Professional Tennis
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…
Men â–º(2) Roger Federer vs. Damir Dzhumhur The seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer will kick off his 2015 campaign at the All-England Club against Bosnia’s Damir Dzumhur. The two have met just once before but it was recently as Federer beat Dzumhur 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 in the Round of 32 at the French Open last…
Novak Djokovic won his Wimbledon opener on Monday, beating Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second-round. The world number one and top-seed Djokovic broke five times in the match, and ripped 12 aces and 36 winners to take the opener in straight sets. “I thought the return was exceptionally well, good from…
World number one Serena Williams came out a little sluggish and got a strong test from Russian qualifier Margarita Gasparyan on the first day of Wimbledon on Monday, but walked away with a 6-4, 6-1 victory to advance. Gasparyan entered this match without ever winning one on the WTA circuit, but gave the best player…
The Wimbledon draws were released on Friday, as the tournament’s participants got a glimpse at their first-round matchups and possible matchups later down the line. The main draw begins action Monday, June 29. Below is the list of first-round matchups for both the men’s and women’s singles draws: Men’s Singles…
Ninth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska from Poland defeated American Sloane Stephens 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-2 on Friday to reach the Aegon International Championship. After cruising in the first set, Radwanska had a chance to serve out the match while up 6-5 in the second set. But Stephens hung tough and broke back to force the set into a…
Just like his quarterfinal match on Thursday, American Sam Querrey had to come back from a set down in his semifinal match on Friday, beating Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. At 5-5 in the final set, Querrey nailed down the only break point of the frame to jump ahead 6-5. And after a couple…