Rafael Nadal almost looked apologetic as he whispered words of consolation into Andy Murray's ear after he made sure on Friday that Britain's wait for a men's Wimbledon champion would roll into a 75th year.
Unlike Roger Federer the previous day, Serena Williams proved shock-proof on Wimbledon's Centre Court on Thursday as she reached the women's singles final for the sixth time.
World number one Rafa Nadal is finally getting in the grasscourt groove after limbering up for a Wimbledon semi-final against home-hope Andy Murray with the taming of a familiar Swedish foe on Wednesday.
Taiwan's Lu Yen-hsun's trouncing by third seed Novak Djokovic on Wednesday will not prevent him taking only happy memories away from Wimbledon.
Sweat seeping from his baseball cap after four hours scratching for his game on a dusty baseline, Andy Roddick became Wimbledon's biggest casualty on Monday when he lost to the son of a Taiwanese chicken farmer.
World number one Rafael Nadal battled for five sets to advance into the round of last 16 at the Wimbledon Championships on Saturday.
The world's longest tennis match finally ended at Wimbledon on Thursday when John Isner claimed the incredible fifth set of a three-day epic against Nicolas Mahut 70-68 after 11 hours and five minutes on court.
"Nothing like this will ever happen again - ever," panted John Isner after he and Nicolas Mahut rewrote every record in the book with a 10-hour epic at Wimbledon that left even Roger Federer agog with admiration.
As victories go it was a breeze for Rafael Nadal against Japan's Kei Nishikori in the first round of Wimbledon on Tuesday but it was the Spaniard's ecstatic reaction that told the real story.
It was Roger Federer, but not as we know him, at Wimbledon on Monday as the Swiss escaped from the brink of defeat after being run ragged by a Colombian firebrand playing the match of his life on Centre Court.
Enthusiastic tennis fans will not be allowed to shatter the traditional tranquillity of the All England Club with vuvuzelas, despite the popularity of the plastic horn at the World Cup this year.
Venus Williams, a keen historian of tennis, would have noted that no woman over 30 has won a Grand Slam trophy in two decades.
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