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Grass Crowns: Wimbledon 2012 in Review

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/10/2012

Please go to NewYorkObserverTennis.com for our review of a magnificent fortnight at Wimbledon in 2012!

The Roof

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

For the first time, it played an essential (and integral) role in preventing the tournament from descending into a nightmare of postponements and conflicting schedules. The US Open organizers must have watched in envy as a typical English...

Julien Benneteau

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

He couldn’t quite follow the example of Rosol, falling two points short in a fourth-set tiebreak, but this Frenchman caused the only significant stir on Centre Court when the seven-time major champion occupied it this year. Once...

Milos Raonic

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Last year, a hip injury left fans wondering what could have been for the Canadian tower of power who led the ATP in aces. This year, no such alibi spared Raonic from regret in the wake of a demoralizing defeat to Querrey in a match that...

Zheng Jie / Tsevetana Pironkova

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Hammering 23 aces and winning 80 of 98 service points, Serena still needed to hold serve three times to survive her greatest challenge of the tournament and avoid becoming the second #1 to lose in this round at Wimbledon to Zheng. The feisty...

Sam Querrey

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Not the same since he concluded that a glass table could support his weight, the loose-limbed California native brought encouraging form from Queens Club to the All England Club. Stunning Raonic in the second round, Querrey survived traces...

Lukas Rosol

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

If he never wins a match for the rest of his life, he can tell his children and grandchildren about the time that he toppled one of the greatest players in tennis history on the grandest arena in the sport. Only in movies or video games does...

Marion Bartoli

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

A former Wimbledon finalist and a quarterfinalist in 2011, when she defeated Serena on Centre Court, Bartoli did little to bolster her case for playing the Olympics here with her fourth consecutive first-week loss at a major. She next...

Mikhail Youzhny

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Before the foregone conclusion of his quarterfinal, a miserable capitulation to Federer, the evergreen Russian upset Tipsarevic in four sets and mustered just enough courage to edge past Istomin in five. He now has reached a quarterfinal at...

Angelique Kerber

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

The WTA leader in matches won this year looked ruthless in dismantling Clijsters and deserves credit for not choking after Lisicki forced a third set in their quarterfinal, having saved match points. Or rather she deserves credit for...

Sabine Lisicki

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Fortunate not to avoid an exit in the second round to the indecorously—and improperly—yelping Jovanovski, last year’s semifinalist nearly equaled her previous result while finally snapping her streak of futility against...

David Ferrer

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

One victory short of reaching the semifinal at every major in his career, he demonstrated that grass can reward players without an overpowering serve but with precise ball placement, a little like Radwanska. Winning the Dutch Open in the...

Tomas Berdych

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Remember when Berdych seemed to have finally overcome the demons that fueled his inconsistency in 2010? Remember when he seemed to have done it again in the first half of this year? Fool us once, shame on you; fool us twice, shame on...

Kim Clijsters

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Through a first week of competent if not commanding performances, a Cinderella ending to her career at Wimbledon seemed slightly plausible in the weaker half of the draw. Then the coach turned back into a pumpkin against Kerber, who dealt...

Petra Kvitova

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Cursed with the worst draw imaginable, she did not need to worry about facing a murderous Sharapova as she had at the last two majors. A murderous Serena, who never conceded her serve, substituted effectively for the Russian in conquering...

Tamira Paszek

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Having won just two matches on hard courts and clay this year, she thundered to the Eastbourne title and the Wimbledon quarterfinal without warning. Three consecutive victories over top-10 opponents, during which she saved seven total match...

Richard Gasquet

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

With Berdych gone from his section, only Florian Mayer stood between him and his first major quarterfinal in five years. As a former Wimbledon semifinalist, Gasquet should have seized this opportunity with both hands. Instead, he...

Gilles Simon

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Those who want to complain about the WTA have a range of (at least somewhat) valid options, from the shrieking to the lopsided finals to the inconsistency of most contenders. But equal prize money is not one of them, and the Frenchman...

Samantha Stosur

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

She never will shine on grass, and another crushing loss late in the Roland Garros draw must have provided her with little positive energy for Wimbledon. At the moment, however, Stosur makes a very weak member of the top five and has become...

Ana Ivanovic

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Routed by Azarenka in the most lopsided loss of her career on Centre Court, she earlier earned three victories over compelling opposition while nursing another of her nagging injuries and lacking any grass preparation. Winning two...

Ivo Karlovic

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Not intimidated by a stadium full of fervent British fans, he forced Murray to the brink of what would have become a nerve-jangling fifth set and arguably tested the Scot more than anyone before the final. Albeit tedious to watch, his serve...

Venus Williams

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

The lethargic, uninspired effort against world #79 Vesnina in the first round of singles was, quite frankly, an F. In its immediate aftermath, one hoped that the elder Williams would return to the All England Club for a chance at...

Brian Baker

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Either the breakthrough player of the summer or the comeback player of the summer, depending on your perspective, he looked like a legitimate threat to reach a Wimbledon quarterfinal. Kohlschreiber brought him back to reality with a thud,...

The First Week

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Normally chaotic on the women’s side and formulaic on the men’s side, the early rounds somewhat reversed that trend this time. While most of the leading ladies in genuine contention survived the first week, Nadal and Berdych...

