2012 Wimbledon Championships Results: Roger Federer Downs Andy Murray In Four Sets

In what was a vintage display, Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray in the 2012 Wimbledon Gentlemen's Championship, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.

Rallying behind his home fans, Murray jumped out to an early lead, winning the first set, 6-4. After that, Federer put on an impressive display, making incredible shot after incredible shot to sink Murray down the stretch. In the beginning of the third set, rain moved into the area, forcing the roof to be closed, and allowing the harder serving Federer to take control of the match.

This is the 17th Grand Slam tournament victory for Federer, and his 75th overall title between Grand Slams and ATP World Tour events.

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2012 Wimbledon Championships: Roger Federer, Andy Murray Battle In Men's Final

Play has begun Sunday morning in the 2012 Wimbledon Men's Final at the All England Club, where Brit Andy Murray is looking to accomplish a feat 70 years in the making against Roger Federer. Murray currently leads 5-4 in the first set. Live action can be seen on ESPN.

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.

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.

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2012 Wimbledon Championships: Serena Williams Captures Women's Title For Fifth Time

It turned from snoozer to hardfought battle quickly, but Serena Williams eventually emerged victorious on Saturday at the All England Club in the 2012 Women's Final, capturing her fifth Wimbledon crown with a 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 victory over Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska. It is Williams' 14th Grand Slam championship overall.

Williams easily won the first set 6-1, dominating Radwanska so thoroughly the match looked to surely be over. However, 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.

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.

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2012 Wimbledon Championships: Andy Murray Becomes First British Man To Reach Final Since 1938

For awhile at the All-England Club, Andy Murray didn't appear that he would breeze through, despite winning the first two sets of the match. After dropping the third set, No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga threw all he could at him, but Murray prevailed in the other men's semi-final match, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.

The victory puts Murray in his fourth grand slam final, where he hopes to do what no other British man has done in over 70 years, which is win the Wimbledon championship. The last man to do it was Fred Perry in 1936. In addition to that, there hasn't been a British man in the finals since Bunny Austin in 1938. By way of comparison, two British women have won the championship in the Open Era, Ann Haydon Jones in 1969 and Virginia Wade in 1977.

Murray will have a stiff challege facing six-time men's champion Roger Federer after he defeated top seed Novak Djokovic in the other semifinal, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Murray has lost two grand slam finals against Federer in his career, the 2008 US Open and the 2010 Australian Open.

The men's championship will be broadcast on ESPN on Sunday morning starting at 9 a.m.

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2012 Wimbledon Championships: Roger Federer Defeats Novak Djokovic

The top seeded player in men's singles at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships has lost as Roger Federer of Switzerland defeated Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the semifinals.

In the first set Djokovic struggled, losing 6-3, but bounced back with a strong 6-3 victory in the second set. The resurgence didn't last for long, though, as Federer won the next two sets 6-4 and 6-3.

The loss is the first for Djokovic in a Grand Slam event since the 2011 French Open after which he won four consecutive Grand Slam events, including the Wimbledon Championships event in 2011.

Federer will move on to face the winner of Friday's match between Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfred Tsonga.

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2012 Wimbledon Championships: Serena Williams Headed To Final

Serena Williams advanced to the final at the 2012 Championships at Wimbledon for the seventh time in her career after a win in straight sets in the semifinals. With 24 aces, a new Wimbledon record for women's singles, Williams serve was her greatest asset as she was broken in just one game to defeat No. 2 ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.

Iin the first set Williams beat Azarenka 6-3, however, she required a tiebreak to win the second set after she was broken in her first game in her last two matches.

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.

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 Sports Illustrated Wimbledon Scoreboard.

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2012 Wimbledon Championships: Roger Federer To Face Novak Djokovic In Semifinals

The men's semifinal are set for the 2012 Wimbledon Championships as top seeded Novak Djokovic, No. 3 seeded Roger Federer, No. 3 seeded Andy Murray and No. 5 seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga all won their matches on Wednesday.

Djokovic had no issues with their matchups as he won in straight sets over Florian Mayer by a score of 6-4, 6-1 and 6-4. Mayer was no threat for the defending Wimbledon champion with Djokovic being on top of his game in the quarterfinal victory.

His opponent will be Federer, who like Djokovic won in straight sets over their opponent. Federer defeated Mikhail Youzhny 6-1, 6-2 and 6-2. Federer showed no weakness in his win over Youzhny while winning in a quick 91 minutes and won 89 of the 148 total points.

