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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: July 3, 2015
Third-round play brought some fantastic matches to All England Club Friday, but there is no question that the three-set battle between No. 1 Serena Williams and British youngster Heather Watson was the biggest highlight. Williams was pushed to the limit and was very much on the verge of getting eliminated as she was down 0-3 in the third set, but she used her power, experience and mettle to survive,...
Published: July 3, 2015
Japan have a chance to defend their FIFA Women’s World Cup title against the United States on Sunday. It’s a rematch of the 2011 final as well as the Olympic gold-medal match they played a year later, and it’s an invitation for the Japanese to join the elite of the women’s game once and for all. They were never a traditional powerhouse. Before winning the World Cup in 2011,...
Published: July 3, 2015
Force India aren’t supposed to do things this way. The plucky little team, with their plucky little car, are meant to get their points on the board at an early stage, taking advantage of any unpredictability at the start of a season to make a head-start before dedicating the second half of a campaign to defending their position. It is a philosophy they have perfected in recent times, equaling...
Published: July 3, 2015
Serena Williams had to dig deep to beat local favourite Heather Watson in three sets, keeping her bid to win the 2015 Wimbledon Open alive. Watson gave the top seed all she could handle, but Williams eventually emerged victorious, winning 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. The crowd at Centre Court treated both players to a standing ovation, as Williams and Watson served up one of the best matches we’ll see all...
Published: July 3, 2015
France’s Alstom Open in Paris is a tight affair after Friday’s second round, with Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Martin Kaymer and Victor Dubuisson locked in a three-way tie for the lead. All three men are conjoined on four-under par after two days, as play caught up after a rain-soaked opening on Thursday. Overnight leader Maximilian Kieffer matched his first day effort of...
Published: July 3, 2015
Maria Sharapova continued her march toward a second career Wimbledon title Friday as the fourth-seeded star defeated No. 29 Irina-Camelia Begu in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, to advance to the fourth round at All England Club. The Russian cruised past inferior opponents in her first two matches of the tournament, and while she seemed poised to do the same to Begu after gutting out the opening set and taking...
Published: July 3, 2015
Novak Djokovic cruised past Bernard Tomic on Friday, booking his spot in the next round of the 2015 Wimbledon Open with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 win. The defending champion put together his best performance yet, dominating Tomic with his serve and almost breaking the Australian’s serve at will. Djokovic looked as sharp as ever, an ill omen for the other top contenders hoping to win this year’s...
Published: July 3, 2015
Wimbledon’s official headband is simply too colourful to be worn in an official Wimbledon match. Nick Kyrgios found that out the hard way. While the Aussie faced Milos Raonic in his third-round match on Court No. 2 on Friday, he came out wearing Wimbledon’s official head swag. However, he was told not once but twice that he had to turn his headband inside-out because it...
Published: July 3, 2015
If the phrase “when the going gets tough, the tough get going” is true, then it is time for Arturo Vidal and Alexis Sanchez to step up. Both of those players have overcome adversity to become superstars, and now their country needs them most. Against Uruguay in the Copa America quarter-final and Peru in the semi, neither of these two players were able to reach their finest level of performance,...
Published: July 3, 2015
It’s quality over quantity at Wimbledon, at least as far as singles matches are concerned, in Day 5 of the prestigious tournament at the All England Club. Both of the tournament’s top seeds will be in action throughout the day. Defending champion Novak Djokovic will take on 27th-seeded Bernard Tomic of Australia, and once that match concludes, Serena Williams will meet Great Britain’s...