Friday, June 25, 2010

Wimbledon women's tennis news Day 4


Another easy day for some of the top women players. Serena Williams (2) beat Anna Chakvetadze 6-0 6-1, Caroline Wozniacki (3) beat Kai-Chen Chang 6-4 6-3 and Maria Sharapova (16) beat Ioana Raluca Olaru 6-1 6-4. But Daniela Hantuchova (24) went out to Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-1 2-6 4-6.

Although this is a women's tennis blog I must give a mention to John Isner and Nicolas Mahut who played the longest ever tennis match, 11 hours and five minutes. The final set was longer than the previous longest match ever. They took eight hours and 11 minutes just to complete the fifth set. The final score was 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68 to Isner. It would be nice to see those two guys somehow make a lot of money out of this, they deserve it. Serena will probaly win the women's title and not spend that long on court all tournament.

No. 1 seed Serena Williams turned in her second rout of the tournament in Day 4, utterly dominating former top five player Anna Chakvetadze 6-0, 6-1. Serena may have been angry about the scheduling committee relegating her to Court 2 on ...
Publish Date: 06/25/2010 2:12
http://mysportsscore.com/sports/wimbledon-no-1-serena-williams-dominant-again-beats-anna-chakvetadze-6-0-6-1.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wimbledon-no-1-serena-williams-dominant-again-beats-anna-chakvetadze-6-0-6-1

Serena meets the Queen

Serena Williams Discusses Concerts, Curtsies and Soccer - Straight ...
In her pre-Wimbledon news conference, the defending women's champion was most animated when talking about topics other than tennis.
Publish Date: 06/20/2010 16:10
http://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/serena-williams-discusses-concerts-curtsies-and-soccer/

Maria Sharapova rediscovers her lost Wimbledon form | Wimbledon ...
Maria Sharapova says her failure to reach round three of Wimbledon for two years running helped inspire her to victory in her second-round match with Romania's Ioana Olaru.
Publish Date: 06/25/2010 0:54
http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2010/06/maria-sharapova-wimbledon-2010/



Maria Sharapova, champion of Wimbledon 2004, registered a dominant 6-1, 6-4 win over Romanian Ioana Raluca Olaru to make the third round of the Ladies' Singles draw for the first time since 2007. Sharapova suffered embarrassing second ...
Publish Date: 06/24/2010 15:11
http://www.sbnation.com/2010/6/24/1534174/wimbledon-2010-day-4-thursday-no-16-maria-sharapova-wins-olaru-beats-ioana-raluca

Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams wear England-Inspired Nike ...

Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams each took to the grass courts of Wimbledon yesterday in custom designed Nike tennis dresses inspired by the English setting of the championship. Williams arrived on the court in the "Control Lawn ...

Publish Date: 06/23/2010 19:15

http://sleekfly.com/content/19501-maria-sharapova-and-serena-williams-wear-england-inspired-nike-gear-wimbledon