Halep advances, Muguruza suffers shock defeat
Most Grand Slam titles in Open Era, one behind Margaret Court’s all-time record.
Won Olympic singles title in 2012, London, only second player to achieve career golden Slam (Steffi Graf is the other).
Only second player to win each Grand Slam three or more times.
Won a record number of matches in Grand Slams.
Holds record with Martina Navratilova for most Grand Slams won without dropping a set.
Ranked world No 1 eight times, between 2002-2017.
Held the top ranking for 319 weeks, third best in Open
Era among women.
Total WTA titles won by Serena are the fifth best all-time. Most Grand Slam titles
Total wins on ATP tour.
Only Jimmy Connors has won 100 (109) in Open Era. Became world No 1 for fourth time in February.
Oldest world No 1 at 36 yrs,
195 days, breaking Agassi’s record 33 yrs, 4 months.
World No 1 after longest gap of over five years – between July 9, 2012-Feb 19, 2018.
Record number of weeks as world No 1.
Gap between world No 1 first time and latest – 14 years, 17 days -- a record.
Won a grand slam after almost six years – Wimbledon 2012 to Australian Open 2017. 2018 Australian Open win made him second oldest male Slam winner in Open Era, after Ken Rosewall (37).
Holds Open Era mark for most Grand Slams in a row. Feb, 2016: Has left knee arthroscopic surgery, and then a back injury while training. Misses French Open. CAREER STATS Tests Runs HS Ave 100s 52 6,996 334 99.94 29
COMEBACK TRAIL
Jan, 2017, 2018: Australian Open July, 2017: Wimbledon Feb, 2018 :R otterdam: Open – Missed Cut Feb 22-25: Honda Classic – 12th
Jul 2016: Takes rest of the year off after Wimbledon semifinal loss to regain full fitness. FIRST PHASE 1928-1938
37 5,093 334 97.94 21 SECOND PHASE 1946-1948
15 1,903 234 105.72 8 : World No 1 Simona Halep and fifth seed Karolina Pliskova eased through their WTA Indian Wells openers Friday but reigning Wimbledon champ Garbine Muguruza bit the dust in the California desert. Halep beat Karolina’s sister Kristyna Pliskova 6-4, 6-4 while Karolina eased past Irina-Camelia Begu 7-6 (7/4), 6-1 to reach the third round of the WTA/ATP event. Muguruza became the first major casualty, suffering a shock 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 defeat to world No 100 Sachia Vickery.
INDIAN WELLS
KYRGIOS PULLS OUT
Australia’s Nick Kyrgios pulled out of the ATP Indian Wells tournament on Friday with an elbow injury. Kyrgios, who was seeded 17th in Indian Wells, withdrew ahead of his opening second round match against Russian Danil Medvedev.
SHARAPOVA SPLITS WITH LONG TIME COACH
Maria Sharapova has split with her long time coach after losing in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open. She announced the mutual parting with Sven Groeneveld on Friday, two days after she was beaten by Naomi Osaka of Japan in her return to Indian Wells after a three-year absence. “After four successful and challenging years of collaboration together, I would like to thank Sven for his incredible loyalty and work ethic,” Sharapova said in a statement.
INDIAN WELLS: