SB Nation Pittsburgh - 2012 Wimbledon Championships: Roger Federer Defeats Andy Murray In Men's Finalhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48827/pitt-fv.png2012-07-08T13:26:14-04:00http://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/rss/stream/28782752012-07-08T13:26:14-04:002012-07-08T13:26:14-04:002012 Wimbledon Championships: Roger Federer Defeats Andy Murray In Men's Final
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<p>Despite the best efforts of hometown hero Andy Murray, it was not enough to stop a vintage performance from Roger Federer, who captured the 2012 Wimbledon Men's Final, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4. </p>
<p>While Murray was able to capture momentum early in the match, winning the first set, Federer then took over, as he had an answer for every move Murray made the rest of the match. Federer was further aided by a rain storm that moved through during the third set, which forced the roof to be closed and aided his serves.</p>
<p>This is the seventh Wimbledon title for Federer all-time and his 17th Grand Slam title. </p>
<p>For a complete scoreboard and results, please check out the <a href="http://sports.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/Tennis/Scoreboard.Asp?Xid=Sbnation"><b>Sports Illustrated Wimbledon Scoreboard</b>.</a></p>
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https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/2012/7/8/3145044/2012-wimbledon-championships-roger-federer-andy-murray-mens-finalSteve Uhlmann2012-07-08T10:30:31-04:002012-07-08T10:30:31-04:00 2012 Wimbledon Championships: Roger Federer Vs. Andy Murray In Men's Final
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<p>Sunday at the All-England Club is shaping up to be a historic day, if early play in the men's final is any indication. Britain's Andy Murray is looking to become the first Brit in 70 years to capture the men's championship at Wimbledon, and has begun the day well, winning the first set 6-4 over Roger Federer. The two men are tied 2-2 in the second set currently. Live action can be seen on ESPN.</p>
<p>A 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 defeat of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semifinals made Murray the first British man to make the finals since Bunny Austin in 1938. A win by Murray over Federer would be the first Wimbledon men's title by a Brit since Fred Perry in 1936.</p>
<p>Six-time champion Federer reached the final by defeating top seed Novak Djokovic in the other semifinal, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Federer has beaten Murray in two other grand slam finals, the 2008 U.S. Open and the 2010 Australian Open.</p>
<p>For a complete scoreboard and results, please check out the <a href="http://sports.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/Tennis/Scoreboard.Asp?Xid=Sbnation"><b>Sports Illustrated Wimbledon Scoreboard</b>.</a></p>
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https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/2012/7/8/3144761/2012-wimbledon-championships-roger-federer-vs-andy-murrayT.J. Doyle2012-07-07T12:01:17-04:002012-07-07T12:01:17-04:002012 Wimbledon Championships: Serena Williams Wins Fifth Crown In Three Sets Over Agnieszka Radwanska
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<p>Serena Williams looked like she was going to capture her fifth Wimbledon championship with relative ease on Saturday, winning the first set over Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, but Radwanska fought back to win the second set before succumbing to Williams' power in the third. The 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 victory at the 2012 Wimbledon Women's Final is the 14th Grand Slam title overall for Williams.</p>
<p>36 unforced errors from Williams allowed Radwanska to hang in the match, and earn the second set, before the sheer power of Williams again took over in the third set on her way to tying sister Venus with five Wimbledon titles. Williams had 17 aces in the match to just two for Radwanska.</p>
<p>At 30 years of age, Williams becomes the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam singles title since Martina Navratilova also won at 30 in 1990.</p>
<p>For a complete scoreboard and results, please check out the <a href="http://sports.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/Tennis/Scoreboard.Asp?Xid=Sbnation"><b>Sports Illustrated Wimbledon Scoreboard</b>.</a></p>
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https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/2012/7/7/3143018/2012-wimbledon-championships-serena-williams-wins-womens-finalT.J. Doyle2012-07-06T15:10:30-04:002012-07-06T15:10:30-04:002012 Wimbledon Championships: Andy Murray Becomes First British Man To Reach Finals Since 1938
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<p>The Finals for the 2012 Men's Wimbledon Championship are set and it looks to be a thrilling finish to this exciting tournament. Andy Murray emerged victorious from an exciting four set match against No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-3. 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, to become the first British man to reach the Wimbledon finals since Bunny Austin reached the finals in 1938.</p>
<p>Murray is looking to be the first British man to win the Wimbledon championship since Fred Perry in 1936. By way of comparison, two British women have won the Wimbledon championship in the Open Era, Ann Haydon Jones in 1969 and Virginia Wade in 1977.</p>
<p>Murray faces stiff competition in his quest to win at Wimbledon, as he will face Roger Federer in the finals. He defeated top seed Novak Djokovic in the other semifinal 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Murray has lost twice to Federer in grand slam finals, once in the 2008 US Open and in the 2010 Australian Open.</p>
<p>The men's championship will be broadcast on ESPN starting at 9 a.m.</p>
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https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/2012/7/6/3141662/2012-wimbledon-championships-andy-murray-becomes-first-british-man-toTim Blank2012-07-06T10:45:23-04:002012-07-06T10:45:23-04:002012 Wimbledon: Roger Federer Defeats Novak Djokovic In Semifinals
