Finally it’s time for strawberries and creamJohn Isner finally emerged as the winner of the three day, 12 hour, epic Wimbledon battle with Nicolas Mahut. The longest match ever contained the longest set, the most games and the most aces.
Wimbledon
Roddick and Federer’s Shakespearean saga
The Wimbledon men’s final was a performance of drama, skill and guts. This wasn’t tennis: it was Shakespeare.
Why Wimbledon grass is greener for Hewitt
There is a frantic grace to Hewitt on grass and he never looked like losing the third set, writes Mikey Stafford of Lley Lley’s third-round Wimbledon win.
Wimbledon’s new retractable roof unveiled
The closing of a Wimbledon roof in seven minutes, four seconds drew 15,000 pairs of eyes upwards with the sense of wonder that normally overcomes a first-time visitor to the Sistine Chapel.
Australian tennis is stuffed
The extraordinary brilliance on display in the Wimbledon men’s final only served to highlight the paucity of the current Antipodean offering, writes Charles Happell.
