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The first week of Wimbledon has come and gone and the second will begin without either Williams sister.( in singles , they are playing doubles together , and have a second round match on Monday) . Venus Williams lost arguably the best match of the women's tournament so far, as she went down to Petra Kvitova 5-7, 7-6(2), 7-5 on Friday.
Middle Sunday @ wimby. Serena & Venus are both out of the singles, but they aren't packing up & leaving London just yet. They are playing doubles together. Not the same for Flipkens. She is out. Sorry Flip. Once you've tasted semis at Wimbledon one tends to put too much pressure on themselves.
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The Championships’ venue was growing darker, waiting for a Saturday filled with rain to come to an end. (The outer courts have no lights.) The scheduled play had been delayed for most of the day because of the rain. Those last matches were being frantically conducted into the twilight, trying for some catch up.
Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, Que.) and Milos Raonic (Thornhill, Ont.) have both earned a place in the round of 16 at Wimbledon for the first time in their careers following third-round victories over Andrea Petkovic of Germany and Lukasz Kubot of Poland respectively on a rain-soaked Saturday in London.
The end of a third round match in the women’s competition at The Championships revealed a winner who was a former Wimbledon champ. Even though one of the contestants was Venus Williams who was the champion here five times, today a match delivered an outcome that she didn’t want.
Before the middle Sunday of no play at Wimbledon, the third round will wrap up with what should be a bang on Saturday. Both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are back in action and taking on unseeded opponents. Perhaps the most intriguing matchup pits John Isner against Feliciano Lopez.
The girls made the cut for this week’s tournament and qualifying starts tomorrow, although their intro to pro tennis comes with its attendant difficulties.
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Check out these awesome EPA photos of Andy Murray @ Wimbledon.
Biggest casualty of the day was 13th seed Richard Gasquet who blew a 2-set lead against talented teen Nick Kyrgios who tweeted that he’d played his heart out, but he earned his third round place saving nine match points along the way for a 3-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 10-8 victory.
It’s the first Thursday of that fortnight known as The Championships. As surprising as this may be to tennis followers, it rained during competition at Wimbledon. It was the end of the day and only a few matches were held in tennis limbo on the women’s side.
Third-round action begins on Friday at Wimbledon with the side of the draw featuring Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray but suddenly lacking David Ferrer. Among those also in action are Grigor Dimitrov, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Tomas Berdych, and Marin Cilic.
The two biggest names in tennis are still in the Wimbledon draw despite each having tough second-round matchups on Thursday. Rafael Nadal exacted revenge for a 2012 defeat at the All-England Club by overcoming Lukas Rosol in four sets.
For the third time this year, Canadians Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC) and Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) have both reached the third round of a Grand Slam. For his part, Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, ON) was defeated in the second round.
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