Rogers Cup: Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal storm into quarterfinals
Tennis | August 09, 2019 9:51 ISTBoth, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal secured easy victories to enter the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup.
Both, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal secured easy victories to enter the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup.
Simona Halep beat Serena Williams 6-2, 6-2 on Centre Court for her second major title.
It'll be the 11th final at the All England Club for Williams and the first for Halep, whose only major trophy came at the French Open last year.
Williams reached the semifinals at the All England Club for the 12th time, overcoming five breaks of serve to beat Alison Riske 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 Tuesday on Centre Court.
Serena Williams will make her 14th Wimbledon quarterfinal appearance in a bid to secure her 24th Grand Slam title which would put her equal with the record holder Australian Margaret Court.
In the men's draw, two-time Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal defeated two-time semifinalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.
Federer advanced as expected on Thursday, beating wild-card entry Jay Clarke 6-1, 7-6 (3), 6-2 on No. 1 Court.
Murray's agent, Matt Gentry, said Tuesday night that the two Grand Slam champions and former No. 1-ranked players will be partners at the All England Club.
Williams was outplayed in the third round of the French Open by 20-year-old American Sofia Kenin, who used clean, deep groundstrokes to put together the 6-2, 7-5 upset Saturday.
Novak Djokovic beat Switzerland's Henri Laaksonen in straight sets to set up a third-round clash against Salvatore Caruso.
Serena Williams came back from one-set down to defeat 83rd seed Vitalia Diatchenko. Petra Kvitova, however, had to pull out of the tournament with an injury.
Williams raced to a 3-0 lead over two-time major champion Garbine Muguruza in their third-round match before dropping six straight games and the first set, 6-3.
Serena Williams shared a video on her Instagram which unintentionally dropped a major Avengers: Endgame spoiler.
Williams dropped as low as 491st upon her return to competition in March 2018 but is up to No. 10 after reaching two Grand Slam finals.
Serena Williams has lost her Australian Open quarterfinal to Karolina Pliskova after being called for a foot-fault on match point.
Serena Williams defeated Simona Halep 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in round four of the Australian Open.
Serena Williams will face Simona Halep in the fourth round after beating Dayana Yastremska 6-2, 6-1 while Garbine Muguruza eased past Timea Bacsinszky 7-6 (5), 6-2 in round three of the Australian Open.
Surely, everything felt a tad different up-close-and-personal with the 37-year-old American in Rod Laver Arena.
Halep reached the final in Australia last year after saving match points in the third round and again in the semifinals, but lost the championship match to Caroline Wozniacki.
Williams is pursuing an 8th title in Melbourne and 24th Slam trophy overall, which would equal Margaret Court — whose career spanned the amateur and professional eras — for the most in tennis history.
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