Author: Bob Brooker

Spain’s 23 year old Garbine Muguruza won her first Wimbledon title by beating five-time champion Venus Williams in straight sets.

In a 7-5 6-0 victory under the Centre Court roof Muguruza saved two set points and won the last nine games. After a very competitive first set Muguruza eventually broke Venus’s serve and held on to take the set. After that it was all downhill for Venus who, constantly under pressure from Muguruza, made error after error.

One day we may see Jeannieross Barcia take her place on a Wimbledon court.

Compare the weather chart on Day 8 at Wimbledon with the weather chart for sunny Marbella. If you want to take some tennis lessons at any time during the year Marbella is the place to be.

No roof will be needed over the tennis courts in Marbella today.

Rafael Nadal was in great form yesterday with a powerful display of tennis as he progressed to the last 16 of Wimbledon with a straight-set win over Russia’s Karen Khachanov. The Spanish fourth seed Nadal took the first set in just 21 minutes and eventually won 6-1 6-4 7-6 (7-3) on Centre Court.

Rafael was also causing some interest on Twitter as he was photographed struggling to work a self service machine in a supermarket near the Wimbledon grounds.

To sharpen your tennis skills contact tennis coach Orlando Barcia.

The 2017 Wimbledon Grand Slam got under way yesterday. Wimbledon, the oldest tennis tournament in the world, has has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877.

The number one seed Andy Murray progressed through to the second round but there was a surprise upset for the number 5 seed Stan Wawrinka as he was knocked out by the Russian Daniil Medvedev in an impressive four set win: 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 .

If you are staying in the area, why not take some Marbella tennis lessons to improve your tennis skills.