Professional Tennis
American qualifier Brian Baker’s run at Wimbledon 2012 ended Tuesday in the fourth round with a 6-1, 7-6(4), 6-3 loss to 27th-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany. Kohlschreiber reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal. Baker was playing in Wimbledon’s main draw for the first time after being off the tour for more than five years because of a…
Great Britain’s Andy Murray defeated the 16th-seeded Marin Cilic, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3, in a rain-delayed match at Wimbledon on Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals for the fifth consecutive year. Murray lost in the semifinals in 2009, 2010 and 2011, and is aiming to give Britain its first male champion at the All England Club since 1936….
Six-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer shrugged off a rare medical time-out to defeat Xavier Malisse, 7-6 (7), 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 on Monday to reach a 33rd successive Grand Slam quarter-final. Federer now goes on to face either Russian 26th seed Mikhail Youzhny or Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan for a place in the semi-finals and had…
Four-time champion Serena Williams survived a grueling match from Yaroslava Shvedova to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals with a 6-1, 2-6, 7-5 victory on Monday. Serena looked set to cruise through as she took the first set in emphatic fashion. On the other hand, Kazakh wildcard Shvedova has been in superb form, winning all 24 points…
Kim Clijsters has completed her Wimbledon career with a loss to eighth-seeded Angelique Kerber in the fourth round. Clijsters is going to retire after the completion of the U.S. Open this September. She fell to Kerber in straight sets 1-6, 1-6, and didn’t earn a single break point throughout. She was able to save match…
As week one of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships comes to a close the drama is just beginning to unfold. The first day of the Championships was already bursting with storylines. Several big names were sent packing in shocking fashion. Two Americans, John Isner and Wimbledon legend Venus Williams, were perceived as threats going into the…
World number three-ranked Roger Federer nearly joined world number two Rafael Nadal on the sidelines at Wimbledon, but overcame a two-set deficit to edge Julien Benneteau, 4-6, 6-7(3), 6-2, 7-6(6), 6-1 in action on Friday. Federer moves on to play Belgium’s Xavier Malisse, a 1-6, 7-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 winner over the number 17 seed, Fernando Verdasco…
Due to rain showers on Friday at Wimbledon, top-seeded Novak Djokovic played on Centre Court under the retractable roof, defeating Radek Stepanek, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the next round. Tournament officials decided to close the roof for Djokovic’s match. Once the roof was fully closed, the sun came out and outside courts…
Windy conditions at Wimbledon proved to be tough on Maria Sharapova’s serve, but she rallied to beat Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei 6-1, 6-4 in the third round. Sharapova broke Hsieh three times in the first set with an easy victory seeming to be in sight, however, the wind began to blow in the second set, and Sharapova…
Christina McHale of the United States has advanced to the third round at a fourth consecutive Grand Slam tournament, after her 7-5, 7-5 second-round victory over Mathilde Johansson of France on Thursday. The 28th-seeded McHale, a 20-year-old from Englewood Cliffs, N.J., will next face the eighth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany. ”It was weird: The first and second sets…