Anna Chakvetadze

With an often boisterous crowd fully behind him, it was the man in front of Andy Murray that kept the third-ranked Scot from becoming the first British man to reach the Wimbledon final in 71 years. Murray didn't play poorly in his 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7) loss to Andy Roddick, far from it. He even gave the thousands of fans on Centre Court plenty to scream and cheer about throughout the...
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Rising, rising, rising, high above the most famous patch of grass in tennis, Roger Federer channeled Pete Sampras on match point in the Wimbledon semifinals Friday, tucking both feet back beneath his body and uncorking an overhead smash. And now, after years of chasing Sampras, Federer is poised to surpass him.

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"There will be a feeling that Murray has missed an opportunity this year"
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