Ashleigh Barty from Queensland delivered an historic double to Australia yesterday, joining South Australia's Luke Saville on the honour role at the Wimbledon Junior Championships. This is the first time Australia has won both the boys' and girls' singles titles in the same year.

Barty started slowly in her match against 16-year-old Russian No.3 seed Irina Kromacheva, trailing 4-1 in the first set before regaining her customary composure to fight back and win the match 7-5 7-6(3).

The dream is true - The new World No.1 is the new Wimbledon Champion. In a superb performance, Novak Djokovic conquered the early nerves, gained the early initiative, stepped up the gears to stamp his authority, quelled a comeback from his opponent before overcoming the late match pressure to accomplish his childhood dream of being Wimbledon champion. Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal in four sets 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 in an accomplished display. The Serb’s victory underlined his dominance this year and put the icing on his World No.1 cake. The cherry on top undoubtedly was doing so by beating Nadal in a slam on grass for the first time on the most glorious stage of all. Rafael Nadal looked all at sea for a while but showcased his own guts and refusal to give up but even that came up short against Djokovic who played like a man possessed. The victory was Djokovic’s third slam and the second of the year to go with the Australian open crown he captured earlier this year.

Nadal was graceful in defeat and congratulated Djokovic on his first title. He recalled his own emotions on winning the title in 2008 and promised he would be back the next year. Djokovic described this as the best day of his life, winning the tournament he most wanted. He paid tribute to his opponent and suggested he had to play his best ever match on grass to win. He wasn't exaggerating as the level of play he displayed from the fag end of the first set through the second set was quite unbelievable. Equally impressive was his guts and bravery when he served and volleyed to setup match point - a clear demonstration of a champion's mentality. The ability that Djokovic showed in keeping Rafa on the backfoot in the rally was key not only today but also why he has dominated the Spaniard all year.

Multiple Grand Slam champion Mahesh Bhupathi along with his partner Elena Vesnina of Russia advanced to the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Final on Saturday. The Indo-Russian pair battled past the Aussie-Taiwanese combo of Paul Hanley and Su-Wei Hsieh 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 in a tough three set slugfest which lasted just under 2 hours. They will meet the 9th seeds, Jurgen Melzer and Iveta Benesova, in Sunday's Final. Melzer and Benesova edged past the 8th seeds Daniel Nestor and Yung-Jan Chan in straight sets 6-4, 6-4. The Mixed Doubles Final will be played on Centre Court on the conclusion of the Gentlemen's Singles Final. The match should be an exciting affair and it will be interesting to see how Bhupathi and Vesnina cope with playing two left-handers, a very rare combination in a Doubles contest.

Bhupathi will be chasing his 12th Grand Slam title, his 8th Mixed Doubles crown and 4th Wimbledon title, while Vesnina has thrice been a Grand Slam Doubles runner-up and will be anxious to get her hands on the winner's trophy for the very first time. Melzer meanwhile has 1 Grand Slam title to his credit, having won the Doubles crown here last year. Benesova is the least experienced of the quartet and is venturing into unchartered waters.

As Petra Kvitova sank to her knees after hitting a beautifully timed ace right down the middle, the Wimbledon crowd rose as one to congratulate a new champion. In a stunning display of power tennis, Petra Kvitova out hit and out served former champion Maria Sharapova in straight sets 6-3, 6-4. In a final that was far more intriguing than the scoreline suggests, Kvitova checked all the boxes in a fantastic display of physical game and mental resolve. The Czech quelled all challenges that Maria Sharapova brought to her in a scintillating, nerveless display. She kept the former champion at bay all match never allowing Sharapova to sink her teeth into the contest. The win meant Petra Kvitova became the first left-hander since her idol Martina Navratilova to win Wimbledon. In what was undoubtedly a nice touch for the 21 year old was the presence of Martina to cheer for her in victory.

In a match where both players found it tough to make that decisive break and run away with the match, two moments probably were key to this match more than any other. The first came in the opening set when Sharapova’s service blips came to the fore as she served two double faults at 30-30 to give Kvitova the break that eventually was all she needed for the first set. The second came in the proverbial 7^th game of the second set when Kvitova put all the mishits she had hit in the previous game behind her to break Sharapova by outlasting the Russian. Kvitova excelled in not allowing nerves to get the better of her and the quality of her game and pace of her shots put Sharapova off hers just enough to never really be threatened in her title romp.

It had to happen eventually. The finalists here were prohibitive favourites to contest the finals a month earlier till a certain Swiss ripped that particular script up on the red clay of Paris. On Sunday though, in a different setting, on the green grass on Centre Court, slightly less expectedly, the new World No.1 Novak Djokovic takes on the defending champion Rafael Nadal in a clash of the titans at Wimbledon.

The title clearly means so much to each of them. For Djokovic, winning Wimbledon and being the top ranked player in the world have been lifelong ambitions. Now that he’s achieved one, he will look to buttress it with the other. The Serb kissed the turf after his semi-final victory and admitted that the emotions were difficult to express, given the childhood dream he was so close to realising. Rafael Nadal for his part began life as a classic clay courter and it would have been easy to go the way of many of his compatriots by shunning the lawns. Instead the Spaniard made Wimbledon a priority and it culminated in 2008 when in the creeping darkness, he won perhaps the greatest match of all time, to capture his first Wimbledon crown.

When the Championships began at the All England Club there were five Indians in the fray competing in various events. On Friday that number was reduced to only one as Mahesh Bhupathi was left to be the lone warrior holding the Indian flag aloft at the cathedral of tennis. While Sania had to taste double heartbreak as she was ousted from both the Women's Doubles and the Mixed Doubles competitions, the legendary Leander Paes was ousted from the latter.

The Indo-Russian pair of Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina were dumped out of Wimbledon 2011 as they were given a 6-3, 6-1 hammering by the 2nd seeded duo of Kveta Peschke and Srebotnik on the 11th day of the Championships. The 4th seeds looked out of sorts in the entire encounter as the Czech-Slovenian team took barely an hour to notch up a straight forward victory to move into the final of the Women's Doubles.