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Swiss Maestro, Roger Federer, returns to the All-England-Club after the winning the pinnacle of tennis, Wimbledon Championships earlier this month. The reigning world number one anticipates meeting either Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray in the finals. The Great Games includes the participation of the elite tennis professionals from all corners of the world, making it as prestigious as any Grand Slam.

After the withdrawal of defending gold medallist, Rafael Nadal, due to his aggravated knee tendonitis, the Olympic field will prove to be very entertaining for the tennis viewers worldwide. The Swiss Maestro’s Wimbledon victory places him on the number one spot. He has an unrivalled winning record and experience at grass courts and against all his contenders. Currently amongst the three, Federer has the shortest pathway to the top of the Olympic podium. As the draws for the first round unveil, Federer will be facing Alejandro Falla and later a potential match with Julien Benneteau. Federer has an edge over both the players, as he has previously defeated them in straight sets.

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Wimbledon champions Roger Federer and Serena Williams each won their opening matches — one struggled, one didn’t.

Federer, a four-time Olympian, overcame a jittery patch and beat Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. The top-ranked Swiss star was a point from victory in the second set, then lost three of his next four service games. But he recovered in time to avoid the upset.

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama watched from the front row of Williams’ box as the fourth-seeded American beat former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 6-3, 6-1 on Centre Court.

It looks different, sounds different and feels different - the Olympic tennis event is taking place at Wimbledon, just not as we know it.

One of Britain's great sporting institutions, steeped in proud tradition and strict protocol, is almost unrecognisable from its usual self.

Mauve hoardings, coloured kits, raucous crowds, pop songs and a beverage formerly known as Pimm's; London 2012 has taken over the All England Club.

"It's definitely weird," explained five-times Wimbledon singles champion Serena Williams. "I love playing Wimbledon but this atmosphere I didn't expect. It's bananas, and I love it."

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World number one, Roger Federer, is un-debatably the greatest of all tennis players of our time. The Swiss professional insists that his Wimbledon conquest will set to be a warning to his Olympic competitors.

The 30-year-old returns at Wimbledon only three weeks after he defeated the British star, Andy Murray. He added the seventh Wimbledon title to his rack, but the Swiss legend’s thirst seems endless. The reigning world number one is ever agile and proactive this season as he radiates full confidence to dominate the scene; silencing the tennis critics claim of being a veteran player.

Federer believes the Wimbledon crown is highly prestigious to him as he secured that title at a retiring age. It was big help for him to boost his confidence for the remaining season and retain the top ranking in the world. The other contenders like Djokovic, Murray and Nadal are considerably less in age than him but cannot put a barrier to his dream of winning a gold medal at the field of All-England-Club.

Read More: Age is just a number for the Roger Federer in the hunt for gold- Tennis Special | bettor-com

Roger Federer underlined his desire to win Olympic singles gold with a demolition of Julien Benneteau Monday, while Serena and Venus Williams followed his example with equally dominant displays.

Federer and the Williams sisters have a remarkable 17 Wimbledon singles titles and 38 grand slam crowns between them in their illustrious careers, and the trio showed their class as they marched into the last 16.

World number one Federer needed three sets to win his first match against Alejandro Falla, but the newly re-crowned Wimbledon champion took the express route Monday with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over France's Benneteau in just 58 minutes.

Serena, who like Federer is aiming to follow her latest Wimbledon success with a first singles gold medal, swept through to the last 16 with a 6-2, 6-3 victory against Urszula Radwanska.

And Venus, a singles gold medallist at the Sydney Games in 2000, demolished Italian ninth seed Sara Errani 6-3, 6-1 in a first round match rescheduled due to Sunday's heavy rain.

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Even on a court where he has played some of the best tennis of his life, Andy Roddick knew there was only one way he could beat No. 2-seeded Novak Djokovic in their second-round match at the 2012 Olympics.

Especially on this rain-dampened Tuesday at the All England Club, where the reigning Australian Open and U.S. Open champion from Serbia was striking the ball as crisply and precisely as he has this year.

"If he's hitting the ball like that," Roddick said, "my chance is to serve really well."

He didn't.

Instead, Djokovic treated the roof-covered Centre Court crowd to a clinic, ending the unseeded American's Summer Games with an efficient 6-2, 6-1 rout that lasted all of 54 minutes.

With the match tied at 2-2 in the first set, Djokovic broke Roddick's usually dependable serve and won 10 of the final 11 games to set up a third-round bout against Australia's Lleyton Hewitt.

