Professional Tennis
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…
World number one Novak Djokovic cruised into the third-round of Wimbledon on Wednesday, winning in straight sets over Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen 6-4, 6-2, 6-3. Djokovic was actually broken in the match’s opening service game, but worked through it to pick up two break points later in the set, and put it on cruise control from…
Fifth-seed Kei Nishikori of Japan withdrew from Wimbledon with a calf injury on Wednesday, just hours before he was set to take the court against Santiago Giraldo in the second round. Nishikori was bothered by a calf injury in his Wimbledon opener against Simone Bolelli, a match that went the distance. He said he felt…
The second day of Wimbledon saw two major players on the women’s side bounce out of the tournament, as third-seeded Romanian Simona Halep and 12th-seeded Canadian Eugenie Bouchard were both defeated on Tuesday at the All-England Club. Halep was the first to go, defeated by 106th-ranked Jana Cepelova, who came back from a set down…
Former Wimbledon champions Roger Federer and Andy Murray both reached the Wimbledon second-round on Tuesday, picking up straight set wins on a hot day at the All-England Club. Federer, a seven-time champion at Wimbledon, looked extremely sharp in his 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Bosnia’s Damir Dzumhur. The Swiss hit just 12 unforced errors in…