In one of the best matches you will ever see, South Africa’s Kevin Anderson outlasted American John Isner 7-6(6), 6-7(5), 7-6(9), 6-4, 26-24 in six hours and 36 minutes to book his spot in the Wimbledon final. Heading into the semifinal, most people thought Isner and Anderson would play a competitive match as both…
In a rematch of the 2016 final, and that year’s Australian Open final, Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber will square off for the Wimbledon championship on Saturday after each won their respective semifinals on Thursday. “Believe me, I know she wants to go out there and win. So do I,” Serena said of Kerber….
Through two sets on Wednesday, it looked as if Roger Federer would be cruising into the Wimbledon semifinals. The top-seed and defending champion had yet to drop a set throughout the tournament. But Kevin Anderson must not have known. The eighth-seeded South African completed the incredible comeback to stun Federer and reach the Wimbledon…
It’s been 12 years in the making, but American John Isner is into the first Grand Slam semifinal of his career after dispatching Canada’s Milos Raonic 6-7(5), 7-6(7), 6-4, 6-3 in the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Wednesday. In a matchup of two big-time servers, few were surprised that neither play faltered on their own serve…
In a joint initiative between the USTA, ATP and WTA, the 2018 US Open will use a serve clock and a warm-up clock to try and increase the pace of play. The clocks were initially used in the Qualifying, Juniors and Wheelchair draws of last year’s US Open, as well as the American Collegiate…
It was ladies day at Wimbledon on Tuesday as the four semifinal spots were finalized, with former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko leading the way. The 12th seeded Latvian defeated Dominika Cibulkova 7-5, 6-4 as she continued her streak of straight set wins at the All-England Club. Ostapenko has been very honest this fortnight about…
American John Isner reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time as he defeated 31st seed Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 7-6(8), 7-6(4) in a fourth round showdown at the All-England Club on Monday. “I’m very happy to be in the quarterfinals of a Slam. Not just Wimbledon,” said the ninth-seeded Isner. “It’s been a…
The second week of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships began on Monday as the quarterfinals of the women’s singles draw were finalized, led by seven-time champion Serena Williams and former finalist Angelique Kerber. The 11th seeded German reached the final eight for the third straight major of 2018, after having done so at the Australian and…
The top seeds continued to fall at the All-England Club on Friday as the second round of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships began to come to a close. Early on, 10th seeded American and last year’s U.S. Open runner-up Madison Keys bowed out to Russian qualifier Evgeniya Rodina in a see-saw match. Rodina seemed to be…
On this day 15 years ago, Roger Federer hoisted the Wimbledon trophy for the first time in his career; the first of what is now eight titles at the All-England Club. On Friday, the 36-year-old continued his quest for a ninth title as he defeated German Jan-Lennard Struff 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 to book his…