Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic pose at the Champions Dinner. Wimbledon 2015

Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic pose at the Champions Dinner at the Guild Hall on day thirteen of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July

Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic pose at the Champions Dinner at the Guild Hall on day thirteen of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July

Serena Williams attends the Wimbledon Champions Dinner at The Guildhall on July 12, 2015 in London

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza capturing their very first Grand Slam doubles title. Wimbledon 2015

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza cemented their status as the No.1 team in the world by capturing their first Grand Slam doubles title together. It wasn't easy by any means, though. 

 After splitting two very close sets against two-time Grand Slam champions Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina, Hingis and Mirza - who were playing just their second Grand Slam together - saw their hopes of a first major fading away as they fell behind 5-2 in the third set, a game away from going out. But a fierce rally saw them draw level at 5-all, and after a roughly half hour break for the Centre Court roof to be closed due to fading light, the No.1-seeded Swiss-Indian duo came out stronger, breaking the No.2-seeded Russians one last time then serving it out for a gritty 5-7, 7-6(4), 7-5 victory. 

 "I had a great partner to pull me through. It takes guts and courage being down 5-2 in the third set and coming back to win. Couldn't have asked for more drama how to win it," Hingis said after the match. "To come out here at Wimbledon, this is something we dream of as kids," Mirza commented. "Every kid that picks up a tennis racquet, it's about winning Wimbledon, or playing at Wimbledon one day. 
 "When we came back out at 5-all, we had goosebumps. 
The energy on the court, we were getting a standing ovation, it was just unbelievable. We both knew this is what we play for, work for - this energy.

SERENA WILLIAMS CONQUERS WIMBLEDON 2015

Playing in the first Grand Slam final of her blossoming career, the No.20-seeded Muguruza came out on fire, breaking in the very first game of the match then holding for 2-0. 

And she held onto that break for a few more games - she extended that 2-0 lead to 3-1 and even 4-2, just a few games from the set. But the No.1-seeded Williams came alive from there, winning five games in a row to build a 6-4, 1-0 lead, and then, after Muguruza held to even it up, 1-1, she reeled off four straight games for a 5-1 lead. 

 It wasn't over at all - Muguruza clawed back, winning the next three games to close the gap to 5-4, but Williams summoned up one last break of serve to clinch the match and the championships, 6-4, 6-4. The finalists met the BBC's Sue Barker for the traditional on-court interviews after the match. "I'm very happy and proud to be playing in front of this amazing crowd," Muguruza said of her first Grand Slam final. 
"I love to play on big courts, and a Grand Slam final is just a dream come true for me. 
 "But I also want to say congratulations to Serena. She's showing us she's still World No.1."

MUGURUZA ADVANCES TO FINAL OF THE WIMBLEDON 2015

For all of her apparent vulnerabilities, you cannot accuse Garbine Muguruza of shying away from the moment.

 This is a player who is relishing a Centre Court date with Serena Williams in the Wimbledon final, yet admits to uncertainty on grass, battles with nerves and rigid superstitions which have to this point even kept her parents away from the All England Club.
 It is a delightful contradiction, one that makes her both admirable and relatable all at once. 
The fans at SW19 have certainly embraced her – they cheered loudly as she jumped for joy following her 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 semi-final victory over Agnieszka Radwanska on Thursday.


 Muguruza led by a set and 3-1 before Radwanska fought her way back by rattling off five games in a row to make it one set all. After trading early breaks in the decider, Muguruza won a decisive sixth game to go up 4-2 and served out the match soon afterwards.

Serena Williams: "Garbine has been around a while. She's played really big here. She's beaten me before. She knows what to do"

"Garbine has been around a while. She's played really big here. She's beaten me before. 
She knows what to do"

In tennis, the mental game can be almost as pivotal as the physical, never more so than when the player across the net is Serena Williams.

