Serena Williams took out her anger at being exiled from the main showcourts by pulverising Chakvetadze 6-0 6-1 to reach the 3rd round of Wimbledon .
Serena Williams took out her anger at being exiled from the main showcourts by pulverising Chakvetadze 6-0 6-1 to reach the 3rd round of Wimbledon .
Wimbledon returned to something resembling normality at 4.48pm on Thursday when American John Isner punched away a backhand winner past Nicolas Mahut to win a match that had left the tournament in suspended animation.
Following is reaction from tennis players after John Isner and Nicolas Mahut contested the longest ever tennis match, which the American won 6-4 3-6 6-7 7-6 70-68 after 11 hours five minutes at Wimbledon.
Defending champion Roger Federer has cruised into the fourth round of Wimbledon with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Frenchman Arnaud Clement.
Andy Murray has reached the third round of Wimbledon after a comfortable victory over Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen in front of Queen Elizabeth II.
Former champion Maria Sharapova continued her steady improvement since undergoing shoulder surgery with a clinical 6-1 6-4 victory over Romania’s Ioana Raluca Olaru in the second round at Wimbledon.
John Isner of the US and France’s Nicolas Mahut ripped up the record books as their sensational first-round match at Wimbledon became the longest in tennis history.
WIMBLEDON, England — Wednesday at the All England Club:
LONDON- Nicolas Mahut and John Isner will drag their weary bodies back onto court at Wimbledon on Thursday to resume the longest match in tennis history as Queen Elizabeth II makes her first visit since 1977.
Here are the records broken by the longest-ever tennis match, which resumes on Thursday: