Wimbledon

Amélie Mauresmo is the Wimbledon 2006 Ladies Singles champion at the All England club, and the first frenchwoman to hold the title in 81 years.

She beat her close rival, Justine Henin-Hardenne, in a gripping three set match that was full of drama and high tension.

Wimbledon 2006 , Mens singles Semi-final.

The centre court crowd excitedly applauded Rafael Nadal and Marcos Baghdatis as they stepped onto the centre court for their semi-final match at the All England club this afternoon. Eager for a close match, unfortunately it started just as the previous match had done.

World number 1 and top seed at Wimbledon 2006 Roger Federer literally mowed the grass with Jonas Bjorkman in Todays semi-final match.

John McEnroe has called it “David versus Goliath”. In a masterclass all of his own, Federer served up a succession of Aces and a frequent display of fabulous passing shots in a staggering 6-2 6-1 6-1 defeat of the 34 year old Swede. In a quick fire first set Federer had barely got going and 27 minutes later was one set in the lead.

Amelie Mauresmo is through to her first Wimbledon Ladies Singles final on her fourth attempt. Her pathway was far from straightforward but she showed the form, and the Tennis she is currently world ranked number one for.

Wimbledon 2006.

Justine Henin-Hardenne, the number 3 seed, has become the first player through to the Ladies Singles Finals at the All England club.

She had a tough battle against her fellow compatriot, Kim Clijsters, the number two seed. Kim started the match strongly. With good solid deep ground strokes preventing Justine from adapting a favoured net position. She served solidly, but the flair from Justine and the versatility of the variety of excellent strokes was enough for her to comeback from an early break down and take the first set by six games to four.