Hingis was speaking as the worldwide Tennis Hall of Fame, based in Newport, Rhode Island, named her as their first global ambassador. Why he’ll win: Wawrinka has proven he can beat the best in the world. Therefore, a 3-1 hole is nothing more than a slight inconvenience on the path to victory.
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Gilbert said: “One thing I’ve learned over the years is never underestimate a Williams, ever”. But, granted a wildcard by nostalgic Wimbledon chiefs, Hewitt – who made his All England Club debut in 1999 – must have fancied his chances against world number 91 Nieminen, who had lost all five of his previous meetings with the Australian. Finally I know how I should deal with it. Visualisation is part of their process, something that helped Kvitova previous year when she played Venus Williams in the third round, a high-quality match that set her on the way to that second Wimbledon title. “I just want to do the best I can in my career”, Wawrinka told Reuters in an interview on the players’ lawn at the All England Club as he looked forward to launching his Wimbledon campaign on Monday. In fact, we happen to believe this particular go around will even more stressful. However, with the chance of entering history books in her sight, expect Serena to give it her all come Wimbledon.
The 33-year-old American also won the United States Open to end 2014 on a high and is heavy favourite to continue that dominant run by taking the Wimbledon title for the sixth time in her illustrious career.
The 25-year-old Czech’s first SW19 triumph in 2011 ushered in a prolonged dip in form as she buckled under the weight of expectation, with opponents seizing that shot-to-nothing advantage against a new big gun in the game.
Since then, Djokovic has played only a couple of exhibition matches as preparation for the world’s greatest grass court tournament. “I’m experienced, and something that tennis has taught me over the years, to move on, and to be able to do that very quickly”.
The distraught seven-time champion was so overcome by emotion that Prince William and his wife Kate, who were the All England Club’s guests of honour, stopped to console Federer when he passed them on his way back to the Centre Court locker room. And that would be a major accomplishment.
It seemed on Saturday at Wimbledon that Williams herself was the only person not interested in talking about the prospect of her achieving the Grand Slam clean sweep, a feat last achieved by Steffi Graf in 1988.
“She’s had a great last 52 weeks. I think we’re all amazed at what she’s done really”.
“Last year’s final … if it does something, it goes to show that I was playing well”.
Chris Evert and Tom Rinaldi discuss Serena Williams’ slow start to her first-round win at Wimbledon and how impressive it would be if she won the tournament this year.
“I admire her a lot”. “It was really tough decision for me to miss the two big tournaments during March”.
Williams won her third French Open as she battled the flu, and was forced to come back from a set down in five matches for the first time in a major. So it’s been really great. The only way to do this is to keep doing what she does best: Winning.
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LONDON (AP) Serena Williams knew she had to do something fast. Especially on the grass, he had nothing to do lose, ” Djokovic said.
