LONDON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- China's first Grand Slam champion Li Na said here on Saturday that she hopes to do better this year than her second round loss in last Wimbledon. The 30-year-old shocked the world by breaking through at the French Open to...
WIMBLEDON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- China's French Open champion Li Na crashed out of Wimbledon on Thursday, losing 3-6, 6-4, 8-6 to German wildcard Sabine Lisicki in the second round. 65th-ranked Lisicki will tackle Japanese qualifier Misaki Doi, who kno...
LONDON, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams needed to fight for nearly three hours to edge out the 40- year-old Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm in the women's second round at the 125th Wimbledon Champoinships on Wednesd...
LONDON, June 21 (Xinhua) -- French Open champion Li Na of China defeated Alla Kudryavtseva from Russia 6-3, 6-3 to reach the women 's singles second round at the Wimbledon Championships on Tuesday. It's tough, said, the third seed, who took 67 minute...
BBC Learning English Weekender Wimbledon Line Judge Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. This weekend, as well as the World Cup football there is another big sporting event that I'll be watching, and that's Wimbledon. Wimbledon...
Maria Sharapova - a star of women's tennis With less than a month to go until the start of this years Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship, its time to take a look at some of the players in contention for the most famous prize in tennis. Roger Federer...
By David Byrd Washington 22 February 2007 After years of debate and criticism, the All England Club says men's and women's tennis players will earn the same amount of prize money at this year's Wimbledon Championships. As VOA's David Byrd reports, th...