A team representing Richmond’s ACAC Fitness and Wellness Center placed second in its bracket and fifth overall in a field of 17 at last week’s USTA League 3.0 Men’s Senior Nationals in Tucson, Ariz. ACAC tennis director Jason Kinder said the 13-member team was unique in that it was built more upon chemistry and balance than individual standouts.

Jack Kramer, a tennis champion in the 1940s and ‘50s and a promoter of the sport for more 60 years, died at his home in Los Angeles, his family said. He was 88. Mr. Kramer died late Saturday from a soft tissue cancer that was diagnosed in July, according to his son Bob Kramer. “We’d hoped he could hang on for a few more months,“ Bob Kramer said. “At the end, he didn’t want to go to the hospital, so the family gathered and he died at home.“

NEW YORK - Maria Sharapova couldn’t bear the thought of a U.S. Open taking place without her. So while sidelined with a torn shoulder a year ago, she refused to follow the tournament on TV. She basically pretended it wasn’t happening. Last night, Sharapova was right where she likes to be: on the Grand Slam stage. The 2006 U.S. Open champion returned to the tournament with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Tsvetana Pironkova.

Sorry, golf is not an Olympic sport. Any sport that has its own channel, has a country club aura and is on television almost every weekend does not fit the description of an Olympic sport. Badminton, now there’s an Olympic sport. Tomorrow, the International Olympic Committee will announce the two sports it will add for the 2016 Summer Games.

Petra Rampre and Drew Courtney took decidedly different routes to the singles titles of the McDonald’s Mid-Atlantic Open Clay Court Tennis Championships yesterday at Salisbury Country Club. The top-seeded Rampre, who won her third straight crown, required a little over two hours to outlast third-seeded Tatsiana Uvarova 6-4, 6-7 (7-3), 6-1 in the women’s final.

Last weekend Roger Federer won the men’s title at Wimbledon. His victory moved him past Pete Sampras in all-time wins in “grand slam” tournaments. Does that make him the greatest male tennis player ever? Maybe. Maybe not. For many years professionals could not play in the four tournaments composing the grand slam. The tourneys at Wimbledon and Forest Hills, for instance, were for amateurs only. When excellent competitors such as Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, and Ken Rosewall went pro, they no longer qualified for the grand slams. There is no telling how many slams certain players would have won if they had not turned professional, often during the peaks of their careers.

Swiss star captures a record 15th major title after prevailing 16-14 in the fifth set against American Andy Roddick at Wimbledon.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Roger Federer won his record 15th Grand Slam title Sunday, outlasting Andy Roddick for his sixth Wimbledon championship in a marathon match that went to 16-14 in the fifth set.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Serena Williams has won her third Wimbledon title, beating sister Venus Williams 7-6 (3), 6-2 in the final. The second-seeded Serena also beat Venus in the 2002 and ‘03 Wimbledon finals, but lost to her older sibling in last year’s championship match at the All England Club.

WIMBLEDON, England—Richard Williams refuses to watch his daughters, Venus and Serena, play each other. Says he simply can’t bear to see it, no matter the setting, no matter the stage. So once again, the patriarch of the greatest sister act in tennis history is heading home to the United States before the Wimbledon final.

WIMBLEDON, England—It is looking more and more like another all-Williams Wimbledon final is on the horizon. Only once in the past nine years has there been a Williamsfree women’s final on the hallowed grass of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, and three times the sisters have played each other for the title. The Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., siblings, who have taken home seven of the past nine Wimbledon championships, are one round from another meeting.

Over time, tennis has evolved from a casual summer pursuit to an intense year-round competition for Kyle Parker. The only thing that hasn’t changed for him is his success.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Venus and Serena Williams are one round away from meeting in another Wimbledon final. Five-time champion Venus overpowered Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday, and two-time winner Serena followed her into the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Victoria Azarenka.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—They played into the night, later than anyone ever had in Wimbledon’s long history, and they played indoors, the first match contested entirely under Centre Court’s new roof.

Wimbledon’s retractable roof debuts, taking play indoors for the first time in match between Amelie Mauresmo and top-ranked Dinara Safina.