LONDON (Reuters) – Roger Federer has not won a grand slam title for almost 30 months and is no longer the world’s top-ranked player, yet when it comes to pulling power he remains the number one attraction at Wimbledon.

The moment the casually-dressed 16-times grand slam champion sauntered on to the players’ terrace on Saturday he looked like the pied piper of Wimbledon.

LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) – Roger Federer has not won a
grand slam title for almost 30 months and is no longer the
world’s top-ranked player, yet when it comes to pulling power he
remains the number one attraction at Wimbledon.

The moment the casually-dressed 16-times grand slam champion
sauntered on to the players’ terrace on Saturday he looked like
the pied piper of Wimbledon.

LONDON (Reuters) – Any men’s competitor not named Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal or Roger Federer might as well stay clear of the All England Club for the next six weeks as the tennis world gears up for a double blockbuster smash at Wimbledon.

Dozens of bit-part players will be determined to break up the domination enjoyed by title holder Djokovic, double winner Nadal and six-times former champion Federer, but the evidence suggests the challengers will be left nursing sore egos and broken dreams, not once but twice.

LONDON, June 21 (Reuters) – Any men’s competitor not named
Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal or Roger Federer might as well stay
clear of the All England Club for the next six weeks as the
tennis world gears up for a double blockbuster smash at
Wimbledon.

Dozens of bit-part players will be determined to break up
the domination enjoyed by title holder Djokovic, double winner
Nadal and six-times former champion Federer, but the evidence
suggests the challengers will be left nursing sore egos and
broken dreams, not once but twice.

LONDON (Reuters) – After struggling with withdrawal symptoms for the past eight years, three-times Olympic gymnastics champion Catalina Ponor will refuel her addiction by making a comeback at the London Games.

“Catalina realised she cannot live without gymnastics. At one point she said to me ‘it’s like a drug for me that I can’t live without’,” Romanian great Nadia Comaneci told Reuters in a telephone interview from Oklahoma.

LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) – After struggling with withdrawal
symptoms for the past eight years, three-times Olympic
gymnastics champion Catalina Ponor will refuel her addiction by
making a comeback at the London Games.

“Catalina realised she cannot live without gymnastics. At
one point she said to me ‘it’s like a drug for me that I can’t
live without’,” Romanian great Nadia Comaneci told Reuters in a
telephone interview from Oklahoma.

LONDON (Reuters) – No matter what David Nalbandian goes on to achieve in his career, it is unlikely he will ever forget a moment of madness that left a linesman bloodied, an angry crowd feeling short-changed and an opponent bewildered.

On Sunday, Nalbandian was leading 7-6 3-3 in the Queen’s Club final against Marin Cilic but after being broken in the seventh game a red mist descended over the Argentine and he slammed his right foot into a wooden advertising board which disintegrated and caused a nasty gash on linesman Andrew McDougall’s left leg.

LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) – No matter what David Nalbandian
goes on to achieve in his career, it is unlikely he will ever
forget a moment of madness that left a linesman bloodied, an
angry crowd feeling short-changed and an opponent bewildered.

On Sunday, Nalbandian was leading 7-6 3-3 in the Queen’s
Club final against Marin Cilic but after being broken in the
seventh game a red mist descended over the Argentine and he
slammed his right foot into a wooden advertising board which
disintegrated and caused a nasty gash on linesman Andrew
McDougall’s left leg.

LONDON (Reuters) – Argentina’s David Nalbandian was defaulted from his Queen’s Club final against Croatia’s Marin Cilic on Sunday for kicking out and injuring a line judge.

Nalbandian was leading 7-6 3-3 when he dropped serve in the seventh game and reacted by slamming his right foot into an advertising board which splintered and gashed official Andrew McDougall’s left leg.

LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) – Argentina’s David Nalbandian was
defaulted from his Queen’s Club final against Croatia’s Marin
Cilic on Sunday for kicking out and injuring a line judge.

Nalbandian was leading 7-6 3-3 when he dropped serve in the
seventh game and reacted by slamming his right foot into an
advertising board which splintered and gashed official Andrew
McDougall’s left leg.