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Alison Riske joins Brett Haber and...

Alison Riske joins Brett Haber and Jon Wertheim in the studio to talk about her first-round Wimbledon win

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Lightning struck twice today on Centre Court Steve Flink explains:

Lightning struck twice today on Centre Court ⚡Steve Flink explains:


WIMBLEDON If you had a Centre Court ticket today at the All England Club, the program looked thoroughly enticing and the audience seemed certain to be richly entertained by the cavalcade of stars walking out onto the most famous tennis court in the world.

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Another retirement today puts Roger Federer in to...

Another retirement today puts Roger Federer in to the 2nd round of Wimbledon and has sparked some discussion on what to do about retirements:

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Novak Djokovic advances to the second round of...

Novak Djokovic advances to the second round of Wimbledon with a retirement from Klizan. Brett Haber, Jon Wertheim, & Paul Annacone discuss:

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"So do results make the person? Or does a...

"So do results make the person? Or does a person need to be validated by anything other than pure self-belief?"


Each had won a first round match. One has played more than 100 Grand Slam singles matches; the other less than 50. One has won two majors and is currently ranked number one in the world. The other has made it to one Grand Slam semi and reached a career-

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Coming up next on Wimbledon Primetime, WATCH Roger...

Coming up next on Wimbledon Primetime, WATCH Roger Federer hit his 10,000th ace following Novak Djokovic's matchCoverage presented by AT&T ?

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CoCo Vandeweghe celebrated theFourth Of July today...

CoCo Vandeweghe celebrated theFourth Of July today with a win at Wimbledon! She joined Brett Haber and Jon Wertheim to chat about her win:

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Coming up, American CoCo Vandeweghe joins us in...

Coming up, American CoCo Vandeweghe joins us in the studio to talk about her win today! ??

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Aussies in action: Wimbledon Day 3

London, UK, 5 July 2017 | AAP

MEN’S DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND

Matt Reid (AUS)/John-Patrick Smith (AUS) v [11] Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez (ESP) – Court 5, third match

[9] Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/Horia Tecau (ROU) v Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) – Court 10, first match

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Retirements Plague Wimbledon on Day 2 of Championships

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Djokovic won Eastbourne today for his 2nd title of the year by defeating Monfils 6-3, 6-4. Regrettably, I couldn't watch the match but I followed live scores and watched the highlights.

I said in my last post that if he kept improving he should win the final and I think that is exactly what he did. Monfils is a talented player and to break him three times on grass in two sets is a good effort.

Judging from the highlights and the match stats Djokovic's returns and backhand is still in good shape while he made 72% of his first serves. Another thing that occured to me this week was his net game and he was 9/12 at the net vs Monfils.

Like Djokovic's game in general, his volleys are underrated. His backhand, movement, and returns are not underrated. Everyone knows those are world class. But I think his net game, serve, forehand, and touch is underrated.

You are not going to be an all-time great on grass like Djokovic without having some net skills. He has many strengths but his volleys are an important part of his game on grass especially. He has some pretty average overheads and he can look stupid at the net but when he plays well he can also play surprisingly well at the net.

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When in London, visit Dennis Severs’ house...

When in London, visit Dennis Severs’ house for an interactive time capsule experience!WATCH more in today's Destination Tennis:http://tennischannel.com/news/more-stories/dennis-severs-house-london-06-28-2017

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Full schedule of the day's best matches...

Full schedule of the day's best matches today during Wimbledon Primetime! Tune in now for CoCo Vandeweghe and coming up, Angelique Kerber! Wimbledon Primetime coveraged brought to you by AT&T ?tennischanneleverywhere.com

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THIS MONTH: Tennis Channel Plus has...

THIS MONTH: Tennis Channel Plus has the best of the Grand Slams so far this year, and LIVE Citi Open action! Subscribe now at BuyTCPlus.com

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Grab your pimms and tune in now!...

Grab your pimms and tune in now! Wimbledon Primetime is THE place to watch all the best matches of the day, on Tennis Channel and tennischanneleverywhere.com

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Happy Independence Day! Jon Wertheim explores...

Happy Independence Day! ??Jon Wertheim explores the interesting relationship between sports and the Fourth of July in today's Unstrung:

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Wimbledon isn't Wimbledon without the perfect strawberry (: Wimbledon)

Wimbledon isn't Wimbledon without the perfect strawberry ?(?: Wimbledon)

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Thompson left frustrated by defeat

London, UK, 5 July 2017 | AAP

A frustrated Jordan Thompson was left to rue a missed opportunity to build on his strong grasscourt form after crashing out of the first round at Wimbledon.

Two weeks to the day that the Sydneysider lowered the colours of world No.1 Andy Murray at Queen’s Club, Thompson was bundled out by Spanish 25th seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4 6-4 7-6(4).

After losing the opening set, the 23-year-old led 3-1 in the second after finally breaking the serve of the left-hander from Barcelona.

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Coming up today on Wimbledon Primetime: Angelique Kerber,...

Coming up today on Wimbledon Primetime: Angelique Kerber, Novak Djokovic, and Roger Federer

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Disappointed Dasha laments Wimbledon showing

Daria Gavrilova was in a confessional mood in her post-match press conference as she attempted to process her heart-breaking loss to Petra Martic at Wimbledon.

London, UK, 5 July 2017 | AAP

Daria Gavrilova dubbed herself a Grand Slam choker after adding a despairing first-round Wimbledon defeat to her depressing run at the majors.

Little more than a month after also falling in the opening round at Roland Garros, the new Australian No.1 suffered a gut-wrenching 6-4 2-6 10-8 loss to Croatian qualifier Petra Martic.

Despite her steady rankings rise to 20th in the world, Gavrilova has won just four Grand Slam matches in her past five majors – and only one outside of Australia.

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TUNE IN NOW-- Wimbledon Primetime is bringing you...

TUNE IN NOW-- Wimbledon Primetime is bringing you the best matches of the day from London ??

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