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“It’s her first Grand Slam final, so we’ll see how, emotionally, she deals with it”.

“They helped me rather than hindered me”, said Federer who said he was looking forward to meeting Murray. She’s the first Spanish woman to advance to the Wimbledon final since Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in 1996. Then again, there was no shame in a 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-4...

So a reporter asked Williams whether Drake might be a “lucky mascot”.

It’s a huge day of tennis at Wimbledon today as big names of the tournament take to the court on the first day of the second week.

Vandeweghe was playing in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal match. Another is assured of elimination.

The final four lineup has an unexpected name, too.

Wimbledon will hold a minute of silence at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the London bombings.

“We get on well”. “We get on well, but obviously, on Friday – different story”.

Azarenka, a two-time Australian Open champion, has lost 17 games and will next meet 30th-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland.

Until Gasquet dropped to his back at the baseline when French Open champion Wawrinkas last backhand sailed long, it appeared this might be the first Wimbledon semifinals in 20 years involving men seeded 1-4.

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.

Gasquet began brightly but from the moment he double-faulted to lose the second set it seemed unlikely he would make it through.

Before play got started at Wimbledon on Tuesday, the All England Club took a moment to remember the victims of the 2005 London bombings on the 10th anniversary of the attacks.

But the world wants to know what’s happening, and the task of capturing and recording every single drop shot, volley and epic five-set comeback falls to IBM, the official technology partner at the All England Lawn Tennis Club.

Williams was in danger of a shock quarter-final exit after a slow start on Centre Court on Tuesday, but the five-time Wimbledon champion eventually battered 23rd seed Azarenka into submission in two hours and three minutes with a barrage of 43 winners and 14 aces.