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The greatest intrusion that Tomas Berdych ever experienced away from the court was when he was followed by a couple of photographers.Berdychs semifinal against Andy Murray -- with Ivan Lendl looking on from Murrays guests-box, and with the 1973 champion Jan Kodes seated in the Royal Box -- was a reminder of how Czech players used to have their lives picked over by the states security apparatus. The Wimbledon Diary has seen the files from the 1980s that demonstrate how Lendl and Kodes were spied on by the StB, the secret police of the then Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, with the spooks particularly interested in who they were talking to.While Kodes had the codename Vitez, meaning winner, Lendl was simply known to the agents and their informants as Ivan. Its highly unlikely that any state ever spied on their tennis players as the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic did, with the administration terrified that the athletes would follow Martina Navratilovas lead and defect to the West. Lendl was analysed by the StBs X Division, which was responsible for the counter-intelligence against internal enemies.It was in 1982 that a division chief in Prague signed a document approving the opening of a personal file on Lendl, with regards to his connections with adversary persons. Among the collaborators informing on Lendl were some of his familys closest friends, as well as some within Czech tennis.Strawberries, no creamSerena Williams is halfway to being a tennis traditionalist. The Wimbledon Diary has learned that while the American eats strawberries at the All England Club, what she wont do is smother them with cream. You can watch the womens singles final?Saturday at 9 a.m. ET on ESPN and WatchESPN.Money, money, moneyHow better to calm Britains jittery financial markets than for Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, to spend a day in the Royal Box? By taking his seat on Centre Court, he seemed to be sending a message that, a fortnight after the public voted for Brexit from the European Union, he was no longer so alarmed about the economy. Otherwise, what would he be doing at Wimbledon?While Carney watched tennis in the sunshine, the FTSE 100 equity index rose by almost one per cent on Friday, closing at its highest level in almost a year. It was a good days work for Carney. The tennis would have been pleased him, too. Carney, who is Canadian, would have been thrilled to have watched Milos Raonic reaching a first Grand Slam final, which you can watch Sunday at 9 a.m. ET on ESPN and WatchESPN.Best of friends?All these years after they played on Centre Court, John McEnroes admiration for Bjorn Borg endures. God, he looks terrible, McEnroe said with heavy sarcasm when a cameraman showed a close-up of Borg watching Raonics victory over Roger Federer.Adidas Human Race Shop . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. Basket Adidas Springblade Pas Cher . Hamelin, who triumphed in the 500 on Saturday, edged out Victor An of Russia by 0.021 seconds to maintain his lead in the World Cup standings. Russias Vladimir Grigorev was third. In the relay, Canada took control six laps from the finish line to beat Russia and the Netherlands. http://www.basketnmdpascher.fr/pas-cher-basket-nmd-human-race.html .Y. -- Syracuse has turned up the defence at the right time all season, and when High Point threatened to pull off a monumental upset the second-ranked Orange did what they do best with their quick hands and savvy play. Adidas Nmd Cs1 Noir Pas Cher . -- Nathan Pancel scored twice as the Sudbury Wolves defeated the North Bay Battalion 4-2 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Adidas Nmd Sans Lacet Pas Cher . Didier Drogba gave away the penalty that put Senegal one goal away from a major upset, but the veteran striker will get another chance -- probably his last -- at the World Cup after Salomon Kalous injury-time strike sealed the Ivorians place in Brazil next year.ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- With the complicated math of baseball in the wild-card era, players in the Boston clubhouse were unaware the Red Sox are playoff bound.Dustin Pedroia hit his fourth career grand slam to help Rick Porcello get his major league-leading 22nd win, and the Red Sox clinched a playoff berth by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 Saturday night for their 10th consecutive win.Boston maintained a 5+-game lead over Toronto for the division title and ensured no worse than the ALs second wild card. While the Red Sox technically have a magic number of one, the Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles play each other three times in the seasons final week -- meaning only one of them can win match Bostons 91 wins.Among the other wild-card contenders, only Detroit can reach 91 victories.I havent heard it, Red Sox manager John Farrell said moments after the game.Porcello was informed of the news by a reporter.Obviously, its big, Porcello said. Its the position that we wanted to be in coming into this last week of September. We definitely want the division going forward.Boston is on its longest September winning streak since an 11-game run in 1949.Pedroia stopped an 0-for-17 skid with a single in the sixth and gave Boston a 6-3 lead with a seventh-inning drive off Danny Farquhar.Everybody is obviously grinding, Pedroia said.Pedroia hit several foul balls, including one off his toe before going deep.You can see why hes as good as he is because he fought off some good pitches and got his pitch (a changeup) and crushed it, Farquhar said.Porcello (22-4) gave up three runs, eight hits and struck out nine over 6 1/3 innings. He just missed getting his 12th consecutive start of seven or more innings and three runs or fewer, which would have moved him past Cy Young (1904) and Pedro Martinez (2000) for the longest stretch during the same season in franchise history.Porcello is first Boston pitcher to have 22 wins since Martinez had 23 in his AL Cy Young Award wiinning season in 1999.ddddddddddddCraig Kimbrel, the fifth Boston reliever, reached 30 saves for the sixth straight season despite allowing Logan Forsythes solo homer in the ninth.Brad Miller hit a two-run double in a three-run second that put Tampa Bay up 3-1 and gave him 80 RBI.Tampa Bay threatened in the second but failed to score due to two nice defensive plays. Pedroia made a throw from just in front of the outfield grass at second base on Mikie Mahtooks grounder to get Corey Dickerson at the plate. Third baseman Brock Holt made a solid play along the line on Alexei Ramirezs grounder and threw him out at first to end the inning.We made a couple of really nifty plays, Farrell said. Petey with a heads-up play and then Brock made a beautiful backhand play to finish the inning.TRAINERS ROOMRed Sox: Farrell didnt rule out 3B Pablo Sandoval (left shoulder) from coming back this year if an injury replacement is required in the postseason. . Knuckleballer Steven Wright (right shoulder) threw at 120 feet on level ground for the second straight day but is not ready to throw off a mound.RAYS: DH Nick Franklin (left hamstring) was in the lineup for the first time since Sept. 15. He did pinch hit twice in-between.LOOKING AHEADFarrell said LHP David Price will start Tuesday and Sunday, which lines him up for Game 2 of the AL Division Series.HONORING BIG PAPIThe Rays will honor Red Sox DH David Ortiz in a pregame ceremony Sunday before his final game at Tropicana Field. He will be just the fourth visiting player to be honored, joining Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Cal Ripken Jr. Whenever somebody takes their time to honor my career I always appreciate it, Ortiz said. Everybody has shown a lot of respect and love.UP NEXTRed Sox LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (3-7) will go against Rays RHP Jake Odorizzi (9-6) in Sundays series finale. ' ' '