The other half of the bracket saw Great Britain's Andy Murray defeat No. 7 seeded David Ferrer 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 and 7-6. Murray started off slow in the first set, but he was able to regroup and have the momentum the rest of the way to victory.

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, but Tsonga looked dominant in the fourth set to move one step closer to winning his first career Grand Slam.

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2012 Wimbledon Results: Agnieszka Radwanska Defeats Maria Kirilenko 7-5, 4-6, 7-5

After three rain delays, third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska finally got past Maria Kirilenko on centre court at the Wimbledon Championships, defeating the Russian native by a score of 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 on Tuesday afternoon to advance to her first career Grand Slam semifinal. There, she's set to square off against eighth-seeded Angelique Kerber, who defeated Sabine Lisicki on Tuesday in three sets 6-3, 6-7, 7-5.

Earlier in the day, Victoria Azarenka, the tournament's second seed, topped Tamira Paszek in straight sets,to set up a blockbuster semifinal matchup against Serena Williams, the lone American woman remaining. Williams defeated fourth seeded Petra Kvitova on Tuesday in straight sets, 6-3 in the first and 7-5 in the second.

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2012 Wimbledon Results: Serena Williams Defeats Petra Kvitova 6-3, 7-5

In straight sets, Serena Williams defeated fourth seeded Petra Kvitova without once getting broken. The four-time Wimbledon champion won the first set 6-3 and broke Kvitova late in the second set to earn a 7-5 victory in the second set and a match victory.

Kvitova is the first player the sixth seeded Williams has faced in the tournament with a lower seed, but she may face second seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the semifinals. Azarenka faces unseeded Tamira Paszek on Tuesday in a match to decide Williams' next opponent.

Williams is the lone American woman still in the Wimbledon draw and only Mardy Fish remains for the Americans in the men's singles draw. The semifinals for the women's draw will be played on Thursday, July 5.

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2012 Wimbledon Results: Maria Kirilenko Advances To Quarterfinals, Maria Sharapova Upset

Wimbledon is going through its fourth round at the All-England club. Maria Kirilenko of Russia, the girlfriend of Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin, won her fourth round match against No. 30 ranked Shuai Peng of China, 6-1, 6-7 (6-8), 6-3.

In the Match, Kirilenko won 75 percent of first serve points won as compared to 58% of Peng's. Kirilenko also dominated break points, winning 54% compared to 29% by Peng. Kirilenko also had half the unforced errors that Peng did, 12 and 24 respectively.

Kirilenko now advances to the quarterfinals where she will face No. 3 seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, who defeated Camila Giorgi of Italy in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3.

The big upset on the women's side is top seed Maria Sharapova losing to No. 15 Sabine Lisicki of Germany, 6-4, 6-3. Lisicki will move on to face fellow countrywoman and No. 8 seed Angelique Kerber. The winner of that match will face the winner of the Kirilenko-Radwanska match.

Other notable winners in the fourth round include No. 2 Victoria Azarenka, No. 4 Petra Kvitova and No. 6 Serena Williams. No. 21 Roberta Vinci was upset in her match against Tamira Paszek of Austria, 6-2, 6-2.

On the Men's side, only three matches have been completed with No. 1 Novak Djokovic, No. 3 Roger Federer and No. 26 Mikhail Youzhny all winning their matches. American Mardy Fish currently leads No. 5 Jo-Wilfred Tsonga after one set, but they are currently in a delay.

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2012 Wimbledon Results: Andy Roddick Eliminated

2012 has been a rough year for Andy Roddick and his struggles continued as he was eliminated by Spain's David Ferrer on Saturday, 2-6, 7-6, 6-4 and 6-3. Roddick has finished as a runner-up at Wimbledon three times and the last time he won a Grand Slam title was in 2003 at the U.S. Open.

Roddick had won seven consecutive matches prior to his match with Ferrer.

Injuries have hampered the 29-year-old as a hamstring forced him to out of the second round of the Australian Open and he lost in the first round of French Open as well.

Roddick does plan on competing in the 2012 Olympic Games later this summer which will place him right back at the All England Club.

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2012 Wimbledon Results: Serena Williams Defeats Jie Zheng, 6-7, 6-2, 9-7

American Serena Williams survived a scare on Saturday at the All England Club from No. 25 seed Jie Zheng at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, winning 6-7, 6-2, 9-7 in a grueling three set battle.

