What, No Rattles, Klaxons or Vuvuzelas?

SAY IT AIN’T SO: The All England Club has banned vuvuzelas (those renowned World Cup noisemakers) from Wimbledon.  Said Ian Ritchie, “Rattles, klaxons and vuvuzelas all fall into that category.  Our message is do not bring them in the first place.”…For the first time in its 133-year history, there will be no English players in [...]

Looking Ahead: Cilic vs. Del Potro

Breakthrough Win Sends Cilic to First Slam Quarterfinal

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. — Far from the emerald-green lawns of the All England Club, and the shouldering-a-nation pressures that come with being the British No. 1, Andy Murray has historically played his best tennis on this side of The Pond. He won his first Challenger title in the little seaside enclave of Aptos, Calif., back [...]

The Weather that Roof Built

100%-UNDENIABLE-MAIL-IT-IN-YOU-CAN-GO-TO-THE-BANK-OR-BET-THE-MORTGAGE-ON-IT CERTAINTY: One thing we knew FOR SURE going into this year’s Wimbledon is that after years of hype and construction (plus buckets of pounds), the debut of Wimbledon’s snazzy moveable roof would be met with glorious, quasi tropical weather. So far there have been three bone-dry days in London and the usual scowling English [...]