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Roger Federer may be 30 years old and trailing Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in the world rankings, but he also has a men’s record 16 Grand Slam singles titles to his name, including six at Wimbledon. Heading into Wimbledon 2012 on Monday, Federer, the No. 3 player in the world, holds a 39-6 record with four singles titles on the year. Despite Nadal’s dominance lately (capturing his seventh...
Published: June 22, 2012
The 2012 Wimbledon is Novak Djokovic‘s tournament to lose. The freshest thing on all our minds in regards to the No. 1 player in the world is his devastating loss to Rafael Nadal in the French Open Final. He looked terrible in that match, committing 53 unforced errors and finishing the match with an unforgivable double-fault. Don’t let that performance fool you, though. Djokovic just...
Published: June 22, 2012
World No. 3 Roger Federer has not won a grand slam since the 2010 Australian Open. That is a dry spell of nine majors for the man who holds the most career grand slam singles titles, a drought he will be looking to end that at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships. The Swiss superstar won the 2003-2007 and 2009 Wimbledon titles, but has bowed out in the quarterfinals the last two seasons to Tomas Berdych...
Published: June 22, 2012
It’s safe to say the Williams sisters have a bad taste left in their mouths after last year’s Wimbledon. Serena Williams was ousted in the fourth round of the 2011 tournament, fresh off a year-long absence from the sport. The adversity that she faced coming off foot surgeries and a threatening blood clot in her lungs made her departure more understandable than her losses in years past,...
Published: June 22, 2012
When the men’s draw for Wimbledon 2012 was announced on Friday, a string of expletives likely issued forth from the general vicinity of Binningen, Switzerland. If Roger Federer is going to advance to the finals in pursuit of a record-tying seventh men’s singles title at Wimbledon, he will have to get past the world’s top-ranked player to do so. According to The Newark Star-Ledger,...
Published: June 22, 2012
Andy Murray, world No. 4, your mission, if you decide to accept it, is to win this year’s Wimbledon! You’re 25 years old, have reached the semifinals the last three years and Britain expects you one day to become the first man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win the title. However, this mission won’t be an easy one. FIRST ROUND Your first opponent is the former world No. 3 Nikolay Davydenko,...
Published: June 22, 2012
Well, it’s been another exciting year of tennis. Heading into Wimbledon 2012, it figures to be even more exciting, as some of the premier players in the world gun for the prized Grand Slam singles title. Adding intrigue on the men’s side, Rafael Nadal has stepped up his game after getting upstaged by world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in 2011. Nadal, the world No. 2, has a 41-5 record this...
Published: June 22, 2012
Andy Murray was already on the fringe of favoritism, but an unfavorable draw negates any championship discussions. He’s considered a favorite, according to Bovada, but that may not last. Player Odds Novak Djokovic 7:4 Rafael Nadal 2:1 Roger Federer 7:2 Andy Murray 13:2 Juan Martin del Potro 20:1 Milos Raonic 20:1 Serena Williams 11:4 Maria Sharapova 11:4 Petra...
Published: June 22, 2012
The draw has been set for Rafael Nadal at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, and to Rafa’s luck, the Spaniard avoided having Roger Federer on his half of the bracket. No. 3 Federer was placed with Wimbledon’s top seed, Novak Djokovic. However, you won’t hear much in terms of celebration from Nadal, who is just weeks removed from winning his record-setting seventh French...
Published: June 22, 2012
The 2012 Travelers Championship features a crowded leaderboard. TPC River Highlands has proven to be a much easier test so far than that of the Olympic Club last weekend, and there are currently 65 players under par. Fredrik Jacobsen is the leader in the clubhouse after two rounds, having carded a four-under par 66 to pair with yesterday’s round of five-under par. His nine-under par total after...