Sania,Rushmi pull out of Women's doubles event of Olympics

The Indian combo of Sania Mirza and Rushmi Chakravarthi were stunned of the women's doubles contest of the London Olympic Games after dropping by a Chinese Taipei pair of Su Wei Hsieh and Chia-Jung Chuang in a three-setter.

The Indians struggled their way back in the second set but lost the opening round match 1-6, 6-3, 1-6 in an hour and 31 minutes.

Murray brothers out of actions in Olympic doubles

Andy Murray's the British number one and his brother Jamie lostby 5-7, 7-6 (8/6), 7-5 from Austria's Jurgen Melzer and Alexander Peya in the first round of the Olympic doubles on Saturday.

Murray came to the All England Club 20 days after sobbing on Centre Court coming after his four-set defeat to Roger Federer in the Scot's first Wimbledon final.

The chance to getting the gold medal with his brother had carried Murray to enter the doubles, but the couple blew a one-set lead on Court Two and the world number four will now turn his attention to his bid for a medal in the singles.

Maria Sharapova wins easily against Peer

Maria Sharapova won her Olympic first appearance indoors on Sunday, beating out Shahar Peer by 6-2, 6-0.

Maria Sharapova wins easily against Peer

 Playing under Wimbledon's retractile roof on Centre Court due to heavy rain in London, the No. 3-seeded Sharapova served confidently, returned aggressively and broomed the last eight games.

Novak Djokovic wins in a tough game

Novak Djokovic survived an Olympic affright as the world number two was forced to conflict back from a set down before securing a 6-7 (7/9), 6-2, 6-2 win over Italy's Fabio Fognini on Sunday.

Roger Federer makes his way to the third round of Olympic 2012

Roger Federer reached into the third round of the Olympics with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over France's Julien Benneteau in just 58 minutes on Centre Court on Monday.

Roger Federer makes his way to the third round of Olympic 2012

Federer accepted he had sought with the extra pressure of representing Switzerland at the Games after an aggressive three-set win versus Alejandro Falla in the first round on Saturday.

Clijsters wins first round of Olympic 2012

Kim reached to the second round of Olympics 2012 by defeating Italian Roberta Vinci 6-1, 6-4. Kim Clijsters make hopes alive for Belgium with their win.

Serena reached to the second round of London Olympics 2012

Serena Williams reached to the second round of Olympics championship on Saturday on the same court where she won the Grand Slam title at Wimbledon on July 7.

Serena reached to the second round of London Olympics 2012

First Lady of US Michelle Obama kept an eye on from the front row of Williams' box as the fourth seed beat former No 1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, 6-3, 6-1 on Centre Court.

Williams who has won 14-time Grand Slam singles, is aspiring for her first gold medal in Olympic singles.

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London Olympics 2012 : Serena Williams and Roger federer are ready for action

Wimbledon heroes Serena Williams and Roger Federer, both  are active on the initial day of the Olympic tennis championship on Saturday, coming back to the court exactly three weeks after their rejoices.

Bhupathi-Bopanna versus Mirnyi - Bury in London Olympics

The Indian Combo Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna move up against the Belarusian pair of world no. 1 Max Mirnyi and 24-year old Alexnder Burry in the first round of the Olympic Tennis Championship, first at All England Club on Saturday.

Feeder and Azarenka have been awarded top seeds player

Worlds number one player Roger Fedrer and Victoria Azarenka from Belarus has been awarded top seed players in Olympic tennis championship. The Olympic tennis tournament draw is out on Thursday. Each categories is competing within the sixty four singles matches of the tournament within the world rankings and eleven June are set based mostly on the sixteen high seed player. The mixed doubles draw of sixteen group is out in July thirty one. The ranking is based mostly on rankings of June eleven.

Cibulkova crushes Bartoli to win Carlsbad Open

Top seed Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia within the second-seeded Marion Bartoli of France 6-1, 7-5 wins Carlsbad Open tennis tournament. 

Cibulkova shows nice effort against world’s variety ten bartoli and won the primary set simply, however in the second set she lost their magic and  lag behind from bartoli 1-4,but eventually she got their magic and won the second set by 7-5, won his second career title. Before he won his 1st title in Moscow last Nanbvr. when a 23-year-old Cibulkova won the ultimate match before I get nervous, however this failed to happen and therefore the result's in front of you. She never missed one set within the tournament and won the title within the WTA rankings released on Monday when he had reached No. 1 in 13

Rafael Nadal closed out of London Olympics with injury

Olympic champion Rafael Nadal's backdown from the London Games due to injury deprived the tournament of 1 of its biggest attractions and left Spain reeling on Thursday.

