Sports: Tennis
Published Sunday, Jul. 05, 2009

Pete Sampras has arrived at the All England Club to watch Roger Federer and Andy Roddick play in the men's final at Wimbledon.

Published Sunday, Jul. 05, 2009

The last man to win a true Grand Slam in tennis thinks it could happen again.

Published Saturday, Jul. 04, 2009

Serena Williams kept telling herself she was facing just another foe in the Wimbledon final Saturday, just another woman who hits the ball quite hard, just another player trying to deny her a Grand Slam title.

Published Saturday, Jul. 04, 2009

The dominating Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, won the doubles final on Saturday at Wimbledon, just hours after the sisters faced each other in the single's final.

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Sisters Serena, right and Venus, left Williams of U.S. play a return to Samantha Stosur and Rennae Stubbs of Australia during their women's doubles final match on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Saturday, July 4, 2009.

Published Saturday, Jul. 04, 2009

Venus and Serena Williams have won their fourth women's doubles title at Wimbledon by beating Rennae Stubbs and Samantha Stosur of Australia 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Published Saturday, Jul. 04, 2009

Even with three of the last four Grand Slam titles in her possession, Serena Williams will stay behind No. 1 Dinara Safina when the WTA rankings are released Monday.

Published Saturday, Jul. 04, 2009

In an overpowering performance, Serena Williams bested her older sister, Venus, in straight sets to win the title at Wimbledon for a third time.

Published Saturday, Jul. 04, 2009

Canadian Daniel Nestor and Serbian Nenad Zimonjic repeated as men's doubles champions at Wimbledon Saturday, beating the top-seeded American twin Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike, in four sets.

Published Saturday, Jul. 04, 2009

Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia won their second straight Wimbledon men's doubles title Saturday, beating top-seeded American twins Bob and Mike Bryan 7-6 (7), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3), 6-3.

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Andy Roddick of U.S. throws himself at a shot from Andy Murray of Britain, during their men's singles semifinal on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Friday, July 3, 2009.

Published Saturday, Jul. 04, 2009

A year ago, plenty of people were feeling sorry for Roger Federer. They were sending him letters with good wishes or - believe it or not - tennis tips. They were offering advice about how to deal with a perceived drop in performance and ideas for how to beat Rafael Nadal.

Published Friday, Jul. 03, 2009

Venus Williams is just about the perfect older sibling: She supports Serena endlessly, protects her fiercely and even lets her pick which bedroom she wants when they're on the road. Where does Venus draw the line? At Grand Slam championships. The sisters face each other again in a major final, meeting Saturday for the Wimbledon title for the fourth time.

Published Friday, Jul. 03, 2009

Serena Williams kept telling herself she was facing just another foe in the Wimbledon final Saturday, just another woman who hits the ball quite hard, just another player trying to deny her a Grand Slam title.

Published Friday, Jul. 03, 2009

Five-time champion Roger Federer and two-time runner-up Andy Roddick will do battle in Sunday's men's final at Wimbledon. The iconic Federer will appear in a men's record seventh straight Wimbledon championship match.

Published Friday, Jul. 03, 2009

Andy Roddick has reached his third Wimbledon final by beating British hope Andy Murray 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5).

Published Friday, Jul. 03, 2009

The incomparable Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, will appear in their fourth Wimbledon doubles final on Saturday.

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Roger Federer of Switzerland plays a return to Tommy Haas of Germany during their semifinal match on centre court at Wimbledon, Friday, July 3, 2009.

Published Friday, Jul. 03, 2009

Roger Federer has reached his seventh straight Wimbledon final Friday by beating Tommy Haas of Germany 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-3.

Published Thursday, Jul. 02, 2009

Rising, rising, rising, high above the most famous patch of grass in tennis, Roger Federer channeled Pete Sampras on match point in the Wimbledon semifinals Friday, tucking both feet back beneath his body and uncorking an overhead smash.

Published Thursday, Jul. 02, 2009

The top-seeded American twin Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike, landed in their fourth Wimbledon final on Thursday.

Published Thursday, Jul. 02, 2009

The current edition of Wimbledon is the 23rd Grand Slam tournament since Andy Roddick won his lone major championship at the 2003 U.S. Open. He badly wants to win a second.

Published Thursday, Jul. 02, 2009

Four top women's tennis players will again face off in a one-night tournament at Madison Square Garden for the Billie Jean King Cup.

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Venus Williams of U.S. plays a return to Dinara Safina of Russia during their semifinal match on centre court at Wimbledon, Thursday, July 2, 2009.

Published Thursday, Jul. 02, 2009

Venus Williams has easily reached her eighth Wimbledon final by routing top-ranked Dinara Safina 6-1, 6-0.

Published Thursday, Jul. 02, 2009

In one of the best women's matches played here in some time, two-time champion Serena Williams snuck past Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva on Thursday to reach her fifth Wimbledon final.

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Serena Williams of U.S. reacts, during her women's singles semifinal against Elena Dementieva of Russia, on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Thursday, July 2, 2009.

Published Thursday, Jul. 02, 2009

Serena Williams has rallied to beat Elena Dementieva 6-7 (4), 7-5, 8-6 and reach the Wimbledon final for the second year in a row.

