Williams’ domination came in stark contrast to the two thrilling men’s quarter-finals on Centre Court on Wednesday, which both went to five sets as Roger Federer fought back to beat Marin Cilic and Andy Murray held off a late comeback from Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
“It’s something we’ve worked so hard for in six, seven, eight years, being ranked where we were to where we are now, it’s a credit to everybody involved and long may it continue”.
Injury-plagued del Potro, a former US Open champion, is playing in his first Grand Slam event since the 2014 Australian Open after undergoing three wrist surgeries.
Under the sporting regulations, gearboxes have to last for six consecutive events and, although Ferrari fitted a new one to Vettel’s vehicle on Saturday morning, as soon as he left the pits the next six-race cycle started.
Because the Warriors will not have his full rights at that time, they will have to create $33.5 million in cap space if Durant wants a new max contract.
The number of homicides in the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, whose likenamed capital will host the Summer Olympics next month, has risen this year to 428 per month, or around 14 a day, according to an official report.
But for Iceland, a volcano nation of 330,000, negotiating a way through the qualifiers and then going on to win in France with such a small pool of talent and resources, would have been an achievement beyond any imagination.
Silva replaces Jon Jones, whose light heavyweight fight with Cormier was suppose to headline UFC 200 until Jones was pulled from the card because of a failed drug test suspected to be for a performance-enhancing substance.