Wimbledon 2011: a day-by-day review in pictures

Day One The Centre Court roof is called into action early on as rain disrupts play. Under the roof, Andy Murray shrugs off an early stutter to brush aside the unfancied Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver 4-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-0 Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Day Two For the first time since 1980, there is an Irishman in the draw. Conor Niland nearly causes an upset against Adrian Mannarino, leading 4-1 in the final set, only to lose his nerve and allow the Frenchman to recover Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Day Three In a match labelled the 'Zimmer frame special', 40-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm stuns Venus Williams by winning the first set. But the American comes storming back to win an astonishing encounter 6-7, 6-4, 8-6 Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

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Day Four Although Lleyton Hewitt contrives to throw away a two-set lead over Robin Soderling, the Australian produces arguably the shot of the tournament, an astonishing diving backhand pass down the line Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images

Day Five A famous shock is on the cards as Britain's Laura Robson races into a 4-1 lead against Maria Sharapova in the first set, but the 2004 champion refuses to lie down and eventually overpowers the 17-year-old Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Day Six Novak Djokovic loses a few supporters during his 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Marcos Baghdatis after petulantly smashing his racket following a missed backhand in the second set Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images

Day SevenRafael Nadal's defence of his title momentarily looks like coming to a premature end as he suffers a foot injury during his hard-fought win over Juan Martín del Potro. Meanwhile the end of an era beckons in the women's game after Serena and Venus Williams are both beaten Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Day Eight In one of the best matches of the tournament, the German qualifier Sabine Lisicki manages to see off the conqueror of Serena Williams, Marion Bartoli, to reach the semi-finals Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Day Nine For the second year in a row, Roger Federer goes out in the quarter-finals, losing to an inspired Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in five sets. The Swiss was two sets up and had never previously lost a grand slam match from that position Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Day 10 Petra Kvitova becomes the first female left-hander to reach the final since her hero and fellow Czech, Martina Navratilova, in 1994. She will meet Sharapova, after her easy win against Lisicki. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Day 11 Andy Murray wins the first set of his semi-final against Rafael Nadal to raise British hopes. At 15-30 on Nadal's serve early in the second, Murray misses the easiest of forehands. Nadal breaks Murray in the next game and goes on to win 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 Photograph: Tom Jenkins/Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Day 12 Maria Sharapova goes into the final of the ladies' singles as the overwhelming favourite. But Petra Kvitova clearly hasn't read the script and pummels her way to a 6-3, 6-4 victory Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Day 13. Just like in the women's final, the favourite is defeated in the men's. Although he has not lost at Wimbledon since 2007, Rafael Nadal has no answer to the supreme hitting of Novak Djokovic, who seals a 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 win. It is his first title at Wimbledon - and the new world No1's second grand slam this year Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Wimbledon 2011: a day-by-day review in pictures

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