Published Wednesday, Jul. 01, 2009

The purple "W" logo at Wimbledon might as well stand for the siblings who have made the women's championship their own playground. Yes, the Williams sisters are back in the Wimbledon final. Venus and Serena Williams won in contrasting fashion Thursday to set up their fourth all-sister Wimbledon final and eighth meeting in a Grand Slam title match.

Published Wednesday, Jul. 01, 2009

Andy Roddick has reached his fourth Wimbledon semifinal by beating 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 6-7 (10), 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-4.

Published Wednesday, Jul. 01, 2009

Andy Murray has reached his first Wimbledon semifinal after overpowering Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain 7-5, 6-3, 6-2.

Published Wednesday, Jul. 01, 2009

Tommy Haas set the tone early with his serve, and he kept his game in tune long enough to upset No. 4 Novak Djokovic and reach the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time.

Published Wednesday, Jul. 01, 2009

Five-time champion Roger Federer won his quarterfinal match at Wimbledon on Wednesday, as the amazing Swiss landed in his 21st straight Grand Slam semifinal.

Published Wednesday, Jul. 01, 2009

Roger Federer has reached his 21st consecutive Grand Slam semifinal by beating Ivo Karlovic 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (3) at Wimbledon.

Published Tuesday, Jun. 30, 2009

Ana Ivanovic will rest for one to two weeks to recover from a thigh injury that forced her to quit her fourth-round Wimbledon match against Venus Williams.

Published Tuesday, Jun. 30, 2009

Roger Federer neutralized Ivo Karlovic's huge serves Wednesday to reach the Wimbledon semifinals and move a step closer to a record 15th Grand Slam championship.

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Serena Williams of U.S. serves to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus during their quarterfinal match at Wimbledon, Tuesday, June 30, 2009.

Published Tuesday, Jun. 30, 2009

Serena Williams is back in the Wimbledon semifinals after beating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-2, 6-3.

Published Tuesday, Jun. 30, 2009

Fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva of Russia has reached the Wimbledon semifinals after a comfortable 6-2, 6-2 win over Francesca Schiavone of Italy.

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Dinara Safina of Russia returns to Sabine Lisicki of Germany, during their quarterfinal match at Wimbledon, Tuesday, June 30, 2009.

Published Tuesday, Jun. 30, 2009

Dinara Safina has reached her first Wimbledon semifinal after rallying to beat German teenager Sabine Lisicki 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1

Published Tuesday, Jun. 30, 2009

Venus Williams continued her quest for a third straight Wimbledon title with a straight-set victory over Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska in quarterfinal play Tuesday at the All England Club.

Published Tuesday, Jun. 30, 2009

Venus Williams has reached the Wimbledon semifinals by overpowering Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 6-2.

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Tennis fans show their support for the absent to injury World No. 1 Rafael Nadal prior to the match between Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain and Roger Federer of Switzerland in a second round singles match at Wimbledon, Wednesday, June 24, 2009.

Published Tuesday, Jun. 30, 2009

Top-ranked Rafael Nadal was left off Spain's team for the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday because of sore knees.

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Andy Murray of Britain celebrates match point against Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland during their fourth round singles match on centre court at Wimbledon, Monday, June 29, 2009.

Published Monday, Jun. 29, 2009

Andy Murray has won the first match played entirely under the roof on Centre Court at Wimbledon, beating Stanislas Wawrinka in five sets.

Published Monday, Jun. 29, 2009

Andy Roddick has advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals by beating Tomas Berdych (ber-DITCH).

Published Monday, Jun. 29, 2009

Former champion Lleyton Hewitt rallied from two sets down to beat Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic and reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals.

Published Monday, Jun. 29, 2009

James Blake is joining Andy Roddick and the Bryan brothers on the U.S. Davis Cup team that will play Croatia in next month's quarterfinals.

Published Monday, Jun. 29, 2009

World No. 6 Andy Roddick, 17th-ranked James Blake and the world's top-ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan will represent the United States in its Davis Cup quarterfinal tie against Croatia next week.

Published Monday, Jun. 29, 2009

Venus and Serena Williams are one round away from meeting in another Wimbledon final.

Published Monday, Jun. 29, 2009

Novak Djokovic has defeated Dudi Sela in straight sets to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals.

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The roof on centre court closes during a break in play between Dinara Safina of Russia and Amelie Mauresmo of France in their fourth round singles match on centre court at Wimbledon, Monday, June 29, 2009.

Published Monday, Jun. 29, 2009

Rhythmic clapping rang out on Centre Court, accompanied by not-so-staid chants of "Roof! Roof! Roof!"

Published Monday, Jun. 29, 2009

Wimbledon officials played down swine flu fears Monday after four ball boys and girls were asked to remain home because of flu symptoms.

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Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates a point won against Robin Soderling of Sweden during their fourth round singles match at Wimbledon, Monday, June 29, 2009.

Published Monday, Jun. 29, 2009

The last time they met, a Grand Slam title was on the line, the surface was clay and the weather was chilly and wet.

Published Monday, Jun. 29, 2009

Serena Williams has reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals after defeating Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 6-1.

Published Monday, Jun. 29, 2009

American Venus Williams continued her quest for a third straight Wimbledon title with a fourth-round victory over former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic, while 17-year-old American qualifier Melanie Oudin was eliminated Monday at the All England Club.

Published Monday, Jun. 29, 2009

American 17-year-old Melanie Oudin (oo-DAN) has been eliminated in the fourth round at Wimbledon


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