CBSSports.com: Nadal a level above the rest as Spain's memorable run continues

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By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange/CBSSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- The reign of Spain stays mainly wherever Rafael Nadal swings a racquet, whether the clay of Roland Garros or the grass of Wimbledon.

Oh, that wrap-around top-spin forehand. Oh, that gleeful fist pump. Oh, that unusual somersault at Centre Court.

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CBSSports: Sensational Serena brings Williamses' Wimbledon dominance to new level

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By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange/CBSSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- Maybe they should rename the tournament "Williams-don."

Those sisters have a forehand grip on women's singles and that beautiful plate, the "Venus Rosewater Dish," given to the champion.

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CBSSports.com: Brits' dubious streak intact as Murray fails to deliver

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By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange/CBSSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- And so the streak remains unbroken. Unlike Andy Murray's serve.

Not much changes around here. People still say braces when they mean suspenders. Beer is served cool instead of cold. And a Brit is unable to win Wimbledon.

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CBSSports.com: Serena avoids pitfalls that tripped up others to reach finals

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By Art Spander
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WIMBLEDON, England -- Something still makes sense at this Wimbledon. Or should that be someone still makes sense? The woman No. 1 in the seeding, No. 1 in the WTA rankings, is into the finals.

A small American cheer is allowed for both Ms. Serena Williams and realized expectations.

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CBSSports.com: Champ slipping on court, starting to miss at class too

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By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange/CBSSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- The champ left like a chump. The man who always made the shots this time became the man who could only make excuses. Roger Federer knew how to win. Someone ought to teach him how to lose.

It was a poor showing by Federer on Wednesday, but less so on the court in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. He simply was beaten by Tomas Berdych 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, but he also lost points in the interview room during the post-match press conference.

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CBSSports.com: Eclipse of Venus leaves Serena last hope for fading U.S.

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By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange/CBSSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- Little Sister is the Last American. It's up to Serena now if there's to be a Wimbledon champion from the United States.

"It's not mine to lose," she insisted. "It's mine to win if I can get it."

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RealClearSports: England Can't 'Wait 'Til Next Year'

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By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- The pain isn't going away soon. This isn't Brooklyn in the 1940s. You can't say, "Wait ‘til next year.'' The next World Cup is four years away, four years for England to stew and grumble and wallow in the self-pity for which the English are famous.

"It's English custom,'' wrote Simon Barnes in The Times, "to seek someone to blame.''

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SF Examiner: Tennis analyst Gilbert feels for struggling local teams

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By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner

WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND — He’s here, watching Roger Federer succeed and thinking about the Raiders’ inability to succeed.

He’s here, raving about Serena Williams picking up her game and moaning about the Warriors picking up Ekpe Udoh in the NBA draft.

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CBSSports.com: Lu -- who? -- loss looks like Roddick's last Wimbledon stand

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By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange/CBSSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- The plot invariably differs, but every ending is the same. Andy Roddick doesn't win Wimbledon.

It doesn't matter if he loses gallantly to Roger Federer in the final, as he did last year and twice before that, or stunningly to someone named Yen-Hsun Lu, as he did Monday in the fourth round.

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CBSSports.com: Not bad for a tweener: Middle Monday at Wimbledon as good as it gets

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By Art Spander
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WIMBLEDON, England -- Eight pages in the Sunday Telegraph, 11 in the Sunday Times. All on football, their football, soccer. All on the World Cup, which had overwhelmed Wimbledon, even with Isner's celebrity and Rafa's frailty.

No longer. Tennis is back, as if it really ever left.

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CBSSports.com: Here's hoping for a repeat of Serena-Sharapova from 2004

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By Art Spander
Special to CBSSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- Time-lapse stuff, this Wimbledon. For the ladies, nothing could be more enticing. Serena against Sharapova, back after injuries and titles, facing each other and giving the All England Championships another jolt.

As Andy Roddick correctly pointed out after his win Friday, if we're struggling for story lines at this 2010 Wimbledon, we need to get a different job -- and fast.

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CBSSports.com: Roddick seems destined to face familiar foe in semis

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By Art Spander
Special to CBSSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- They call them Nearly Men over here, athletes who get so close but can't reach the top. At Wimbledon, where he has lifted hopes but never the champion's trophy, that description might be appropriate for Andy Roddick.

Or it might not.

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RealClearSports: A Shame Someone Has to Lose This Match

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By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- "Somebody had to lose,'' said the winner, John Isner. "That stinks.'' His words were on target, as was that final backhand of a tennis match which when compared to all the others ever played was matchless.

This one was a gem, an epic, a memory.

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CBSSports.com: Isner has greater ambitions, but this one's tough to top

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WIMBLEDON, England -- He'll be remembered for this, John Isner will. As will Nicolas Mahut, the man he finally beat in a match of history and perseverance that lasted a bit more than 11 hours, the time it takes a jet to fly from San Francisco to Paris.

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CBSSports.com: Isner-Mahut marathon instant (incomplete) classic for the ages

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By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange/CBSSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- It looked like a basketball score, 59-59. But it was tennis. And those were games. In the fifth set, of a match that has gone on for two days and still isn't finished.
Nothing like it has happened before.

"And nothing like this ever will happen again," John Isner said.

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RealClearSports: Queen Takes Over Wimbledon From Kings

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By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- Queen Elizabeth -- yes, that Queen Elizabeth -- is scheduled to show up Thursday at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, her first appearance in 33 years.

Not to play, though she might not do worse than most of the entrants from her country. To watch.

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Global Golf Post: Pebble Beach Revealed as Beauty AND Beast

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By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com

PEBBLE BEACH, CALIFORNIA -- It's a near-lethal combination, the U.S. Open and Pebble Beach, a tournament which can ruin your mind and wrench your wrists, and a course where the sun rarely shines and the putts hardly fall.

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SF Examiner: McDowell the last man standing

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By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner

PEBBLE BEACH — The winner, of course, was the course, Pebble Beach. Graeme McDowell was the champion, the guy who finished first, but it was Pebble — tough, mystical Pebble — that proved the winner.

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