The first week of Wimbledon wrapped up with both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in good shape. Seven-time champion Federer hasn’t dropped a set while Nadal looked back in form after dropping the first set winning 18 of 21 games to close out Mikhail Kukushkin.

Federer and Nadal, who each will have to win four best-of-5 set matches in six days to win the title, are headed to a semifinal showdown …

It’s starting to sound like a broken record: Serena Williams has been shocked again at a Grand Slam. This time doing the upset honors was Alize Cornet who overcame a first set shellacking to stun the 5-time Wimbledon champion 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 during a rainy third round Saturday.

“She kept her unforced errors really low,” said Serena who will remain No. 1 despite her poor 2014 Slam record. “I think I …

If Spanish media reports are correct, Nicolas Almagro’s 2014 season is over. According to Marca, the 27th-ranked Almagro will undergo left foot surgery for plantar fasciitis on Monday.

Almagro tried to play at the French Open but retired to Jack Sock after losing the first five games of their first round match. He then tried a month of rehab will little success, so surgery is now the only option.

ALmagro, who …

Following a third quick match in his first Wimbledon title defense, Andy Murray was asked what’s the best thing about being a tennis player. The competition? The camaraderie? The fame? The fortune?

“I love the traveling,” Murray revealed. “That’s the thing I like the most. I don’t like sort of the flying and the airports and stuff. But once you get to different places, like this year I went to Acapulco, …

Tomas Berdych got knocked out of Wimbledon by Marin Cilic in straight sets and then the former finalist took a few shots at the tournament. The match finished so late at 9:38pm local time, the latest finish ever to an outdoor match at Wimbledon, that the poor light prevented the use the of Hawk-Eye technology. And Berdych noticed.

“If I start the match on court where we don’t have Hawk-Eye, it’s …

Novak Djokovic survived one of his scariest spills Friday at Wimbledon. Ahead and in control of his third round match against Gilles Simon at 3-2 in the third, Djokovic stumbled to the turf falling on his left shoulder. For a minute or so the Serb was on the ground in visible agony, clutching at his left shoulder.

Watching, I thought his tournament was over – dislocated shoulder, torn ligaments? But …

China’s Li Na was the toast of the women’s tour after winning the Australian Open, nicked by some to even challenge world No. 1 Serena Williams in the rankings and roll up the Grand Slam titles.

Oh what a difference a month can make.

Roughly one month after losing in the first round at Roland Garros, the No. 2-seeded Na added an early Wimbledon exit on Friday, falling 7-6(5), 7-6(5) to unseeded …

A very scary moment for Novak Djokovic and his fans today. Up two sets and 3-2 in the third, Djokovic tumbled to the ground rolling and injuring his left shoulder in the process.

Djokovic laid on the court in pain before gingerly returning to the chair. He was later treated by tournament medical officials and returned to finish the match to beat Gilles Simon 64, 62, 64.

Djokovic explained the injury to …

While walking the grounds at Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic was mobbed as usual by fans looking for autographs and more. One girl was extra emotional and after getting an autograph, a selfie and a hug she completely broke down, shaking in tears.

Djokovic won his match later beating Gilles Simon in three sets. He’ll play Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the fourth round on Monday.

Nick Kyrgios is making it clear, he wants to be the No. 1 player in the world. And at the rate the young 19-year-old is improving, he might get there someday.

Yesterday, Kyrgios came back from two sets and then saved nine matchpoints to shock former semifinalist Richard Gasquet in the second round at Wimbledon.

“My goal is to become the No. 1 player in the world,” Kyrgios said when told Gasquet …

Following a quick second round win last night over Gilles Muller, Roger Federer addressed the topic of the day: time between points. In Grand Slam events men are allowed 20 seconds to serve after points, however that rule has long been abused and debated. And Federer wants the rules to be followed.

“I just think it’s important that we, as players, play up to speed,” Federer said. “And don’t exceed …

Title favorites Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova moved closer to a potential quarterfinal meeting with wins on Thursday at Wimbledon.

The top-seeded Serena rolled over South African Chanelle Scheepers 6-1, 6-1, while the No. 5-seeded Sharapova in like fashion dispatched of Swiss qualifier Timea Bacsinszky 6-2, 6-2 to move into the third round.

Sharapova will next meet the dangerous American Alison Riske.

“I feel like her game matches up with grass extremely well,” …

Part-time Miami resident Andy Murray hopes the NBA’s best player stays in the city of his second home. Lebron James announced earlier this week that he would opt out of his contract with the Miami Heat possibly moving to a new city, but many fans, including Murray, hope he remains in South Florida.

“Well, I hope he stays in Miami,” said Murray who attends Heat games. “I guess we’ll obviously have …

The much anticipated rematch between Rafael Nadal and Lukas Rosol went the way of the Spaniard today who gained revenge with a 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-4 win in the second round of Wimbledon.

The match wasn’t all for not as Rosol did the unthinkable by knocking over one of Nadal’s water bottles on a changeover.

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Radek “The Worm” Stepanek has an asterisk next to his name at Grand Slams as an upset-maker, and the Czech almost orchestrated another shocker on Wednesday at Wimbledon where he stretched world No. 1 near the limit, coming withing points of taking the match to five sets before falling 6-4, 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-6(5).

“I should have not complicated my life in the way,” Djokovic said about a straight-set opportunity that almost …