The day 9th of Wimbledon 2016 was dedicated to the women’s draw with the first round of quarter-finals in this year’s Wimbledon starting in the women’s draw and subsequently the men’s draw is to follow a day later.
Taking court on this hugely vital day were the William sisters – Venus coming back to a Wimbledon semi-final after a few years of hardships on the grass court and majors – grand slam tallies have been missing from her career in the last few years which otherwise has been an illustrious career. The highest seed in the quarter-final remained Serena Williams who was eyeing yet another Wimbledon glory (with her being the defending champion). Following her were no.4 seed in Kerber and no.5 seed Halep – who were set to take on each other.
Venus Williams vs Yaroslava Shvedova
Five-time Wimbledon champion in Venus Williams (ranked 8th in the world) took the court to face Shvedova from Kazakhstan, ranked 96 in the world. Venus last major title happens to be Wimbledon in the year 2008 – since which she has had a very forgettable tour in the tennis circuit.
Venus for the first time in seven years has reached the Wimbledon semi-final with a 7-6 (5) 6-2 win over her opponent. She was visibly ecstatic after the win and it’s fair to assess that this is the best that she has played in the last few years – the serve is going down well, the backhand is strong and passing winners are achievable for Venus – she perhaps is the most major threat to her sister in Serena.
Angelique Kerber vs Simona Halep – no.4 vs no.5
This year’s Australian Open champion in Angelique Kerber took on an opponent quite tricky on the grass court i.e. Simona Halep. While Kerber is ranked 4th in the world, Halep is ranked 5th. As expected and in accordance to their seeding, the match turned out to be an exhilarating contest with both the players going neck and neck.
Kerber just managed to push ahead to the victory with a 7-5 7-6 (2) victory over Halep, who was foreseen as one of the possible title contenders this year but is now ousted from the tournament. Kerber will now face Venus Williams in the semi-final.
Dominika Cibulkova vs Elena Vesnina
The Slovak 19th seed in Cibulkova lost to the Russian Vesnina (someone who just a few years back was women’s doubles partner of Sania Mirza). Vesnina prior to this year’s Wimbledon had never madeit to the semi-finals of a major but that was to be changed.
Coming into the match, Cibulkova started as favorite having beaten Radwanszka in her last clash in round 16 but Vesnina’s passing winners just left everyone in awe of her improved play. The match turned out to be a one-sided affair with Vesnina thrashing the Slovak tennis player 6-2 6-2 to reach the Wimbledon semi-final.
Serena Williams vs Anastasia Pavlyunchenkova
Serena Williams faced the 21 seed Pavlyuchenkova, yet another Russian tennis star whose making amends in the international tennis circuit.
The Russian however succumbed to the pressure of a Wimbledon quarter-final and playing against perhaps the strongest woman tennis player that there currently is; she posed no threats to Serena’s contention for the Wimbledon semi’s.
An easy 6-4 6-4 victory came the way of Serena, who looks the strongest contender to seize the title, yet again. In her way will be Vesnina but will she be able to change the faith of Serena – whose perhaps playing some of the best tennis in her life!
Other results :
ANGELIQUE KERBER VS SIMONA HALEP
CENTRE COURT – LADIES’ SINGLES – QF
SERENA WILLIAMS VS ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA
CENTRE COURT – LADIES’ SINGLES – QF
