Roddick and Federer’s Shakespearean sagaThe Wimbledon men’s final was a performance of drama, skill and guts. This wasn’t tennis: it was Shakespeare.
Wimbledon
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.
