Murray grabs the bull by the horns TENNIS WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS: FOR ALMOST two hours yesterday a shimmering Centre Court was more the Plaza de Torros bull ring in Valencia than the cathedral of lawn tennis. As temperatures soared at Wimbledon to above 32 degrees and the sun-baked courts cut up in kicks of dry grass and dust, Andy Murray put Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero to the sword with pitiless efficiency.

Williams sisters to contest their fourth final Wimbledon Women’s semi-finals: Sisters Serena and Venus Williams will contest a Wimbledon final for the fourth time after the latter followed her younger sibling into Saturday’s showpiece with a two-set demolition of Russian top seed Dinara Safina. Earlier this afternoon Serena was made to work much harder by Elena Dementieva to earn her place in her fifth SW19 final.
Wily veteran Haas dashes Djokovic's dream THE OLDEST swinger left in the draw showed that this game isn’t all about teenagers and 20-year-olds. Tommy Haas, German and proudly 31 years and two months old, may have been almost a decade older that 22-year-old Novak Djokovic but it’s the veteran and 24th seed who faces Roger Federer in the semi-final.

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