Romanian Halep Goes to Quaterfinals in Wimbledon

People like different game styles, different personalities.

Romania coach Ilie Nastase was sent from the court after calling Konta and his British counterpart Anne Keothavong “bitches” and was later banned from the stadium following a foul-mouthed rant at a British journalist.

“Again, he can be quite up and down”.

“It’s important to have various different role models in the sport, players competing for the biggest events. I’ll have the public against me as you’d expect so I’ll have to be ready”. The Romanian showed a dominting display during the tiebreak she sealed at the first chance when Azarenka sprayed a forehand wide. I think until this year he hasn’t played so well on the grass himself. “I think I only played him once before, and it was a really tight match”.

He now meets Paire for the second time, after winning a dramatic match in Monte Carlo a year ago that sparked a brilliant run of form which ultimately ended in the number one ranking. He’s got one of the best backhands. “But I’m holding strong”.

Now 23 and the 21st seed here, she has not yet delivered on Murray’s predictions but gave Konta a headache, setting up three break points as the Briton served for the opening set.

Although she bowed out in the last 16 of the US Open in September, Konta narrowly missed out on the year-end WTA Championships, but began 2017 by winning the WTA Apia International in Sydney, proving to her rivals that she is a genuine title contender and then came further success in Miami before her latest run to the last eight at Wimbledon.

Despite repeatedly denying her father was cheating by using hand gestures, Garcia was pushed to the limit in a post-match interview. She’s a good player.

“It’s not about men and women – it’s about who are the star players at the time”.

Ostapenko’s first two Wimbledon matches went to three sets, her third match was a tough 7-5, 7-5 win over Camila Giorgi, and she won her fourth-round match over Elina Svitolina in a second-set tiebreak. She has everything-except the one thing everyone has expected from her for years: a Grand Slam title.

The Frenchman is known for his propensity to smash rackets, and said: “Normally when I see my prize money, it’s a little bit less than I saw on the paper”. She won back to back Madrid titles, and made her second Roland Garros final, although perhaps the less we say about that the better.

Konta, though, looked in great shape yesterday as she overcame Garcia and became the first British woman to make the quarter-finals at Wimbledon for 33 years.

The second Monday of Wimbledon promises a thrilling day of tennis for fans flocking to SW19, with the last 16 men and women in the singles draw all scheduled to play.