The Championships, Wimbledon Jun 27-Jul 10

Wimbledon, Great Britain

 

Serena Williams wins opening match at Wimbledon 2016

This was not the Serena Williams the tennis world is used to seeing on Centre Court. It was still good enough for the defending Wimbledon champion to advance to the second round in straight sets.

Struggling on serve and failing to dominate against a 148th-ranked Swiss qualifier playing in her first Grand Slam tournament, Williams labored to a 6-2, 6-4 victory Tuesday over Amra Sadikovic — the 80th match win of her Wimbledon career. What looked on paper like a complete mismatch turned into a tighter contest than expected.

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Federer ends No. 772 Marcus Willis's cinematic run at Wimbledon

We got another version of sport’s inherent cinematic-osity at Wimbledon on Wednesday. A few weeks ago Marcus Willis was a tennis hobbyist, the 23rd-ranked Brit who gave lessons for $40 an hour and was still on a court mostly because his girlfriend, a dentist, talked him into it. (If you were going to make a British dentist joke, Willis has beaten you do it.)

Figuring he has nothing to lose, Willis, ranked a lofty No. 772, enters a Wimbledon prequalifying tournament. He wins three matches and is in the qualifying draw. He wins three more matches and suddenly in the main draw of Wimbledon. He wins his first match. In his second, he faced the great Roger Federer, seven-time champion, on Centre Court. It was going from a baseball beer league to the World Series in the course of a week.

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Bernard Tomic beats Fernando Verdasco in five set play

BERNARD Tomic has clambered into Wimbledon’s second round, enduring multiple rain delays and stiff opposition from Fernando Verdasco.

Tied overnight on Monday at two sets apiece, Tomic moved to 5-3 in the fifth set in the 36 minutes play was possible.

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