When play resumed, yells came during points, and Williams complained to the chair umpire, drawing jeers.
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“I was on top of my game, I played aggressively and I’m delighted to go through”. “I just looked at the umpire”.
” I am pleased with the way I’m playing, definitely”, he said.
LONDON (AP) – Twice, Serena Williams stood merely two points from a loss at Wimbledon against a British opponent buoyed by a roaring, flag-waving Centre Court crowd.
Pospisil, who won the doubles title previous year, will next play Viktor Troicki.
Defending champion Petra Kvitova keeps steamrolling opponents at Wimbledon.
Williams, the top-ranked five-time champion, won her 23rd consecutive Grand Slam match, serving 12 aces in a 6-4, 6-1 win over Timea Babos of Hungary in a late Centre Court match. The most recent contest was at the 2014 Shanghai Masters, and Bautista Agut has yet to even win a set in either match.
Ivo Karlovic rode his hard serve into the second week of Wimbledon, beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga despite not earning a single break against the Frenchman.
Nadal lost 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 to the qualifier from Germany, who frustrated the Spaniard throughout with his aggressive serve-and-volley style.
The 36-year-old Karlovic is the oldest man to make it that far at Wimbledon since fellow Croatian Niki Pilic in 1976.
Stosur, who also lost to Vandeweghe at the Australian Open in January, has never had much success at the All England Club, never making it to the fourth round.
Second seed Roger Federer delivered a typically classy display against Sam Groth to maintain his hopes of an eighth title at SW19, winning 6-4 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-2.
Defeat continued Nadal’s wretched run at Wimbledon since he lost the 2011 final to Novak Djokovic.
Well, that wrapped up quickly. Nonetheless, the second seed did have to sweat a little on Centre Court yesterday to get by Sam Groth 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2 in two and a quarter hours and book a fourth-round match against Roberto Bautista Agut tomorrow. The rest, the service games, I can control them myself. He hit three aces in a row in two different games.
Play on outside courts was set to begin at 11:30 a.m., and no announcement had been made about whether matches will be delayed.
They haven’t met in an all-Williams match at the All England Club since.
Fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki made the third round with a 6-1, 7-6 (8/6) win over Denisa Allertova, the world number 83 from the Czech Republic.
Muguruza also beat the German in three sets in the third round of the French Open.
In his news conference after losing to 102nd-ranked Dustin Brown in the second round Thursday, Nadal was asked if he intended to stay in Wimbledon a bit longer in the house he’s renting with his family, to enjoy the atmosphere.
Along with the power there was finesse which had the Centre Court crowd roaring their approval and Brown rattled through the final set to secure a fully deserved victory.
After the hottest day in the Grand Slam tournament’s history on Wednesday, temperatures were cooler and a light drizzle started falling shortly before play was set to start on Thursday.
Kyrgios next faces Gasquet, who thoroughly dominated Dimitrov in a match between two players with classic one-handed backhands. Federer got his racket to the ball, but couldn’t return it. He hit serves at up to 133 miles per hour (215 kph).
Elsewhere, Andy Murray and Roger Federer cruised through, with the Swiss throwing in a through the legs lob victor, and James Ward reached the third round for the first time.
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Brown’s serve-and-volley game isn’t working so far against the 22nd-seeded Serb, who has been hitting flawless passing shots on several key points to go up 6-4, 7-6 (3).