MIKE BRYAN and BOB BRYAN VS NENAD ZIMONJIC and RADEK STEPANEK
CENTRE COURT – GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – 3R
VENUS WILLIAMS VS YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA
NO.1 COURT – LADIES’ SINGLES – QF
ELENA VESNINAC VS DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA
NO.1 COURT – LADIES’ SINGLES – QF
NICOLAS MAHUT and PIERRE-HUGUES HERBERT VS SAM GROTH and ROBERT LINDSTEDT
NO.1 COURT – GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – 3R
ANDERS JARRYD and JEREMY BATES VS MANSOUR BAHRAMI and PATRICK MCENROE
NO.2 COURT – G. SNR. INVITATION DOUBLES – RR
JONAS BJORKMAN and THOMAS JOHANSSON VS CARLOS MOYA and FERNANDO GONZALEZ
NO.2 COURT – G. INVITATION DOUBLES – RR
JULIEN BENNETEAU and EDOUARD ROGER-VASSELIN VS VASEK POSPISIL and JACK SOCK
NO.2 COURT – GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – 3R
ROBERT FARAH and ANNA-LENA GROENEFELD VS NICHOLAS MONROE and GABRIELA DABROWSKI
NO.2 COURT – MIXED DOUBLES – 3R
SELIMA SFAR and MARTINA NAVRATILOVA VS JANA NOVOTNA and HELENA SUKOVA
NO.3 COURT – L. INVITATION DOUBLES – RR
TOMAS BERDYCH VS JIRI VESELY
NO.3 COURT – GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – R16
RAQUEL ATAWO and ABIGAIL SPEARS VS DARIA KASATKINA and DARIA GAVRILOVA
NO.3 COURT – LADIES’ DOUBLES – 3R
KATERINA SINIAKOVA and JIRI VESELY VS DMITRY TURSUNOV and ANDREA PETKOVIC
NO.3 COURT – MIXED DOUBLES – 1R
SERENA WILLIAMS and VENUS WILLIAMS VS LUCIE HRADECKA and ANDREA HLAVACKOVA
NO.3 COURT – LADIES’ DOUBLES – 3R
TODD WOODBRIDGE and MARK WOODFORDE VS CEDRIC PIOLINE and RICK LEACH
NO.3 COURT – G. SNR. INVITATION DOUBLES – RR
CHRIS WILKINSON and MARK PETCHEY VS EMILIO SANCHEZ and SERGIO CASAL
COURT 12 – G. SNR. INVITATION DOUBLES – RR
GORAN IVANISEVIC and THOMAS ENQVIST VS JAMIE DELGADO and RICHARD KRAJICEK
COURT 12 – G. INVITATION DOUBLES – RR
KATARINA SREBOTNIK and MARCIN MATKOWSKI VS ARANTXA PARRA SANTONJA and SANTIAGO GONZALEZ
COURT 12 – MIXED DOUBLES – 3R
AISAM QURESHI and YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA VS JULIAN KNOWLE and SHUAI ZHANG
COURT 12 – MIXED DOUBLES – 2R
MAGDALENA MALEEVA and RENNAE STUBBS VS TRACY AUSTIN and SANDRINE TESTUD
COURT 12 – L. INVITATION DOUBLES – RR
JACCO ELTINGH and PAUL HAARHUIS VS HENRI LECONTE and JEFF TARANGO
COURT 18 – G. SNR. INVITATION DOUBLES – RR
ANNA SMITH and NEAL SKUPSKI VS SANIA MIRZA and IVAN DODIG
COURT 18 – MIXED DOUBLES – 2R
GREG RUSEDSKI and FABRICE SANTORO VS SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN and WAYNE FERREIRA
COURT 18 – G. INVITATION DOUBLES – RR
JUAN-SEBASTIAN CABAL and MARIANA DUQUE-MARINO VS ROHAN BOPANNA and ANASTASIA RODIONOVA
COURT 18 – MIXED DOUBLES – 3R
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB and ROSS HUTCHINS VS MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS and MICHAEL CHANG
COURT 18 – G. INVITATION DOUBLES – RR
JURABEK KARIMOV VS JAY CLARKE
COURT 4 – BOYS’ SINGLES – 2R
EVAN FURNESS VS BEN DRAPER
COURT 4 – BOYS’ SINGLES – 2R
DAYANA YASTREMSKA VS JODIE ANNA BURRAGE
COURT 4 – GIRLS’ SINGLES – 2R
ALEXEI POPYRIN and ALEJANDRO DAVIDOVICH FOKINA VS YUNSEONG CHUNG and JAY CLARKE
COURT 4 – BOYS’ DOUBLES – 1R
GEOFFREY BLANCANEAUX VS RYAN JAMES STORRIE
COURT 5 – BOYS’ SINGLES – 2R
MATE VALKUSZ VS LUKE HAMMOND
COURT 5 – BOYS’ SINGLES – 2R
GABRIELLA TAYLOR VS LUCREZIA STEFANINI
COURT 5 – GIRLS’ SINGLES – 2R
ANTHONY JACKIE TANG and MATTIAS SIIMAR VS ELLIOT BENCHETRIT and GEOFFREY BLANCANEAUX
COURT 5 – BOYS’ DOUBLES – 1R
IOANA MINCA and MALENE HELGO VS MAI HONTAMA and CHIHIRO MURAMATSU
COURT 5 – GIRLS’ DOUBLES – 1R
MIOMIR KECMANOVIC VS TUNG-LIN WU
COURT 6 – BOYS’ SINGLES – 2R
