Williams sisters, Fedex win
Serena and Venus cruise into third round, Australian Open champ Wozniacki bows out
LONDON: Roger Federer extended his flawless winning streak at Wimbledon to 26 consecutive sets as the defending champion crushed Lukas Lacko, while Venus Williams battled back to beat Alexandra Dulgheru in Wednesday’s second round action. Serena Williams too powered to her 16th successive win in second round action with a 6-1, 6-4 rout of Bulgarian qualifier Viktoriya Tomova .
Federer delivered a Centre Court masterclass lasting 89 minutes as the Swiss star hit 48 winners and 16 aces in his 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 victory. The 36-year-old is now on his joint second longest streak of sets won at Wimbledon — his best was 34 between the third round in 2005 to the 2006 final. Five-time champion Venus Williams battled into the third round with a 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 win over Romanian qualifier Alexandra Dulgheru.
Caroline Wozniacki suffered fresh Wimbledon woe as the world No 2 suffered a shock 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 defeat against Ekaterina Makarova in the second round. Wozniacki saved five match points but has now failed to get past the last 16 in 12 visits to the All England Club.
It was a bitter defeat for the 27-year-old Dane, who was expected to challenge for the Wimbledon title after winning her maiden Grand Slam crown at the Australian Open in January.
Milos Raonic slammed 34 aces as the 2016 Wimbledon finalist won 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/4) against Australia’s John Millman. Sam Querrey, the 11th seed, stepped up his bid to emulate last year’s run to the semi-finals with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-3 win against Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky.
Querrey’s fellow American Madison Keys, seeded 10th, celebrated US Independence Day with a 6-4, 6-3 win against Thailand’s Luksika Kumkhum.
Former world No 1 Karolina Pliskova finally made it to the third round after seeing off twotime Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 6-3.