diary is mightily impressed with Wimbledon's ability to predict the weather in a country where it is a notoriously tricky business, as Michael Fish will attest. At the start of the day on Wednesday the word from Wimbledon...

Williams' sisters for Wimbledon final

The Williams sisters, Serena and Venus will meet for the third time in a Wimbledon final after winning their semi-final matches in straight sets. Venus was first on the court and she beat Elena Dementieva to reach her seventh...

The Scud lands in trouble surfing in wild seas

SYDNEY: Former Australian tennis star Mark Philippoussis (pic) suffered hip and feet injuries when he got into trouble surfing in wild seas off Victoria's south-west coast, his agent said yesterday. The former US Open and...

LINCICOME: Little incentive to care about Slams

Tennis is not much on the minds of Americans these days, and to have another Williams-Williams final at Wimbledon will not change that. It is not that the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, should not demand attention nor...

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