Madrid Masters

David Nalbandian, ranked 25, stunned Federer by coming from one set down to take
the next two quite comfortably to dethrone the world no.1 as the 2007 Madrid Masters
champion. Enroute to the final, Nalbandian had defeated no.2 Rafael Nadal and no.3 Novak Djokovic, the first player to do so after Boris Becker, before eventually conquering Federer.
This is Nalbandian's first victory over the world no.1 in their last 9 meetings.

Its Federer Vs Nadal in Wimbledon Again

Defending champion and world no.1 Roger Federer will meet world no.2 and three-time
French Open winner Rafel Nadal in the 2007 Wimbledon finals on Sunday. The two had
already clashed thrice this year, the last time being in the French Open finals in July, which
Nadal had won in four sets. This year, Nadal is already 2-1 up against Federer.
Overall, Nadal leads 8-4 in their head-to-head meetings.

Bartoli Stuns Henin

In a shock defeat, World no.1 Justin Henin went down to the spirited 18th seeded
Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli in three sets. After having lost the first set 6-1, Bartoli
staged one of the remarkable comebacks in the women's tennis history to take home
the next two sets, 5-7 and 1-6 to complete an extraordinary victory and a place in the
finals. In the finals, she'll meet three time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams of US. 

Djokovic - Marcos Baghdatis Quarter Final

The QF match between the 4th seed Djokovic and 10th seed Marcos Baghdatis
was the fourth longest match in the Wimbledon history. The match, which was
eventually won byDjokovic in five sets, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (11-9), 6-7 (3-7), 4-6, 7-5,
lasted five hours, just five minutes short of the record for the longest ever match
to be played in Wimbledon on a single day.  

Federer Vs Gasquet

World no.1 Roger Federer holds a 5-1 win-loss record against the 12th-seeded
and surprise semifinalist Gasquet. In the last Wimbledon, the two met in the first
round; however, Federer then hammered him quite easily.

Five Setters for Women

From 1984-98, the finals of the WTA Tour Championships (now Sony Ericsson
Championships) was a best-of-five-set match, making it the only tournament
in the women's circuit to have a five-set match in any round of the competition.
The format was reverted back to the usual three-setters in 1999. 

Ivan Lendl and Grand Slams

Even though, the former world no.1 Ivan Lendl had not ever won the Wimbledon in his
glittering 16 year career (twice he was a runner up), he holds the unique record of
appearing in most number of singles grand slam finals - 19 -  in the history of world tennis. Of the 19 finals, he had won 8. 

Can Canas Make it Three in a Row

Can Guillermo Canas repeat his act? The Argentinian world no.17 had defeated 
Roger Federer in the last of their two meetings, the second only player after Nadal
to defeat the world no.1 in two consecutive matches since he had attained the top
rank slot. Canas had prevailed over Federer in the Sony Ericsson Open this March, 
and two weeks earlier in Indiana Wells.  Overall, he is 3-1 up against Federer. 

Interesting Fact

Only two players in the current top 20 ATP rankings had won Wimbledon before -
Roger Federer (4 times)  and the 19th ranked Aussie, Lleyton Hewitt in 2002. 
No. 3 Andy Roddick had lost in the finals twice - in 2004 & 2005 - against R Federer.

Match Schedules - QF Onwards

Tue 3 July - Ladies' Singles (QF) Center Court & No.1
Wed 4 July - Men's Singles (QF) Center Court & No.1

Thu 5 July - Ladies' Singles (SF) Center Court or No.1
                    - Men's Doubles (SF) Center Court or No.1
                    - Ladies' Doubles (QF) Center Court
Fri 6 July   - Men's Singles (SF) Center Court

Sat 7 July   - Ladies' Singles (Final) Center Court
                    - Men's Doubles (Final) Center Court
Sun 8 July - Men's Singles (Final) Center Court
                   - Ladies' Doubles (Final) Center Court

Rafael Nadal in Wimbledon

Rafael Nadal appeared thrice in Wimbledon, 2007 being his fourth appearence.
He was eliminated in 3rd round in 2003, 2nd round in 2005, and was a finalist
in 2006, which he lost to the eventual winner and World no.1 Roger Federer. 

Roger Federer Vs Marat Safin: Head-to-Head

Roger Federer, the Swiss world number one, and Russia's Marat Safin had played
9 times overall against each other, the Wimbledon 2007  third round match is their
10th confrontation. Federer had won in seven of those encouters.  However, when
they met last time in a grand slam match, it was Marat Safin who had the last laugh,
defeating Federer in an epic 5 set duel in the 2005 Australian Open semifinals,
the tournament which the former had eventually won.

Wimbledon Trivia

Do you know??

Ball Girls were first employed in 1977.

Yellow balls were introduced in 1986.

Last time, somebody played with wooden rackets in Wimbledon was in 1987.

Goran Ivanisevic was the first wild card entrant to win singles title (2001).

The first TV coverage of a Wimbledon match was in 1937.