Possibilities Abound for Wimbledon Women
By Jane Voigt Flying ants invaded Centre Court of Wimbledon today, buzzing the pristine scene and dive-bombing players who found the creatures quite annoying. As the sun baked the courts and temperatures rose to a toasty 85 degrees, ball kids had to sweep the dirt off baselines rubbed clean of any grass less than three…
Those That Have It. Those That Don’t.
By Jane Voigt David Ferrer and Bernard Tomic are not cut from the same cloth; and, their differences were on stark display today, during their first-round matches at Wimbledon. Ferrer, the consummate fighter, came into Wimbledon unseeded for the first at any major since 2005. At 35, the Spaniard has reached the tippy top of the men’s rankings:…
Venus Tugs at Our Hearts
By Jane Voigt Wimbledon kicked off today with wins by defending Champion Sir Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Petra Kvitova plus a slew of other worthy competitors. Yet the day’s real drama happened inside the press room. Venus Williams was asked about her feelings regarding the car accident in which she was involved on June 9. The…
Wimbledon Starts Tomorrow
By Jane Voigt The Championships Wimbledon are to tennis as the Super Bowl is to American football: la creme de la creme. And, literally, at Wimbledon that creme will be poured over thousands of pounds of strawberries before the fortnight comes to a close on July 16. Let the games begin. To put this, the…
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