 Maria Sharapova went into their Wimbledon semi-final dragging the baggage of what some US media outlets refer to as their “un-rivalry” – 16 straight defeats in the last 11 years, with her only two wins back in 2004. 
In search of some competitive way to rationalise those numbers, the Russian told the media: “Every time it’s a new match.” Yes – along with a new defeat, it seems. Sharapova was about as much of a problem as the wasp the No.1 seed swatted away shortly before notching up a double break in the first set. For Sharapova – the only other active player with a complete set of Slam titles – the 6-2, 6-4 defeat in 79 minutes was largely a familiar story. 
Williams flattened her to reach her first Wimbledon final in three years. With Serena into her 25th Grand Slam final, at least it can be said of the player barring her way to a second calendar Slam that this opponent has actually beaten her at some stage in the last decade or so. Step forward the No.20 seed Garbine Muguruza, who shocked Serena at Roland Garros in 2014. 
That day the Spaniard dished out the most humiliating Grand Slam defeat of Williams’ career, permitting her just four games, and afterwards the victor said this: “A change is coming. Some time the new generation has to come through and I think now is the moment.”

Serena Williams vs Maria Sharapova. THE SEMIFINALS.

(1) Serena Williams (USA #1) vs (4) Maria Sharapova (RUS #4) 

H2H: Serena leads Sharapova, 17-2 

 6) Sharapova will go back up to No.2 now - on the WTA Rankings and Road To Singapore. Right now, Sharapova is No.4 on the WTA Rankings and No.3 on the Road To Singapore leaderboard, but no matter what happens this week, she'll be No.2 behind Serena on both lists come Monday. 
 7) Everyone talks about Serena's finals record, but her semifinal record is pretty amazing too. Serena is an amazing 20-4 in her career in Grand Slam finals, but she's an even more amazing 24-3 in Grand Slam semifinals. The only losses? Venus Williams in the 2000 Wimbledon semifinals, Justine Henin in the 2003 French Open semifinals and Kim Clijsters in the 2009 US Open semifinals. 
 8) Sharapova has a winning record in Grand Slam semifinals too. It's not as lopsided as Serena's record, but Sharapova is a winning 10-9 in Grand Slam semifinals. 
 9) Sharapova has seven wins over World No.1s. Sharapova, a former No.1 herself, has seven wins over reigning No.1s - Lindsay Davenport twice, Victoria Azarenka twice, and Amélie Mauresmo, Justine Henin and Caroline Wozniacki once each. 
 10) But beating Serena is another story... Sharapova has never beaten Serena while she's No.1, and she actually hasn't beaten her in more than 10 and a half years - she's lost 16 straight since beating her at the WTA Finals in November 2004.

Agnieszka Radwanska vs Garbiñe Muguruza. THE SEMIFINALS. WIMBLEDON 2015

(13) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL #13) vs (20) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP #20) 

H2H: Series tied, 2-2 

 1) Muguruza is playing her first Grand Slam semifinal. Muguruza's best Grand Slam results before this were quarterfinals at the French Open in 2014 (falling to Sharapova) and 2015 (falling to Lucie Safarova). She's now into her first Grand Slam semifinal. 
 2) Radwanska is a fixture in the semifinals here lately. Radwanska has now made the semifinals here three of the last four years - she was a finalist in 2012 (falling to Serena), semifinalist in 2013 (falling to Sabine Lisicki) and now semifinalist again in 2015. Her only other Grand Slam semifinal came at the 2014 Australian Open (falling to Dominika Cibulkova). 
 3) Radwanska's grass court season has been better than the rest of her season combined. Radwanska has rekindled her magic this grass court season, earning 1195 ranking points through her results in Nottingham (semifinals), Eastbourne (final) and Wimbledon (semifinals). That's more ranking points than she earned the entire first five months of her season combined (926 ranking points). 
4) Radwanska will be Top 10 again after this. Having fallen out of the Top 10 in May, her first time out of the Top 10 since 2011, Radwanska is projected to return to the elite after Wimbledon, somewhere between No.6 and No.8, depending. 
 5) Muguruza will break the Top 15 after this. Muguruza will shatter her career-high ranking of No.19 after this tournament. She's projected to rise to No.14 with a semifinal finish, No.9 with a runner-up finish and potentially No.6 with the title.

