Hingis, Mirza reach Wimbledon doubles final
Everything gathered inside the bunker is used across Wimbledon.com and the official app, updating every match in real time, and offering up interesting stats as they happen.
Andy reached the final four in the men’s singles by beating Vasek Pospisil on Centre Court on Wednesday, a day after Jamie and partner John Peers of Australia made it that far in doubles. The most noteworthy moment came when Federer served for the second set at 5-4. After splitting the opening four sets on Monday, the match was suspended because of darkness.
When play resumed, Hingis and Mirza managed to break Vesnina before Hingis served out the match.
Martina Hingis added the mixed doubles final to her schedule at Wimbledon for this weekend.
It’s women’s semifinals day at Wimbledon.
The fourth-seeded Russian struggled for a bit but still beat CoCo Vandeweghe of the United States 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-2 Tuesday on Centre Court.
Andy Murray will be first up on Centre Court on Wednesday in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
In 1884, the Lady’s Singles was introduced at Wimbledon, and Maud Watson won the first championship.
Williams is a five-time Wimbledon champion, and she has already won the Australian Open and the French Open this year – all after winning last year’s U.S. Open. Serena has 20 Grand Slam titles to her name.
“It’s always great to say we had someone who was born right in our region”, Woody said. He extended his record to 4-0 against the Canadian, all in straight sets.
If Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova are both on top form this should be an fantastic contest.
Muguruza lost the first set and still trails 5-4 in the second but is serving to even the second set.
The top-seeded American won the first set 6-2 against Maria Sharapova on Thursday, pushing her ever closer to a calendar-year Grand Slam.
So while the Federer cynics can find reasons to doubt if they look closely enough, it’s much easier to see the glass as half full heading into the Wimbledon final. Gasquest eliminated fourth-seeded Stan Wawrinka in the previous round.
Gilles Simon broke Roger Federer’s serve for the first time at this year’s Wimbledon tournament. She is only two wins away from her fourth Grand Slam in a row.
All money from the re-sold tickets goes to the Wimbledon Foundation, which supports local charities such as the mayor of Merton’s charities.
Andy Murray has a 3-1 lead over Vasek Pospisil on Centre Court, while Roger Federer is up 3-0 against Gilles Simon on Court 1.
The covers are out on the courts at Wimbledon as rain has interrupted the opening men’s quarterfinal matches during the first set.
Muguruza, who won the first set 6-2, is playing in a major semifinal for the first time.
Sharapova won the title at the All England Club in 2004, and reached the final one more time but lost to Petra Kvitova in 2011.
While most of Centre Court and court one was packed with fans, large blocks of vacant seats were visible behind the former’s royal box, suggesting the unused tickets belonged to members or those on corporate hospitality packages.
Centre Court will host three matches on Saturday, starting with the main event between Serena Williams and Garbine Muguruza. Radwanska has been at this stage twice before at the All England Club, including in 2012 when she reached the final. The Swiss player is teaming with Sania Mirza in women’s doubles at this year’s tournament.
The No. 2-seeded Federer is closing in on his record eighth trophy at the grass-court tournament; No. 3 Murray’s 2013 championship was the first for a British man at Wimbledon in 77 years.
In 1868, the All England Club was established on four acres of meadowland outside London.
Although Serena is still at the top of her game and going for a true Grand Slam this season, Venus has been struggling for the past few years and was diagnosed with an energy-sapping autoimmune disease in 2011, three years after her last Wimbledon title.