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<p>With an emphatic four set victory, Roger Federer defeated the world's No. 1 ranked player Novak Djokovic to earn a trip to his first Wimbledon final since he won the tournament in 2009. </p>
<p>Federer defeated Djokovic in the first set, before losing the second set to even the score. However, Federer won the next two sets 6-4 and 6-3 to earn a four set victory.</p>
<p>Djokovic, the tournament's top seeded player in men's singles, had not lost a Grand Slam event since his loss in the 2011 French Open. The Serbian-born player won the next four tournaments including the Wimbledon Championships in 2011.</p>
<p>Federer advances to the finals where he'll face the winner of Friday's match between Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfred Tsonga.</p>
<p>For a complete scoreboard and results, please check out the <a href="http://sports.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/Tennis/Scoreboard.Asp?Xid=Sbnation"><b>Sports Illustrated Wimbledon Scoreboard</b>.</a></p>
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https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/2012/7/6/3141064/roger-federer-novak-djokovic-wimbledon-2012-resultAdam Stites2012-07-05T11:48:34-04:002012-07-05T11:48:34-04:00Wimbledon 2012: Serena Williams Advances To Final
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<p><span style="line-height: 9px;">With a win in</span> straight sets, Serena Williams advanced to the final at the 2012 Championships at Wimbledon for the seventh time in her career. With 24 aces, a Wimbledon record for women's singles, Williams was broken in just one game and defeated No. 2 ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.</p>
<p>Williams beat Azarenka with a 6-3 victory in the first set, but required a tiebreak to win the second set after she was broken in her first game in two matches.</p>
<p>The No. 6 seeded Williams has defeated three seeded opponents in her path to the final, including two players, Azarenka and Petra Kvitova, that owned a lower seed than the American. Now she'll face the world's No. 3 ranked player, Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in the final, following Radwanska's straight sets victory over Angelique Kerber.</p>
<p>The women's singles championship final between Williams and Radwanska will be played on Saturday. For a complete scoreboard and results, please check out the <a href="http://sports.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/Tennis/Scoreboard.Asp?Xid=Sbnation">Sports Illustrated Wimbledon Scoreboard.</a></p>
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https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/2012/7/5/3138919/serena-williams-wimbledon-2012-finalAdam Stites2012-07-04T16:08:00-04:002012-07-04T16:08:00-04:00Wimbledon Scores 2012: Novak Djokovic To Face Roger Federer In Semifinals
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<p>The semifinals are set on the men's side at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships after Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga all were victorious in their quarterfinal matches on Wednesday. No. 1 seed Djokovic easily won his match over Florian Mayer in straight sets 6-4, 6-1 and 6-4. Djokovic was on top of his game and had zero issues with Mayer in his quest to repeat as Wimbledon Champion.</p>
<p>Djokovic will now take on Federer in the semifinals. Federer also had no problems getting past Mikhail Youzhny and won 6-1, 6-2 and 6-2. Federer showed no weakness in his win over Youzhny while winning 89 of the 148 total points. and in a quick 91 minutes.</p>
<p>The other quarterfinal match had No. 4 seeded Andy Murray advance after defeating No. 7 seeded David Ferrer in four sets by a score of 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 and 7-6. Murray had the momentum the entire way and there was a little bit of hope for Ferrer when the match went into a 27-minute rain delay in the fourth set tied at 5-5. Ferrer needed that break to regroup against Murray, but Ferrer was not able to comeback, and ultimately lost.</p>
<p>Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will be facing Murray in the other semifinal match, and he advanced by taking care of No. 27 Philipp Kohlschreiber, winning 7-6, 4-6, 7-5 and 6-2. The first three sets were tightly contested between Tsonga and Kohlschreiber, but Tsonga was in control in the fourth set to move one step closer to winning his first career Wimbledon Championships.</p>
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https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/2012/7/4/3137566/wimbledon-scores-2012-mens-semifinals-roger-federerJeremy Mauss2012-07-03T16:01:42-04:002012-07-03T16:01:42-04:002012 Wimbledon Results: Mardy Fish Drops 4th-Round Match, Serena Williams Advances To Semifinals
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<p>The last American male left in the 2012 Wimbledon Championship lost in the fourth round on Tuesday. No. 10 Mardy Fish lost his match to No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France in four sets, 4-6. 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, 6-4. The other men's winners on Tuesday include No. 4 Andy Murray, No. 7 David Ferrer, No. 27 Philipp Kohlscrieber and No. 31 Florian Mayer.</p>
<p>In the women's quarterfinals, No. 6 Serena Williams defeated No. 4 Petra Kvitova in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5. She awaits the winner of the match between No. 2 Victoria Azarenka and Tamira Paszek. Azarenka won the first set 6-4 but the match is tied in the second set, 4-4.</p>
<p>In the other quarterfinal, No. 8 Angelique Kerber defeated No. 15 Sabine Lisicki in three sets, 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 7-5. Kerber awaits the winner of the quarterfinal match between No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska and No. 17 Maria Kirilenko, currently tied in the third set at four games each.</p>
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https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/2012/7/3/3135478/2012-wimbledon-results-mardy-fish-serena-williamsTim Blank