The gold medal winner in Beijing 4 years ago has did not endure a knee drawback, and conjointly misses out on the honour of carrying his nation's flag at the gap ceremony.

The Spanish tennis federation (RFET) said Feliciano Lopez would be his replacement within the singles whereas the country's Olympic committee (COE) said a gathering on Friday would opt for a replacement flag bearer for the July twenty seventh parade.

"I am not in a good condition to be capable to contend," Nadal, said in a sad line. "It's one among the saddest time of my life."

Nadal won a memorialize seventh French Open championship in June however crashed out within the second spherical at Wimbledon in a very huge upset against lowly ranked Czech Lukas Rosol.

In the begining of this month, he pulled out of a charity match against Novak Djokovic at Real Madrid's Bernabeu stadium saying he was tormented by tendinitis and required to rest.

Nadal had hoped to come to Wimbledon this month to defend his Olympic title and his withdrawal echoes his plight of 2009 when an analogous knee drawback meant he had to withdraw from the grasscourt Grand Slam, a year when winning it for the primary time in an epic final against Roger Federer.

I can not be selfish and that i got to consider the well-being of Spanish sport, particularly Spanish tennis, and let a colleague play who has had a more robust preparation and is in a very state to compete," the globe variety 3 added.

Serena Williams to adjoin Vandeweghe in Stanford final

Wimbledon champion Serena Williams came on to the Stanford Classic final after she crushed Sorana Cirstea 6-1, 6-2 on Saturday and will meet fellow American Coco Vandeweghe who made her first WTA final after she overpowered Yanina Wickmayer 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.

Williams, who had a brilliant service game during Wimbledon, struggled against Cirstea but easily controlled the tempo of the match against the Romanian, who had trouble keeping the ball in court and committed 32 unforced errors.

Williams broke out Cirstea four times in the match and only faced one break point, which she easily fought off.

Federer beats Murray to win record-breaking seventh Wimbledon title

Roger Federer won his record-tying seventh Wimbledon title on Sunday, crushing Andy Murray four-six,
seven-five, six-three, six-four below a closed roof on Centre Court. The seventeen time Grand Slam champion ruled once the roof was closed early in the 3rd set, giving Murray little chance to end Britain's 76-year  wait for a homegrown champion.

Federer is now 17-7 in Grand Slam finals, admitting 7-1 at Wimbledon. Murray dropped off to 0-4 in major finals, with three of those losing coming versus Federer.



The last British man to win the Wimbledon tropy was Fred Perry in 1936.

Sunday's match was the first Wimbledon singles final to be played with the roof shut. The roof was first used at the All England Club in 2009.

Serena downs Radwanska to win fifth Wimbledon title

Serena Williams was crowned Wimbledon champion for the fifth time on Saturday as the American subdued a brave fightback from Polish third seed Agnieszka Radwanska to win 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 in a dramatic final.

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Andy Murray ends Britain's 74-year Wimbledon final wait

Andy Murray ended Britain's 74-year wait for a male Wimbledon finalist on Friday as the world number four clinched a 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 semifinal victory over French fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Roger Federer keeps his dream of equalling Sampras' record alive

On a dark, cloudy afternoon at the All England Club with a storm brewing overhead and the roof drawn firmly over the Centre Court, six-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer came up with a cautious mix of resilience and range to stop defending champion and world No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the semifinals.

In the final on Sunday, Federer will play fourth-seeded home-hope Andy Murray

Paes-Vesnina in mixed doubles pre-quarters

India's Leander Paes and Russian partner Elena Vesnina, the fourth seeds in the Wimbledon mixed doubles draw, moved into the pre-quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-3 win over the unseeded pairing of Aussie Ashley Fisher and German Mona Barthel.



Paes and Vesnina, who had a first round bye, started strongly, breaking Fisher in the first game of the match. The Russian's forehand nailing the break for the fancied pairing. In the second set, Paes and Vesnina broke away after the fifth game in a match in which they were never really tested.

Champ Djokovic sets up Federer showdown

Novak Djokovic booked a Wimbledon semifinal showdown with Roger Federer as the defending champion crushed Germany's Florian Mayer 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 in the last eight on Wednesday.

Djokovic recovered from a slow start to give a masterclass in the art of brutal baseline hitting and Mayer, the 31st seed, lacked the weapons to respond.

World number one Djokovic can now turn his attention to a ninth consecutive Grand Slam semifinal appearance, a feat surpassed by only Federer, Rod Laver and Ivan Lendl.

Azarenka sees off Paszek to reach Wimbledon last four

Victoria Azarenka beat Tamira Paszek 6-3, 7-6 on Tuesday to reach the Wimbledon semifinals for the second year in a row and stay on course to become world number one.