Williams had 23 aces to just one for Zheng. The 13-time grand slam champion also had 54 winners to just 21 for Zheng. Williams has captured the Wimbledon title four times, in 2002, 2003, 2009 and 2010. Williams has now won all six meetings between the two. Williams will now face Yaroslava Shvedova, who defeated No. 10 seed Sara Errani.

Defending champion Petra Kvitova eased into the fourth round with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Varvara Lepchenko of the United States.

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2012 Wimbledon Live TV Schedule, Online Streaming And More

Day 6 of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships takes place on Saturday, with plenty of exciting tennis action to go with your strawberries and cream.

Friday's action was highlighted by Roger Federer's stirring comeback in a 4-6, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 7-6 (6), 6-1 defeat of Julien Benneteau. A win during the fortnight at Wimbledon would give Federer seven championships, tying Pete Sampras' modern record at the All England Club.

American Andy Roddick will play on Saturday, facing No. 7 seed David Ferrer. Lukas Rosol, fresh off his stunning upset of Rafael Nadal, will take on Philipp Kohlscreiber.

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2012 Wimbledon Results: Roger Federer Defeats Julian Benneteau In 5 Sets

Roger Federer was nearly upset against Julian Benneteau in the third round of Wimbledon. After losing the first two sets, Federer came back to win the final three to win his third round match by a score of 4-6, 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-1. Benneteau started off hot as he capitalized on his first chance to break in the first set and holding sever throughout on his way to win the first set.

In the second set, Benneteau continued his strong play against Federere, but this time the set went to a tiebreaker. Benneteau made it look easy during the tiebreaker to put Federer in a huge hole heading into the third set. That is when Federer began his comeback and he had no issues defeating Benneteau, however it looked like Benneteau used the third set to take breather to save his energy for the fourth set.

The fourth set saw the two go to a tiebreaker once again. Benneteau was able to hold his own against Federer, but he suffered some knee or leg injury but that did not appear to slow him down in the fourth set. Federer's comeback was complete as he showed his strength and easily won the fifth set 6-1, and now moves on to the next round.

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2012 Wimbledon Results Day 4: Rafael Nadal Stunned In Five Sets

The biggest upset of the 2012 Wimbledon tennis tournament didn't come until the last possible moment of day 4. Shortly after 10 p.m. London time, with the Centre Court roof closed to ward off the darkness outside, the two-time champion and three-time runner-up fell to 26-year-old Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic, 6-7 (9-11), 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

It is the earliest that Nadal has departed the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club as a loser since 2005, when he was also bounced in the second round by Gilles Muller.

Rosol simply overpowered Nadal, hitting 22 aces to the Spaniard's 19 and recording 65 winners to Nadal's 41. Prior to defeating Nadal, Rosol had never advanced past the first round in Southwest London.

Elsewhere around the grounds, the form largely held. On the women's side, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams advanced to the third round, while Scottish fan favorite Andy Murray defeated the difficult Ivo Karlovic in four rounds. In addition, the top-seeded American, Mardy Fish, defeated Britain's James Ward in five sets, while Andy Roddick swept aside Germany's Bjorn Phau 6-3, 7-6 (7-1), (6-3).

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2012 Wimbledon Results Day 3: Andy Roddick Advances, Rest Of The Americans Struggle

The third day of the 2012 Wimbledon tournament wrapped up on Wednesday afternoon with a few surprises. Tamira Paszek was able to take out No. 7 seeded Caroline Wozniacki. Wozniacki won the first set 7-5, but dropped the final two sets to Paszek 7-6 and 6-4.

American Andy Roddick was able to advance to the next round as he defeated Jamie Baker in straight sets 7-6, 6-4, 7-5. It wasn't easy for Roddick to win however, having to win a tie break in the first set and battling through the next two to take the match.

Outside of Roddick however, Americans in Wimbledon didn't seem to fare so well on Wednesday. Ryan Harrison was knocked out by No. 1 seeded Novak Djokovic in straight sets. Jamie Lee Hampton was also knocked out in straight sets by Heather Watson 6-1, 6-4. Janko Tipsarevic took out American Ryan Sweeting in straight sets, as well.

