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Wimbledon Day 1 Open Thread and Discussion
Play on all courts except Centre and Court No.1 begins at noon (7 AM EST), with those two courts getting underway at 1 PM (8 AM EST). The schedule for the Day 1 action on the TV courts is after the jump: The complete order of play can be found here. Sync your watches to Big Ben, people. It's gonna...
Wimbledon 2010 Predictions: My Brackets
I'm trying out something a little different for this slam than the usual section-by-section breakdown. I printed out the brackets (and then reprinted them several times because of all the withdrawals), and filled them out with my predictions. Millions do it for March Madness, so why not for...
WTA No. 100 Ekaterina Makarova Wins Shock Eastbourne Title
Lost in the hype over the imminent arrival of Wimbledon was Ekaterina Makarova's incredible run to her first career title, winning the prestigious AEGON International at Eastbourne with a 7-6(5), 6-4 win over Victoria Azarenka in the final. Makarova was not even seeded in qualifying, but won the...
Wimbledon Fashion Preview From Nike: Serena, Sharapova, Federer, and Nadal
With the magic of photoshop, Nike has released composite images of what their four biggest stars (Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal) will look wearing their Wimbledon 2010 outfits. Maria Sharapova: See Serena's, Roger's, and Rafa's after the jump. Serena...
Five Past Wimbledon Quarterfinalists (or Better) Withdraw
Five players withdrew from the Gentlemen's Singles field of Wimbledon 2010 Thursday, the day before the draws were made. Even though none of the five were considered serious contenders for the title, each of them takes with them a serious grass court pedigree and at least one previous foray deep...
Sunlight More of an Issue in London Than in Paris
Andy Murray's loss to Mardy Fish in the third round of the AEGON Championships at Queen's Club in London was more drawn out than an average loss, as play was halted at 3-3 in the final set after Fish complained the light was too low play in, and walked off the court. Murray went on to lose the...
Wimbledon 2010 Odds-Watch: Men
With the start of Wimbledon now less than a week away, the British bookies are hard at work tapping the blokes and misses most likely to give a good return on your lot of quid. Sports betting permeates the British Isles like nowhere else in the world, and the odds for Wimbledon are one of their...
Warming Up And Cooling Off
The grass court season leading up to Wimbledon is a mere two weeks, far less surface preparation time than is afforded for any other grand slam. Because the window of preparation is so small, one would think that making the most of the warm-up tournaments on grass would be a direct indicator of...
Steady as She Goes
The top fifteen seeds on the Ladies' side have all successfully advanced to the third round. Nineteen of the top twenty have as well, with only the #16 seed Zheng Jie, who made the semifinals last year, crashing out before the round of 32.In sharp contrast to the success of the top tier, only two...
Golden Girl Gone
The big news out of SW19 today came from Centre Court, where 2004 Wimbledon Ladies' Singles champion Maria Sharapova, the #24 seed, was knocked out of the tournament with a thud by Gisela Dulko of Argentina, currently ranked #45.There was a fair amount of grumbling in some tennis circles about...
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