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2015 Men's Tennis ATP Rankings:



1 Novak Djokovic Serbia & Montenegro
0
13845
2 Roger Federer Switzerland
0
9665
3 Andy Murray Great Britain
0
7450
4 Stan Wawrinka Switzerland
0
5790
5 Kei Nishikori Japan
0
5660
6 Tomas Berdych Czech Republic
0
5050
7 David Ferrer Spain
0
4490
8 Milos Raonic Canada
0
4440
9 Marin Cilic Croatia
0
3540
10 Rafael Nadal Spain
0
3135
11 Grigor Dimitrov Bulgaria
0
2600
12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France
0
2565
13 Gilles Simon France
0
2300
14 Kevin Anderson South Africa
3
2090
15 David Goffin Belgium
0
2010
16 Feliciano Lopez Spain
2
1935
17 John Isner USA
1
1890
18 Gael Monfils France
2
1885
19 Tommy Robredo Spain
1
1710
20 Richard Gasquet France
1
1610
21 Leonardo Mayer Argentina
1
1580
22 Roberto Bautista Agut Spain
1
1545
23 Pablo Cuevas Uruguay
0
1502
24 Viktor Troicki Serbia & Montenegro
1
1494
25 Ivo Karlovic Croatia
2
1385
26 Bernard Tomic Australia
2
1355
27 Andreas Seppi Italy
18
1280
28 Fabio Fognini Italy
2
1250
29 Nick Kyrgios Australia
1
1245
30 Dominic Thiem Austria
1
1225
31 Jack Sock USA
1
1215
32 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez Spain
2
1210
33 Philipp Kohlschreiber Germany
2
1195
34 Adrian Mannarino France
2
1188
35 Juan Monaco Argentina
2
1170
36 Pablo Andujar Spain
0
1125
37 Jeremy Chardy France
0
1120
38 Martin Klizan Slovakia
3
1100
39 Borna Coric Croatia
2
1080
40 Lukas Rosol Czech Republic
1
1067
41 Thomaz Bellucci Brazil
1
1065
42 Fernando Verdasco Spain
0
1045
43 Gilles Muller Luxembourg
5
1023
44 Sam Querrey USA
6
1010
45 Joao Sousa Portugal
1
986
46 Jiri Vesely Czech Republic
0
980
47 Jerzy Janowicz Poland
4
975
48 Victor Estrella Burgos Dominican Republic
1
941
49 Sergiy Stakhovsky Ukraine
1
929
50 Julien Benneteau France
3
910
51 Benjamin Becker Germany
8
905
52 Steve Johnson USA
1
895
53 Teymuraz Gabashvili Russia
5
882
54 Vasek Pospisil Canada
2
870
55 Andreas Haider-Maurer Austria
1
857
56 Simone Bolelli Italy
1
846
57 Donald Young USA
1
830
58 Mikhail Kukushkin Russia
1
827
59 Marcos Baghdatis Cyprus
2
797
60 Santiago Giraldo Colombia
2
790
61 Yen-Hsun Lu Taipei
2
764
62 Daniel Gimeno-Traver Spain
2
763
63 Diego Schwartzman Argentina
2
760
64 Albert Ramos-Vinolas Spain
7
758
65 Nicolas Mahut France
5
756
66 Pablo Carreno Busta Spain
0
755
67 Benoit Paire France
0
743
68 Sam Groth Australia
0
743
69 Thanasi Kokkinakis Australia
1
723
70 Marcel Granollers Spain
1
715
71 Mikhail Youzhny Russia
0
685
72 Tim Smyczek USA
0
682
73 Robin Haase Netherlands
0
681
74 Aljaz Bedene Slovenia
0
678
75 Alexandr Dolgopolov Ukraine
4
670
76 Alexander Zverev Germany
5
669
77 Steve Darcis Belgium
2
664
78 Hyeon Chung Korea
2
661
79 Joao Souza Brazil
2
650
80 Marsel Ilhan Turkey
2
647
81 Ernests Gulbis Latvia
5
645
82 Federico Delbonis Argentina
2
627
83 Malek Jaziri Tunisia
1
620
84 Dusan Lajovic Serbia & Montenegro
0
615
85 Dudi Sela Israel
0
602
86 James Duckworth Australia
1
594
87 Damir Dzumhur Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
593
88 Paolo Lorenzi Italy
1
588
89 Ricardas Berankis Lithuania
3
577
90 Go Soeda Japan
0
575
91 Jarkko Nieminen Finland
2
564
92 Denis Istomin Uzbekistan
9
550
93 Blaz Rola Slovenia
2
549
94 Lukas Lacko Slovakia
0
545
95 Ruben Bemelmans Belgium
1
541
96 Lucas Pouille France
1
539
97 Kimmer Coppejans Belgium
1
534
98 Andrey Kuznetsov Russia
1
530
99 Guido Pella Argentina
1
514
100 Tatsuma Ito Japan
1
510

*Rankings provided by the ATP
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The star of this venue is aging. Unlike Michael Phelps, however, her prime has not passed.

