Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Wimbledon women's tennis news Day 7

Kim Clijsters won the Belgian duel against Justine Henin. Justine is way short of the level she was at when she was winning Grand Slams.

Serena beat Maria. It was much closer than I had thought. I expected Serena to win quite comfortable.

I never saw Venus's match but was surprised she appeared to have so much trouble with someone ranked 92 in the world and especially on grass.

The biggest shock of the day saw the third seed Caroline Wozniacki thrashed by the 62nd ranked Petra Kvitova in 46 minutes.

Here are the complete 4th round results results.
Serena Williams (1) beat Maria Sharapova (16) 7-6 (11-9) 6-4
Kim Clijsters (8) beat Justine Henin (17) 2-6 6-2 6-3
Petra Kvitova beat Caroline Wozniacki (3) 6-2 6-0
Venus Williams (2) beat Jarmila Groth 6-4 7-6 (7-5)
Kaia Kanepi beat Klara Zakopalova 6-2 6-4
Tsvetana Pironkova beat Marion Bartoli (11) 6-4 6-4
Vera Zvonareva (21) beat Jelena Jankovic (4) 6-1 3-0 (ret)
Na Li (9) beat Agnieszka Radwanska (7) 6-3 6-2

Serena Williams Avoids Flashback, Beats Sharapova - Straight Sets ...
In match reprising the 2004 final, Serena Williams came out on top this time, beating Maria Sharapova to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.
Publish Date: 06/28/2010 17:53
http://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/serena-williams-avoids-flashback-beats-sharapova/

Serena downs Sharapova to reach Wimbledon q'finals | Home >> Other ...
“If I could serve like him, I'd be a star," Serena Williams said after her fourth-round victory Monday over Maria Sharapova. For the second match in a row, Williams had 19 aces, her high for the year. She has faced only one break point ...
Publish Date: 06/29/2010 3:53
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=588781&publicationSubCategoryId=200

Kim Clijsters beats Justine Henin and heads to Wimbledon 2010 ...
In what was a slow starting match and hailed as the battle of the Belgiums or the battle of the comeback queens, Kim Clijsters (World Rank 8) managed to win the.
Publish Date: 06/28/2010 17:17
http://blog.fjgirls.com/2010/06/28/kim-clijsters-beats-justine-henin-and-heads-to-wimbledon-2010-quarter-finals/

Kim Clijsters Beats Justine Henin to Reach Wimbledon Quarterfinals ...
8 Kim Clijsters d 17 Justine Henin - 26 62 63 Kim now leads the Belgian rivalry 13-12 & has won all 3 matches this year. Justine took a nasty spill in the 1st set & was treated 3 times for it. Henin's stats are a bit better - influenced ...
Publish Date: 06/28/2010 16:12
http://dailychuckle.typepad.com/tennistoday/2010/06/kim-clijsters-beats-justine-henin-to-reach-wimbledon-quarterfinals.html

Venus Williams Advances to Quarterfinals at Wimbledon - NewsPlurk
Venus battles Groth to reach quarter finals, LONDON — Five-time champion Venus Williams battled into the quarter-finals at Wimbledon with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) win over Australia's Jarmila Groth on Monday. ... Comforting words, but no real advice for Jarmila Groth. "He said very nice words," Groth said. "He said that if I improve I will cause trouble to his daughters. But he didn't tell me what I had to do.... Herald Sun ( 6/27/2010 11:20:29 AM -08:00 ) ...
Publish Date: 06/28/2010 14:57
http://sports.newsplurk.com/2010/06/venus-williams-advances-to.html

Wozniacki crashes out of Wimbledon | Sport | The Copenhagen Post
In the second set, Wozniacki only managed to win five points. The Dane's coach and father, Piotr Wozniacki, said his daughter was given a real 'tennis lesson' on Wednesday. 'Why Caroline wasn't ready for this match, I have no idea,' he ...
Publish Date: 06/29/2010 9:33
http://74.52.57.15/~cphpost/2010/06/sport/wozniacki-crashes-out-of-wimbledon/