Day 3, Wednesday 25th June: Britains Naomi Broady was today knocked out by womens world number one, Caroline Wozniacki. The British wildcard struggled against the fierce attack from Wozniacki who managed to break serve and claim her 2-0 match win. Chinas Na Li played with power and precision to see off Yvonne Meusburger, although she did make quite a few technical errors on the way which she will need to correct moving forward, however, the number two seed managed in her drive to win, 6-2, 6-2. The other notable mention of the day goes to Venus Williams, who appeared weak at the start of her play, gathered her spped and strength very quickly to confidently win a place in the third round over Kurumi Nara, winning 7-6, 6-1. Day 3 Match results: C. Dellaqua (AUS) 4 0 A. Radwanska (POL) (4) 6 6 * P. Kvitova (CZE) (6) 6 6 * M. Barthel (GER) 2 0 C. Wozniacki (DEN) (16) 6 6 * N. Broady (GBR) 3 2 Y. Meusburger (AUT) 2 2 N. Li (CHN) (2) 6 6 * V. Zvonareva (RUS) 6 6 9 * T. Moore (GBR) 4 7 7 K. Nara (JPN) 6 1 V. Williams (USA) (30) 7 6 * A. Azarenka (BLR) (8) 3 6 5 B. Jovanovski (SRB) 6 3 7 * M. Doi (JPN) 5 4 E. Makarova (RUS) (22) 7 6 * A. Van Uytvanck (BEL) 6 3 6 D. Cibulkova (SVK) (10) 3 6 8 * L. Safarova (CZE) (23) 7 7 * P. Hercog (SLO) 6 5 L. Davies (USA) 6 7 * F. Pennetta (ITA) (12) 4 6 C. Garcia (FRA) 7 6 * V. Lepchenko (USA) 5 3 A. Konjun (CRO) 3 6 6 * Y. Wickmayer (BEL) 6 2 2 E. Vesnina (RUS) (23) 4 2 B. Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 6 6 * M. Kirilinko (RUS) 0 3 S. Peng (CHN) 6 6 * Z. Diyas (KAZ) 7 6 * K. Mladenovic (FRA) 6 4 T. Smitkova (CZE) 6 7 * C. Vandeweghe (USA) 3 6 M. Larcher De Brito (POR) 6 4 6 * J. Gajdosova (AUS) 3 6 3 Day 4, Thursday 26th June: Maria Sharapova toaday won in straight sets over Timea Bacsinszky 6-2, 6-1. This was Sharapovas 40th match win at Wimbledon and sees her sail through to the third round. Angelique Kerber saw off Britains Heather Watson on Centre Court in a fierce battle with Watson playing an excellent game and putting up a good fight for her opponent, unfortunately losing out 6-2, 5-7, 6-1. A fantastic game of tennis. Serena Willams knocked out Chanelle Scheepers in a quick fire 6-1, 6-1 win. Williams is playing for her sixth Wimbledon title and this year also entered into the Ladies doubles tournament, so high pressure, high focus needed for both competitions. This pressure became apparent in her after match conference, openly telling of her dislike of them and showing her discomfort in being there saying: Im really losing focus up here. The longer these interviews... Its no longer about the match. Is this the last question? Day 4 Match Results: A. Kerber (GER) (9) 6 5 6 * H. Watson (GBR) 2 7 1 S. Williams (USA) (1) 6 6 * C. Scheepers (RSA) 1 1 T. Bacsinszky (SUI) 2 1 M. Sharapova (RUS) (15) 6 6 * S. Soler Espinosa (ESP) 5 1 E. Bouchard (CAN) (13) 7 6 * A. Ivanovic (SRB) (11) 6 6 * J. Zheng (CHN) 4 0 Ka. Pliskova (CZE) 3 5 S. Lisicki (GER) (19) 6 7 * A. Petkovic (GER) (20) 6 3 6 * I. Begu (ROU) 4 6 1 K.. Koukalova (CZE) (31) 5 7 2 M. Keys (USA) 7 6 6 * Z. Diyas (KAZ) 7 5 6 * C. Suarez Navarro (ESP) (15) 6 7 2 D. Vekic (CRO) 4 4 V. Zvonareva (RUS) 6 6 * P. Cetkovska (CZE) 4 7 3 A. Cornet (FRA) (25) 6 5 6 * L. Dominguez Lino (ESP) 2 1 K. Flipkens (BEL) (24) 6 6 * A. Riske (USA) 7 6 * C. Giorgi (ITA) 5 2 Y. Shvedova (KAZ) 6 6 6 * K. Kanepi (EST) 3 7 2 You can track all progress of the Ladies singles tournament on my handy chart, found here: fortheloveofallgames.blog/wimbledon-2014-ladies-singles-tournament/ How are you finding the competition so far? Any favourites? Who would you like to see in the final stages?
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:27:50 +0000
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