Wimbledon 2016


4 American women and 2 American men in the round of 16, it's been a long time since we have had numbers like that.
 
2 American women in the round of 8 - Venus and Serena

Day 7, Sunday, July 3 (recap)

No. 1 Serena Williams def. Annika Beck, 6-3, 6-0
No. 27 Coco Vandeweghe def. No. 6 Roberta Vinci, 6-3, 6-4
No. 21 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. No. 11 Timea Bacsinszky, 6-3, 6-2
No. 13 Svetlana Kuznetsova def. No. 18 Sloane Stephens, 7-6(1), 2-6, 8-6
Ekaterina Makarova def. No. 24 Barbora Strycova, 6-4, 6-2
 



Sam did it - he did not fold. He is in the round of 8

Day 8, Monday, July 4

No. 2 Andy Murray def. No. 15 Nick Kyrgios, 7-5, 6-1, 6-4
No. 3 Roger Federer def. Steve Johnson, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5
No. 9 Marin Cilic def. No. 5 Kei Nishikori, 61-, 5-1 (retired)
No. 6 Milos Raonic def. No. 11 David Goffin, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
No. 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. No. 7 Richard Gasquet, 4-2 (retired)
No. 10 Tomas Berdych vs. Jiri Vesely, To finish: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(8), 6-7(9)
No. 32 Lucas Pouille def. No. 19 Bernard Tomic, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 10-8
No. 28 Sam Querrey def. Nicolas Mahut, 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-4
 
Two great moments from the past 2 days:

1. Venus Williams reams Wimbledon for discriminating against women

http://www.businessinsider.com/venu...doesnt-treat-genders-equally-2016-7?r=UK&IR=T

2. The initial reaction to Serena complaining about slippery courts.

Negative Attitudes and responses towards Serena's about her complaints did not change until the ball boy fell hard of those same slippery courts change.

Serena retracts threat to sue Wimbledon over court fear

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/s...wimbledon-over-court-fear-181320748--ten.html

 
Serena into 10th Wimbledon semi-final

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/serena-10th-wimbledon-semi-final-152616881--ten.html

London (AFP) - Six-time champion Serena Williams reached her 10th Wimbledon semi-final on Tuesday with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Russia 21st seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

The 34-year-old world number one's win sets up the enticing prospect of a final showdown with sister Venus, a five-time champion who is also through to the last four.

Serena, who is bidding for a record-equalling Open era 22nd Grand Slam title, goes on to face Russian world number 50 Elena Vesnina, who defeated Slovak 19th seed Dominika Cibulkova, for a place in Saturday's title match
 



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