Grand Slam

Tommy Haas Celebrates Wimbledon Farewell Party

LONDON, July 7, 2017 Tommy Haas said goodbye to Wimbledon as a professional tennis player and celebrated a farewell party after losing his opening match against Belgian Ruben Bemelmans. The 39-year-old German, who was awarded wildcard into the grass-court major, […]

Federer To Face Zverev At Wimbledon

LONDON, July 6, 2017 Seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer has secured his place in the third round at The Championships for the 15th time, as he defeated Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic 7-6, 6-3, 6-2. The 35-year-old Swiss maestro sent down nine aces, […]

Murray Streamrolls Brown To Reach Third Round At Wimbledon

LONDON, July 5, 2017 Defending champion Andy Murray maintained his record of always reaching the third round at Wimbledon, beating Germany’s Dustin Brown 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 on Centre Court on Wednesday. The world No. 1 was wary of the threat […]

Djokovic And Federer Profit From Retirements At Wimbledon

LONDON, July 4, 2017 Novak Djokovic began his 13th successive Wimbledon campaign against Slovakia’s Martin Klizan in Tuesday’s second match on Centre Court. Fresh from winning his fourth Tour-level grass court title at Eastbourne last weekend, Djokovic maintained his record […]

Murray Opens Wimbledon Title Defence With Comfortable Win

LONDON, July 3, 2017 Defending champion Andy Murray opened his 12th Wimbledon campaign with a straightforward 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 win over lucky loser Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan in Monday’s first match on Centre Court. The Brit was tested by the […]

2017 Wimbledon – The Lawn Tennis Championships

LONDON, July 3, 2017 2017 Wimbledon sees the 131st staging of The Lawn Tennis Championships, which began in 1877 with Britain’s Spencer Gore defeating compatriot William Marshall 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 for the inaugural title. This is the 50th staging of […]

Raonic Joins Jaguar Ahead Of The Championships Wimbledon

LONDON, July 3, 2017 (Press Release) Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic has been announced as the Jaguar brand’s latest Global Brand Ambassador, further strengthening the brand’s growing commitment to world sport. Raonic joins an impressive list of Jaguar ambassadors including fellow ATP […]

US Open Wild Card Challenge To Utilize New Hard Court Events

WHITE PLAINS, June 29, 2017 The USTA announced on Thursday the return of the US Open Wild Card Challenge, which utilizes hard-court pro tournaments to award wild cards into the US Open for American players. The men’s challenge will kick […]

Murray, Mourinho And The Stolen Wimbledon Trophy

MAHWAH, June 30, 2017 (Press Release) José Mourinho has added another trophy to his collection with help from a Jaguar XF, two schoolchildren, some cardboard and a little gold paint. With a well-known penchant for collecting silverware, Mourinho targeted fellow […]

Wimbledon Main Draws Feature Six Canadians

MONTREAL, June 30, 2017 The singles draws are set for Wimbledon 2017 and it will feature six Canadians, Milos Raonic, Vasek Pospisil, Eugenie Bouchard, Françoise Abanda, Bianca Andreescu and the young rising Canadian star Denis Shapovalov. Raonic, currently world no. […]