At 2/5 with BoyleSports Serena Williams has to still make it past 7/1 shot Sharapova, but the American is the best player in the world, and should once more hoist the famous trophy come Saturday afternoon.
Yes, Madison Keys, a smiling 20-year-old from Boca Raton, Florida, and Coco Vandeweghe, a laughing 23-year-old from Rancho Sante Fe, California, are into the final eight at the All England Club.
Her mother Tauna, a real “60s child” according to Vandeweghe, who gave her four children nicknames Coco, Beau, Honey and Crash, was a ex- Olympic swimmer while her grandfather played for the New York Knicks in the ’50s.
Vandeweghe is one of three Americans left in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. CoCo broke from her father, Robert Kennis Mullarkey, when her parents moved to the West Coast, only reluctantly visiting him back on Long Island when forced by court visitation rulings. This will be her...