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Women's final: Kvitova beats subdued Sharapova
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Worried yet?
Petra Kvitova, who had never played in a grand slam final before, let alone won one, was faced with the prospect of serving for the Wimbledon title at 5-4 up in the second set against Maria Sharapova. Nerve-wracking, you might think - but Kvitova, laughing in the face of all the chokers who had gone before, raced into a 40-0 lead before winning with an ace. Yep, that'll get the job done.

Maria's malaise
That majestic ace was in stark contrast to Sharapova's service game, which let her down horribly. OK, it's never been her strongest suit, but this was just awful stuff, particularly on the second delivery. She was broken four times, and won just 4 of 15 points when taking the pace off the ball. Ouch.

Snarling Sasha
We're all for a bit of family involvement in tennis matches - with Judy Murray's clenched-teeth, clenched-fist snarling a particular favourite - but Sasha Vujacic, Sharapova's fiance, was taking it to extremes on Centre Court. After Sharapova sealed a break in the second set, he leapt out of his seat, turned 90 degrees and started roaring - at no-one in particular - before repeating the process several more times. He even looked on the brink of tears when each point went against Sharapova. Exhausting work.

Naughty Novak
A couple of days after David Haye decided to box in the southpaw stance during an open training session ahead of his bout with Wladimir Klitschko, Novak Djokovic employed a similar method of kidology by playing left-handed for 20 minutes of practice on the day before he takes on Rafael Nadal in the Wimbledon final. Not really sure someone that's lost once all year needs to embark on a radical shake-up of their game, but what do we know?

A fate worse than Sheth
Top marks for effort to Sky Sports' Dharmesh Sheth who, having spotted Nadal making his way towards the Wimbledon compound, proceeded to chase after him, before ramming a microphone into his face. Despite Nadal's obvious reluctance to engage, Sheth bravely persevered, quickening his speech and skittling alongside as fast as his legs would carry him. Energised by his success, he ambushed actress Anne Hathaway, that famous tennis sage, at the ticket office in order to secure a quick word. Magic stuff.

Aussie grit in the face of British blundering
Not only did Australian Luke Saville deny Britain's Liam Broady victory in the final of the boys' singles, but he do so while vaguely reminding everyone inside Court One of a certain Leyton Hewitt - not necessarily a good thing.

The unruly blond locks were one thing, but the reversed baseball cap and regular fist pumps in the direction of his coach were quite another. Broady, meanwhile, reinforced to everyone his undeniable Britishness by managing to lose despite being a set and a break up at two points in the match. Stereotypes everywhere.

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