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Michael Pavitt: Pondering populations and future fifth set tie breaks

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If I have learnt anything from the FIFA World Cup, it is that Croatia and Iceland have populations of 4.3 million and 344,000 respectively.

strain the match placed upon him, which left him even more of an underdog for the final against Novak

Djokovic.There was also criticism for organisers with the match ultimately forcing Djokovic and Rafael


Kerber beats Williams to earn first Wimbledon title as Djokovic completes epic semi-final win over Nadal

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Angelique Kerber beat seven-time champion Serena Williams to win her first Wimbledon title on a day when Novak

Djokovic reached his first Grand Slam final in two years after beating Rafael Nadal in five sets.

Duchess of Sussex.The two women finalists had to wait for their Centre Court moment until the Djokovic-Nadal

towering final set to reach his first major final since the 2016 US Open.Rafa Nadal, left, congratulates Novak

Djokovic after their epic Wimbledon men's singles semi-final ©Getty ImagesDjokovic dominated the men's

I'm just overwhelmed," Djokovic told BBC Sport."It's very special.


"Grand Slams need to change" says Anderson after beating Isner in Wimbledon's longest semi-final

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Kevin Anderson signalled that Grand Slam tournaments needed to change their rules over the length of matches after reaching the Wimbledon final today, in a semi-final against US player John Isner that took six hours and 35 minutes - the longest last four game ever played at the Championships.

the All England Club.The longest previous Wimbledon semi-final was the 2013 meeting between Serbia's Novak

Djokovic and Juan Martin Del Pietro of Argentina, which lasted 4 hours 44 minutes.John Isner of the

the match approached its sixth hour it was announced that the second men's singles semi-final between Djokovic

 Although that may be of small comfort to him right now.The Djokovic v Nadal semi-final proved worth


Anderson stuns Federer from match point down to reach Wimbledon semi-finals

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Kevin Anderson recovered from two sets and a match point down to complete a remarkable men's singles quarter-finals victory over defending champion Roger Federer at Wimbledon today.

Milos Raonic 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 6-3.Roger Federer also reached the semi-finals today ©Getty ImagesSerbia's Novak

Djokovic also reached the first semi-finals since he won the event in 2015.He enjoyed a 6-3, 3-6, 6-

It feels great to be in the last four of a Slam," Djokovic said afterwards."

also won an epic five set battle today against Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro for the right to face Djokovic


Kerber to face Ostapenko in Wimbledon semi-finals

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Germany’s Angelique Kerber is through to the women’s singles semi-finals at Wimbledon after the highest remaining seed beat Russia’s Daria Kasatkina in straight sets today.

Wimbledon for the first time since 2013, when he reached the semi-finals before losing to Serbia’s Novak

Djokovic in five sets.Seventeen-time Grand Slam champion Nadal earned his first Wimbledon quarter-final

berth since finishing runner-up to Djokovic in 2011 with a straight-sets win over unseeded Czech Jiří


Federer breezes through on manic day at Wimbledon

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Top seed Roger Federer was in fine form as he marched on towards a ninth Wimbledon title by brushing aside Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.

-time Grand Slam champion, a double winner at Wimbledon, won 6-3, 6-3, 6-4.Serbia's triple champion Novak

Djokovic continued his quest for a 13th Grand Slam crown as the 12th seed, still looking for his best


Halep and Zverev among big names beaten at Wimbledon

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Simona Halep and Alexander Zverev were among top players to crash-out of Wimbledon at the All England Club today in the third round.

seed won 6-4, 7-6, 6-3 against Benoit Paire of France in an entertaining contest.Three-time champion Novak

Djokovic ended the hopes of British number one Kyle Edmund, the last home player left in either


Defending champion Muguruza stunned by Van Uytvanck at Wimbledon

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Spain's defending champion Garbiñe Muguruza was dumped out of the women's tournament in the second round as play continued at Wimbledon today.

-time Grand Slam champion, a double winner at Wimbledon, won 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.Serbia's triple champion Novak

Djokovic continued his quest for a 13th Grand Slam crown as the 12th seed, still looking for his best


Two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova falls to first round defeat

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first round at the All England Club on a day that also saw second seed in the men’s draw Rafael Nadal, Novak

Djokovic and defending women's champion Garbine Muguruza all win comfortably.

won only his second ever match at Wimbledon, beating Alex Bolt from Australia 6-2, 6-3, 7-5.Serbia's Djokovic


Fans dreaming of Federer v Nadal final with Wimbledon set to begin

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Ten years since they played out what many consider to be the greatest tennis match of all time, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are once again seeded first and second respectively for the men's singles at Wimbledon. 

history could repeat itself a full decade later.Elsewhere in the draw three-time Wimbledon champion Novak

Djokovic has shown signs that he is returning to his best following an elbow injury that has plighted


Thiem and Nadal win in straight sets to reach French Open final

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Austria's Dominic Thiem set up a French Open final with 10-time champion Rafael Nadal today after both players won their respective semi-finals in straight sets at Roland Garros.

before the dominance of the seventh seed eventually told against a player who had stunned Serbia's Novak

Djokovic in the quarter-finals."


Halep sets up Muguruza semi-final before rain stops play at French Open

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Romania's world number one Simona Halep recovered from a set down to beat Angelique Kerber 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 and set-up a French Open semi-final with Spaniard Garbiñe Muguruza today.

the other match.Austria's Dominic Thiem and unseeded Italian Marco Cecchinato - who stunned Serbia's Novak

Djokovic yesterday - have already reached the semi-finals.


Cecchinato stuns Djokovic to reach French Open semi-finals

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Unseeded Italian Marco Cecchinato stunned Serbia's Novak Djokovic to reach the semi-finals of the French

Djokovic, a 12-time Grand Slam champion, went two sets to love down in Paris before fighting-back to

I am very happy because it is unbelievable to beat Novak Djokovic at a quarter-final in Roland Garros


Zverev survives scare to reach French Open quarter-final

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Second seeded German Alexander Zverev came through a tough match against unseeded Russian Karen Khachanov to book his spot in the last eight of the French Open at Roland Garros today.

ensuring he made it to the quarter-finals.Elsewhere in the men’s event, 12-time Grand Slam champion Novak

Djokovic of Serbia defeated Spain’s Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.Sloane Stephens has dropped just