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It's July - Time to Get Ready
Wimbledon has wrapped up and next around the corner is the American hard courts.
Wimbledon, what more can you say about Roger capturing the title again in yet another close match with Nadal. This time, on Nadal's least favorable surface. Certainly some amazing history being made there. Those who may say Americans didn't make it too interesting... need to look again. For those who say Wimbledon is tennis and deny the clay argument... well, some compelling stories. Some of the other Wimbledon highlights:
Tim Henman. Tim was here in '94 at the start of his career, happened to be the start of the Binghamton Challenger. Tim Henman was the main British player this year and hence, had a bit more attention on him. His 1st round match with Carlos Moya was a classic. A Andre Agassi - Pat Rafter US Open, around 2001-ish, type match. Two well known, star players on the back half of their careers, playing on the biggest stage with Henman having the home field advantage. Henman playing a 5 setter in Wimbledon is one of the most entertaining things in tennis nowadays. Britian doesn't have too many stars at the moment, and they know how to get behind the few they do have. Tim had some magic for that one match and it provided some of the best entertainment right out of the gate.
Jamie Murray. Jamie stealing some thunder from his brother again. Jamie teamed up with Jelena Jankovic in mixed doubles, and it is mixed doubles so the media wasn't exactly covering it all over; but they displayed some great chemistry between them, almost a bit of young romance and it put the mixed doubles as a headline. They went over the top and got to the final, and Britian had someone to cheer on the final day for the 1st time in a long time. Jamie Murray, a doubles finalist last year here in Binghamton, won the mixed and provided some refreshing entertainment with the simple chemistry of his partner. Jamie, not Andy, who is the 1st Murray to attend the champions ball... selling mixed doubles no less!
Other noteworthy former players included Janko Tipsarevic; obviously the large British contigent of whom, Lee Childs was the only to qualify; other qualifiers included Reynolds, Fleishman, Zib, Falla (again), Warburg, and De Voest.
