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Scott Hend and Felipe Aguilar are in a two-way tie for the lead at the 2016 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open after each shooting an opening-round 69 at Castle Stuart Golf Links on Thursday. Tough weather threatened play all day during this qualifying series tournament for The Open Championship. Here’s what the leaderboard looks like after Day 1 of the tournament: All scorecard information...
Published: July 7, 2016
The women’s semifinals were the highlight of Wimbledon on Thursday, as a pair of sisters, the 2016 Australian Open champion and the Cinderella of this year’s tournament in London all graced the court. Below, we’ll take a look back at the day’s scores, highlights and reactions from the semifinals. Well, that was easy. Serena Williams is off to her third straight...
Published: July 7, 2016
Andy Murray and Roger Federer will be the favourites when they take to Centre Court for their semi-final matches at Wimbledon 2016 on Friday. Murray will meet Tomas Berdych, while Federer is set to take on Milos Raonic. Both Federer and Murray have had little time to rest after gruelling quarter-final matches, during which they were each pushed to a fifth set. Federer battled back from two sets...
Published: July 7, 2016
Following the shooting death of Philando Castile by a police officer in Minnesota, Serena Williams commented on the situation on Twitter. The world No. 1 women’s tennis player had the following to say about the incident after reaching the Wimbledon final by virtue of a 6-2, 6-0 win over Elena Vesnina: According to Eliott C. McLaughlin and Joshua Berlinger of CNN.com, Castile was shot and killed...
Published: July 7, 2016
Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber both booked their 2016 Wimbledon final spots on Thursday, advancing to the last round of the tournament with routine wins over Elena Vesnina and Venus Williams, respectively. Kerber played solid, defensive tennis and took full advantage of Venus’ many mistakes, while the top seed needed less than 50 minutes to cruise to a win in her most dominant showing of...
Published: July 7, 2016
Serena Williams swept aside Elena Vesnina in straight sets to reach her ninth Wimbledon final on Thursday, 6-2, 6-0. Williams raced to the first set in less than half an hour on Centre Court. An even quicker second set took the match to just 48 minutes. The Telegraph‘s Ben Rumsby and Metro‘s Richard Hookham offered consolation for Vesnina: The world No. 1 controlled the match...
Published: July 7, 2016
No. 4 Angelique Kerber def. No. 8 Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 No. 4 Angelique Kerber won her 11th and 12th consecutive sets at Wimbledon to advance to the ladies’ final with a win over No. 8 Venus Williams on Thursday on Centre Court. Neither player started the match off in fine fashion as five consecutive breaks were earned at the beginning of the first set. After things settled down...
Published: July 7, 2016
With a world title in the bag and victories at circuits as iconic as Spa, Suzuka and Monaco to his name, Jenson Button has achieved almost everything he ever wanted in Formula One. But the seemingly ultimate goal, a podium finish in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, England, continues to elude the 2009 champion. One of the most popular British drivers in F1 history, Button has never finished higher...
Published: July 7, 2016
No. 1 Serena Williams def. Elena Vesnina 6-2, 6-0. No. 1 Serena Williams needed 48 minutes to secure a spot in the Wimbledon ladies’ final on Thursday as she dominated unseeded Russian player Elena Vesnina. The No. 1 seed in the ladies’ singles draw asserted her dominance from the start as she broke Vesnina on the first service game of the first set. After Williams recorded...
Published: July 7, 2016
Cristiano Ronaldo believes his Portugal side can win Euro 2016 after they reached the final in France with a 2-0 last-four victory over Wales on Wednesday. The Real Madrid superstar netted a brilliant header to open the scoring in Lyon—recreated below by Bleacher Report UK—before setting up Nani for the second. It will be Ronaldo’s second European Championship final, the first coming...