Kirsten Flipkens

Lisicki and Bartoli through to Wimbledon women's final

Wimbledon's women's singles final will be contested by Germany's Sabine Lisicki and Marion Bartoli of France.

Bartoli, the number 15 seed emphatically beat the Belgian Kirsten Flipkens 6-1 6-2 in the first of Thursday's semi-finals. Flipkens, seeded 20, was unable to find any form and suffered a knee problem during the match.

The 28-year-old Bartoli will play her second...

Murray fights back to defeat valiant Verdasco in five set nail-biter

British tennis fans witnessed a nail-biting Wimbledon quarter-final match between their hero Andy Murray and the impressive Fernando Verdasco on Centre Court on Wednesday 3 July.

Murray lost the first two sets but fought back brilliantly against the Spaniard to take the match 4-6 3-6 6-1 6-4 7-5, and set up a semi-final encounter against the Polish number 24 seed, Jerzy Janowicz on...

Murray faces Verdasco in quarter-final test

Andy Murray will face the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in his Wimbledon quarter-final tie on Centre Court today (Wednesday 2 July).

The 29-year-old Spanish left-hander is ranked 54th in the world making Murray the strong favourite to progress to Friday's men's semi-finals.

But the Scot will be aware of the remarkable sequence of upsets that this year's tournament has produced and...