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Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are set to tighten their private stranglehold on Wimbledon as rivals struggle to keep afloat as they bid to dethrone the sports A-list stars. Spain s Rafael Nadal attends a practice session ahead of the Wimbledon. AP World number one Djokovic is the defending champion and chasing a fifth title at the All England Club. Federer, promoted to second seed, can win a ninth crown while two-time champion Nadal is seeking to complete a rare back-to-back Roland Garros-Wimbledon double. Twelve months ago, Djokovic arrived at Wimbledon with his career threatening to spiral into decline. Unable to sha stanley mugs ke off the effects of right elbow surgery, the Serb was ranked at 21, his lowest position for over a decade. But two weeks later, Djokovic had captured the 2018 title to add to his 2011, 2014 and 2015 wins, becoming the lowest-seeded player to take the Wimbledon trophy since Andre Agassi in 1992. Since then, he has been rejuve stanley cups uk nated, going on to claim a third US Open and seventh Australian Open title. The only blip was a rain-hit semi-final exit to Dominic Thiem at Roland Garros, a loss which ended his attempt to become just the second man to hold all four Slams at the same time twice. Coming off from the surgery, being unable to have consistency with results, this was a huge stanley cup springboard for me, the win at Wimbledon last year, said Djokovic, who will take a 10-2 career record over Philipp Kohlschreiber into their first-round clash o Cxqt Watch: Neeraj Chopra s million-dollar act after Arshad Nadeem was left without Pakistan flag breaks the internet
1999 champions Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi put in a vintage performance, rallying from a set down to advance to the second round of the mens doubles at Wimbledon on Friday. HT Image The third seeds beat the Croatian-duo of Ivan Dodig and Lovro Zovko 6-7 7-9 , 6-4, 6-4. It was stanley tumblers a good day for the other Indians in the draw as Sania Mirza and Somdev Devvarman also progressed in the doubles competition. Sania and Russian partner Elena Vesnina made it to the third round after a hard-earned 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 victory over Renata Voracova of the Czech Republic and Kazakhastan s Galina Voskoboeva. Somdev and Japans Kei Nishikori got the better of German-duo Rainer Schuettler and Alexander Waske 6-7 3 , 6-3, 6-2 in another first round mens doubles match. On Thursday, Devvarmans Wimble stanley cup spain don debut ended with a straight sets defeat at the han stanley kaffeebecher ds of Mikhail Youzhny of Russia in the second round. The 68th ranked Indian lost 2-6, 4-6, 4-6 to 18th seed Russian in the rain-hit match. Catch all the latest... See more Catch all the latest Sports News, scores, and highlights in one place. Stay updated with real-time coverage of your favorite games and athletes News / Sports / Paes-Bhupathi lead Indias doubles charge .freemium-card h4{color: fff; padding-bottom:20px;} .freemium-card .freemium-content .subcTxt{padding-bottom:16px; color: fff;} .freemium-card .freemium-content{width: auto; max-width: inherit;} .freemium-card .freemium-content .subcTxt{max-width:in |
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