The Latest: Women’s semifinal matchups set for Thursday
Jul 7, 2015, 11:18 AM
The top of a military steward's hat in view, at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday July 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
(AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
LONDON (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local):
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6:48 p.m.
With Serena Williams winning on Centre Court, the women’s semifinals at Wimbledon are set.
Here’s a look at the matchups on Thursday at the All England Club:
No. 1 Serena Williams vs. No. 4 Maria Sharapova
No. 13 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. No. 20 Garbine Muguruza
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6:45 p.m.
Serena Williams is still on track for a true Grand Slam.
The top-seeded American and five-time Wimbledon champion rallied to beat Victoria Azarenka 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 Tuesday on Centre Court to reach the semifinals at the All England Club for the ninth time.
Williams, who has won 20 major titles in her career, has already won the Australian Open and French Open this season. She needs the Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles to complete the set and become the first person to win a calendar-year Grand Slam since Steffi Graf in 1988.
Williams will next face Maria Sharapova on Thursday in the semifinals. Williams beat Sharapova, the 2004 Wimbledon champion, in this year’s Australian Open final.
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6:21 p.m.
Agnieszka Radwanska is back in the Wimbledon semifinals for the third time in four years.
The 13th-seeded Pole, who lost in the 2012 final, beat Madison Keys of the United States 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3 Tuesday in the quarterfinals.
Radwanska lost to Serena Williams in her only major final at the All England Club three years ago, but followed it up with another semifinal run at Wimbledon in 2013. Last year, Radwanska lost in the fourth round.
Radwanska will face No. 20 Garbine Muguruza of Spain in the semifinals on Thursday.
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6:08 p.m.
Serena Williams has won the second set, and sent her Wimbledon quarterfinal match against Victoria Azarenka to a decider on Centre Court.
The five-time champion dropped the first set 6-3 but evened the match by winning the second 6-2.
Williams, who has won 20 major titles in her career, is trying to win a calendar-year Grand Slam. She won the Australian Open and French Open before coming to the All England Club, and needs the Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles to complete the set.
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5:18 p.m.
Andy Murray will be first up on Centre Court on Wednesday in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
The 2013 champion will face Vasek Pospisil before top-seeded Novak Djokovic plays Marin Cilic. Play on the two main courts is scheduled to start at 1 p.m.
On Court 1, seven-time champion Roger Federer will be first up against Gilles Simon, while French Open champion Stan Wawrinka takes on Richard Gasquet in the later match.
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5:16 p.m.
Serena Williams lost the first set of her Wimbledon quarterfinal match against Victoria Azarenka 6-3.
The top-seeded American, who is trying to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam, dropped the opening set on Centre Court on Tuesday.
Williams won the Australian Open and the French Open this year. The last player to win all four major titles in the same year was Steffi Graf in 1988.
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4:20 p.m.
Maria Sharapova is back in the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time since reaching the championship match in 2011.
The fourth-seeded Russian struggled for a bit but still beat CoCo Vandeweghe of the United States 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-2 Tuesday on Centre Court.
Sharapova won her first major title at Wimbledon in 2004. She reached the semifinals at the All England Club the next two years, but only once more since then, when she lost to Petra Kvitova in the 2011 final.
In her last three appearances, Sharapova lost in the fourth round in 2012 and ’14, and in the second round in 2013.
Vandeweghe was playing in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal match.
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4:05 p.m.
Garbine Muguruza has made it to the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time.
The 20th-seeded Spaniard, who reached the quarterfinals at the last two French Opens, advanced Tuesday by beating Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 7-5, 6-3 on Court 1.
Muguruza, still only 21, will next face either Agnieszka Radwanska or Madison Keys in the semifinals on Thursday.
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3:40 p.m.
Maria Sharapova has lost the second set of her quarterfinal match at Wimbledon.
The 2004 champion won the first set 6-3 against CoCo Vandeweghe on Centre Court, but lost the second 7-6 (3).
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2:25 p.m.
Now that Novak Djokovic has advanced, here’s a look at Wednesday’s full schedule of men’s quarterfinal matchups at Wimbledon:
No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 9 Marin Cilic
No. 2 Roger Federer vs. No. 12 Gilles Simon
No. 3 Andy Murray vs. Vasek Pospisil
No. 4 Stan Wawrinka vs. No. 21 Richard Gasquet
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2:20 p.m.
Novak Djokovic has done it.
The top-seeded Serb won the deciding fifth set against Kevin Anderson on Tuesday and earned a spot in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
Djokovic beat Anderson 6-7 (6), 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 Tuesday in a match that lasted two days. After splitting the opening four sets on Monday, the match was suspended because of darkness.
Djokovic will next face Marin Cilic on Wednesday in the quarterfinals.
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1:25 p.m.
The tarps are off and players are back on court at Wimbledon.
Rain briefly halted play on the outside courts, and forced those on the main courts to return indoors Tuesday at the All England Club.
Maria Sharapova will face CoCo Vandeweghe in the quarterfinals on Centre Court, while Novak Djokovic will resume his fourth-round match against Kevin Anderson on Court 1. Djokovic and Anderson split the opening two sets on Monday before play was suspended by darkness.
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1:10 p.m.
Novak Djokovic stepped out onto Court 1 on Tuesday to resume his match with the sun shining overhead. A few moments later, a large cloud rolled in and the spectators quickly reached for their umbrellas.
Djokovic and Kevin Anderson soon grabbed their bags and walked back off court.
Djokovic and Anderson split the opening two sets on Monday before play was suspended by darkness. They are to finish the match Tuesday on Court 1.
On Centre Court, Maria Sharapova and CoCo Vandeweghe were warming up before heading inside to escape the rain.
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11:35 a.m.
Before play got started at Wimbledon on Tuesday, the All England Club took a moment to remember the victims of the 2005 London bombings on the 10th anniversary of the attacks.
The club paused for a minute’s silence at 11:30 a.m., with play on the outside courts not starting until 11:45 a.m.
Kevin Anderson, who will resume his fourth-round match against top-seeded Novak Djokovic at about 1 p.m., stopped practicing for a short time to mark the commemoration.
On July 7, 2005, several suicide bombings killed 52 people on the London transport network.
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