When beautiful 19-year old Victoria Azarenka wins the 2009 Wimbledon Championship, she will have prevailed over the most difficult draw in women’s tennis history. There, I have said it. I have said that Victoria will prevail and win the championship. I have said the draw was stacked against her. You might remember that I also [...]

If you are like me, the Ladies event has been gorgeous. Wonderfully athletic young ladies playing a beautiful game. I marvel at their athleticism, their competitiveness and their fitness. This Wimbledon has had the best of everything. This Wimbledon has elevated women’s tennis, bringing remembrances of eras past. Great work, ladies. Now, get back in [...]

Ms. Jankovic, I warned you. If you come to play Ms. Melanie Oudin, pack your bags. Miss Oudin does not go away. She makes you run, across the court, then forward, then backward, then forward again. One set with Melanie felt like a lifetime for Ms. Jankovic, once the top player in the world and [...]

Daniela Hantuchova set up a last-16 clash with Serena Williams by beating her doubles partner Ai Sugiyama 6-4 6-3 in the third round on Friday. Hantuchova is ranked number 32 in the world but is a former top five player and looks to be on her way back up the WTA rankings as she dispatched [...]

We have waited a longtime for a day like this. We have waited an eternity for a Grand Slam event like this. We do not mind that the Brits took our precious 5 foot 5 inch bundle of joy and put her on Court Six in the last singles match of the day. Not one [...]

Lleyton Hewitt had not won a match against a top ten opponent in more than two years, make that his last 40 attempts! On Day Four, all that changed and changed in a big, impressive way. With a 2 hour 30 minute Centre Court 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 thumping of the fifth seed, Juan Martin del [...]

Andy Roddick romped to a first round win at Wimbledon as he easily over came Frenchman, Jeremy Chardy, 6-3, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3. It was an encouraging performance for all Roddick fans as there were no signs of the ankle injury that forced him to retire from his semi-final at the Queen’s Club. The immensely powerful [...]

After her first round, three set win, India’s Sania Mirza graduated to Court 12 on Day Three. Let’s re-phrase that. After her first round win and by virtue of the strength of her 28th seeded Rumanian counterpart, Sorana Cirstea, Sania Mirza moved up to court 12 for her early morning Day Three match. She was [...]

I never thought it would be hard to watch Ana Ivanovic play tennis. I was wrong. Not only is it hard to watch the Serbian beauty queen play, but it is painful. Painful to watch, filled with angst and it must be distracting to play against. This woman has the competitive heart of a lion [...]

Andy Murray will start his quest to become the first British man to win Wimbledon in some 70 odd years later today when he takes on America’s Robert Kendrick. It seems a match that the American is up for and he will be doing everything he can to cause a massive upset and dump Murray [...]