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Cameron Norrie reaches Wimbledon semi-finals ... The All England Club will be put under increasing pressure to alter their long-running dress code, with female ...

Red under-shorts will be worn by the protestors in tribute to Tatiana Golovin, who sparked a frenzy by doing the same thing during her match in 2007. A six-time Wimbledon champion and the defending champion so that is a tall order for Cam out on Centre Court." Norrie was serving in the fourth game when Djokovic mishit a drop shot, allowing the Brit to come in and hit to the back of his opponent's court. "He’s finally appreciating where he is, that’s the best thing about all this," she told the Sydney Morning Herald. "Beforehand it was so hard for us to get him to do anything. It took Andy Murray six attempts to reach the Wimbledon final before finishing as runner-up to Roger Federer in 2012. In the meantime, Novak Djokovic and Cameron Norrie are due on court later today to decide who will face Nick Kyrgios in the men's final. It’s another element for us to look out for when the final comes around on Sunday." Plenty of incentive for the Serb this afternoon, then. All of a sudden, he’s going to have plenty of time to think about the final. Incredibly, he still sits two titles behind Rafael Nadal in the all-time charts. Wimbledon was rocked yesterday when Rafael Nadal announced that he would be pulling out of his semi-final with Kyrgios due to an abdominal tear. "It's gonna be his first Grand Slam finals, he's very excited and he does not have much to lose.

Sporting legend Rafael Nadal, who has sadly been forced to withdraw from Wimbledon, has admitted the way he plays tennis is 'a bit strange'

"So, this is all there is to this story. "I don't think that it’s that much more advantageous to be left-handed. However, at no point did I tell him he needs to play with his left hand because that way, he will be much stronger." "I simply advised him to use his strongest hand. "No! That's a legend," he said. "The difference probably is that I was playing sleeveless.

WIMBLEDON HAS always been distinctive. Rules, such as one obliging players to wear only white, give the world's oldest tennis tournament a style of its own.

This week he has even violated Wimbledon’s sacred dress code, by sporting a red cap and red trainers on the hallowed grass. And since a predominant baseline game has proven so effective for Mr Djokovic, Mr Nadal and Roger Federer, who have dominated the men’s sport for nearly two decades, most upcoming players try to emulate them, hastening the convergence of style. In 2001 Wimbledon changed the variety of grass on its courts (the club now uses only perennial ryegrass cut daily to 8mm) but it insists that had no impact on the speed of play. In tennis, playing style is dictated by both the players and by the surface on which they play. On grass, the action is faster, with balls tending to stay low and often skidding. Rules, such as one obliging players to wear only white, give the world’s oldest tennis tournament a style of its own.

Team captain Craig Cameron hailed the commitment of players who have given up their time over the past few months.

Three or four of the guys managed to play every single match, while others committed as much as possible. “And quite a few of the team are guys that I used to teach in the past, which is also nice.” “Our strength this season was that we were able to keep a lot of our players playing a lot of the matches. There was not one match we turned up to thinking we were favourites. You had to fight for every single match. “It was a good, strong and competitive season from all of the teams in the league.

Mark Ferguson is the General Manager of Research at the Sports Turf Research Institute, and responsible for helping not just Wimbledon but sports grounds ...

Bear in mind that Centre Court will get about 85 hours of play over this fortnight, while the average Premier League football ground will get 40 or 50 hours over an entire season. Mark says: “We’re watching as many matches as we can live and on TV and concentrating on how the courts are performing. The STRI has around 10 hectares of land, divided up into rectangles of turf being constantly sprayed, mowed, prodded and tested by scientists.

As the Ladies and Gentlemen's Championships unfold this weekend on ESPN, enjoy glimpses of the more than 250-person strong team bringing fans coverage from ...

On Saturday, the Ladies’ Championship and the Gentlemen’s Doubles titles will be decided, with the Gentlemen’s Championship and Ladies’ Doubles titles to be held Sunday. “We’re proud to be the stewards of this grand event, tennis in an English garden, with a deep roster of past champions and top coaches which helps us define the sport with their insights, opinions and personalities,” says ESPN’s long-time tennis production leader, Jamie Reynolds, Vice President, Production. “Back at full strength, our people can do what they do best, flex their creative muscles to distinguish our production and document the competition.” LONDON – For the first time in three years – there was no Wimbledon in 2020 and Covid reduced the number of credentials a year ago – the ESPN Tennis Team in London is enjoying being back at full strength.