Federer flies home with Wimbledon Centre Court net as Soveniour

July 6th, 2009 LONDON - Roger Federer and Pete Sampras were headed in different directions Monday, a day after the Swiss took over from the American as the most prolific Grand Slam winner in the history of tennis. The retired Sampras, 37, whose seven Wimbledon titles led him to 14 singles crowns overall at the majors was on hand for Sunday's changing of the guard on Centre Court as Federer lifted the new mark to 15, defeating Andy Roddick 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 16-14.

July 5th, 2009 Federer and Roddick play record-breaking 5th setWIMBLEDON, England — Serve after booming serve, game after nerve-racking game, Roger Federer and Andy Roddick went at each other with everything they had in the fifth set of the Wimbledon final. When it finally ended, with Federer claiming a record-breaking 15th Grand Slam title and a sixth Wimbledon trophy, the fifth-set score of 16-14 stood apart from any other ever seen after a final on the All England Club's Centre Court.

July 3rd, 2009 Federer reaches 7th straight Wimbledon finalWIMBLEDON, England — Roger Federer has reached his seventh straight Wimbledon final Friday by beating Tommy Haas of Germany 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-3. Federer won five consecutive titles at the All England Club before losing to Rafael Nadal in last year's final.

July 3rd, 2009 LONDON - British tennis star Andy Murray has said that he approaches every match without fear, and adds that he is on a mission to end 71 years of British hurt of not winning a Wimbledon men's final. According to The Sun, success on Centre Court will make Murray the first Britisher to crack the final frontier since Bunny Austin in 1938.

June 30th, 2009 LONDON - Wimbledon tennis organizers have been accused of using looks rather than ranking to decide which women play on Centre Court. According to Sky News, in the first week of the Championships, fans missed out on watching several top seeded players on the exclusive Centre Court.

June 29th, 2009 LONDON - British tennis star Andy Murray has called on his growing legion of Centre Court fans to roar him into the quarter- finals of Wimbledon today. Murray plays close friend Stanislas Wawrinka in the fourth round and wants as much backing as possible.

June 26th, 2009 Djokovic beats Fish at WimbledonWIMBLEDON, England — Novak Djokovic has reached the fourth round at Wimbledon by beating Mardy Fish of the United States in straight sets. The fourth-seeded Djokovic converted his first match point with a service winner Friday to complete a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 victory on Centre Court.

June 25th, 2009 Murray beats Gulbis at WimbledonWIMBLEDON, England — Andy Murray has beaten Ernests Gulbis in straight sets to reach the third round at Wimbledon. Murray saved two break points early in the first set but never faced another against the Latvian, winning 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 in front of a packed Centre Court on Thursday.

June 25th, 2009 Roddick reaches 3rd round at WimbledonWIMBLEDON, England — Andy Roddick has advanced to the third round at Wimbledon by beating Igor Kunitsyn 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Playing on sunny Court 1, the No.

June 24th, 2009 Federer eases into 3rd round at WimbledonWIMBLEDON, England — Roger Federer has beaten Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain in straight sets to reach the third round at Wimbledon. The five-time champion had early breaks in each set for a comfortable 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 victory Wednesday.

June 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Roger Federer was seen clad in dazzling white jacket with Army-style raised collar and smart white trousers, when he opened his Wimbledon campaign on Monday. The Swiss tennis ace, who is aiming for his sixth men's singles title, greeted fans at Centre Court in a military-style uniform.

June 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Britain's No.1 tennis player Andy Murray has said that he is good enough to lift the Wimbledon title this year. The World No.3 bid for glory begins on Centre Court today against American Robby Kendrick.

June 22nd, 2009 Federer begins bid for 6th Wimbledon titleWIMBLEDON, England — So far, Wimbledon's new roof is keeping the rain away. The retractable roof was open Monday when five-time champion Roger Federer stepped onto the lawn for the opening match on Centre Court.

June 20th, 2009 LONDON - The Wimbledon Championships start on Monday, and for the first time since the world's oldest tennis tournament began in 1877, the biggest matches will no more be affected by rain. Tournament referee Andrew Jarrett, while being nervous, is looking forward to see the multimillion-pound roof slide over the world's most famous tennis court in case of rain.

June 17th, 2009 LONDON - Tennis legend John McEnroe is backing Andy Murray to win the Wimbledon saying that the 22 year old has already won his first points against experienced Roger Federer. McEnroe said commended Murray's game play and said that he is a thinking player.