Marion Bartoli pulled off a major upset by knocking out 4time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams in straight sets on Court One. The Frenchwoman, 27, defied the odds by beating the 13-times Grand Slam winner 6-3, 7-6 (8/6) to set up a quarter-final with Sabine Lisicki. Serena Williams survived three match points with Marion Bartoli serving for the [...]
Venus Williams takes only 61 minutes to dispatch Spaniard Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez. ‘I feel good,’ Venus Williams says, though she had her left thigh wrapped for the match. She now faces Tsvetana Pironkova. Venus Williams lost only 2 games in 2 sets on the way to eliminating Jose Martinez Sanchez in straight sets. Venus [...]
Second seed Kim Clijsters dropped out of Wimbledon because of a foot injury, the tennis tournament’s organizers said today. Kim Clijsters, the current US Open and Australian Open champion, issued a statement through the referees office saying she had injured her foot at the Den Bosch Open on Tuesday. “I’m very, very disappointed to have [...]
