Plenty of champagne but not much fizz at Wimbledon


  • Tennis
  • Monday, 17 Jul 2017

LONDON (Reuters) - Wimbledon can make a strong claim to be the greatest, as well as the oldest, of tennis's major championships but the 2017 vintage will not go down as one of the finest produced at the All England Club.

For all the admiration for Roger Federer's record eighth title and the appreciation of the exciting promise of women's winner Garbine Muguruza, two one-sided finals were not what fans wanted to see.

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