| Sunday, 5 July 2009 Written by AELTC Everybody was talking about Wimbledon during Wimbledon, at least on Twitter. 'Wimbledon' was consistently one of the top trending topics on the micro-blogging site for duration of the tournament. Even a misspelling of the Championships – 'Wimbeldon' – was one of the most tweeted words on men's final day.
This year the team at wimbledon.org provided the most up-to-date coverage of The Championships via Twitter. We were the first to break the news that Rafael Nadal would not defend his men's singles title and we provided live coverage of Centre Court and No.1 Court plus observations across three twitter.com/wimbledon, twitter.com/centre_court and twitter.com/no1court. Here is a selection of our best Twitter coverage.
Rafael Nadal withdraws from Wimbledon because of injury
Defending champion Rafael Nadal has called a press conference for 19:00 to announce whether he will play at Wimbledon. 5:01 PM Jun 19th from web
Still waiting for Rafa to come in the room for his press conference at Wimbledon.7:02 PM Jun 19th from web
Still no sign of Rafael Nadal yet.7:09 PM Jun 19th from web
Here is Rafa...7:11 PM Jun 19th from web
Rafael Nadal has said he isn't 100% fit and has decided he cannot play at Wimbledon this year.7:13 PM Jun 19th from web
Rafael Nadal: "To not play Wimbledon is one of the toughest decisions of my career." 7:15 PM Jun 19th from web
Rafael Nadal: "I've played with some problems with my knees for some months." 7:16 PM Jun 19th from web
Federer on Nadal's absence from Wimbledon: "It's very disappointing for the tournament and myself" 1:38 PM Jun 20th from webFederer v Roddick, men's final
240 players in total enter Qualifying and the main draw and it all comes down to this: Roger Federer v Andy Roddick at 2pm. Game on 11:28 AM Jul 5th from web
The umpire has called 'play', Andy Roddick will serve first and he opens with an ace. Live coverage @centre_court 2:10 PM Jul 5th from web Pete Sampras has just taken his seat in the Royal Box and is shaking the hand of Bjorn Borg. It's his first time back here since 2002. 2:16 PM Jul 5th from web
Roddick saves four break points and leads 6-5 2:46 PM Jul 5th from web
Roddick breaks serve and wins the first set 7-5.2:50 PM Jul 5th from web
The Fed-X is back. He saved four set points to win the tie-break 8-6. Game on. 3:34 PM Jul 5th from web
Federer is now leading two sets to one after taking the third on a tie-break 7-5.4:22 PM Jul 5th from web
Roddick pumps his fists as he breaks Fed's serve to lead 3-1 after the Swiss nets a forehand volley 4:35 PM Jul 5th from web
Roddick comes back from 0-30 down to hold serve and take the fourth set 6-3. TWO SETS ALL. Fed has still yet to break the Fed serve. 4:54 PM Jul 5th from web
7-7 in the fifth set. Federer to serve. Live tweets @centre_court. Roddick has two break points. 5:43 PM Jul 5th from web
Federer holds we are still on game's going with serve. More coverage @centre_court 5:45 PM Jul 5th from web
Roddick holds making it 11-11. The longest fifth set in a Wimbledon final was 1958. Cooper beat Fraser 13-11. 6:03 PM Jul 5th from web
Roddick ace then Federer nets and Roddick holds. 13-13. In-depth coverage @centre_court 6:14 PM Jul 5th from web
Big sigh from Mirka as Roger sends down his 49th ace for the match leading 30-0 on serve #wimbledon 6:15 PM Jul 5th from web
This fifth set of the #wimbledon men's final has lasted an incredible 88 minutes already 6:21 PM Jul 5th from web
Federer holds to love 15-14 6:22 PM Jul 5th from web
40-40 on the Roddick serve. 6:25 PM Jul 5th from web
Championship point for Federer. Coverage @centre_court 6:27 PM Jul 5th from web
Federer has won Wimbledon. 6:28 PM Jul 5th from web
Roger Federer has won his sixth Wimbledon title beating Andy Roddick 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 16-14 in 4 hours 16 minutes.6:29 PM Jul 5th from web
Roddick pays tribute to Federer. "He's a true champion and he deserves everything he gets." Apologies to Sampras. "I tried to hold him off." 6:34 PM Jul 5th from web
Serena v Venus, ladies final The ladies' final between Serena and Venus Williams has started. Venus holds serve on the first game of the match.2:15 PM Jul 4th from web
Games going with serve in the ladies' final. Venus has dropped just 19 games en route to the final Serena has come from a match point down.2:30 PM Jul 4th from web
Lucky let chord for Serena drags Venus to the net. Serena executes measured lob over her 6ft 1inch sister and takes the 1st set breaker 7-3 3:07 PM Jul 4th from TweetDeck
RT @centre_court: Venus misses a forehand and Serena has a match point 1hr and 21mins into this final. Hoots from the crowd 3:34 PM Jul 4th from TweetDeck