Caroline Wozniacki

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

For the second time this year, she lost in the opening round after holding multiple match points. While that manner of defeat offers little cause for celebration, the Dane did confront an exceptionally challenging first-round opponent in...

Mardy Fish

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Having not played a match since Miami, he far surpassed expectations by surviving the first three rounds at Wimbledon. Beyond a serve undiluted by his recent illness woes, Fish showcased a composure that he had not found for much of 2012,...

Sara Errani

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

The first player ever to play a set without winning a point in the Open Era, the Roland Garros finalist also saw her doubles winning streak with partner Vinci end at the All England Club. On the other hand, she didn’t disappear...

David Goffin

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Much like Shvedova, he deserves credit for consolidating a Paris breakthrough into a fine effort at Wimbledon rather than resting on his laurels. A victory over 2011 quarterfinalist Tomic furthered perceptions of this Belgian as a possible...

Yaroslava Shvedova

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Hammered off the court by Serena in the first set, she became the only woman in the draw to win a set from the eventual champion without needing a tiebreak. Sustaining the pressure in the third set, Shvedova thrust the American to the brink...

Andy Roddick

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Gifted with a reasonably comfortable draw, he surely expected something better than a second straight first-week loss at the major where he has reached more finals than any other. Having won Eastbourne a week before, Roddick must have...

Francesca Schiavone

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

After falling in the first week of Roland Garros, many wrote her obituary as an elite competitor. While that instinct likely will prove correct in the long term, a second-week appearance at her least effective major postponed the triumph of Father...

Heather Watson

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Playing a main-draw match at Wimbledon as a rising teenager: good. Playing a main-draw match on Centre Court at Wimbledon: better. Winning a main-draw match on Centre Court at Wimbledon: priceless. Unless Laura Robson...

Rafael Nadal

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Anything can happen on any given day, but rarely has it happened to this particular gladiator. Playing uninspired tennis through the first three and a half sets, Nadal might well have lost routinely to the world #100. Never has he...

Maria Sharapova

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Never at her best when she holds the top ranking, the women’s #1 has reached just one quarterfinal at Wimbledon in her last six appearances. Outserved and outhit by Lisicki, she looked vulnerable even before then in a complicated match...

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Like Djokovic, he refused to let a disappointment in Paris ruin his Wimbledon fortnight with an early loss. Also like Djokovic, he enjoyed a relatively comfortable draw before the match that he lost, although Fish posed a stern challenge...

Victoria Azarenka

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

The last several first-time #1s in women’s tennis have fallen inexorably and precipitously after losing the top ranking, from Ivanovic and Safina to Jankovic and Wozniacki. In sharp contrast was the Belarussian’s swift revival...

Novak Djokovic

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Playing his best tennis since the Australian Open through his first five matches, he established himself as the title favorite while those around him tottered. Not deflated by his defeat at Roland Garros, the world #1 disciplined himself to...

Agnieszka Radwanska

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Even as she marched through a series of titles at the most prestigious non-majors, from Asia to the Middle East to North America, the doubts continued to hover. Surely that serve would halt her when it mattered most, murmured the skeptics...

Andy Murray

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

It seemed too good to be true, and so it was in the end. But Murray’s thrillingly wild ride through the draw, winning only two matches in straight sets, comprised the most memorable narrative of the tournament as each victory escalated...

Serena Williams

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

From ignominy to immortality in just over a month: welcome to the melodramatic, constantly unpredictable, endlessly fascinating life of Serena Williams. When she writes the next volume of her autobiography, her fifth Wimbledon crown...

Roger Federer

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/09/2012

Starved of major titles since the 2010 Australian Open, the six-time Wimbledon champion matched the Sampras septet of crowns here while surpassing the American’s record of total weeks at #1. As Nadal continued to clench the clay in his...

Fields of Glory (XV): Wimbledon Men's Final Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/08/2012

As Djokovic and Nadal battled in final after final over the last four majors, their two leading rivals waited in thinly concealed impatience for that tide to subside. Now that it finally has, both Federer and Murray will seek to capitalize upon an...

Fields of Glory (XIV): Wimbledon Women's Final Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/07/2012

We reflect upon what to expect from the third women's final at a major this year.

Fields of Glory (XIII): Wimbledon Men's Semifinal Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/06/2012

We guide you through the key narratives to watch in the men's semifinals at Wimbledon.

Fields of Glory (XI): Wimbledon Women's Semifinal Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/05/2012

As the third major of the season nears its conclusion, Wimbledon showcases the Battle of the Oder between a Pole and a German before the Duel of the Decibelles between two strong-willed, strong-lunged major champions. Just as Roland Garros had...

Fields of Glory (X): Wimbledon Men's Quarterfinals Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/04/2012

We discuss each of the men's quarterfinals on a curious Wednesday at Wimbledon.

Fields of Glory (IX): Wimbledon Women's Quarterfinals Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/03/2012

We analyze the women's quarterfinals at Wimbledon.

Fields of Glory (VIII): Wimbledon Manic Monday Preview (WTA)

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/01/2012

We reflect upon the most notable women's matches in the fourth round of Wimbledon.

Fields of Glory (VII): Wimbledon Manic Monday Preview (ATP)

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 07/01/2012

We discuss the most interesting ATP matches to watch on Manic Monday.

Fields of Glory (VI): Wimbledon Day 6 Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 06/30/2012

We forecast what to expect from the last day of the first week at Wimbledon.

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