Here comes Wimbledon

June though hot all over the world has good tidings for the Londoners and the tennis fans from the rest of the world to witness the most important tennis Grand Slam - the Wimbledon.

Already the two Grand Slams, the Australian Open and the Roland Garros or the French Open, have been played - but the green grass of London brings a relaxation to the eyes from the coloured hard court of  Australia and the red clay of France.

This year, Novak Djokovic will try to defend his title. He was unlucky to lose the French Open to make history of holding all four titles simultaneously and failed to become the third player in the history to have done so. But clay court master Spaniard Rafa dashed all his hopes. So it will be seen whether Djokovic can start all over again or not.

The defending champions: Novak Djokovic [top] - Petra  Kvitová [below]

Swiss Roger Federer, though have not been able to win a Grand Slam this year, eyes the Wimbledon title this year to win the title for the seventh time. Federer says:

"A seventh would be amazing. That would be tying Pete (Sampras) which I think would be absolutely fantastic. I am dreaming of the title. There's no denying that."

It may be added here that William Renshaw of England (1881-1886, 1889) and Pete Sampras of USA (1992-95, 1997-2000) both have won the Wimbledon title record seven times.

The seven times Wimbledon title holders: William Renshaw [left] and Pete Sempras [right] 

As for the women singles, Czech republic's Petra Kvitová will be defending her title she won the coveted Venus Rosewater Dish while playing against Russian Maria Sharapova in straight sets. She became the first left-handed female player to win the singles title since Martina Navratilova in 1990, the first Czech player to win a Grand Slam singles title since Jana Novotna won Wimbledon in 1998, and the first Grand Slam tournament winner of either gender to be born in the 1990s.

Russian Maria Sharapova, after winning the Roland Garros title this year, is also eyeing the Venus Rosewater Dish, though with the winning of French Open 2012, she completed her career's first Grand Slam. But she would like to win all in succession to make history again - would she?

So we beging to see the Wimbledon unfolding with its first round of matches starting 25th June, Monday 25 June tomorrow and see whose dreams are realized this year.

Watch Live Nadal vs Kohlschreiber Free Streaming - ATP Halle Friday 15 June

Away from the long spells of red and blue clay, recently crowned Roland Garros champion Spaniard Rafael Nadal plays against 34th ranked German Philipp Kohlschreiber on the green grass of Halle quarterfinals, Friday.

Nadal and Kohlschreiber are not new to each other as they have met nine times since they first met at australian Open in 2007 - and everytime the Spaniard winning over the German.

Nadal is sailing very smoothly so far as he has won all of his last ten matches, nine on clay and last against L Lacko at Halle on grass in the second round of Gerry Weber Open or the ATP Halle. 

The German on the other hand has lost four of his last ten matches, all on clay. However, he has won his last two matches at Halle on grass. Kohlschreiber beat L Kubot in the second round 6-7(5) 6-1 6-3.

However, unlike clay, grass is never a favourite place for Nadal - he last played at Halle seven years ago, fresh from his first French Open title but suffered a rude awakening on his debut on grass, losing in the first round to Alexander Waske. On the contrary, Swiss Roger Federer has been most successful here as he has won Halle titles five times. So let us see how Nadal fares here this year. But beware, Federer is also coming up as he is scheduled to play the quarterfinals against Raonic later today.

The match is scheduled for Friday, 15 June 2012 at 11:30 GMT

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