Novak Djokovic claimed a second Wimbledon title after coming out on top in an extraordinary battle of wills against seven-times winner Roger Federer, eventually triumphing 6-7(7) 6-4 7-6(4) 5-7 6-4 in a gripping encounter on Sunday.
Second seed Li Na of China defeated Frenchwoman Alize Cornet 6-2, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Eastbourne International tennis tournament on Tuesday.
After 16 consecutive years of always showing up at Wimbledon, winning five titles along the way, Venus Williams pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament Tuesday, citing a lower back injury.
World No 2 Andy Murray claimed his third title of the Queen's Club grass court event as he completed his preparation for Wimbledon with victory over Marin Cilic of Croatia here on Sunday.
Something about the lawns of London bring out the best in Australian veteran Lleyton Hewitt and he gave a glimpse of the grasscourt arts to beat Juan Martin del Potro in Friday's quarter-finals of the Aegon Championships.
The tale of British tennis player Andy Murray's Wimbledon despair turning to Olympic joy shows the sheer power of the psychological advantage that a supportive home crowd and a gold medal-winning streak by your national team can give. 
Gold, not tears, this time for Murray
Britain's Andy Murray produced the match of his life, riding the wave of Olympic euphoria sweeping across the land to thrash the world number one 6-2 6-1 6-4.
Fourth seed Serena Williams won the women's singles gold medal after beating Russia's third seed Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1 in the London Olympics tennis tournament on Saturday.
World number one Victoria Azarenka bounced back from her semi-final thrashing to claim bronze in the Olympic tennis women's singles at Wimbledon on Saturday, defeating Russia's Maria Kirilenko 6-3 6-4 in an hour and a half.
Switzerland's Roger Federer had to break yet another record to keep his Olympic dream alive and Andy Murray surfed a wave of British euphoria at Wimbledon on Friday to set up a mouthwatering showdown for a gold medal.
There were some major upsets on the opening day of the London 2012 Olympic Games tennis tournament at Wimbledon on Saturday with sixth seed Tomas Berdych from Czech Republic, Chinese No 1 Li Na and last year's US Open winner Samantha Stosur of Australia all crashing out of the tournament.
World No 1 Roger Federer said in London on Thursday that winning the Olympic Games could be even harder than winning a Grand Slam title.
Novak Djokovic from Serbia said on Wednesday that he is looking forward to returning to play on grass at the All-England Club, where he won the Wimbledon men's singles title in 2011.
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