12 July 2018 Embed from Getty Images Context Almost there: today was women’s semi-finals day. Results to Date Kerber and Williams won on the women’s side and will play for the Women’s Singles Championship on Saturday. Kerber beat Jalena Ostapenko and Serena bested Julia Goerges in straight sets. What a tournament for Serena and Kerber. …
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Nightshift Sports: Wimbledon Day 9
10 July 2018 Embed from Getty Images Context Wimbledon is accelerating towards the weekend’s finals. Yesterday, the Women played in quarter finals. Today, the men will play, Coverage is on ESPN (live, now). Results to Date Williams, Kerber, Gorges, and Ostapenko all remain on the Women’s side of the draw. They will play in the …
Nightshift Sports: Wimbledon, Middle Sunday
8 July 2018 Embed from Getty Images Today is the middle Sunday at Wimbledon, the “rest day” for the players, although you can be sure that the people behind the scenes–broadcasters, Wimbledon managers and organizers, groundskeepers and shopkeepers and the whole team it takes to stage the world’s oldest tennis tournament–will be working to keep …
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Nightshift Sports: Wimbledon Day 4
Nightshift Sports: 5 July 2018 Embed from Getty Images Context Continuing with our Golden Season of Classic Sports coverage, it’s time for the Big W, Wimbledon (Officially “The Championships Wimbledon”), which started on Monday July 2nd and will end on Sunday July 15th. Wimbledon is, arguably, the largest and most famous tennis tournament in the …
Nightshift Sports: Wimbledon Day 3
Nightshift Sports: Embed from Getty Images Context Continuing with our Golden Season of Classic Sports coverage, it’s time for the Big W, Wimbledon (Officially “The Championships Wimbledon”), which started on Monday July 2nd and will end on Sunday July 15th. Wimbledon is, arguably, the largest and most famous tennis tournament in the world. It’s the …