Month: June 2013

Chris Heron reflects on a superb day for British Women’s Tennis. By the end of day six, normal service seemed to resume at Wimbledon. The outrageous events of the early days of the tournament are now history as the remaining seeds start to take their customary place in week two. The first seed in the men’s draw, Novak Djokovic, defeated Jeremy Chardy in a 6-3 6-2 6-2 straight sets win. Seventh seed Berdych played Kevin Anderson in four sets, winning 3-6 6-3 6-4 7-5. He will play Bernard Tomic in the fourth round, the Australian beat Richard Gasquet, the…

Chris Heron reflects on a wet Day 4 at SW19. The tradition of rain-delayed matches carried on another year as the roof of centre-court closed for the first time in the 2013 Wimbledon championships. Despite the rain delays, many matches were completed and the a sense of normality returned after the events of the first three days of Wimbledon. Men’s seeded players Tomas Berdych (7th) beat Daniel Brands 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 6-2, Del Potro (8th) beat Levine 6-2 7-6 (9-7) 6-3 and ninth seed Richard Gasquet defeated Japan’s Soeda 6-0 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-3. In the women’s draw there…

Chris Heron continues his Wimbledon round-up, reflecting upon a stunning day at SW19. Day 3 of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships was one of the most entertaining and surprising Wimbledon days of recent memory, with several spectacular matches, upsets and a record number of retirements in a single day. Andy Murray strolled through to the third round of the Men’s singles with a 6-3 6-3 7-5 win over Taiwan’s Yen-Hsun Lu, and will face Tommy Rovredo in the next round. However, he was one of the few seeded players who did not struggle on the grass courts of SW19. Maria…