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“Fame is a bee. It has a song. It has a sting. Ah, too, it has a wing.” Emily Dickinson No wonder Roger has his fame-song. He has a fame-sting for every opponent and his fame-wings made him fly higher and higher. He accomplished all the milestones with flying colors. But somehow thi...

Tennis is a game in which we regard a player’s talent without taking into account their height. Who notices height when they play real good tennis! Philippine’s Felicisimo Ampon is the shortest player who played in the history of tennis. He was 4 ft. 11 inches tall. He appeared in 1952...

We all love the championships in which our best and favorite players are rivals to each other. The players that will play in the championships are the lowest seeds. A “seed” is a ranking of players that will play in the knockout tournaments, such as Wimbledon. The win-loss and other re...

Tennis is an old sport with increasing number of new players. It has produced both young and old champions throughout its history. In 1985, the youngest player to have become champion in men’s singles was 17 year old German player Boris F. Becker. Among the ladies singles was Britain’s...

And the match went on and on and on.... John Isner, an American player and Nicolas Mahut from Germany entered a historical record when they played the longest tennis match in Wimbledon 2010. The game went on for 11 hours where the American player won by 70-68 in the fifth and final set of ...

USA is the top ranked country in Wimbledon history with the highest number of titles in both men and women singles. The country has a total of 86 titles. In men’s singles, USA has won 33 titles so far, whereas in women’s singles, the country claimed 53 titles. USA’s Pete Sampras has ...

Tennis fans surely know what an ace is. For those of us who do not know, an ace is when during a game, a point is scored after a player serves the ball correctly and so strongly that the opponent doesn't even have a chance to touch it. Not all the tennis players have the potential, the art...

Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi is a Pakistani tennis player who started his professional career in 1998. He is a right-handed player with a single-handed backhand. The player is at his best on grass courts. His playing style is serve-and-volley. The 6 ft. tall player has played two Grand Slams ti...

Roger Federer married Mirka (Miroslava) Vavrinec of Slovakian origin on April 11, 2009 after an eight year long relationship with her. A month earlier, both had announced that they were expecting their first child. Federer announced his wedding on his official website that evening, quo...

Wimbledon has always been an enjoyable, worth watching and interesting game. The game turns more interesting when two top ranked players are rivals in it. Records are made during such games. One such game happened between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in 2008 Wimbledon final. The game las...