Venus Williams wins 7th Grand Slam with [K] Blade Team
Daniel Nestor completes a career Slam in Men’s doubles with his [K] Six.One 95
Roger Federer has thrilling 5 set final with his [K] Six.One Tour
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Wilson’s [K] Factor Technology Dominates Wimbledon
July 7th, 2008 
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Hanescu tops Andreev in Swiss Open final (AP)
July 7th, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News Igor Andreev beat Marcos Daniel of Brazil 6-4, 7-5 in an opening round match at the Swiss Open on Monday. Andreev, the 2004 runner-up here, broke Daniel once in each set. The only other seed in action, No. 8 Guillermo Canas, overcame Ivo Minar of the Czech Republic 7-6 (9), 6-3. Canas lined up a second-round match with Kristof Vliegen of Belgium, who defeated Martin Vassallo Arguello of Argentina…
DecoTurf Tennis Surface is Once Again Selected for US Open Series in Indianapolis
July 7th, 2008 Tennis Industry News Andover, MA, July 2008 –- As the start of the US Open draws near, the Indianapolis Tennis Center hosts the Indianapolis Tennis Championships as part of the US Open Series, July 12th – July 20th. The play will once again…
Wimbledon 2008 in review
July 7th, 2008
The Championships, Wimbledon 2008 - Grand The 122nd Championships came to the most magnificent of conclusions as Spain’s Rafael Nadal brought the five-time champion Roger Federer crashing to earth in the longest final in the history of The All England Club.
Nadal out of Stuttgart with knee problem (AP)
July 7th, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News One day after winning the Wimbledon title for the first time, Rafael Nadal pulled out of the Mercedes Cup on Monday with unspecified knee problems. The second-ranked Spaniard traveled to the Weissenhof tennis center to tell promoters personally of his withdrawal as the clay-court event’s defending champion and star attraction.
Preview for the week of July 7-13, 2008, Stuttgart, Bastad, Gstaad, Newport
July 7th, 2008 Nima Naderi Grand slam tennis is over for the mean time and the regular tour gets rocking again this week. Because of the up coming Olympic games this week is fully loaded with action, in a rare 4 tournament week. Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Newport all see action this week.
On to the first week review of the week and [...]
Wimbledon finals and tournament review 2008
July 7th, 2008 Nima Naderi The 2008 edition of The Championships, Wimbledon is complete. What a great tournament and what great final. Congratulations have to go out to Rafael Nadal for capturing his 1st Wimbledon crown and dethroning the former king of grass Roger Federer. Nadal was awesome through out the event. Focused as ever he raging Spaniard breezed through the [...]
Epic Men’s Final attracts 13.1m
July 6th, 2008
The Championships, Wimbledon 2008 - Grand Rafael Nadal’s win over Roger Federer, one of the most hard-fought and thrilling Wimbledon Men’s Finals of all-time, was watched by a peak audience of 13.1m viewers (9.15pm) on BBC ONE on Sunday night.
Highlights of Wimbledon 2008
July 6th, 2008
The Championships, Wimbledon 2008 - Grand The shocks, the fashion statements and the Federer/Nadal rivalry: Wimbledon 2008 had many memorable moments – and even the weather managed to put on a decent performance.
Nadal delighted with ‘amazing’ win
July 6th, 2008
The Championships, Wimbledon 2008 - Grand Rafael Nadal has hailed his ‘amazing’ victory at Wimbledon over Roger Federer in the men’s singles final. He also revealed that he apologised to the five-times Wimbledon champion for defeating him in the epic five-set thrillier.
Nadal-Federer gets best rating since ’00 (AP)
July 6th, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News The Williams sisters’ duel drew the highest preliminary television ratings for a women’s Wimbledon final in three years. Venus Williams’ straight-set victory over younger sister Serena on Saturday earned a 3.4 overnight rating and a 10 share on NBC, the network said Sunday. That’s up 21 percent from the 2.8/8 for last year’s meeting between Venus and Marion Bartoli.
Venus beats Serena in Wimbledon final (AP)
July 6th, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News Forget the wins, the losses, the struggles. Everything changes when Venus Williams steps onto the manicured lawns of the All England Club. The 28-year-old American won her fifth Wimbledon singles title Saturday, showing once again that she seems able to unleash something special in herself at key moments during the grass-court Grand Slam tournament.
Highlights of the championships
July 6th, 2008
The Championships, Wimbledon 2008 - Grand The shocks, the fashion statements and the Federer/Nadal rivalry: Wimbledon 2008 had many memorable moments – and even the weather managed to put on a decent performance.
Darkest hour for Federer
July 6th, 2008
The Championships, Wimbledon 2008 - Grand After his epic five-set defeat, disconsolate Roger Federer’s mood in the post-match press conference was as dark as the sky had been over Centre Court as his chances of a sixth straight title slipped away into the night.
Nadal nicks title after five-set thriller
July 6th, 2008
The Championships, Wimbledon 2008 - Grand Rafael Nadal ended Roger Federer’s five-year reign as the king of Centre Court by winning the longest-ever Wimbledon men’s final. The French Open champion survived a Federer fightback and two rain delays to win in five sets.
