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Arnaud Clement, loser to Rainer Schuettler 8-6 in the fifth set of a quarterfinal match Thursday, missed by sixteen minutes adding his name to the history books for the longest match ever played at Wimbledon in the Open Era. The match lasted five hours, 12 minutes; according to Radio Wimbledon, the longest match is [...]

Bobby Reynolds’ four-set defeat at the hands of Feliciano Lopez in the third round on Friday might make this the worst Wimbledon results ever for American men’s tennis. The last time only one American man reached the third round at Wimbledon was 1926, but only three Americans were in the draw then and the [...]

Ranked 102 in the world, Bobby Reynolds of Acworth, Ga., is the only American man to reach the third round of Wimbledon.  His match against 31st-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain on Friday is the third match scheduled for Court 18.  They have never played before.  Charles Bricker of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel writes it could [...]

No. 6 seeded Andy Roddick won the first set but then lost three in a row to 40th-ranked Janko Tipsarevic on Thursday, capping a dismal day in London for the American men.
Earlier in the day, World No. 94 Rainer Schuettler, 32, defeated No. 9 seeded James Blake in five sets Thursday, coming back from two-sets-to-one [...]

Bobby Reynolds was up two sets-to-one over Canadian Frank Dancevic but was down 3-1 in the fourth set when he played five very inspired games, breaking Dancevic twice and holding serve three times to close out the set and win the match 4-6, 7-6 (12-10), 6-4, 6-4. Reynolds’ continuation in the tournament hung precariously [...]

Of the dozen American men on the London lawns, only four have moved onto the second round of Wimbledon. Andy Roddick, the sixth-seeded American in Wimbledon, won in straight sets on Tuesday. Ninth seeded James Blake started slow against Belgian qualifier Chrisophe Rochus, but ultimately started up his game and won easily in [...]

Acworth, Ga., resident Bobby Reynolds won the only match played by five unseeded American men on Wimbledon’s first day, beating Italian Fillippo Volandri who retired down 6-2, 6-2. Reynolds, who played his college tennis at Vanderbilt, will player the winner of David Nalbandian and Frank Dancevic.
Andy Roddick and James Blake, seeded 6 and [...]

Rafa is rearing to go all the way.  I think that Radek Stepanek with his all-court game will run into Nadal in the round of 16, and will give him more trouble than most, but I don’t think anyone can beat Rafa this year, not even the Fed.  Having a special logo with [...]

An intriguing probability in the Wimbledon men’s singles draw prepared Friday morning is that the only two seeded Americans, No. 6 Andy Roddick and No. 9 James Blake, will meet in the fourth round. In head-to-head matchups between the two top Americans, Roddick holds a career 6-2 lead, but Blake has won the last [...]

Ask most anyone and they’ll tell you that Wimbledon starts on Monday. However, 128 men have been battling it out this week in the Wimbledon Qualifying in hopes of winning three matches to earn one of 16 spots at the big green table next week.
If a player is not within the top 100 [...]