The star of this venue looks different now, but she's essentially the same. She inspires, and she draws a crowd, all by simply being herself.

They might as well put her on a podium today and give her gold.

Wimbledon, however, will need to make room on her trophy shelf for it.

Among London's great assets — along with cool weather and a pub on every corner — are the event sites. When archery held its competition on the grounds of Lord's, for example, how could everyone not hit a bull's-eye?

Wimbledon goes beyond that. It's an attraction in itself, a tennis mecca that demands a tube ride. Even better, it elevates an Olympic sport that has often been neglected.

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Women's top seed Victoria Azarenka wailed her way to a semi-final against Wimbledon champion Serena Williams after overcoming Germany's Angelique Kerber 6-4 7-5 under the Centre Court roof on Thursday.

The second semi-final will be an all-Russian affair, with third-seed Maria Sharapova taking on team mate Maria Kirilenko.

Twice doubles gold winner Williams, seeking her first singles medal, powered to a 6-0 6-3 win over Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki to book her place in the final four.

Belarusian Azarenka, who needs to win gold to guarantee that she remains world number one, broke early to take a 4-1 lead, before Kerber fought back to level at 4-4.

"It was definitely a really tough one," Azarenka told reporters.

"I tried to be aggressive and I tried to take control. It was very difficult as it was important who took command first and started to be more aggressive."

Seemingly competing for the loudest scream as they slogged it out from the baseline, the German number seven seed ploughed the ball into the net to hand Azarenka a break and the set.

Read More: Tennis: Azarenka sets up Serena semi-final - Yahoo! Sports

There's a point in every Olympics when you realize it's time. You have the press pass. The media shuttle is waiting. In this great, sprawling Olympic city, there's one historic venue that has been whispering your name, from the Tower of London to the banks of the mighty Thames.

Wimbledon. I had never set foot in the place, never covered a tennis match in the place, never felt what it's like to see a rainy morning session give way to a glorious, sunny afternoon.

So I followed my heart, and at 10:30 a.m. I was on my way to tennis heaven. I caught the media bus just before it took off from Russell Square, the Olympic transport hub in the center of the city. It seemed like an omen. An hour later, we pulled into the All England Lawn Tennis Club on Church Road.

Nothing quite prepares you for the size and sweep of the place. There are tennis courts everywhere you turn, 19 of them in all. Green is the predominant color. You see green grass on the court, green on the walls, green seats. All around, it's a tableau of green structures and walls.

It reminded me of walking into Fenway Park in Boston for the first time as a kid and seeing the fabled left-field wall in the near distance. Or maybe my one trip to the Masters in Augusta, where somehow the greens and fairways seem more lush and verdant than any other golf course.

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American Serena Williams is set as the favorite on the odds at Bovada for Friday as she takes on Belarus' Victoria Azarenka in one of the women's semifinal matches as the London Olympics tennis draw approaches its weekend conclusion.

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Williams didn't have much trouble knocking out Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals of the tournament on Thursday, winning 6-0, 6-3 in straight sets to advance to Friday's match against Azarenka.

Azarenka, the top seed in the women's draw, bounced Germany's Angelique Kerber 6-4, 7-5 in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Despite being the No. 4 seed, however, Williams is pegged as the -350 favorite for Friday's semifinal match, with Azarenka a +250 underdog.

In the other women's semifinal on Friday it'll be a Russia vs. Russia matchup as No. 3 seed Maria Sharapova takes on No. 14 seed and countrymate Maria Kirilenko. Sharapova got past Belgium's Kim Clijsters 6-2, 7-5 in the quarterfinals on Thursday, while Kirilenko upset No. 6 seed Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in a 7-6, 6-3 victory.

Over in the men's draw top-seeded Roger Federer of Switzerland is pegged as the -450 favorite to win his semifinal match against No. 8 Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina. Federer got past No. 10 John Isner of the United States in the quarterfinals of the tournament on Thursday, winning 6-4, 7-6, while del Potro defeated Japan's Nei Nishikori 6-4, 7-6 to reach the semifinals. Del Potro is the +300 underdog on the tennis lines.

