Sunday, June 27, 2010

Wimbledon women's tennis news Day 6

Today is a rest day at Wimbledon. Although I don't think it is needed by any of the top women apart from Maria Sharapova who had a tough match. 3 of the 5 listed below had one close set yesterday so at least they got a bit of a work out. Here are the main results.

Serena Williams (1) beat Dominika Cibulkova 6-0 7-5
Maria Sharapova (16) beat Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 7-5 6-3
Agnieszka Radwanska (7) beat Sara Errani 6-3 6-1
Caroline Wozniacki (3) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (29) 7-5 6-4
Na Li (9) beat Petra Kvitova 6-3 6-1

Serena Williams Advances to Wimbledon 4th Round | Daily Contributor
Serena Williams moved another step closer to retaining her Wimbledon singles crown on Saturday with a straight-sets victory over Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, 6-0, 7-5.
Publish Date: 06/26/2010 16:39
http://dailycontributor.com/serena-williams-advances-to-wimbledon-4th-round/16482/

Serena Williams beats Cibulkova to reach 4th round | Antiwar Newswire
Defending champion Serena Williams put on a serving clinic Saturday, hitting 20 aces in a straight-sets win over Dominika Cibulkova that set up a fourth-round matchup with former champion Maria Sharapova. ...
Publish Date: 06/26/2010 18:00
http://wire.antiwar.com/2010/06/26/serena-williams-beats-cibulkova-to-reach-4th-round-5/

Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova set up 4th-round showdown at ...
Now it's Maria Sharapova's turn to try to solve Serena Williams' serve on the slick grass of Wimbledon. ... "Serving that well feels awesome," Williams said. "I serve well at Wimbledon, for some unknown reason. I want to keep doing it. I wish I could serve like this every tournament. For the most part my serve works when I'm in trouble. At Wimbledon, it works the whole match." The opening game went this way: ace at 97 mph, service winner at 87 mph, ace at 112 mph, ...
Publish Date: 06/26/2010 23:50
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/breaking/serena-williams-maria-sharapova-set-up-4th-round-showdown-at-wimbledon-rematch-of-04-final-97236474.html

Here's a look one one of their previous encounters.


Wimbledon: No. 16 Maria Sharapova Wins, Will Face No.1 Serena ...
No. 16 Maria Sharapova is into the second week at Wimbledon for the first time since 2007 with a hard fought 7-5, 6-3 win over Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic. It was the rare straight set grass court match that took ...
Publish Date: 06/26/2010 17:50
http://www.sbnation.com/2010/6/26/1538662/wimbledon-2010-tennis-score-saturday-maria-sharapova-zahlavova-strycova-serena-williams-will-play

Wimbledon 2010: Sharapova says she Loves Facing Williams ...
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Yeah. You know, like I said, I've been really happy in the last few weeks I've been able to play matches and come through some tough ones against good opponents that really challenged me and stay healthy. ...
Publish Date: 06/27/2010 8:44
http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/2010/06/27/wimbledon-2010-sharapova-says-she-loves-facing-williams/