14 July 2018 Embed from Getty Images Context Entering the final weekend of play at Wimbledon, the oldest of the “major” tennis tournaments. Today was a busy day at the Big W. One match from yesterday was held over (Djokovic vs. Nadal) and had to be played this morning before the regularly scheduled Women’s Singles …
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Nightshift Sports: Wimbledon Day 11
12 July 2018 Embed from Getty Images Context Entering the final weekend of play at Wimbledon, the oldest of the “major” tennis tournaments. Women’s Singles Championships will be decided on Saturday; Men’s Singles will be contested on Sunday. Plus.. the great doubles matches. Results to Date Closing it out. Yesterday was the Women’s singles semi-finals …
Nightshift Sports: Wimbledon Day 10
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. …
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 Day 8
9 July 2018 Embed from Getty Images Context The tournament is reaching critical mass. Yesterday was “Manic Monday”, with all of the remaining men and women competitors on the court (that also includes the various permutations of doubles teams). Today, it’s the women only, playing in the quarter finals. The matches are being broadcast on …
Nightshift Sports: Wimbledon Day 7
9 July 2018 Embed from Getty Images Context Back to work at the Big W. It’s Manic Monday and everybody left in the tournament will play in the tournament today. The middle Sunday break is history (some players practiced, some took the day off) but on this Monday, the Round of 16 Competition begins and …
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 …