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Wimbledon 2012 Results: Roger Federer Cruises, Samantha Stosur And Caroline Wozniacki Upset In Second Round

In second round action at Wimbledon on Wednesday, the Men's side has little to no surprises. No. 3 seed Roger Federer won in straight sets over Fabio Fognini, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2. American Andy Roddick is currently leading his second round match against Jamie Baker, having won the first two sets. Roddick currently trails in the third set 3-4. Other notable men's winners so far include No. 7 David Ferrer, No. 15 Juan Monaco, No. 21 Milos Raonic and No. 31 Florian Mayer. No. 25 Stanislas Wawrinka was upset in his second round match.

On the women's side, there were a pair of big upsets. No. 5 Samatha Stosur of Australia lost her second round match to Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 6-2, 0-6, 6-4. No. 7 Caroline Wozniacki was also upset in her first round match against Tamira Paszek of Austria 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4. Notable winners on the women's side include No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 10 Sara Errani, No. 14 Ana Ivanovic, and No. 15 Sabine Lisicki.

American Sloane Stephens upset No. 23 Petra Cetkovska of the Czech Republic, 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 6-3. No. 13 Dominika Cibulkova was upset in her first round match by Klara Zakopalova, 6-4, 6-1.

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2012 Wimbledon Results: Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray Move On With Straight Set Victories

While American Andy Roddick was unable to complete his match on Day 2 due to poor light and rain, the other headlining men at Wimbledon avoided the upsets and moved into the second round. It certainly wasn't a clean start for Rafael Nadal, however, as the Spaniard dropped the first four games of his match against Thomaz Bellucci. But the reigning French Open champion responded nicely to move on in straight sets, defeating Bellucci 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-3.

The home favorite, Andy Murray, easily moved past Nikolay Davydenko with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 victory. Murray controlled the match from the first serve and was never broken in an impressive showing after a tumultuous time at Roland Garros. Also on the men's side, Frenchman Jo-Wilifried Tsonga defeated former Wimbledon champ Lleytton Hewitt, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Tsonga is coming off that gut-wrenching loss to Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals in Paris, where he squandered four match points against the No. 1 ranked player in the world.

Roddick led Jamie Baker 7-6 (1), 4-2 before the match was called on Court 1.

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2012 Wimbledon Championship: Americans Start Undefeated In Singles Play On Tuesday

The first day of the 2012 Championships at Wimbledon was not a good one for the United States of America as two of the country's top tennis athletes, John Isner and Venus Williams, saw early departures from the Grand Slam tournament. However, the Americans redeemed themselves with a strong showing on Tuesday, including a dominant performance from Venus's sister Serena.

Serena Williams easily handled Barbora Zahlavova Strycova in straight sets, dropping only six games to the Russian. Also winning on Tuesday were four other Americans: Mardy Fish, Jesse Levine, Brian Baker and Christina McHale.

McHale just escaped Johanna Konta of Australian following a rain delay with a third set victory that required 18 games to decide a winner.

Headlining the remaining Americans yet to play on Tuesday is Andy Roddick, the tournament's 30th seeded in men's singles play, who is set to face Jamie Baker.

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Wimbledon 2012 Scores And Results: Venus Williams And John Isner Lose In First Round

It has not been a good first day for Americans out at Wimbledon. Venus Williams lost her first match against Elena Vesnina of Russia in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3.

In addition to that, John Isner, two years removed from the longest match in tennis history at Wimbledon against Nicolas Mahut, lost a five set match against Alejandro Falla of Columbia, 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 5-7.

Notable winners on the Men's side of the bracket include No. 1 Novak Djokovic, No. 3 Roger Federer, No. 8 Janko Tipsarevic, No. 15 Juan Monaco, No. 17 Fernando Verdasco, No. 18 Richard Gasquet, No. 26 Mikhail Youzhny, No. 28 Radek Stepanek, No. 29 Julien Benneteau and No. 31 Florian Meyer. No. 6 Tomas Berdych and No. 24 Marcel Granollers were both upset in their opening match

On the women's side, notable winners include No. 1 Maria Sharapova, No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 5 Samantha Stosur, No. 8 Angelique Kerber, No. 11 Na Li, No. 15 Sabine Lisicki, No. 17 Maria Kirilenko, No. 20 Nadia Petrova, No. 23 Petra Cetkovska, and No. 30 Shuai Peng. No. 18 Jelena Jankovic and No. 29 Monica Niculescu were both upset in the first round.

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2012 Wimbledon: Seeds Announced; Novak Djokovic, Maria Sharapova Claim Top Seeds

The seeds for the 2012 Wimbledon championships have been announced with Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova claiming the top seeds.