Match point 2. Venus hits a 1st serve let. Serena had that point in the bag right up until the moment she netted a tame backhand. 40-40 3:36 PM Jul 4th from TweetDeck
Venus strikes the ball into the trams and Serena has a third match point 3:38 PM Jul 4th from TweetDeck
Another error from Venus, long over the baseline, gives Serena a fourth championship point 3:39 PM Jul 4th from TweetDeck
Venus nets Serena's return. Serena sinks to her knees in celebration of her third Wimbledon title. Sisters embrace at the net. 3:40 PM Jul 4th from TweetDeck
Serena's name - in gold lettering - is already on the honour roll that adorns the clubhouse wall. Venus heads up the stairs and past it 3:55 PM Jul 4th from TweetDeck
Venus Williams has just come into the interview room for her post-match press conference 4:22 PM Jul 4th from TweetDeck
Venus Williams: "I tried my best today she [Serena] just played so well. " 4:23 PM Jul 4th from TweetDeck
Ladies' champion Serena Williams is wearing a t-shirt in her press conference that says 'Are you looking at my titles?' 5:01 PM Jul 4th from TweetDeck The first day of The Championships
Anyone for tennis? 9:03 AM Jun 22nd from web
The people who were first in line in the queue for Centre Court tickets got there on Friday night. That's dedication. 9:51 AM Jun 22nd from web
Roger Federer is having a Sgt Pepper moment on Centre Court. Where is his yellow submarine wonders a member of the IBM team.1:02 PM Jun 22nd from web
Interesting fact of the day: Sharapova's opponent Kutuzova is allergic to strawberries 2:14 PM Jun 22nd from web
Fed's through the first round - 7-5 6-3 6-2. 2:55 PM Jun 22nd from web
"There's 127 people that are going to go home from this tournament a loser.” James Blake tries to find a silver lining in his round 1 loss. 3:13 PM Jun 22nd from web
De Brito says she wasn't asked by the AELTC not to grunt before 2day's match and says "If the body needs to grunt more, it grunts". 6:24 PM Jun 22nd from TweetDeck The roof is closed
The Centre Court roof is closing! 4:42 PM Jun 29th from TweetDeck
Rain has stopped play on the outside courts, while the roof has now closed on Centre Court. Big cheers from the crowd.4:47 PM Jun 29th from TweetDeck
World No.1 Dinara Safina has beaten former champion Amelie Mauresmo in the first competitive match played under the Centre Court roof. 6:20 PM Jun 29th from TweetDeck
@eddieizzard & @noelfielding11 are sitting side by side on Centre Court watching Andy Murray and tweeting right now.7:53 PM Jun 29th from TweetDeck
Roddick says he's looking forward to playing Hewitt in the quarter-finals. "we're the old guys now and it's always a lot of fun," he says.8:26 PM Jun 29th from TweetDeck
Sustained pressure and Wawrinka breaks the Murray serve. The Swiss man leads 6-5 in the fourth set. We may be going the distance. 9:49 PM Jun 29th from TweetDeck
The BBC has moved Eastenders over to BBC2. Could there be a greater symbol of the importance of this match to the British public?10:17 PM Jun 29th from TweetDeck
Murray has match point. It actually looks like he said a little prayer there before serving.10:38 PM Jun 29th from TweetDeck
Murray is through in three hours 56 minutes. Falls to his knees. Judy hugs Murray's g'friend Kim. The crowd goes off. Emotional.10:39 PM Jun 29th from TweetDeck General Twitter obeservations
Just walked past Andy Murray on his way to practice. I had a doughnut in my hand. Why he's world number three and I'm on Twitter.1:21 PM Jun 16th from web
Marat Safin and Roger Federer are re-enacting last year's semi-final right now on Court 14. This time around there is a lot more joking.1:47 PM Jun 19th from web
http://twitpic.com/7w12l - Maria Sharapova playing American football outside Centre Court.11:03 AM Jun 20th from TwitPic
A Wimbledon Haiku: Easy on the Pimms/ Remember, beer before wine./ Avoid mixed doubles.12:10 PM Jun 24th from web Andy Roddick admits to a press conference that he has Rick Astley on his iPod: "In my country you can be arrested for lying under oath”.5:54 PM Jun 25th from TweetDeck
If you've chosen Wimbledon over Glastonbury and need some music the Bryan Brothers' band are playing in a Wimbledon pub 2nite.12:53 PM Jun 27th from web
RT @DavidBCohen: There are so many knights in the Wimbledon royal box that they might as well put in a round table...1:22 PM Jun 27th from TweetDeck
RT @centre_court: Azarenka goes "woo" every shot so if Serena went "hoo" you would have the start of Song 2 by Blur.4:20 PM Jun 30th from TweetDeck
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