BIANCA VANESSA ANDREESCU VS PAULA ARIAS MANJON
COURT 6 – GIRLS’ SINGLES – 2R
ALEXANDRA SANFORD VS MAI HONTAMA
COURT 6 – GIRLS’ SINGLES – 2R
ERGI KIRKIN and YOUSSEF HOSSAM VS NICOLA KUHN and SAM RIFFICE
COURT 6 – BOYS’ DOUBLES – 1R
SOFIA KENIN VS MARIA LOURDES CARLE
COURT 7 – GIRLS’ SINGLES – 2R
STEFANOS TSITSIPAS VS VASIL KIRKOV
COURT 7 – BOYS’ SINGLES – 2R
ANASTASIA POTAPOVA VS TAYLOR JOHNSON
COURT 7 – GIRLS’ SINGLES – 2R
FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME and DENIS SHAPOVALOV VS JAKE HERSEY and AIDAN MCHUGH
COURT 7 – BOYS’ DOUBLES – 1R
LUCIE KANKOVA and ELENI CHRISTOFI VS LUDMILLA SAMSONOVA and FEDERICA BILARDO
COURT 7 – GIRLS’ DOUBLES – 1R
MARIAM BOLKVADZE VS KARMAN KAUR THANDI
COURT 8 – GIRLS’ SINGLES – 2R
OLGA DANILOVIC VS CHARLOTTE ROBILLARD-MILLETTE
COURT 8 – GIRLS’ SINGLES – 2R
KATARINA ZAVATSKA VS MICHAELA GORDON
COURT 8 – GIRLS’ SINGLES – 2R
EKATERINA MAKAROVA and ELENA VESNINA VS YANINA WICKMAYER and ANNIKA BECK
COURT 8 – LADIES’ DOUBLES – 2R
FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME VS NICOLA KUHN
COURT 9 – BOYS’ SINGLES – 2R
DANIEL ALTMAIER VS GENARO ALBERTO OLIVIERI
COURT 9 – BOYS’ SINGLES – 2R
AMANDA ANISIMOVA VS JAIMEE FOURLIS
COURT 9 – GIRLS’ SINGLES – 2R
GABRIEL DECAMPS and MARVIN MOELLER VS TOMAS MARTIN ETCHEVERRY and GENARO ALBERTO OLIVIERI
COURT 9 – BOYS’ DOUBLES – 1R
YUNSEONG CHUNG VS EDUARD GUELL BARTRINA
COURT 10 – BOYS’ SINGLES – 2R
USUE MAITANE ARCONADA VS LUCIE KANKOVA
COURT 10 – GIRLS’ SINGLES – 2R
OLESYA PERVUSHINA VS TATIANA PIERI
COURT 10 – GIRLS’ SINGLES – 2R
YUTA SHIMIZU and TORU HORIE VS OLUKAYODE AYENI and EDUARD GUELL BARTRINA
COURT 10 – BOYS’ DOUBLES – 1R
ANASTASIA DETIUC and OANA GAVRILA VS ANASTASIA ZARYTSKA and NINA KRUIJER
COURT 10 – GIRLS’ DOUBLES – 1R
PIOTR MATUSZEWSKI VS FELIPE MELIGENI RODRIGUES ALVES
COURT 14 – BOYS’ SINGLES – 2R
REBEKA MASAROVA VS MELANY SOLANGE KRYWOJ
COURT 14 – GIRLS’ SINGLES – 2R
KHUMOYUN SULTONOV VS YIBING WU
COURT 14 – BOYS’ SINGLES – 2R
MAYUKA AIKAWA and YLENA IN-ALBON VS EDEN RICHARDSON and EMA LAZIC
COURT 14 – GIRLS’ DOUBLES – 1R
ELIZ MALONEY and NELL MILLER VS OLGA DANILOVIC and MIRJAM BJORKLUND
COURT 14 – GIRLS’ DOUBLES – 1R
ALEX DE MINAUR VS ENRICO DALLA VALLE
COURT 16 – BOYS’ SINGLES – 2R
JOHN MCNALLY VS BLAKE ELLIS
COURT 16 – BOYS’ SINGLES – 2R
KAJA JUVAN and IGA SWIATEK VS EMILIANA ARANGO and LARA ESCAURIZA
COURT 16 – GIRLS’ DOUBLES – 1R
DUARTE VALE and DAN ADDED VS JACK DRAPER and ANTON MATUSEVICH
COURT 16 – BOYS’ DOUBLES – 1R
MELANIE SOUTH and ANNE KEOTHAVONG VS IVA MAJOLI and ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO
COURT 16 – L. INVITATION DOUBLES – RR
DENIS SHAPOVALOV VS FINN BASS
COURT 17 – BOYS’ SINGLES – 2R
VARVARA GRACHEVA VS ANASTASIA ZARYTSKA
COURT 17 – GIRLS’ SINGLES – 2R
BRUNO SOARES and JAMIE MURRAY VS MICHAEL VENUS and MATE PAVIC
COURT 17 – GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – 3R
ULISES BLANCH VS EWAN MOORE
COURT 17 – BOYS’ SINGLES – 2R
BENJAMIN SIGOUIN and LOUIS WESSELS VS ALASTAIR GRAY and FINN BASS
COURT 17 – BOYS’ DOUBLES – 1R
LINDSAY DAVENPORT and MARY JOE FERNANDEZ VS NATHALIE TAUZIAT and BARBARA SCHETT
COURT 17 – L. INVITATION DOUBLES – RR
YOSUKE WATANUKI VS LEV KAZAKOV
COURT 19 – BOYS’ SINGLES – 2R
KAYLA DAY VS FRANCESCA JONES
COURT 19 – GIRLS’ SINGLES – 2R
CLAIRE LIU VS LARA SALDEN
COURT 19 – GIRLS’ SINGLES – 2R
SOFIA KENIN and MONIKA KILNAROVA VS DOMINIQUE SCHAEFER and MARIA MATEAS
COURT 19 – GIRLS’ DOUBLES – 1R
JAIMEE FOURLIS and BAIJING LIN VS EMILY APPLETON and MORGAN COPPOC
COURT 19 – GIRLS’ DOUBLES – 1R
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