Wimbledon Finals and KD to Wed

Historic Wimbledon Championships

- France’s Marion Bartoli won the 2013 Wimbledon women’s championship in straight sets over Germany’s Sabine Lisicki. Bartoli, who was ranked 15 in the world, pulled off an impressive run, helped greatly by the biggest names in Women’s Tennis (Williams, Sharapova, Azarenka) all lost early in the tournament greatly lightening the load to carry in order to win the tournament. It is Bartoli’s first Grand Slam, and only the second win for France in the Open Era (since 1968).

- The bigger news was that on the Men’s side. For the first time in 77 years, a British player won this uniquely British tournament. Andy Murray, who got very close last year, losing in the finals to Roger Federer captured his second Grand Slam title (along with the 2012 US Open). Murray was also aided by a weaker field, with Federer and Raphael Nadal losing early. He did still have to defeat Novak Djokovic, which he did easily in straight sets during the finals.

- Wimbledon caps of a big year for Murray, in addition to winning that US Open, he also won the gold medal at last year’s Olympics in London. Everybody saw the pressure on Murray to win Wimbledon, Djokovic acknowledged that during his post-match interview, and he was finally able to live up to it.

Durant to wed WNBA player
- Leave it up to possibly the most competitive player in the NBA to stay within the professional basketball player for his marriage. Kevin Durant's fiance, Minnesota Lynx guard Monica Wright, confirmed on Sunday night that the two are in fact engaged.
- Durant, who was selected with the second overall pick in the 2007 draft, just completed his sixth season in the NBA. The 24-year-old forward has already led the NBA in scoring multiple times and led his Oklahoma City Thunder to the NBA Finals in 2012 where they lost to the Miami Heat.
- Wright is in her fourth season in the WNBA. She played her college ball at Virginia and will turn 25 next week.
- There's no word yet on how soon they plan on having incredibly athletic children.