Wimbledon Final: Resurgent Novak Djokovic eyes fourth title against giant-slayer Kevin Anderson
July 15, 2018 11:19 ISTThey participated in the two longest semifinals in the history of a grass-court tournament that dates to 1877.
They participated in the two longest semifinals in the history of a grass-court tournament that dates to 1877.
Angelique Kerber won her first Wimbledon championship by stopping Serena Williams' bid for a record-equaling 24th Grand Slam title.
Djokovic sent the strongest signal yet he is back at the top of tennis by reaching his fifth Wimbledon final with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (9), 3-6, 10-8 victory over rival Rafael Nadal.
They had played on and on, through 6 1/2 hours of ho-hum hold after ho-hum hold, during the second-longest match in the history of a tournament that began in 1877.
Williams will face 11th-seeded Angelique Kerber, on Saturday in a rematch of the 2016 final at Wimbledon.
Rafael Nadal won 7-5, 6-7 (7), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday and earned a trip to the semifinals at the All England Club for the first time since 2011.
Isner, a 33-year-old American playing in his 41st major tournament, reached his first Grand Slam semifinal by beating Milos Raonic at the All England Club on Wednesday.
The three-time Wimbledon champion was broken in the opening game of the fourth set, but won the next four games and broke again to clinch the victory.
Federer had a match point at 5-4 in the third set, but struck a backhand into the net before the eighth-seeded Anderson broke in the following game and held serve.
Serena Williams defeated Camila Giorgi of Italy 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to march into the Wimbeldon 2018 semis.
Serena Williams faces 14th-seeded Daria Kasatkina, just two weeks after beating the Russian in a third-set tiebreaker on the grass courts of Eastbourne, tying their head-to-head record at 3-3.
Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal have reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon.
Sharan and New Zealand's Sitak prevailed 1-6 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4 6-4 over the Israeli-Polish combination after a gruelling men's doubles third round which lasted three hours and fifty minutes.
Williams reached her 13th Wimbledon quarter-final by beating Russian qualifier Evgeniya Rodina 6-4, 6-2 on Monday.
Bertens hit seven aces and saved eight of the 10 break points she faced to win 6-3, 7-6 (2) and complete the latest upset in the women's draw.
Djokovic complained to the chair umpire but the call stood — even though TV replays also showed Edmund's shot had actually landed wide.
The top-seeded Halep's exit means only one of the women's top-10 seeds remains in the tournament, Pliskova, which leaves Serena Williams as the big favourite to win her eighth Wimbledon title.
With the win, Bertens also got revenge for a narrow 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 loss to the 38-year-old veteran earlier this year in Miami.
21st-seeded Edmund, a semifinalist at the Australian Open in January, carries the nation's hopes as the only British player remaining in either singles draw.
Garbine Muguruza lost 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 to 47th-ranked Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium.
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