MATCH PREVIEW. Simona Halep to battle in-form Zhang in quarter final

2018 French Open winner Simona Halep faces a tough test on Court One today as she faces China’s Zhang Shuai in the quarter finals at SW19. The pair have met three times already, and despite the Romanian Halep being ranked 43 places higher than her 30 year old opponent, Zhang leads 2-1. The 7th seeded…

Simona Halep ends Coco Gauff’s dream Wimbledon run

World number 7 Simona Halep has reached her fourth Wimbledon quarter final after defeating 15 year old Coco Gauff. The girl from Atlanta has arguably been the star of the tournament, as she became the youngest person ever to qualify for the main draw. She then went on to defeat idol Venus Williams in the…

Ashleigh Barty suffers shock exit from Wimbledon

World number one and French Open champion Ashleigh Barty has been stunned by word number 55 Alison Riske, who has made her first Grand Slam quarter final. Barty came into the match on a 15 match winning streak as she backed up her Roland Garros title with a win at the Birmingham Classic last month….

Nishikori to bid for second Wimbledon quarter final against Kukushkin

Kei Nishikori will today look to become the second Japanese player to make multiple Wimbledon quarter finals as he takes on fourth round debutant Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan. Kimiko Date is currently the only Japanese player to have made more than one Wimbledon quarter, after she made the quarter finals of both the 1995 and…

Record breaking teen Gauff set for toughest test yet

15 year old Coco Gauff is to play Simona Halep on Court One today, in what will be seen as her hardest match yet. Stealing headlines last week, the teenage sensation has made it to the second week of her first ever Grand Slam tournament. Ranked at 313th in the world, Gauff was given a…

Andy Murray and Serena Williams triumphant in mixed doubles

Andy Murray and Serena Williams have won their first Wimbledon mixed doubles match against Alexa Guarachi and Andreas Mies 6-4 6-1. The highly anticipated match was put on Centre Court after Roger Federer won in just over two hours against Frenchman Lucas Pouille. On his Wimbledon return following hip surgery earlier this year, Murray lost…

Andy Murray to partner Serena in highly anticipated mixed doubles

On his Wimbledon return Andy Murray will partner six time Wimbledon singles champion Serena Williams today in the mixed doubles. Playing against German Andreas Mies and Chilean Alexa Guarachi, the match was originally scheduled for yesterday. However due to the length of other matches, most noticeably the sensational teenager Coco Gauff’s win against Polona Hercog,…