Professional Tennis
Maria Sharapova needed three sets to move past upstart American Coco Vandeweghe, holding on for the 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-2 victory to reach the Wimbledon semifinals on Tuesday. Sharapova will play world number one Serena Williams in the semifinals. Sharapova seemed to be on her way to a comfortable straight set win, leading 6-3, 5-3 and…
It took two days to finish, but world number one Novak Djokovic completed his comeback over 14th-seeded South African Kevin Anderson on Tuesday, winning 6-7(6), 6-7(6), 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals. This match was the last to go onto court on Monday and due to darkness, had to be resumed on Tuesday…
Roger Federer moved into the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Monday with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 win over 20th-seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut. The seven-time Wimbledon champion didn’t face a single break point chance, and has now held serve in his last 100 service games. On return, Federer was just as sharp. He broke twice in the…
Americans Madison Keys and Coco Vandeweghe continued to impress on Monday, as each won their respective fourth-round match at the All-England Club to advance to the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Vandeweghe ousted sixth-seed and French Open finalist Lucie Safarova 7-6(1), 7-6(4) to reach the final eight. While the match’s statistics were relatively even overall, Vandeweghe was tougher…
There was a lot of anticipation heading into the fourth-round showdown between Serena and Venus Williams at Wimbledon on Monday, but Serena, the world number one, made it look routine at the All-England Club, beating her older sister 6-4, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals. After Serena was pushed to the brink by Britain’s Heather Watson…
Serena Williams found herself in a huge hole on Friday, down two breaks to the crowd-favorite Heather Watson in the deciding set of her third-round match, but like she has done so much this year, dug herself out and advanced with a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 victory. The top-seed and world number one was broken in…
World number one and defending champion Novak Djokovic eased into the fourth round of Wimbledon, beating 27th-seeded Australian Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 on Friday. The top-seeded Serb picked up a break point on his only chance to take the opening set, and two more breaks of serve in the next set allowed him to…
Petra Kvitova continued her title defense at Wimbledon on Thursday, cruising past Japan’s Kurumi Nara 6-2, 6-0 in less than an hour. Kvitova held Nara to just three winners in the match, while hitting 23 of her own. After a Nara hold pulled her within 2-4 in the opening set, Kvitova rattled off the next…
Thursday afternoon saw the first big shake up in the men’s singles draw at Wimbledon, as 102nd ranked German Dustin Brown knocked out 10th seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. The two-time Wimbledon champion Nadal got off to a good start, breaking in the third game for a 2-1 advantage. But Brown answered…
The third day at Wimbledon was a good one for the American women, as both Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Coco Vandeweghe pulled off upsets to reach the third-round. Mattek-Sands defeated seventh-seed and French Open semifinalist Ana Ivanovic 6-3, 6-4 to advance. “Ana’s a really nice person, she’s a champion, so it was a really good win…