Chinese tennis star Li Na was honored on Monday by her home province as the "Pioneer of Breakthrough" for her landmark victory in the French Open.
Wimbledon means more than just white-shirted heroes and grass-court showdown, for fans, it is also an eye-feast for high profile celebrities.
Rafa Nadal lost the Wimbledon final on Sunday and will concede the number one ranking to his conqueror Novak Djokovic but the gritty Spaniard has known worse times.
The Czech Republic was enjoying a hat-trick of Wimbledon triumphs on Sunday when Iveta Benesova teamed up with Austrian Juergen Melzer to capture the mixed doubles title with a 6-3 6-2 win over Mahesh Bhupathi and Elena Vesnina.
Britain's press paid tribute to Andy Murray on Saturday, despite the Scot falling in the Wimbledon semifinals for the third year in a row.
Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic clinched her first Grand Slam title after defeating Russian Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-4 at the Wimbledon Championships on Saturday.
Rafael Nadal will get to play one more match as the top-ranked man in the tennis world, and it will be in the Wimbledon final against the man who is going to replace him.
Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic beat Maria Sharapova of Russia 6-3, 6-4 to win the Wimbledon women's singles final on Saturday.
Rafa Nadal crushed Andy Murray's Wimbledon dream in the semi-finals for the second successive year with an emphatic 5-7 6-2 6-2 6-4 victory on Friday.
Novak Djokovic reached his first Wimbledon final and guaranteed himself the No 1 ranking by defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-7 (9), 6-3 Friday in a match filled with diving shots by both players on Centre Court.
The Williams sisters are still a force to be reckoned with despite early exits from Wimbledon, nine-times champion Martina Navratilova said after two disappointing women's semi-finals at the All England Club on Thursday.
Favourite Maria Sharapova served 13 double faults in just 87 minutes yet still set up a Wimbledon final against Petra Kvitova after beating Sabine Lisicki 6-4 6-3 in an error-strewn semi-final on Thursday.
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