Ladies Final Day - Wimbledon 2012

Shannon luckily got tickets to watch the Ladies Final at Wimbledon.

 Sean in front of the draw

 Shannon enjoying strawberries and cream in front of Centre Court

 We attempted to see Mansour Barhami and Henri Leconte vs Patrick McEnroe and Joakim Nystrom on an outside court before hte Ladies final stared, but most of our time on Court 3 was spent in the rain.

 Finally the rain stopped and they took the covers off

 Got the court set up,

 and the players came back to a warm welcome. I think Mansour Bahrami saw me taking pictures of him and smiled directly at me for this one! ;)

 Bahrami is such an entertainer, here he is looking for a lost ball.

 We moved over to Centre Court for the main event and this time were sitting undercover.

 Camera envy.

 Serena Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska walking on to the court.

 Spotted 'Sir Charles' Barkley sittting in Serena's players box.

 Initially it seemed like Serena was going to win very easily, but Radwanska fought back, tkaing it to three sets. Serena, in the end, won her 5th Wimbledon title (6-1, 5-7, 6-2 ), equalling sister Venus.

 Serena showing off her trophy.

 Radwanska with her trophy.

 After the ladies singles match we got to see the mens doubles final. The Brisith player Jonathan Marray and his Danish partner Frederik Nielsen eventually won in five sets, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-3. An amazing result, the crowd was so loud, everytime Marray and Nielsen won a point you'd think they had won the entire event. Marray became the first British player to win the Wimbledon men's doubles final since 1936, Marray and Nielsen became the first players to get to the final and to win the Men's Doubles on a wildcard at Wimbledon and Nielsen became the first Dane ever to win a Wimbledon Championship title, his grandfather, having won the Wimbledon Junior Championship Boys' Singles title in 1947.

 Serena then returned to Centre Court to play in the Ladies Doubles final with sister Serena against the sixth seeds Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka.

 The William's sisters were too strong in the end, winning 7-5, 6-4.