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Champion Venus Joins Elite Group

Posted by The Championships, Wimbledon 2007 - Grand on 7 Jul 2007 11:26 pm. Filed under Wimbledon.
Venus Williams has joined an elite group by winning the Ladies’ Championship for a fourth time. The only female players to have won more titles in the Open era are Martina Navratilova (9), Steffi Graf (7) and Billie Jean King (6). And Venus is now keen to catch up with them.
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Battling Radwanska Wins Girls’ Title

Posted by The Championships, Wimbledon 2007 - Grand on 7 Jul 2007 10:25 pm. Filed under Wimbledon.
Poland’s Urszula Radwanska, the sixth seed, beat Madison Brengle of the USA to claim the girls' singles title, coming back from a set and a break down. She and her sister Agnieszka, who won in 2005, made history as the first sisters to win the title.
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Finalist Rafa is Raring to Go

Posted by The Championships, Wimbledon 2007 - Grand on 7 Jul 2007 9:57 pm. Filed under Wimbledon.
Despite playing four times in the last four days, the second seeded Rafael Nadal has announced that he is in good shape for his encounter with defending champion Roger Federer in Sunday's men’s final.
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Young Wins Boys’ Championship

Posted by The Championships, Wimbledon 2007 - Grand on 7 Jul 2007 9:51 pm. Filed under Wimbledon.
Donald Young has achieved his dream of becoming Junior Wimbledon Boys’ Champion with a straight-sets victory over the number one seed from Belarus, Vladimir Ignatik. The American battled through a tight first set to win easily in the second.
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Ladies’ Singles Final - Chair Umpire

Posted by The Championships, Wimbledon 2007 - Grand on 7 Jul 2007 4:14 am. Filed under Wimbledon.
Alison Lang will chair the Ladies' Singles Final between Venus Williams of the USA and Marion Bartoli of France.
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Men’s Singles Final - Chair Umpire

Posted by The Championships, Wimbledon 2007 - Grand on 7 Jul 2007 4:13 am. Filed under Wimbledon.
Carlos Ramos will chair the Men's Singles Final between Roger Federer of Switzerland and Rafael Nadal of Spain.
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Saturday 7 July - As It Happened

Posted by The Championships, Wimbledon 2007 - Grand on 7 Jul 2007 3:28 am. Filed under Wimbledon.
It really did all happen here today. Venus Williams is the new Wimbledon Ladies Champion. The line-ups for both tomorrow’s Ladies Doubles final and tomorrow’s Men’s Doubles final were decided.
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Consolation Bond Bouquet for Bartoli

Posted by The Championships, Wimbledon 2007 - Grand on 7 Jul 2007 2:19 am. Filed under Wimbledon.
There were consolations for Marion Bartoli in today's defeat in the Ladies' Final, with Bond actor Pierce Brosnan leaving her a bouquet of flowers and a letter. Then there is her runner-up cheque and a move up the rankings to a career-high of 11.
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Blister Bursts Djokovic’s Dream

Posted by The Championships, Wimbledon 2007 - Grand on 7 Jul 2007 2:18 am. Filed under Wimbledon.
Novak Djokovic blamed an infected blister, back trouble and general exhaustion for his decision to retire half way through his first Wimbledon semi-final against second seed Rafael Nadal. The Serb had a tough series of long matches to reach the semi-final
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Gasquet Eyes the Future

Posted by The Championships, Wimbledon 2007 - Grand on 7 Jul 2007 12:34 am. Filed under Wimbledon.
He lost to the world's best player in straight sets today, but Richard Gasquet is shaping up as a title threat at Wimbledon in the years to come. Roger Federer seems to think so.
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Young Meets Ignatic In Boys’ Final

Posted by The Championships, Wimbledon 2007 - Grand on 7 Jul 2007 12:08 am. Filed under Wimbledon.
The boy's singles semi-finals were completed with top seed Vladimir Ignatic of Belarus set to face 3rd seed Donald Young of the USA in the final.
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Fresh Roger is Bjorn Again

Posted by The Championships, Wimbledon 2007 - Grand on 6 Jul 2007 11:58 pm. Filed under Wimbledon.
Gunning for a fifth straight Wimbledon title, Roger Federer was in imperious form in his semi-final win over Richard Gasquet. Just as well, for Bjorn Borg, the last man to achieve the feat, was watching from the stands.
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2006 Championships in Review

Posted by The Official Site of The Championships, Wimbledon on 9 Jul 2006 8:00 pm. Filed under Wimbledon.
The 120th Championships were a resounding success with both men's and women's singles crowns annexed by the number one seeds, Roger Federer and Amelie Mauresmo.
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Statistics From Wimbledon 2006

Posted by The Official Site of The Championships, Wimbledon on 9 Jul 2006 8:00 pm. Filed under Wimbledon.
Facts and Figures from The 120th Championships.
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Winning Bryan Boys Fly Flag for US

Posted by The Official Site of The Championships, Wimbledon on 8 Jul 2006 8:00 pm. Filed under Wimbledon.
Bob and Mike Bryan not only completed a career Grand Slam when they lifted the men’s doubles trophy, but their win also served to restore faith in American tennis.
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