Professional Tennis
The Czech Republic’s Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova is starting to garner the reputation of being a giant-killer, following up her upset of second-seeded Li Na in the third-round by taking down former world number one Caroline Wozniacki on Monday. Zahlavova-Strycova won the match in straight sets 6-2, 7-5 to advance into the round of 16, prevailing after…
The headliner was the weather at Wimbledon as rain fell from the English skies, postponing a number of matches on Saturday. Two of those matches resumed on Monday as Kei Nishikori and Stan Wawrinka both closed out their third-round matches to earn a spot in the final 16. Japan’s Nishikori reaches the round of 16…
Novak Djokovic moved another step closer to capturing his seventh career Grand Slam title as he advanced to the Round of 16 at Wimbledon, beating Frenchman Giles Simon 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 on Friday. The top-seeded and world number one Serb hit 31 winners and seven aces on his way to the straight set victory, and…
Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki moved into the fourth round at Wimbledon on Friday, coasting past unseeded Ana Konjuh 6-3, 6-0 in a little over an hour. Konjuh, who is only 16 years old, came through as a qualifier and surprised a lot of people by winning her first two matches of the tournament….
Ana Ivanovic moved into the third-round at Wimbledon Thursday, coasting to a 6-4, 6-0 straight set victory over Zheng Jie of China. Despite struggling at Wimbledon over the last few years, Ivanovic has been playing some of her best tennis recently including the victory at the Aegon Championships last week. “It’s been a slow, slow…
For the second straight match at Wimbledon, world number one Rafael Nadal dropped the opening set to his opponent. For the second straight match, Nadal stormed back to take the next three sets to claim victory. The second-seeded Spaniard came back to beat Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 4-6, 7-6(8-6), 6-4, 6-4 to move…
Serena Williams dropped her second-round matchup two weeks ago at the French Open, but avoided that upset on Thursday at Wimbledon, routing South Africa’s Chanelle Scheepers 6-1, 6-1 in a match that lasted not even 50 minutes. Serena broke Scheepers early in the first set which put the ball back in her court. From there,…
Japan’s Kei Nishikori bolted into the third-round at Wimbledon for the third straight year on Thursday, disposing of American Denis Kudla 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 in straight sets. Nishikori is attempting to rebound from his first-round exit at the French Open two weeks ago and regain his Top 10 world ranking. The 24-year old faced no…
David Ferrer was one set away from moving into the third round at Wimbledon but was unable to close the deal as Russian qualifier Andrey Kuznetsov shocked the Spaniard 6-7 (5), 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday. Kuznetsov is a relatively unknown player, ranked just 118th in the world, and will be making his first appearance…
Despite her recent struggles, the grass at Wimbledon seems to always be a kind place for Venus Williams. The 34-year old has won the title at Wimbledon five times in her career, and is off to a fast start here in 2014. She defeated Japan’s Kurumi Nara in straight sets on Wednesday, battling back from…