Sisters Serena and Venus Williams to clash in Wimbledon 2009 final

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For the second year in a row the mighty Williams sisters will face each other in the final of Wimbledon. Serena Williams won the longest women’s semifinal at Wimbledon in the era of Open tennis...

Wimbledon drops “Miss” and “Mrs” from scoreboards after 132 years

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Wimbledon is by far the most traditional tennis event, but some formalities have been changed in recent years and the latest one is that female players are no longer referred to as "Miss" or...

Prettier faces have advantage of playing on Wimbledon Centre Court

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Beauty of a player is among the things taken into consideration when deciding on the court selection at Wimbledon and it has been confirmed by All England Club spokesperson Johnny Perkins. "Good looks are a...

Ana Ivanovic’s Wimbledon injury not serious, micro-tear in left thigh

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The injury which made Ana Ivanovic quit Wimbledon 2009 in tears is luckily just a mild one. The 21-year-old Ivanovic was forced to retire from her fourth-round match with Venus Williams yesterday, but fortunately, the...

Williams sisters, Safina, Dementieva in Wimbledon 2009 semifinals

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Semifinal pairs are set at Wimbledon: twice defending champion Venus Williams will play top seed Dinara Safina, while last year’s finalist Serena Williams will face Elena Dementieva. Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams wasted little time...

Tearful Ana Ivanovic retires against Venus Williams at Wimbledon

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Ana Ivanovic quit Wimbledon in tears after sustaining a thigh injury during her fourth-round match with Venus Williams. The thirteenth-seeded Ivanovic lost the first set 6-1, and then injured her thigh when serving in the...

Jelena Jankovic states Melanie Oudin “doesn’t have any weapons”

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Jelena Jankovic, who was stunned by 17-year-old Melanie Oudin in the third round of Wimbledon, didn’t want to blame her own lack of quality for the defeat and even characterized her opponent’s game as...

Birthday girl Kuznetsova loses to Sabine Lisicki in Wimbledon third round

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Fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova did not let sixth seed Jelena Jankovic hold the title of the biggest upset in the first week of Wimbledon for long, as she quickly followed her out by losing...

Jelena Jankovic eliminated from Wimbledon, improved Ana Ivanovic advances

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Sixth seed Jelena Jankovic fell in the third round of Wimbledon 2009 to American world No.124 Melanie Oudin 6-7 (8) 7-5 6-2, while her fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic made a better showing than usual...

Vera Zvonareva leaves Wimbledon with injury, Serena Williams through

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Seventh seed Vera Zvonareva was forced to withdraw from Wimbledon because of an ankle injury, while other seeded players advanced on Day 5, except for Dominika Cibulkova and Marion Bartoli who were upset, and...
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