LONDON (Reuters) – Andy Murray discovered he can still “cry like Roger” Federer but “can’t play like him” as his dreams of ending “150,000 years” of hurt died on a floodlit arena at Wimbledon on Sunday.

Two years after blubbing his way through a runners-up speech at the Australian Open, tears of despair were flowing again on Centre Court after Murray’s brave effort to end Britain’s 76-year search for a men’s grand slam champion unraveled under the spell of Federer’s magic.

LONDON (Reuters) – She was born a fighter and on Saturday Serena Williams proved she is the ultimate survivor as she completed her “unbelievable journey” from a pit of despair to win a fifth Wimbledon crown on Saturday.

Seventeen months after a life-threatening blood clot in her lungs almost ended her glittering tennis career, Williams blotted out the mental and physical scars to climb back into the grand slam winner’s circle by snuffing out Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1 5-7 6-2.

LONDON (Reuters) – She was born a fighter and on Saturday Serena Williams proved she is the ultimate survivor as she completed her “unbelievable journey” from a pit of despair to win a fifth Wimbledon crown on Saturday.

Seventeen months after a life-threatening blood clot in her lungs almost ended her glittering tennis career, Williams blotted out the mental and physical scars to climb back into the grand slam winner’s circle by snuffing out Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1 5-7 6-2.

LONDON, July 7 (Reuters) – She was born a fighter and on
Saturday Serena Williams proved she is the ultimate survivor as
she completed her “unbelievable journey” from a pit of despair
to win a fifth Wimbledon crown on Saturday.

Seventeen months after a life-threatening blood clot in her
lungs almost ended her glittering tennis career, Williams
blotted out the mental and physical scars to climb back into the
grand slam winner’s circle by snuffing out Agnieszka Radwanska
6-1 5-7 6-2.

LONDON (Reuters) – In case any of Roger Federer’s rivals thought that, at 30, he had lost all his supernatural powers and would never come close to winning a seventh Wimbledon crown, one booming voice reminded the world on Friday – “You’re a genius Roger, genius!”

The ice-cool Swiss barely raised an eyebrow as the male fan’s cry thundered around a roof-covered Centre Court, and in four exhilarating sets he pricked, punctured and punched a mighty hole in champion Novak Djokovic’s defenses to reach a record eighth Wimbledon final.

LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) – In case any of Roger Federer’s
rivals thought that, at 30, he had lost all his supernatural
powers and would never come close to winning a seventh Wimbledon
crown, one booming voice reminded the world on Friday – “You’re
a genius Roger, genius!”

The ice-cool Swiss barely raised an eyebrow as the male
fan’s cry thundered around a roof-covered Centre Court, and in
four exhilarating sets he pricked, punctured and punched a
mighty hole in champion Novak Djokovic’s defences to reach a
record eighth Wimbledon final.

LONDON (Reuters) – Andy Murray needs to ditch the ‘Mr. Nice Guy’ image and become more arrogant, brash and big-headed if he has aspirations of becoming Wimbledon champion, according to Goran Ivanisevic.

Expectations that this might be the year that Britain’s great tennis hope ends a 76-year wait for a men’s grand slam champion has been gathering momentum since 10.04 pm local time last Thursday when Murray’s Wimbledon bogeyman Rafa Nadal was sensationally jettisoned from the 2012 championships.

LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) – Andy Murray needs to ditch the
‘Mr Nice Guy’ image and become more arrogant, brash and
big-headed if he has aspirations of becoming Wimbledon champion,
according to Goran Ivanisevic.

Expectations that this might be the year that Britain’s
great tennis hope ends a 76-year wait for a men’s grand slam
champion has been gathering momentum since 10.04 pm local time
last Thursday when Murray’s Wimbledon bogeyman Rafa Nadal was
sensationally jettisoned from the 2012 championships.

LONDON (Reuters) – He might have raised a few disapproving eyebrows among Wimbledon’s head honchos but nobody would have blamed a tortured Mikhail Youzhny if he had chosen to use his racket end to scrape “Help Me!” into the hallowed Centre Court turf.

After all, he is no stranger to conveying his innermost thoughts with his on-court artwork.

LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) – He might have raised a few
disapproving eyebrows among Wimbledon’s head honchos but nobody
would have blamed a tortured Mikhail Youzhny if he had chosen to
use his racket end to scrape “Help Me!” into the hallowed Centre
Court turf.

After all, he is no stranger to conveying his innermost
thoughts with his on-court artwork.