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Monday, June 27th, 2011

In a parade of f4th-round upsets, world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, 2-time defending champion Serena Williams and 5-time titlist Venus Williams were all sent packing Monday at the Wimbledon Championships. Pre-tournament favorite Maria Sharapova managed to avoid the upset bug on Day 7 at the All England Club. Scrappy 24th-seeded Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova was [...]
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Monday, June 27th, 2011

Defending champion Serena Williams was eliminated in the 4th round of Wimbledon on Monday, losing to 2007 finalist Marion Bartoli 6-3, 7-6 (6). Serena Williams is a 4-time champion at the All England Club, but she missed nearly a year after foot surgery and subsequent blood clots in her lungs. She returned two weeks ago [...]
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Friday, June 24th, 2011

Three-time Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick was eliminated 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2), 6-4 Friday by Feliciano Lopez in the 3rd round, the biggest upset of the men’s tournament so far. The 44th-ranked Feliciano Lopez served 28 aces and piled up 57 winners to defeat Andy Roddick on Centre Court, the American’s first loss to the Spanish [...]
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Five-time champion Venus Williams rallied to defeat Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-7 (6), 6-3, 8-6 and reach the 3rd round at Wimbledon. Venus Williams spent much of her second round match at Wimbledon on her back foot, fending off a spirited charge from the 2nd-oldest woman ever to reach the 125-year-old tournament’s 2nd round. Ultimately, the No. [...]
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

Defending champion Serena Williams, playing just her third match in 11 months, struggled past troubled Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to reach the Wimbledon 2nd round. The four-time winner next takes on Simona Halep from Romania for a place in the last 32. Serena Williams overcame a spirited effort from Aravane Rezai to [...]