Newsday (N.Y.): Andy Murray becomes first Brit to win Wimbledon since 1936

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

WIMBLEDON, England — He raised his fist, dropped to the grass, which for so long had been his enemy, and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The country from which Andy Murray lifted the curse had no such decision.

It unleashed a collective shout of celebration. After 77 years, the Wimbledon men's championship belonged to Britain, where it was created.

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Newsday (N.Y.): Marion Bartoli wins Wimbledon women's crown

By Art Spander
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WIMBLEDON England — It was a mismatch more than a match, a women's final that given all that happened during a strange, bewildering Wimbledon turned out be perfectly imperfect and painfully one-sided.

Marion Bartoli is a champion with a past here, having returned to the All England finals six years after a one-sided defeat, and on a warm Saturday afternoon inflicted her own one-sided defeat on an overwhelmed Sabine Lisicki, 6-1, 6-4. In reverse order those were the same scores Venus Williams defeated Bartoli in the 2007 final.

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Newsday (N.Y.): Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray reach Wimbledon final

By Art Spander
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WIMBLEDON, England — A virtually endless day of tennis outdoors and eventually indoors ended with history, controversy and the top two men's seeds of Wimbledon 2013 making it to the final.

The longest semifinal in the 127 years of the All England Championships, 4 hours, 43 minutes, was the match that enabled No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic to get past Juan Martin del Potro, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (6), 6-3 Friday.

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Newsday (N.Y.): Marion Bartoli, Sabine Lisicki advance to Wimbledon women's final

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

WIMBLEDON, England — Marion Bartoli caught up with her past. Agnieszka Radwanska was caught up by the future. So the most unpredictable Wimbledon of recent times will offer a women's final matching a 15th seed against a 23rd seed.

Bartoli, 28, of France, the 15th seed, needed only 62 minutes on a blue-sky day to defeat Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium, 6-1, 6-2, in the first semifinal on Centre Court yesterday.

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Newsday (N.Y.): Andy Murray rallies to beat Fernando Verdasco and reach Wimbledon semifinals

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

WIMBLEDON, England — Juan Martin del Potro literally picked himself off the turf. Andy Murray, did it symbolically. Toss in Novak Djokovic's relentless pursuit of perfection and the first male from Poland ever to make Wimbledon's semifinals and you have a dramatic afternoon of a spill, some chills and in the end for the home nation, thrills.

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