Finally, Great Britain's Andy Murray will have the crowd behind him on Friday as he tries to upset second-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia in their semifinal match. Murray, the +150 underdog for Friday, is coming off a 6-4, 6-1 quarterfinal win over Spain's Nicolas Almagro.

Djokovic knocked out France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1, 7-5 in his quarterfinal match on Thursday, and the oddsmakers at Bovada have him as the -200 favorite for Friday.

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AFTER securing a career Golden Slam by defeating Maria Sharapova on the famous grass courts of Wimbeldon, Serena Williams then proceeded to perform the world's first Olympic Crip Walk.

After routing Sharapova 6-0, 6-1, Williams showed off some impressive dancing skills on Wimbledon's grass centre court.

'I don’t think I’ve ever danced like that,' Williams said. 'I don’t even know where the dance came from.'

However, the U.S. champion certainly had plenty to dance about - today's medal was her first Olympic gold in a singles match and means she has achieved a career Golden Slam.

Originating in the 1970's and performed by the Crip gang members of Williams' native Compton suburb of Los Angeles, the C-Walk was once synonmous with urban violence.

Made popular by hip hop stars, the Crip Walk can be seen in the video for Snoop Dogg's 'Drop It Like It's Hot.'

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When the Wimbledon DJ chose Massive Attack's 'Unfinished Symphony' as the walk-on music for the men's singles finalists, was he making a point? If so, it was a clever one.

Andy Murray's career will always be incomplete until he achieves his long-held goal of lifting a Grand Slam trophy. But by winning the Olympic tennis final yesterday, and destroying his old nemesis Roger Federer in the process, he has taken a big step towards fulfilment.

This victory could yet be a significant building block in Murray's career. To put the scale of the achievement into perspective, he faced the undisputed king of Centre Court, a man who had won seven of his previous eight finals on this most prestigious of stages.

The odd one out dates back to 2008, when Rafael Nadal produced the match of his life to win five agonising sets.

In pure tennis terms, yesterday's match was no classic. Had it not been for the size of the prize at stake, it might even have seemed workaday. Murray made Federer look slow and hesitant in a 6-2 6-1 6-4 victory that occupied only an hour and 56 minutes. Asked afterwards whether he remembered ever losing nine games in a row -- as he did from the middle of the first set -- Federer joked "No, I don't. And I don't want to remember."

Read More: Tennis: Magic moment gives Murray taste of Slam success - Other News, Olympics 2012 - Independent.ie

Murray produced the performance of a lifetime to win his first Olympic gold medal with a crushing 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 demolition of world number one Roger Federer in the men's final on Sunday.

The 25-year-old's astonishing display avenged his heart-breaking Wimbledon final defeat against Federer last month, but more importantly for Murray it provided concrete evidence that he can win these kind of high-stakes encounters with the world's best players.

Murray has been beaten in four Grand Slam finals and some suggested the world number four was destined to be remembered as a nearly-man who fell short of the standards set by Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

At times, Murray has also doubted whether he could match-up to those three giants of the men's game and that nagging feeling triggered his tearful reaction to losing the Wimbledon final.

But now Murray has banished those demons by humiliating seven-time Wimbledon champion Federer on Centre Court and he believes that is the perfect preparation for a renewed assault on the majors, starting at the US Open in New York later this month.

"It will help with the way I go into this kind of match," Murray said. "Come US Open time I hope this will have given me the confidence to go in there and believe in myself a bit more than I have in the past.

"I should give myself a shot at winning there. I played very well at the US Open in the past. It's a surface I like playing on. I hope I can have a good run there."

Murray's dominance of Federer was so complete that he didn't drop a serve in the entire match and lost only one point on his serve in the final set.

Read More: London 2012: Golden glory can spark more success says Murray - News - London 2012 - Ahram Online

British number one tennis player, Andy Murray’s Olympic success has been honoured on a first-class stamp in United Kingdom. The stamp portrays the Scot winning gold medal and is on sale all over Great Britain. Mustering his success further, Royal Mail painted a red post box gold in Murray’s hometown of Dunblane.

The 25-year-old displayed flawless skills at the London Olympics 2012, a major sports event taking place after every four years. His superb skills awarded him a gold medal and made him the first British man to capture the Olympic singles gold medal in tennis in 104 years.

Ranked fourth in the South African Airways ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) World Tour Rankings, Murray bowed out to world number one, Roger Federer, in the title-round at the Wimbledon Championships a month ago. However, he bounced back at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in this event and stunned second seeded Novak Djokovic in straight sets en route to the final showdown. In the re-match of Wimbledon final, Murray perfected his game to crush the 17-time Grand Slam champion, Federer, with a breadstick.

