Heavy rain showers have delayed the start of the 2010 Wimbledon wild card play-offs tournament. The three day event, which gives British players the opportunity to compete for a wild card into the qualifying event for The Championships, was due to kick off at 11am at Aorangi Park this morning. However, the unsettled weather means [...]

LOCOG (London Olympic Committee of the Olympic Games) announced further details of the London 2012 Olympic Games tennis due to be held at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. Outlining the event , LOCOG Director of Sport Debbie Jevans spoke of the following, highlighting how Wimbledon is going to alter for the Olympic period, with [...]

Heavy rain showers have delayed the start of the 2010 Wimbledon wild card play-offs tournament. The three day event, which gives British players the opportunity to compete for a wild card into the qualifying event for The Championships, was due to kick off at 11am at Aorangi Park this morning. However, the unsettled weather means [...]

  Injury hit Argentine David Nalbandian has said that he intends to be physically fit and ready for a return to Wimbledon as he sets his sights on competing once again at The Championships starting on June 21. Nalbandian was forced to pull out of Roland Garros this year because of a hamstring injury and has featured in [...]

If there is anyone still labouring under the hopelessly outdated impression that museums are dusty and boring, one visit to the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum should put them right. The sheer variety of items and information is fascinating, and the presentation never fails to spark interest. Above all, the marriage of tradition with 21st century [...]

The time is rapidly approaching when Wimbledon’s head groundsman, Eddie Seaward, will be looking forward to working a 17-hour day. Looking forward to it with relish, too, since it will mean that the 2010 Championships, his 20th year in charge of preparing the playing surfaces, is under way. An indication of the mounting demand on [...]

The summer of 2011 will see The All England Club celebrate its 125th Championships but in the meantime another big milestone has just passed. May 17 marked the first anniversary of the official opening of the Centre Court roof, that gloriously memorable Sunday afternoon when even the distinguished participants, Steffi Graf and her husband Andre Agassi, [...]

Today sees the start of the French Open. Roger Federer and Svetlana Kuznetsova will be defending the titles they won last year, while two former champions, Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin, will be looking to reclaim the singles crowns they each won four times previously. Although Federer and Nadal have pulled off the rare feat [...]

The draw for the 2010 French Open was revealed today, with 2009 champions Roger Federer and Svetlana Kuznetsova present at the Roland Garros Tennis Museum, to draw the seeds for the women’s and men’s singles respectively. Roger Federer will begin the defence of his title against Australian Peter Luczak and may have to play 2008 [...]

After a 12-month hiatus, Sunday’s Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open final saw the eagerly anticipated resumption of Roger Federer’s rivalry with Rafael Nadal. Nadal and Federer have spend their on-court lives trying to knock lumps out of each other and yet, when the dust has settled, they form a remarkable double act. Respectful and amicable, they [...]