Last year, Ajla Tomljanovic reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at Wimbledon. This year, he backed it up with a return to the last eight. After 2 hours and 34 minutes of dizzying all-court rallies, Australian No.1 Tomljanovic beat French No.1 Alizé Cornet 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to book a place in the quarter-finals at SW19 … Read more
Two former Wimbledon champions took to the court for third-round action on Saturday, with mixed results. 2019 champion Simona Halep advanced to the Wimbledon round of 16 on Saturday. The No.16 seed from Romania edged Poland’s Magdalena Frech 6-4, 6-1 on Court No.2. But in a fight on center court, No.4 seed Paula Badosa of … Read more
Just one year after maternity leave, Germany’s Tatjana Maria extended her resurgent season with a major milestone at a Grand Slam event. The 34-year-old mother of two reached the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the first time in her career, beating No.5 seed Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-3, 7-5 at Wimbledon. “The … Read more
2019 Wimbledon champion Simona Halep had to work her way through her second-round clash with Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens, coming back to seal a 7-5, 6-4 win to advance to the third round. Halep will face Poland’s Magdalena Frech next. Wimbledon Day 4 Results: Swiatek tested | Boulter stuns Pliskova | Kvitova will face Badosa Halep … Read more
2019 Wimbledon champion Simona Halep had to work her way through her second-round clash with Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens, coming back to seal a 7-5, 6-4 win to advance to the third round. Halep will face Poland’s Magdalena Frech next. Wimbledon Day 4 Results: Swiatek tested | Boulter stuns Pliskova | Kvitova will face Badosa Halep … Read more
No.25 seed Petra Kvitova and No.4 seed Paula Badosa will meet in the third round at Wimbledon after both passed the second-round trials in straight sets. Two-time champion Kvitova held off a late attack from Ana Bogdan to win 6-1, 7-6(5), while Badosa beat Irina Bara 6-3, 6-2. Between 2010 and 2014, Kvitova did not … Read more
2018 champion Angelique Kerber continued her great form at Wimbledon 2022, as the 15th seed from Germany defeated Poland’s Magda Linette 6-3, 6-3 to reach the third round in London. Former World No.1 Kerber, who defeated Serena Williams in the 2018 Wimbledon final for her third career Grand Slam title, needed 1 hour and 25 … Read more
In her first match against a Top 10 player, Jule Niemeier put on a nearly flawless performance to defeat No.2 seed Anett Kontaveit 6-4, 6-0 in just 58 minutes in the second round at Wimbledon. In each of her three previous matches against Top 20 opponents, the 97th-ranked German had taken the competition to three … Read more
Petra Kvitova has reached her first final of the year in convincing fashion, ending Beatriz Haddad Maia’s best-ever winning streak of 12 straight 7-6(5), 6-4 at the Rothesay International. No.14 seed Kvitova prevailed in just under 2 hours on Friday, halting No.15 seed Haddad Maia’s breakthrough and reaching the Eastbourne final for the second time. … Read more
The 2022 Wimbledon draw is out and pits seven-time champion Serena Williams against Harmony Tan in the first round, with a possible third-round clash against 2021 finalist Karolina Pliskova. Elsewhere, No.1 seed Iga Swiatek will have a chance to make history when she opens against qualifier Jana Fett, while 2017 champion Garbiñe Muguruza landed in … Read more