Wimbledon 2012

Serena Williams enters 3rd round at Wimbledon

Wimbledon: Four-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams moved into the third round with an overpowering serving performance on Thursday, hitting 10 aces in a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Hungarian qualifier Melinda Czink. Williams won 37 of 44 points while serving, including 27 of 28 on first serves, and never faced a break point. Twice, the 98th-ranked Czink whiffed completely while trying to return serves. Williams, who is seeded sixth at the...  

Sharapova, Errani advance at Wimbledon

Wimbledon: Maria Sharapova overcame a second-set blip as she returned to the court for a second straight day to finish off a 7-6 (3), 6-7 (3), 6-0 victory over Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria on Thursday to reach the third round at Wimbledon. The top-ranked Russian led 3-1 in the second set when the match was halted on Wednesday because of bad light, but she was broken in the first game...  

Roddick downs Baker to move into 2nd round

London: Three-time Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick reached the second round by wrapping up a rain-delayed 7-6 (1), 6-4, 7-5 victory over 186th-ranked British wild-card entry Jamie Baker on Wednesday. The 30th-seeded Roddick, whose title at the 2003 US Open was the last for an American man at any Grand Slam tournament, and Baker were forced off court by wet weather in the second set on Tuesday night. Then the resumption...  

Clijsters eases into third round

London: Kim Clijsters eased into the third round at Wimbledon on Wednesday, beating Andrea Hlavackova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-3 on Centre Court. Clijsters never faced a break point and broke her opponent three times, including in the final game to wrap up the win in 1 hour, 5 minutes. The match took place under the retractable roof on Centre Court after rain showers interrupted play earlier in the...  

Djokovic beats Harrison to reach Rd 3

Wimbledon: Defending champion Novak Djokovic won under the lights on Wednesday at Wimbledon, beating American Ryan Harrison 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the final match of the day. With the schedule delayed because of afternoon rain, Djokovic and Harrison played under the retractable roof on Centre Court and finished their second-round match at 9:52 p.m. The top-seeded Djokovic lost only four points on his second serve and saved all six break...  

US Open champ Stosur loses in 2nd round

Wimbledon: Now that US Open champion Sam Stosur is gone, too, this is the first time since 1939 that no Australian men or women reached the third round at Wimbledon. Stosur lost in the second round at the All England Club on Wednesday, beaten 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 by 72nd-ranked Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands. A total of nine players from Australia entered the grass-court Grand Slam tournament this year, and...  

Wozniacki crashes out of Wimbledon in 1st round

Wimbledon: Caroline Wozniacki wasted two match points in the second set before losing 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-4 to Tamira Paszek of Austria in the first round of Wimbledon on Wednesday in a match that lasted more than three hours. The former top-ranked Dane saved four set points in the first set but then failed to convert two break points when leading 5-4 in the second. Paszek then erased an early...  

Bhupathi-Bopanna in 2nd round of Wimbledon

London: India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna notched up a straight-set victory and advanced to the second round of the men's doubles event at the Wimbledon on Wednesday. The seventh-seeded Indian combination got the better of Marcel Felder of Uruguay and Tunisia's Malek Jaziri 6-0 7-6 (1) 6-2 in an hour and 36 minutes at the All England Club. The duo will take on the winner of the match between...  

Federer storms into 3rd round of Wimbledon

Wimbledon: Roger Federer put on quite a display in front of Prince Charles, sweeping aside Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of Wimbledon on Wednesday. Federer and his Italian opponent bowed to Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in the Royal Box before their match, and the Swiss six-time champion then showed them the type of tennis that helped him rule on Centre Court for...  

Djokovic, Federer back on court for second round

London: After demolishing their first-round opponents, defending Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic and six-times winner Roger Federer return on Wednesday to face players from the opposite end of the tennis spectrum. Djokovic plays 20-year-old American Ryan Harrison and the ice-cool Federer takes on fiery Italian showman Fabio Fognini, with both second-round matches on Centre Court. Neither Harrison nor Fognini have won a tour title while their multi-grand-slam winning opponents have 104...  

Worst Wimbledon for Aussie men since 1938

London: Wimbledon's honours board is littered with Australian greats but the gradual decline in the country's fortunes on the famous lawns reached a new low on Tuesday when, for the first time since 1938, they failed to get a man into the second round. Lleyton Hewitt, the last Australian to win the title in 2002, was beaten in straight sets by fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga; new kid on the block...  

Murray eases past Davydenko at Wimbledon

London: Andy Murray cruised into the second round of Wimbledon on Tuesday by brushing aside Nikolay Davydenko 6-1, 6-1, 6-4. On a day when Petra Kvitova and Rafael Nadal both had poor starts before recovering for victories on Centre Court, Murray took control from the start and never looked back against the former third-ranked Russian. Murray broke Davydenko six times and never dropped his own serve. As always, Murray is...  

Azarenka reaches 2nd round at Wimbledon

Wimbledon: Second-ranked Victoria Azarenka overcame a late slip-up to beat American Irina Falconi 6-1, 6-4 on Tuesday in the first round of Wimbledon. The Australian Open champion looked to be cruising toward victory when leading 4-1 in the second set but allowed Falconi to break twice and keep her chances alive. Azarenka wouldn't allow a comeback, however, converting her second match point when Falconi netted a forehand return. Azarenka reached...  

After shaky start, Nadal wins in straight sets

Wimbledon: Rafael Nadal lost the first four games of his first-round match at Wimbledon before turning things around against Thomaz Bellucci, beating the Brazilian 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-3. Just like defending women's champion Petra Kvitova in the match before him, Nadal had a shaky start on Centre Court. He was two points away from going down 5-0 in the first set, but Bellucci netted an overhead backhand at 30-15 and...  

Serena Williams enters 2nd round at Wimbledon

Wimbledon: Serena Williams did much better than big sister Venus at Wimbledon, beating Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday in the first round. Playing on the same Court 2 where Venus lost in straight sets a day earlier, Williams took command by breaking her Czech opponent three times in the first set. The players then traded breaks twice in the second before Williams broke again in the 10th game,...  

Tsonga cruises past Hewitt at Wimbledon

Wimbledon: Fifth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ousted former champion Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets on Tuesday in the first round of Wimbledon. Hewitt was playing as a wild card for the first time at Wimbledon and couldn't do much to stop the sixth-ranked Frenchman, who broke once in each set to win 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Tsonga finished with 61 winners to the Australian's 12. Tsonga reached the semifinals at the All England...  

Kvitova reaches 2nd round at Wimbledon

Wimbledon: Defending champion Petra Kvitova recovered from a shaky start to beat Akgul Amanmuradova 6-4, 6-4 in her opening match at Wimbledon. The fourth-seeded Czech looked nervous early on and was broken in her first service game on Centre Court and then saved two break points when trailing 3-0 in the first set. She found her rhythm after that and won seven straight games to take a 2-0 lead in...  

Petra Kvitova goes down memory lane

Petra Kvitova won Wimbledon in 2011. ...