2012 sports year in review: records, achievements, plus sundry feats and streaks from Brees and Bryant to Cain and Ko

It’s impossible to list all the records set in 2012, but here’s a short rundown of some heralded highlights, plus 20 of our favorites, including some you might have missed.

6. A picture-perfect tennis set

At Wimbledon, Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan completed the first Golden Set in women’s tennis in 44 years, winning all 24 points of the set. Her opponent was Italy’s Sara Errani, the tournament’s 10th seed, so there was no way of seeing this coming.  Errani lost a tightly contested second set, 6-4, and the match.

 

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