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…
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Djokovic into 45th Slam quarter final with win over Humbert
World number one Novak Djokovic continued his bid to win a fifth Wimbledon in impressive style, as he beat Ugo Humbert 6-3 6-2 6-3. The Serb was able to gain advantage of the first set early on, when in a 20 shot rally the left-handed forehand of the 21 year old Frenchman found the net,…
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…
Nadal crushes Sousa to reach seventh Wimbledon quarter final
Rafael Nadal demolished opponent Joao Sousa 6-2 6-2 6-2 on Centre Court to set up his 39th Grand Slam quarter final. Having won their two previous matchups, Nadal started explosively and broke the 30 year old’s serve on the first two times of asking to take a 4-2 lead. Sousa is the first Portuguese player…
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…
Court Two to be treated to world number one Ash Barty
Ticket holders on Court Two will get to see world number one Ashleigh Barty in action today as she faced Alison Riske for a place in the WImbledon quarter finals. Despite winning the French Open last month, and being top seed at Wimbledon, Australian Barty will be playing in the fourth round today for the…
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…
Who next for the ‘Big Three’ at Wimbledon?
Tomorrow see’s all eight of the men’s fourth round matches taking place. The ‘big three’ are all in action, with Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal all looking to continue successful starts to the Championships. Federer vs Berrettini At the age of 37, eight time champion Roger Federer will take on 17th seed Italian…
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…
Federer cruises into fourth round for the 17th time with Pouille win
Roger Federer beat France’s Lucas Pouille 7-5 6-2 7-6 on Centre Court today, to record his 350th Grand Slam win. Both competitors held serves confidentiality early on. Pouille, unfazed by his first time on Centre Court, had a break point opportunity at 3-3 but skewed a forehand wide before being at the end of some…
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