Category Archives: Wimbledon 2008

IT was all too familiar. Tim Henman crashed out of Wimbledon on men’s quarter finals day.
Not that Tiger Tim was anywhere near a racket at the time…
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THE covers were taken off as usual early this morning. And then they went back on.
At the time of typing this, they’ve just been removed again ahead of a fabulous Centre Court schedule starting at 1pm.
But if the weather forecast is correct, Andy Murray may need that flag to shelter under this afternoon…
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SOARING temperatures at Wimbledon today on women’s quarter finals day.
But there was nothing to match the excitement of Andy Murray’s transformation into the Prince of Darkness last night.
Thailand’s Tamarine Tanasugarn duly bowed out, as defending champion Venus Williams scorched her way into the semi finals…
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WIMBLEDON is still buzzing after Andy Murray’s breathtaking win last night.
Mighty Murray agreed it was the match of his life.
And as reported in last night’s blog, he told us he could go all the way to create history as the first British winner of the men’s singles since Stockport’s Fred Perry in 1936.
There were plenty of smiles from Murray at that late night press conference, especially over the moment he flexed his biceps…
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IT’S been quite an evening.
If you were one of the watching millions on TV, you’ll have seen Andy Murray serve up a stunning comeback.
And we’ve just spoken to him in a late night press conference, as he ate sushi with chopsticks…
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THE sun is beating down here at Wimbledon at the start of the second week.
Day seven sees the last 16 in both the men’s and women’s singles playing their fourth round matches.
It’s a bumper day of action, with attendance records being smashed at the All England Club….
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NAOMI Broady served up her answer for the critics with a first ever singles win at Wimbledon.
The Stockport teenager, at the centre of a storm last year, fired her way into the second round of the junior event.
And she did it with the help of a good luck message from Andy Murray just before he went on to Centre Court to defeat Tommy Haas…
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ANDY Murray roared like a lion on Centre Court today.
He’s just been into the press interview room after his 6-4 6-7 6-3 6-2 victory over Tommy Haas.
With hopes of real British success at Wimbledon rising, I asked Andy how he would spend tomorrow preparing for his fourth round match on Monday…
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THE days are very long at Wimbledon.
Walk along Church Road towards the grounds after 7am and you’ll meet workers on the All England Club night shift heading home in the opposite direction…
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TOP seed Ana Ivanovic crashed out of Wimbledon today in the biggest shock of the tournament so far.
The world number one, who looked close to tears on court, told us later: “Obviously it’s tough. It’s never easy to lose.”
But she vowed to return and learn the lessons of defeat after China’s Zheng Jie tormented the troubled Serb to triumph 6-1 6-4 on a stunned Court One…
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