Professional Tennis
Petra Kvitova defeated her fellow Czech Lucie Safarova 7-6(6), 6-1 on Thursday to move into the Wimbledon final. Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon champion, rolled in the second set after gutting out the opening frame in a tiebreaker. The sixth-seeded Kvitova is the only player born in the 1990’s to win a Grand Slam title, and…
Trailing two sets to one, top-seeded Novak Djokovic rallied to take the final two sets and defeat Marin Cilic 6-1, 3-6, 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-2 in over three hours. The Serb rattled off 12 of the final 16 games of the match to escape the upset bid from Cilic and move into the semifinals at Wimbledon….
Andy Murray’s bid for a second-straight Wimbledon title came to a screeching halt on Wednesday as the Scot was eliminated from the grass-court tournament in straight sets by Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov. The 11th-seeded Dimitrov moves into his first ever Grand Slam semifinal and has now won nine straight matches dating back to his title at…
The final four in the women’s draw at Wimbledon is all set after the last two quarterfinal matches wrapped up Wednesday as Simona Halep and Eugenie Bouchard pushed their way into the semifinals at the All-England Club. Bouchard knocked off German Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4, a day after Kerber took down Maria Sharapova. The key…
Australian and Wimbledon wild card Nick Kyrgios, currently ranked 144th in the world, has scored one of the greatest upsets in Grand Slam history after his Tuesday afternoon 7-6(7/5), 5-7, 7-6(7/5), 6-3 win over world number one Rafael Nadal. With the win, the 19-year-old Kyrgios becomes the first wild card at Wimbledon to advance to…
Lucie Safarova became the first player in either draw to reach the semifinals at this year’s Wimbledon, defeating Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-1 to reach her first ever Grand Slam semifinal. Safarova was in control from the onset and broke Makarova in her first service game as she raced out to a 3-0 lead in…
It wasn’t easy, but German Angelique Kerber outlasted Maria Sharapova on Tuesday, defeating the Russian 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4 to move into the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Kerber, the seventh-ranked player in the world, needed seven match points to close out Sharapova who battled back from 2-5 down in the final set to bring it to 4-5….
Before the start of Wimbledon, Roger Federer declared himself a contender at the grass-court tournament, and through his four matches he has shown nothing that would render that declaration untrue. The seven-time Wimbledon champion moved into the quarterfinals on Tuesday, rolling past Spain’s Tommy Robredo in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. Robredo had beaten Federer…
Eugenie Bouchard earned herself a spot in the quarterfinals Monday, defeating 25th seed Alize Cornet 7-6(5), 7-5. After taking the first set in a tiebreaker she fell behind 5-3 in the second set, but stormed back to win the final four games and wrap up the match. Cornet, who beat top-seed Serena Williams on Saturday,…
While there has been a number of upsets in the women’s draw at this year’s Wimbledon, the top-seeds and typical favorites on the men’s side have fared well thus far. Defending champion Andy Murray continued that trend Monday, coasting past 20th-seeded South African Kevin Anderson 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(8-6) to reach the quarterfinals for the seventh…