Purav Raja-Fabrice Martin bow out of Wimbledon after losing five-set battle
Tennis | July 04, 2018 21:13 ISTServing at 9-10, Raja and Martin saved two match points but their opponents latched on to the third to claim a memorable win.
Serving at 9-10, Raja and Martin saved two match points but their opponents latched on to the third to claim a memorable win.
A 15-month doping ban kept Sharapova out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament in 2016, and an injury sidelined her a year ago.
The No. 3-seeded Muguruza was hardly troubled in beating British wildcard Naomi Broady 6-2, 7-5 on Tuesday.
The Indian, ranked 85, lost his first round 6-2 3-6 3-6 2-6 in two hour and 38 minutes to the Italian.
The All England Club announced Murray's withdrawal a day before the grass-court Grand Slam tournament begins.
Williams is returning to the grass-court tournament for the first time since 2016 after missing it last year while pregnant.
Serena Williams, who has returned to competitive tennis following the birth of her daughter last September, is currently ranked 183rd.
Tomas Berdych, the 2010 Wimbledon runner-up, has pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament because of a bad back.
After winning a record-extending 11th French Open title earlier this month, the Spaniard withdrew from the Queen's Club Championships, a key Wimbledon tune-up played in London from June 18 to June 24.
Halep has not played since beating Sloane Stephens for the Roland Garros title earlier this month.
Murray says his recovery has "been very slow" and is taking "a lot longer than I think me or any of my team kind of expected at the beginning."
Earlier, the world number one said that he was hoping to make a return from injury at the Mexican Open, beginning February 26.
The former No. 1-ranked Murray, a three-time major winner, has not played a competitive match since a quarterfinal exit at Wimbledon last July.
Djokovic hasn't played competitive tennis since he retired in the Wimbledon quarterfinals because of the elbow injury.
The Swiss maestro, who chose to sit out the second half of 2016 in order to recover fully from his knee surgery as well as a back problem, made a stunning return in 2017 to rise No. 2 spot in the ATP Rankings.
Murray hasn't played on the pro circuit since the Wimbledon quarterfinals, where he limped out with a hip injury.
Djokovic has never missed a major tournament since he played his first major at the 2005 Australian Open. This is the third-longest active run among men and seventh-longest in history.
The Swiss great has had a sparkling 2017, having emerged victorious in five tournaments including his fifth Australian Open title in January and a record eighth-Wimbledon title this month.
Roger Federer expressed his concern with the mindset of the younger generation, who still have not been able to knock off the 30-plus elite from the top of the ranks.
The 23-year-old has struggled in the periods between her successes at Grand Slam level and outside of tennis. The Spaniard has won 2 major titles and has just appeared in two finals.
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