SERENA WILLIAMS ADVANCES TO SEMIS IN THE WIMBLEDON 2015

Whatever you do, don’t mention the “S” word around Serena Williams. You and I may whisper it – “slam”, there we said it – but not within earshot of the world No.1. Not this summer. 

Not in reference to “Serena” or, worse still, “The Grand”. The “S” word does not exist in her world. In the Williams household, people in a strop do not slam doors, they merely shut them very loudly. Serena jumping for a high volley, then, is going for a shutting-the-door-very-loudly dunk. Wimbledon, for this year only, is a major championship, a grand and venerable tournament, the most prestigious event in the calendar, but it is not a grand s… oops, we almost said it. Twice in the past three days, an intrepid news hound has dared mention the “S” word in the post-match press conference and has been put firmly in his place. 
Miss W does not discuss the “S” word any more. End of story. The reason for all this walking on eggshells is that Williams is on course for the Grand Slam (winning all four major titles in the course of one calendar year) and the Serena Slam – if she wins on Saturday, she will hold all four big titles (her current US Open title is from 2014). She has not been beaten at a major championship since she was ousted by Alize Cornet in the third round here last summer. 

Azarenka brought the very best out of herself and therefore – and unfortunately for her – from Williams but still could not stop her old rival from thundering into the semi-finals 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. 
She, like Williams, is warrior and her heavy hitting from the baseline caught the No.1 cold in the first set. Moving up a gear, Williams went toe to toe with the former Australian Open champion until she found a way to break the Azarenka serve in the second set and from there she was in total control.

MARIA SHARAPOVA INTO SEMIS OF THE WIMBLEDON 2015

There's no easy road to victory. You're going to have your bumps

Competing at Wimbledon for the 13th year, Maria Sharapova had what looked certain to be a routine straight-sets passage into the semi-finals of the Ladies’ Singles slip away from her so dramatically that she found herself involved in a struggle to repel the enthusiastic gallop of CoCo Vandeweghe, an unseeded American who had never before progressed beyond the third round of any Grand Slam. 

 Just in time, the No.4 seed Sharapova remembered her pedigree and her record at these Championships (winner in 2004, runner-up in 2011) to dominate the final set and run out a 6-3, 6-7(3) 6-2 winner in two hours 46 minutes

AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA IN PRESS CONFERENCE. WIMBLEDON 2015

Q. Just talk about you're playing great again and why? 
 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA: Well, I just feel much better than in the beginning of the year. And also, I think the surface also makes a huge difference. Everything is just easier for me. I already have bad times right now, a few months ago. 
 Q. I remember talking about it at Roland Garros when you lost early, you seemed to be upset. But then you left Roland Garros and you came to England and all of a sudden you changed. What happened there? 
 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA: Yeah, well, of course losing first round is always disappointing. I wasn't happy at all. Well, I have some days off. Well, that was a lot of actually time that I had. That's why I also took the wild card to Nottingham, to play some more matches. Especially the grass season was a little bit longer this year. And, you know, I think more matches also give me more confidence. And, you know, I was feeling good from the beginning. That's why I just keep going in Eastbourne. I had a lot of good matches against top players. 
 Q. Did you tell yourself something different when you got home and you were having problems? Did you say, I need to do something different? 
 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA: Well, when I was practicing, everything was okay. I just couldn't do the same things during the matches, and that was it. That's why I just needed more matches. I think I just needed those couple of months to work on that, and I think that works very well.

Wozniacki advances into Wimbledon 2015. Giorgi out

Caroline Wozniacki was just too solid at Wimbledon on Saturday, holding off the giant-killing Camila Giorgi in two comprehensive sets and booking her spot in the fourth round. 
 Giorgi had beaten Wozniacki in two of their three previous meetings, including their only previous meeting at a Grand Slam at the US Open two years ago, but this time it was all Wozniacki. The No.5-seeded Dane made a total of just three unforced errors - while the No.31-seeded Italian committed 10 times as many with 30 - en route to a routine 6-2, 6-2 victory in an hour and 12 minutes on Court 1.

