Sloane Stephens won a Wimbledon match for the first time in two years.
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Kohlschreiber, however, was too generous at the crucial moments on Centre Court and Djokovic was able to seal a 6-4 6-4 6-4 victory.
The Broady family broke from the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) in 2007 after Naomi was handed a ban when pictures of her draped over a condom machine on a night out made their way onto social media.
LONDON – Peters Township native Alison Riske had No. 6 seed Lucie Safarova on the brink of elimination in the opening round of Wimbledon Monday before the French Open finalist rallied to earn a hard-fought 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory.
After his win yesterday over Philipp Kohlschreiber, Djokovic was asked again about the allegations.
The formidable Djokovic is the reigning Wimbledon and Australian Open champ.
Stockport native Broady said he had no plans to spend any time with estranged father Simon, who still coaches his sister Naomi – a first-round loser on Monday evening.
“I think it has happened in my life, no doubt about that”, he continued, referring to the fact that he has twice been fined for a breach of the rule against coaching from the players’ box during a match. There are certain ways of communication which is encouragement but all within the rules.
Djokovic should also be completely fine in the second round on Wednesday, when he meets Jarkko Nieminen.
Nieminen admitted afterwards that he was tired-not a great omen ahead of the toughest match-up in tennis-but win or lose, the gentle Finn, like the dogged Hewitt, will be sorely missed when he hangs up his racket at the end of 2015. The German may well have been seeded had he not also had the misfortune to draw the top seed, Roger Federer, in last week’s Halle tournament.
Maria Sharapova has advanced to the second round. The No9 seeded Croat beat Hiroki Moriya, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(4). He might have won his first round at wimbledon. But he did have plenty of nice things to say about LeBron James. The ex- world No 1 beat Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-2, 6-1 in just 57 minutes on Court 12. Stretching his fingers. I don’t even know.
“It doesn’t get any bigger than Wimbledon so as the defending champion obviously there is this history and tradition that is well nurtured and respected here”.
“I am privileged and honored to open this year’s Wimbledon Centre Court as defending champion”.
Isner collected more than half of his points, 58 of 96, via unreturned serves.
Speaking of whom, Djokovic won’t have to be concerned about expelling the popular Australian from the tournament and Wimbledon full stop. “It really is a special feeling”.
The British number one arrived to a standing ovation from the expectant home crowd and he could be forgiven for having a spring in his step, after following up his most successful season on clay with a fourth title at Queen’s Club nine days ago.
Serena beat 113th-ranked Margarita Gasparyan of Russian Federation 6-4, 6-1 to extend her Grand Slam winning streak to 22 matches.
The road ahead is as hard as it gets, but if there’s one woman who can achieve the most remarkable, it’s Serena Williams. As the match progressed, the eight-time Grand Slam champion’s game grew sharper.
Victoria Azarenka is the first player to reach the second round of Wimbledon.
His opponent, however, refused to lie down and it was left for Murray to serve out the match as he led 5-4. But the All-England has a very amusing way of defying the odds.
Play has already started at Wimbledon, with some sun sneaking through the gray clouds overhead.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, temperature are expected to be in the low to mid-30s.
The defending champion from Serbia will take to the grass at about 1 p.m., but it will be no walk in the park against Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany.
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Speaking after his relatively comfortable first round win, Djokovic explained, “This is the cradle of our sport, Centre Court”.
