Federer, Serena in Wimbledon masterclass as Wozniacki crashes
percentages, but if you do that too much it
Federer wasn’t the only former champion in peak form on Centre Court as seven-time winner Serena routed Bulgarian qualifier Viktoriya Tomova 6-1, 6-4.
Williams brushed aside Tomova in just 66 minutes with 24 winners and four aces to extend her streak of consecutive match wins at the All England Club.
“I’m getting there. I expect to get there, not only for Wimbledon but for the tourna- maternity leave, faces France’s Kristina Mladenovic for a place in the last 16.
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.
and dive-bombing her throughout the match, the former world number one asked the umpire if there was something that could be sprayed to keep the bugs away.
“They’re in my mouth and in my hair and everywhere -- we need to do something. Is
“I want to be here to focus on tennis, not
Five-time champion Venus Williams battled into the third round with a 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 win over last year, but the American star was denied a sixth title by Garbine Muguruza.
Making her 21st Wimbledon appearance, 38-year-old Venus is the oldest woman in this year’s tournament.
But she didn’t look her age in making it 89 career match wins at Wimbledon by demol-
Asked if her wealth of Wimbledon experience was a key factor, Venus said: “I’d love to have that extra advantage. If that’s working for me I’m all for it.
“It’s just about winning the match. If that’s
Venus next faces Dutch 20th seed Kiki Bertens, who beat Russian world number 107 Anna Blinkova 6-4, 6-0.
Former world number one Karolina Plis-
seventh visit to Wimbledon after seeing off two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 6-3.
6-4 to Czech world number 66 Lucie Safarova.