The 13-time Grand Slam champion reached her seventh Wimbledon final on Thursday, smacking 24 aces to beat Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 7-6(6) in the semifinals. Serena will meet Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska on Saturday. The previous Wimbledon record of 23 aces was also set by Serena, in a three-set victory over Zheng Jie earlier in the tournament. "I’ve been…
Long Island native Scott Lipsky and his doubles partner, Rajeev Ram, came just short of shocking the second-seeded team of Mark and Bob Bryan in the men’s doubles quarterfinals at Wimbledon this morning, but fell 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 4-6, 4-6. Lipsky & Ram put the heat on the Bryans early in the match and took…
Serena Williams reached her eighth Wimbledon semifinal with her 6-3, 7-5 win over defending champion Petra Kvitova. Kvitova was on an 11-match winning streak at Wimbledon and had not lost at the All England Lawn Tennis Center since Serena beat her in the 2010 semifinals en route to her fourth title. "It feels like a good win,"…
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…
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…