Tennis Tour Tidbits – Roger Federer, Kirsten Flipkens and more…

Written by: Staff on 5th July 2013

Tennis Tour Tidbits - Roger Federer, Kirsten Flipkens and more...

epa03761377 Swiss Roger Federer returns to Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine during their second round match for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 26 June 2013. EPA/TOM HEVEZI |

That a German tennis magazine says that Roger Federer is “’only” getting a 300,000 Euro appearance fee for playing Hamburg. Federer will also play Gstaad (on clay), which is the first time he has done since 2004, when he won the title. Gstaad was his first ATP tournament in 1998.

Wimbledon semifinalist Kirsten Flipkens is feeling pain in her bad knee and says she needs a rest in order to heal. . .

Marion Bartoli, who reached the Wimbledon final back in 2007 and has once again made it to that stage at the 2013 version of the tournament, says while it might not be inevitable that she would return to a Grand Slam final, “I felt I deserved it.” Bartoli is being advised by Fed Cup captain Amelie Mauresmo at Wimbledon as well as the French Tennis Federation staff, but she will try and hire her own private team during the US hardcourt season. Her father Walter, who is no longer coaching her (his decision), will attend the Wimbledon final. . .

A disappointed Agnieszka Radwanska as to why she left the court so quickly after her titanic loss to Sabine Lisicki in the Wimbledon semis: “Should I just be there and dance?” . . .

Mike Bryan, 35, had these thoughts on he and his twin Bob possibly completing a non–calendar year ‘Golden Slam’ (four consecutive majors plus Olympic gold medals) if they win the Wimbledon final. “It doesn’t happen every day. I would be really cool to say that we’ve had a couple records. To add this on top would just be really sweet. I don’t think we’re ever going to have a shot to do it again.” . . .

David Ferrer will rest three or four weeks and won’t play again until the US Open Series begins, presumably in Montreal in August. “I will take two weeks of holiday, sure, and I will have to treatment my ankle, because the USA season is very important for me,” he said. “I think I have never been three weeks or four weeks stop playing any tournament. So now is perfect for to rest. I am 31 years old and I need to take my time.” . .

Thomas Berdych as to whether an incident with the umpire and bad line calls distracted him in the second set of his straight-set loss to Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon. “There were only my incidents when I keep losing my serve,” said an angry Berdych who was up 3-0 and two breaks in the second set. “That was the only incidents that’s been happening there.” . . .

Jerzy Janowicz as to why he broke down crying after reaching the semifinals of Wimbledon: “It’s not easy to control all of the feelings inside my body. f you are going through quarterfinal and you are in semi of that kind of tournament is not easy to control emotions, so I was really happy after the win. Simply I was crying. . .

Novak Djokovic is proud that he has reached his 13th consecutive Grand Slam semifinal. He’s in second place behind Roger Federer (23 straight semifinals). “There is a special task to reach Roger’s 30 something,” he said with a laugh. “It’s a huge achievement for me. I’m very proud of my success on Grand Slams because that’s exactly where I want to do my best and where I want to play my top tennis.” . . .

Andy Murray doesn’t believe in British Prime Minister David Cameron’s so-called ‘Curse of Cameron’ where when the Prime Minister is in contact with an athlete before he or she plays they automatically lose. Cameron tweeted Laura Robson before her loss to Kaia Kanepi, and Murray before his win over Fernando Verdasco. “What he tweets has absolutely zero bearing on the outcome of my match today — zero at all,” said Murray. “It’s nice to get messages from the prime minister, but whether I win or not, his tweet has no bearing on that at all.” . . .

The women’s winner of 2013 Wimbledon will be a first time Grand Slam champion, the 42nd different woman to win a major in the Open Era (and 18th Wimbledon). The last time there was a first time Grand Slam champion was at the 2012 Australian Open when Victoria Azarenka won the title. . .

Laura Robson, who reached the fourth round of Wimbledon, will move to No.27 in the rankings, as the first Briton in the Top 30 since April 1987 (Jo Durie).

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