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If you don't know who Jack Sock is in the world of American tennis, then you need to get to know this young 19-year-old from Nebraska. Yes, he's only currently ranked No. 250 in the world and hasn't really been on the radar of most American fans quite yet since he entered the professional ranks.

However, when you look at his fellow young American tennis players, the only other person that I think has a chance to be a good pro is Ryan Harrison. Most fans know of Harrison, himself just 20-years-old, because he's been on the ATP tour since 2007 and has recently been invited to play for the U.S. Davis Cup team. He decided to turn pro at a very young age to begin to get as much experience as he could instead of getting more experience in junior-level tennis. While he has gotten plenty of experience on the senior circuit in the past five years, there have been precious few results to show for it as of yet. Moreover, the one thing that he is best known for, his temper, recently got him into trouble when he acted like the petulant child during his singles match at the Summer Olympics.

Read More: American Tennis Fans Need to Start Paying More Attention to Jack Sock: Fan's Take - Yahoo! Sports

Second seed Alexandr Dolgopolov survived a three-hour rain interruption to claim his second career title with a 6-7 (7/9), 6-4, 6-1 win over Germany's Tommy Haas at the ATP hardcourt event.

Dolgopolov, ranked 25th in the world, denied the 34-year-old Haas a ninth career title in the US.

"I didn't know quite how to play him before I came out but it worked well and I'm happy I won," said Dolgopolov. "I needed to show my best game.

"I had to attack and make winners against Tommy. It was a tight match, especially in the opening set with the weather coming in.

"I had to play well in the important moments and ignore the conditions," added the Ukrainian who hammered 11 aces.

Dolgopolov needed two-and-a-quarter hours on court to secure his victory in the tough conditions.

Haas struck nine aces but also produced 11 double-faults -- his last as he dropped to 5-1 down in the final set.

Haas, ranked 36th in the world, was bidding for his second trophy this season after beating Roger Federer for the Halle title on grass two months ago.

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His Olympic title may not have been a Grand Slam, but it is time to put up or shut up about Andy Murray’s performance. He finally broke through at tennis’ highest level Sunday, demolishing in Roger Federer in the men’s singles final, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4. He did it at in the Olympics, at Wimbledon, in front of his home country, on the biggest stage of sports.

So why, did the doubt still linger after he dominated his way to a gold medal? One answer is easy: while the Olympics may be the pinnacle of athletics, it is not the pinnacle of tennis. Though most would argue that tennis’ greatest achievement is winning at Wimbledon, they refer of course to the hallowed Wimbledon Championships played unfailingly every summer during the last week of June and the first week of July.

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Olympic champion Andy Murray was forced to withdraw from the Toronto Masters with a knee injury, sending Canadian Milos Raonic into the quarter-finals of his home event.

Murray, who won a struggling second-round match on Wednesday after arriving in Canada on Tuesday from his gold-medal performance at the London Games, was treated for the knee during his victory over Italian Flavio Cipolla.

The pullout came on a day of rain which prevented the start of third-round play with all seven remaining matches finally cancelled in the evening and more bad weather forecast for Friday.

Murray, twice a champion in Canada, will hope to be fit for a title defence starting next week in Cincinnati, the last major tune-up before the August 27 start of the US Open.

"I decided this morning," said Murray. "It was a bit sore yesterday. I came in today, saw the physios, they did some work on it, and it's still a bit sore.

"I did a little warm-up on the bike to try it out and it was still sore. I had to make a decision as to what I was going to do.

"I spoke with the guys and decided the best thing was to rest and try and make sure I can actually let my body kind of adjust to the surface."

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Canada doesn’t usually come to mind when you think about great tennis nations but the country is producing some great young players who may change that way of thinking.

The player who’s getting the most attention is Milos Raonic who is on the verge of reaching the top 20 in the ATP rankings. Raonic has the best serve on the men’s tour and a deft touch at the net. The one drawback for Raonic is his movement but he has made great strides in this area. There are some folks who are concerned that while he was impressive in losses to top players like Roger Federer, Andy Murray and, most recently at the Olympics, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, he hasn’t enjoyed that breakthrough moment.

But it should be noted that Raonic is still 21 years old and has a lot of tennis ahead of him. He has been joined in the top 100 this year by 22-year-old Vasek Pospisil and they combine with ageless doubles specialist Daniel Nestor to give Canada a solid Davis Cup team heading into next month’s World Group qualifying round.

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