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Venus Williams does not deserve equal pay

By Martin Johnson The equal prize-money debate goes on, but the All England Club have almost got it right in rewarding this year's respective singles champions with £750,000 each. The top women are so useless that the Williams...

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...

Jamie Murray's doubles success lifts Andy

While Andy Murray is recovering from his best Wimbledon to date, having reached the men's singles quarter-finals for the first time, his brother Jamie remains on course to repeat his victory last year in the mixed doubles,...

Serena Williams held up by spirit of Jie Zheng

By Andrew Baker This match looked like a nasty accident in the making: tiny Chinese player ranked 133 in the world taking on big Serena Williams on Centre Court. Granted, the first set was not the most rampantly competitive...

WRAPUP 1-Tennis-Wimbledon-Venus and Serena set up final date

reuters.com     9 hrs ago   178 related          

By Pritha Sarkar LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - The Williams name will once again be engraved on the Wimbledon trophy in 2008. The sporting world's most intriguing sibling rivalry will be revived this weekend after Venus and Serena...

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...

Wimbledon 2008: British junior Laura Robson goes to the top of her class in girls' singles

Wimbledon 2008: British junior Laura Robson goes to the top of her class in girls' singles By William Johnson Laura Robson was as impressive off the court yesterday as she had been on it in winning her fourth match in the...

Bjorkman sets up final goodbye

reuters.com     10 hrs ago   6 related          

By Neil Maidment LONDON (Reuters) - In his last All England Club campaign, Jonas Bjorkman and partner Kevin Ullyett sent top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan crashing out of Wimbledon to reach the men's doubles final on Thursday....

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