The second-seeded Belarussian eased through the first set in 46 minutes but Austrian Paszek, who beat former world number one Caroline Wozniacki in the first round, hung in tenaciously to force a tiebreak in the second.

Azarenka moved 6-3 ahead under the Centre Court roof and she clinched victory on her second match point after one hour 49 minutes when Paszek sent a backhand long.

Azarenka will play four-time champion Serena Williams in the semifinals.

Indian masters out of doubles competition

Brazilian Marcelo Melo and Croatia's Ivan Dodig put out Wimbledon's fourth seeds in the men's doubles, India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (2-6), 8-6 in a rain-interrupted third round match that was carried over from Monday.

Dodig and Melo led 4-6, 6-3, 4-3 and serving when rain stopped play on Monday evening. Early on Tuesday, the players barely managed to complete the third set when the skies opened up again. When they returned on court an hour later, Paes and Stepanek, upped their games and clinched the fourth set in a tie-breaker in which they never looked to be in any trouble.

In the fourth set, Paes' serve which looked in danger of being broken right through the match was broken in the fourth game when Melo slammed a high volley down the middle. The Brazilian-Croatian combine then stormed to a 4-1 lead but failed to keep its act together as a spirited Paes and Stepanek battled back to level set scores at 4-4 in the decider. The set was on serve at 7-6 with Paes serving at 30-30 in the fourteenth game when the skies opened up again.

Kerber downs Lisicki to reach Wimbledon semis

Angelique Kerber defeated fellow German Sabine Lisicki, the conqueror of Maria Sharapova, in a nerve-racking battle of the blondes 6-3, 6-7 (7/9), 7-5 on Tuesday to reach her first Wimbledon semifinal.



Eighth seed Kerber will face either Polish third seed Agnieszka Radwanska or Maria Kirilenko, the Russian 17th seed, for a place in Saturday's final after getting the better of big-hitting Lisicki.

The match, played under the Centre Court roof as rain continued to plague the schedule, showcased the first time since 1987 that two German women had made the quarterfinals

Murray ignores Centre Court snub to reach Wimbledon last eight

World number four Andy Murray ignored the fuss over his Centre Court snub to sweep into the Wimbledon quarterfinals with a ruthless 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Croatia's Marin Cilic on Tuesday.

With rain disrupting the second week, Wimbledon officials provoked howls of criticism after scheduling home favourite Murray on Court One rather than the covered Centre Court.

That 5 hour 31 minute epic appeared to have left the 16th seed a spent force and when play was suspended due to rain on Monday afternoon, Murray had taken a firm grip with a 7-5, 3-1 lead.

Serena Williams survives tough test to make last eight

Four-time champion Serena Williams survived a gruelling examination from Yaroslava Shvedova to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals with a 6-1, 2-6, 7-5 victory on Monday.

Roger Federer shrugs off injury to reach Wimbledon quarterfinals

Six-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer shrugged off a rare medical time-out to defeat Xavier Malisse 7-6 (7/1), 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 on Monday to reach a 33rd successive Grand Slam quarterfinal.



The Swiss great, who goes on to face either Russian 26th seed Mikhail Youzhny or Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan for a place in the semifinals, had to come from two sets to love down to see off France's Julien Benneteau in the last round.

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Maria Sharapova amazed by Sabine Lisicki revenge mission

LONDON: Maria Sharapova suffered a shock exit from Wimbledon on Monday as Germany's Sabine Lisicki avenged last year's semifinal defeat with a 6-4, 6-3 fourth round victory over the world number one.

Sharapova had romped to a straight sets win over Lisicki in last year's semifinal at the All England Club, but the top seed was completely out-played by the 15th seed this time.

The 25-year-old has been a finalist in three of the last four Grand Slams and arrived at Wimbledon on a high after winning the French Open for the first time earlier this month.

But she came back down to earth with a bump on Court One as Lisicki, beaten in the first round in her four pre-Wimbledon tournaments, produced one of the best performances of her career.

Lisicki will play four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters or German eighth seed Angelique Kerber for a place in the last four.


The big-hitting 22-year-old, dubbed 'Doris Becker' by German media for her powerful style, was quickly into her stride and broke for a 3-1 lead in the first set.

Even when nerves got the better of Lisicki as she served for the set, allowing Sharapova to break, it was the German's response that impressed as she came out all guns blazing and broke straight back to take the set at the second attempt.

Rain halted play with Sharapova 30-15 up on Lisicki's serve in the first game of the second set.

But the 45-minute delay did little to improve Sharapova's mindset and a double-fault presented Lisicki with two break points, which the German gratefully converted at the first attempt with a blistering forehand return.