 "It was nice to win this one. You never really feel comfortable against a player like her - she hits the ball as hard as she can," Wozniacki said after the match. 
"Thankfully for me, her shots weren't really going in that much. I also kept serving well and I returned well, which was a big help for me today." 
 "The positive is that I have many, many things to improve in my game," Giorgi said. "The negative is, of course, I lost today. But it's okay. I'll go home and take some days off, and then I'll start again."

Petra Kvitova out of the Wimbledon 2015. Jancovic Win´s

Jelena Jankovic pulled off the biggest surprise of the Wimbledon fortnight on Saturday, battling back to beat two-time champion and World No.2 Petra Kvitova in a shocker. The No.2-seeded Kvitova looked to be in cruise control in the first half of the match, storming out to a 6-3, 3-1 lead, and even holding two points for 6-3, 4-1, but the match turned on a dime from there as the No.28-seeded Jankovic began hitting all the right targets, and she dug it out, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. 
 "I'm overwhelmed. I'm so excited. My heart is still pumping," Jankovic said afterwards. 
 "Playing on grass is very difficult for me - it doesn't come naturally. But playing on Centre Court against the defending champion was just unbelievable. I'm really really happy to win this match!"

SERENA WILLIAMS ADVANCES TO 3 ROUND OF THE WIMBLEDON 2015. BABOS OUT

Serena Williams was at her aggressive best on Wednesday, ripping 23 winners in 59 minutes to storm past Timea Babos and into the third round of The Championships, Wimbledon. 

 A break in the first game of the match carried the No.1-seeded Williams to the first set, and once that one was in her pocket she rolled, eventually beating the No.93-ranked Babos by a 6-4, 6-1 scoreline. Her 23 winners in the match were even more impressive given she had just nine unforced errors. Awaiting the World No.1 in the third round is the British No.1, WTA Rising Star Heather Watson, who rebounded from an early 3-1 hole to beat former Top 5 player Daniela Hantuchova, 6-4, 6-2.

 "I'm really happy with the way I played today," Watson said. "I went 3-1 down in the first set, made a few double faults in that game, kind of gave that game away - but I thought what I did really well today is I stayed composed. I didn't let that bother me. I was a lot more aggressive and played my game."

MARIA SHARAPONA INTO 3 ROUND OF THE WIMBLEDON 2015

Maria Sharapova was pretty flawless against another Dutchwoman at Wimbledon on Wednesday, cruising past Richel Hogenkamp in just 65 minutes. 

 She had some struggles with her serve, one ace being outweighed by eight double faults, but the rest of her game produced twice as many winners as unforced errors - 22 to 11 - and at the end of the day the No.4-seeded Sharapova was just too much for Dutch qualifier Hogenkamp, cruising, 6-3, 6-1. 
The most encouraging stat? Sharapova won 10 of her 13 net approaches during the match. 

 "I didn't find the rhythm on my serve in a few of those games," Sharapova said. "I think the good thing, though, is that I regained my timing and started tossing the ball a little bit more consistently. "Overall, it was different conditions that my first round match. The court played a lot slower. 
We had a lot longer rallies. I didn't get a huge advantage off the serve or the return today - I didn't serve my best - and maybe I made a few too many unforced errors. But overall, once we got into the rallies, once I realized I needed to be a little more patient, then things started working a little better for me."

Simona Halep out of the Wmbledon 2015. Press conference. Cepelova Win´s

From the beginning things were tight but Halep always seemed to have the edge, squeaking out the first set, 7-5, and staying on serve through much of the second set. But Cepelova broke away for a 5-3 lead in the second set and took it, 6-4, then went up 4-1 in the third against a shell-shocked Halep.

