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Wimbledon Day 4: The Championships Comes Alive
I had a feeling that Wimbledon came alive today. The first three days seemed kind of pedestrian. It lacked excitement and inspiration, but there sure wasn’t any lack of that today. Not from Dustin...
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Wimbledon Day 5: Kyrgios Makes His Move
Hello, tennis fans. Today was another good day at the All England Club where Kyrgios played a terrific match to upset #7 seed Raonic in four sets, 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(3), 6-3. It wasn’t the start Kyrgios...
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Wimbledon Day 6: Federer and Murray Drop Sets Before Advancing to Last 16
So today the remaining third round matches were finished and we are down to the last 16. Today was also the first dropped sets for any of the three big favorites at Wimbledon. Both Federer and Murray...
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Who Do You Want to Win Wimbledon?
I thought with the midweek break it would be a good time to quickly explore something that may be on many people’s minds. I have been asked before who I’d want to win Wimbledon if we have another...
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Wimbledon Day 7 + 8: Djokovic Increases Slam Quarterfinal Streak to 25
Djokovic increased his quarterfinal streak today thanks to Anderson’s mental fragility. Sure he showed his usual ability to get through tough matches but you had the feeling it was on Anderson’s...
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Wimbledon Day 9: Gasquet Upsets Wawrinka in Five-set Thriller
A Dull Beginning Today started out about as dull as the weather was and there were two interruptions due to rain. I wasn’t very excited at all for what lied ahead, but as soon as the first two...
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Wimbledon Day 11: Djokovic and Federer Book Final Spots
Djokovic vs Gasquet The first semi-final today was the defending champion Djokovic up against Gasquet and as most expected Djokovic won, in straight sets, 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-4. I was surprised to see some...
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Wimbledon Day 13: Djokovic Wins 3rd Wimbledon and 9th Slam in Stupendous Display
First of all, congrats to Djokovic. Second, I was wrong. Third, I’m very happy to be wrong. As was the case last year, I’m very grateful to have been a part of another extraordinary Wimbledon final....
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Final Thoughts on the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
Hello, tennis fans. As usual I am back with my customary post grand slam post. There always come out new and interesting things from a slam final and one post is not enough to write about it all. I...
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More Final Thoughts On the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
Hi, folks. I have a lot on my plate all of a sudden, but I’m not finished with Wimbledon 2015. There is more to be said. A lot of the stuff gets covered in comments and I enjoy the conversation as...
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Djokovic Chalks Up Record 30th Consecutive Grand Slam Win
Like I said in my last post, with every match that Djokovic wins now he is making history. By beating Mannarino 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(5) today he became the first man in the open era to win 30 consecutive...
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Djokovic in Dire Straits Against Querrey Before Rain Halts Play Again at...
Surprised that Djokovic is down 6-7(6), 1-6 to Querrey before rain stopped play? That’s tennis for you. One day you are unbeatable and the next you are on the verge of being knocked out. It doesn’t...
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Djokovic Loses in a Grand Slam!
Well, there ya go. It had to happen eventually. They say hindsight is always 20/20 and although I thought Djokovic’s break after the French Open would be long enough I think the mental effort that went...
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How Will Djokovic’s Wimbledon Loss Affect Him?
If you are a tennis fan you have probably wondered about this question. And if you are not a Djokovic fan you are probably hoping this loss will break his momentum and that it is all going south for...
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Wimbledon Men’s Fourth Round Recap
Just a thank you for all the nice comments on Facebook especially and also here on my blog. I think the verdict after my last post was that Djokovic was poorly and unprofessionally treated at best and...
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Did Cilic Just Hand Federer the Keys to #18 at Wimbledon?
As I expected Federer and Murray were scheduled to play on center court again for the quarterfinals which means they won’t play one match on Court 1 this year while the two-time defending champion and...
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Federer’s Big Chance
I thought I’d get in another post before tomorrow since I have some free time and because it is men’s semi-final day at Wimbledon which is one of the biggest days on the tennis calendar. I posted polls...
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Federer Misses His Big Chance at Wimbledon
Well, there it is folks. You just never know. Who would have thought in the fourth set that Raonic would come back to win the match? I sure didn’t. Ever since Raonic had won the first set 6-3, he was...
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Will Federer Win Another Slam?
I’m sorry to the folks who supported Federer and that he came up short yet again after chasing that elusive #18. It kind of sunk in today what a tough loss it was. You could also see it in that Twitter...
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Murray Wins Second Wimbledon Title Over Raonic
Congrats to Murray and his fans. It’s been another long wait for them since Murray won his last slam three years ago and three more slam final losses. Muray won in straight sets 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(2)....
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