Showing posts with label champion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label champion. Show all posts

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Wimbledon: Emma Watson, Lewis Hamilton, Ewan McGregor, others congratulate Andy Murray




Famous tweeps celebrate Andy Murray's historic win at Wimbledon

























Andy Murray is first Brit in 77 years to win Wimbledon



Andy Murray is the first British player since 1936 to win Wimbledon. Fred Perry was the last Brit legend to get the trophy. Murray overcome on Sunday Novak Djokovic in three sets 64 75 64.

Murray's glory moment (Photo via Wimbledon's Facebook page)
It was the hottest final since 1976 with temperatures around 33ºC. Temperatures were also high among the crowd that cheered non-stop for Murray. Centre Court was pretty much like hell for Nole, who still forced Murray to four match-points.

It's also the first Wimbledon win for Murray's coach Ivan Lendl. 

Saturday, July 6, 2013

France's Marion Bartoli conquers Wimbledon

Photo: WTA
Marion Bartoli wins her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, booking her place in tennis history. The French was able to stay calm and focused with her heavy and powerful shot making the difference in an unprecedented final. Fifteen-ranked player didn't give Germany's Sabine Lisicki a chance (6-1 6-4) and wins Wimbledon without giving away a single set.

Lisicki, who had the crowd on her side after defeating Serena Williams and Aga Radwanska, had a tough time to control her emotions and was close to tears at one point in the match, which was her first Grand Slam final.

Monday, June 10, 2013

Monsters Inc' Sulley joins Nadal for Champions pics at Disneyland

Instead of the usual Eiffel Tower background, Rafael Nadal's champions pictures were shot at Disneyland in Paris. Sulley from the movie Monsters Inc joined Nadal, who seemed very happy holding his 8th French Open trophy.





Photos: FFT/CS via Roland Garros Facebook page

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Serena Williams champions pics at Eiffel Tower

Wearing a crop top, one of the fashion trends of this summer, Serena Williams poses with the Suzanne Lenglen trophy in front of the most iconic Parisian landmark, the Eiffel Tower.




Photos: © FFT, via Roland Garros Facebook page

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Federer ties Sampras in Wimbledon titles and most weeks ranked No1

Photo via Wimbledon's Facebook
Roger Federer captures his seventh Wimbledon title, defeating Andy Murray in 4-sets by 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4. The Swiss will become 1-ranked player tomorrow when ATP reveals the new rankings, tying Pete Sampras for the most all time weeks as world No1. Since he is guaranteed the number 1 spot for 2 weeks, he will break the American's record of 286 weeks on top of the ranking. He also equals Sampras record 7th Wimbledon titles. According to ESPN, Sampras said he is already used to Roger Federer breaking his records.
This is the 17th Grand Slam title for Roger Federer, an all-time record, that opens up the debate if he is truly the greatest tennis player in history. 



Federer was pure genius Today and overcome Andy Murray's resilience. The Brit, who had huge support from the crowd on Centre Court, end the match in tears, but still manage to come up with a  couple of jokes: "I'm getting closer", he said, making the crowd laugh. "Before the match I thought I had a good chance against Roger because he is 30 now, but he plays very well for a 30 year-old", he added.

Murray will continue to be world No 4 on Monday, ahead of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who he defeated in the semis. Novak Djokovic will be dethroned by Federer and will take the number 2 spot, while Rafael Nadal will become world No 3.