Roger Federer needed 16 games in the fifth and deciding set to win his 15th major tournament.
Such a poetically appropriate detail helps explain how a legendary athlete became even more of an icon on Sunday evening at Wimbledon, and yet, in the aftermath of another classic gentlemen’s singles final at the Big W, that numerical [...]

For the past two years and three of the last four, Centre Court was Venus Williams’s personal summer cottage. Now, another member of the Williams household has claimed ownership of the most famous place in tennis.
Serena Williams had not won a ladies’ singles championship at the All-England Club since 2003, but this [...]

As Roger Federer and Andy Roddick meet once again at Wimbledon, two paths that meandered in such distinctly different directions have suddenly converged to create a rather remarkable backdrop to this year’s gentlemen’s singles final. When these familiar foes face each other on Sunday at Centre Court, they’ll find it impossible to ignore the match [...]

The history books will note that Serena Williams won Thursday’s sensational Wimbledon semifinal against Elena Dementieva. When glimpsed from a higher vantage point, however, this ladies’ singles spectacular formed a mountaintop moment that will be shared by both performers, and an audience lucky enough to watch it.
Yes, Serena claimed this classic confrontation, 6-7 (4), 7-5, [...]