 Halep, a semifinalist at Wimbledon a year ago, closed the gap to 4-3 but it was too little too late as the No.106-ranked Cepelova held her nerve to close it out after two hours and 15 minutes, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. 
 "I'm so glad that I won today. Simona is such a tough opponent," Cepelova said. "I like big courts, and I just tried to do my best in the moment.
 I think I was playing well today and I'm just so happy." Perhaps surprisingly, Cepelova's win over the World No.3 isn't the biggest win of her career - she beat Serena Williams, then the World No.1, in the first round of Charleston on green clay last April. 
 "Beating Serena definitely gave me the confidence that I could beat Top 10 players," the Slovak said. "I've had some tough moments this year, but everything is fine now. I'm just really proud." Halep talked about the shock loss in her post-match press conference.

NEWS WIMBLWEDON 2015: I served very well. Before the match you never know how it's going to be

Not for Petra Kvitova any thoughts of easing her way into the defence of her title. Such was the speed of the reigning champion’s first-round victory over the world No.108 Kiki Bertens that the Czech could reasonably have arrived on Centre Court not in tennis kit but the garb of some modern super-heroine. 

 Watched by her parents Jiri and Pavla from the Royal Box, Kvitova absolutely blitzed Bertens 6-1, 6-0 in a lightning 35 minutes – the fastest victory by anyone on Tour in five years. It was a miserably frustrating experience for the Dutchwoman, whose sole point against the champion’s serve arrived when Kvitova double-faulted in the last game of the match.

Evidently, missing Eastbourne with a virus has blunted the No.2 seed’s potential not in the slightest. She has arrived at Wimbledon in full-on formidable form – and yet after this match she declared that she had been nervous before going on court. If that is true, then the thought of what she might yet achieve at times of cool self-assurance over the Fortnight ahead is mind-boggling. 

 “Yes, I’ll be quite happy if every time I’m nervous I play like this,” she smiled, amid laughter at her post-match press conference.

Caroline Wozniacki and Toni (Nadal) keep the fans hydrated. Photo of the day

Caroline Wozniacki and Toni (Nadal) keep the fans hydrated. Photo of the day

NEWS WIMBLEDON 2015. MY WIMBLEDON BY VIKA

Their devotion to the sport is so fun and cool, and as a player you can only appreciate that.

Why I love Wimbledon: "There are so many reasons. First of all, when you're a kid, the one tournament that you think about, the one tournament that you dream about - and it doesn't matter where you're from - is Wimbledon. You dream of coming here and playing here. It's so special. It's the history, it's the tradition, there's so much richness here. 
It's just beautiful. You have memories of being a kid and dreaming about winning here. You want to win the crown and conquer.

" My advice for a fan attending Wimbledon for the first time: 
"You've got to get here early because those lines look really long. I've been to see the Queue before. It's fun to see those people camping. Their devotion to the sport is so fun and cool, and as a player you can only appreciate that. You only get the camping at Wimbledon.
" The player from the past I would like to play on Centre Court: "I would love to play Billie Jean King. She's done so much for women's sport, not just for tennis. She's such an amazing role model, so I would just love to experience that.
" My Wimbledon highlight: "I have so many memories from Wimbledon. I will always cherish the moments I have here."

Daniela Hantuchova sexy: Wimbledon is the most special tournament of the year

Thank you for all your support guys out there today, I'm very happy to b in the next round and especially the way i have played the last 10 games..
Wimbledon is the most special tournament of the year so you can imagine how much it means to me..time to rest up now,good night to everybody! 
Yours Dani

SHARAPOVA INTO 2 ROUND OF THE WIMBLEDON 2015. KONTA OUT

Johanna Konta came to Centre Court on Monday hoping that her rich run of recent form might allow her to catch Maria Sharapova cold. But the steely Russian brought her best game to the first round encounter, defeating the British No 2 6-2 6-2 in an hour and 22 minutes
Sharapova had not played since losing in the fourth round of the French Open, while Konta has reeled off seven victories over world top 100 players since the grass court season started.