LONDON (Reuters) – Andy Murray had one eye on his opponent and one on the clock as his Wimbledon third round clash against Marcos Baghdatis turned into a tension-soaked race against time under Centre Court’s roof on Saturday.

The scoreboard at the end showed the number four seed had won 7-5 3-6 7-5 6-1, but it was the time in the top left corner that had most people transfixed.

LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) – Andy Murray had one eye on his
opponent and one on the clock as his Wimbledon third round clash
against Marcos Baghdatis turned into a tension-soaked race
against time under Centre Court’s roof on Saturday.

The scoreboard at the end showed the number four seed had
won 7-5 3-6 7-5 6-1, but it was the time in the top left corner
that had most people transfixed.

LONDON (Reuters) – Lukas Rosol’s star fell to earth as quickly as it rose on Saturday as the Czech who wrote his name into Wimbledon folklore by beating Rafa Nadal exited the tournament with a performance befitting his lowly ranking.

The man who had blown tennis ball-size holes through Nadal’s concrete defenses with firecracker forehands and massive serves lost 6-2 6-3 7-6 to German Philipp Kohlschreiber in just 97 minutes.

LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) – Lukas Rosol’s star fell to earth
as quickly as it rose on Saturday as the Czech who wrote his
name into Wimbledon folklore by beating Rafa Nadal exited the
tournament with a performance befitting his lowly ranking.

The man who had blown tennis ball-size holes through Nadal’s
concrete defences with firecracker forehands and massive serves
lost 6-2 6-3 7-6 to German Philipp Kohlschreiber in just 97
minutes.

LONDON (Reuters) – In the wake of Rafa Nadal’s collapse under the Centre Court lights, Roger Federer was ‘Mr Calm’ personified as he clawed his way back from the precipice to book his place in the Wimbledon fourth round.

The 16-times grand slam winner was on the cusp of an embarrassing third round exit when he went down by two sets and again when he stood two points from defeat, but he turned it round to beat France’s Julien Benneteau 4-6 6-7 6-2 7-6 6-1.

LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) – In the wake of Rafa Nadal’s
collapse under the Centre Court lights, Roger Federer was ‘Mr
Calm’ personified as he clawed his way back from the precipice
to book his place in the Wimbledon fourth round.

The 16-times grand slam winner was on the cusp of an
embarrassing third round exit when he went down by two sets and
again when he stood two points from defeat, but he turned it
round to beat France’s Julien Benneteau 4-6 6-7 6-2 7-6 6-1.

LONDON (Reuters) – A structure that was originally designed to ward off the terrible British weather divided opinion among Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal after it was employed in two contrasting matches with barely a raindrop in sight.

After number two seed Rafa Nadal was bundled out of the tournament on Thursday with the Centre Court covering in place against little known Czech Lukas Rosol, it was Djokovic’s turn on Friday to play under the lights.

LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) – A structure that was originally
designed to ward off the terrible British weather divided
opinion among Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal after it was
employed in two contrasting matches with barely a raindrop in
sight.

After number two seed Rafa Nadal was bundled out of the
tournament on Thursday with the Centre Court covering in place
against little known Czech Lukas Rosol, it was Djokovic’s turn
on Friday to play under the lights.

LONDON (Reuters) – None of India’s top players want to play with him and he has been called “a backstabber” by his former friend, but on Thursday Leander Paes’s only concern was whether his novice partner at the Olympics had the right shoes to compete.

The doubles specialist has been at the centre of an angry row within Indian tennis over who would partner whom in the tennis competitions at the London Games.

LONDON (Reuters) – None of India’s top players want to play with him and he has been called “a backstabber” by his former friend, but on Thursday Leander Paes’ only concern was whether his novice partner at the Olympics had the right shoes to compete.

The doubles specialist has been at the centre of an angry row within Indian tennis over who would partner whom in the tennis competitions at the London Games.