Professional Tennis
Marion Bartoli of France, the number 23 seed, has advanced to the finals of Wimbledon after her 6-1, 6-2 semifinal win over Kirsten Flipkens. In the finals she will face the 20th-seeded Sabine Lisicki of Germany, who won a tight match over the number four seed, Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-4, 2-6, 9-7. "I just really can’t…
Andy Murray came back from two sets down for the seventh time in his career on Wednesday at Wimbledon as he reached the semifinals with a 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 victory over Fernando Verdasco. In the semifinals, he will meet first-time Grand Slam semifinalist Jerzy Janowicz of Poland, an earlier 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 winner over fellow…
The tennis landscape is littered with labels and language that often does not help us say what we mean. “Take the net” has led generations of players to take the wrong place on the doubles court, usually one racket length from the net. If you are stuck with a bossy partner, you may even be…
After winning his match against Tomas Berdych on Wednesday, Novak Djokovic still has yet to drop a set at Wimbledon. Although Berdych took a 3-0 lead in the second set, he was still defeated by Djokovic, 7-6, 6-4, 6-3. The top-seeded Djokovic’s win sets up a semifinal match against the eighth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro…
The last American woman left in the draw, Sloane Stephens, was defeated in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon on Tuesday, falling to Marion Bartoli of France in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5. There was a long rain delay right before the end of the first set that halted play. When the players came back on court, Bartoli…
Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, the 2013 Wimbledon number four seed, defeated Li Na from China to make it to the semifinals at the All-England Lawn Tennis Club. She won the match in three sets by a score of 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-2. The match took three-and-a-half hours to complete due to rain delays, an injury timeout,…
Fourth-seeded David Ferrer moved in the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Monday after winning his match against Croatia’s Ivan Dodig, 6-7(3), 7-6(6), 6-1, 6-1. Dodig is ranked 49th in the world. Ferrer failed to win a point on Dodig’s serve for four consecutive games in the second set, but broke three times in the third and twice in…
In a surprising upset, world number one Serena Williams was bumped out of the fourth round at Wimbledon on Monday after losing to world number 24 Sabine Lisicki, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4. The 23-year old German was the first woman to steal a set and defeat Williams in the past 34 matches. Throughout the first three…
David Ferrer, the highest seeded Spaniard remaining at Wimbledon, beat fellow countryman Roberto Bautista Agut to make it to the third round for the sixth consecutive year. The scrappy Ferrer had a score of 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-5 to schedule a match in the next round with the 26th-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov. Ferrer was the French Open finalist,…
Because of Serena Williams’ dominance of the women’s game, Andy Murray has talked about what it would be like to challenge her to a match. Serena was able to avoid injury in her match on Thursday, unlike many other participants at Wimbledon 2013, and had an easy 6-3, 6-2 win over France’s Caroline Garcia. Andy…