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It’s Wimbledon Time !!! What better way to remember it than with some new and old pictures of Eddie and  Hannah? Enjoy !!

By Anne Tantalo

Photo source: static.guim.co.uk

  An open letter to Ivan Lendl, one of the greatest tennis players of all time, winner of 8 Grand Slams: Thank you, Ivan Lendl, for coaching Andy Murray to yet another milestone. Under your considerable influence, Andy's dream of winning Wimbledon has at long last come to fruition. In just a little over 18 months ago on December 31, 2011, the tennis world looked on with enormous interest as you began this adventure with Murray. The result: Two Grand Slam Titles, The US Open and Wimbledon, and an Olympic Gold Medal. The Men's Singles Final of Wimbledon 2013 will be remembered for all time as a historic day for Great Britain. After a 77 year drought, the British Isles once again have a Wimbledon Champion who is one of their own. For the rest of the world, you made it possible for us to believe Murray could triumph in any tournament he enters. More importantly, you gave Murray the necessary tools to believe it himself.

How happy was Ivan Lendl at Murray's victory? "...In terms of Ivan Lendl celebrations, the [below] clip is the equivalent of him shrieking wildly and collapsing in joyous ecstasy like a 12-year-old girl watching The Beatles in 1964. It’s all relative." (via USA Today)

For more coverage and slideshow of Murray's Victory visit USA Today:

When Andy Murray clinched this year’s Wimbledon title, Fred Perry’s ghost was finally exorcized. It had been 77 years since an Englishman had won Wimbledon. Although I’m a die-hard supporter of the Djoker, I was rooting for Murray. An English (or Scottish, in this case) player cannot call himself a tennis player if he doesn’t have a Wimbledon Grand Slam Title under his/her belt. But in all fairness, Murray’s game was most definitely not worthy of the occasion. More than Murray winning, Djokovic was losing; as was the case with Bartoli vs Lisicki!

If you ask me, both the finals were a tad disappointing. Sabine Lisicki had the championship. It was right there, waiting for her to claim it. I understand being over-whelmed by the occasion and playing on centre court, but you beat Serena Williams for crying out loud woman! And that is not an easy feat- it was probably more magnanimous an achievement than making it to the finals. No discredit to Bartoli, but Lisicki really let this one go. Here’s hoping she gets a grip on her nerves the next time she’s on centre court.

Any final that ends in straight sets is quite a letdown, especially for the people who shelled out money to watch it live. The spectators that really got their money’s worth are the ones that witnessed Wimbledon history being created by way of the 4 hours 40-something semi-final that took place between Del Potro and Djokovic . Now that was a real nail-biter! It could have gone either way, but the World No.1 emerged victorious, only to lose to World No.2!