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Wimbledon: Russia's Vesnina-Makarova pair win women's doubles title

2nd seeded Russian pair on Sat eased to a 6-0, 6-0 mauling of the 9th seeded Taiwan-Romanian pair

Wimbledon: Far away from Centre Court

Week before its main draw, the tournament's qualifying matches are held 3-1/2 miles away

London's Queen's Club, the world's most picturesque tennis venue

Charm of Queen's Club courts is their intimacy

Wimbledon increases prize money to $40.8 million

Winners of the singles competitions will receive $2.8 million each

Police probe Wimbledon tennis poisoning

Gabriella Taylor, 18, withdrew from the competition in July and spent four days in intensive care

A sporty weekend

A terrific line-up of events lies ahead for sports loversWIMBLEDON(Men's and Women's Finals)Wimbledon Finals weekend is a special occasion for tennis fans. The Ladies Singles Final to be played later this evening between Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber will be one such occasion. The debate on who the greatest female tennis player of all time may be never-ending, but for the moment let us all enjoy Williams' unprecedented domination of the game which has taken place for the best part of the last decade and a half. A six-time champion at the All-England club, she currently possesses 21 Grand Slam singles titles.A victory today over Kerber would tie her with Steffi Graf's open era record of 22, and leave her two short of Margaret Court's all-time record of 24. Kerber, the 28-year-old German, will not represent easy opposition though. Earlier this year she had beaten Williams in a thrilling three-set match in the Australian Open final to clinch her first Grand Slam title.The men's fi