It came as a pleasant surprise to all, including Marat Safin himself when he trounced Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, who is ranked third in the world, in the second round of the ongoing 2008 Wimbledon Championships on Wednesday, June 25. The Russian player Safin, infact, had already booked a flight ...

Fans, especially males, are disappointed to find that their favorite tennis female star Maria Sharapova has traded in her short skirts for shorts during this year’s Wimbledon Championships. The Russian World Number 1 has chosen a pinstripe Nike gear for the tournament that will take place ...

The ‘new right wrist’ of Indian female tennis champion Sania Mirza, as she prefers referring it after a reconstructive surgery, requires ample careful amount of coaxing before it starts following her orders as dutifully as the faithful ‘old one’ which brought her fame and ...

Serbian tennis player Jelena Jankovic, ranked as the world number two, overpowered her lesser ranked Ukrainian opponent Olga Savchuk 6-3, 6-2  to enter the 2008 Wimbledon Championships’ second round on Tuesday, June 24. The Serbian tennis ace Jankovic was the mixed doubles champion the ...

The world number two Spanish tennis ace Rafael Nadal exhibited his prowess at Wimbledon on Tuesday, June 24 by defeating German qualifier Andreas Beck 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 in the first round. Nadal, who for the past two years has been a runner-up to Roger Federer at the All England Club, appeared quite at ...

The 2008 Wimbledon Championships kick-started on June 23 2008. However for the Indian fans, it is Tuesday, June 24 which will be the big day as the national favorite female tennis champ Sania Mirza will be playing against Columbian Catalina Castano, who is lesser ranked than her. India’s ...

Marat Mikhailovich Safin of Russia, a two time winner of the Grand Slam title, faced a third-set fight back by Italy’s Fabio Fognini at Wimbledon on Monday June 23, 2008 to emerge successful 6-1, 6-2, 7-6. In the second round, the former World No 1 Marat Safin will play against the ...

Canadian Frank Dancevic, who is at the World No 90 as per the ATP Rankings, defeated Argentina’s 7th ranked David Nalbandian 6-4 6-2 6-4 at Wimbledon on Monday, June 23, 2008. The ex-finalist David Nalbandian became the highest men's seed to be beaten at Wimbledon during the Monday’s ...

Here comes another revelation that is bound to shock sports enthusiasts the world over. One was well aware of match-fixing scandals plaguing the cricket, but it has recently been revealed that even the tennis world is not untouched by it. Infact as many as 18 players participating in the 2008 ...

Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, at 16, has become the youngest to qualify for the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. This spunky youngster recently defeated Germany’s Kathrin Woerle 6-3, 6-0 and then dashed towards her family, friends and supporters to rejoice over her success just after ...

Indian tennis aces Prakash Amritraj and Sunitha Rao have surged forward in their respective sections to qualify for the impending Wimbledon Championships by securing contrasting first round wins in the qualifying competition. Jean-Rene Lisnard was defeated by the Indian Davis cupper Prakash ...

After losing miserably to Rafael Nadal on Sunday, June 8, 2008, the World Number 1 Roger Federer has now put all his hopes on his impending match on the green grass court of Wimbledon. A win there, he hopes, should peacefully lay to rest the memory of the worst defeat of his career and a miserable ...

The most coveted tennis tournament, Wimbledon is just a few days away. Tennis fans all over the world eagerly wait for the grass court tournament. This year Wimbledon will begin from June 23 and will conclude on July 6. Wimbledon 2008 too like the previous Wimbledon’s will witness a clash of ...