So easy for Serena as she rolls into quarter-finals
Seven-times champion Serena Williams prevailed in a Centre Court mothers’ meeting on Monday, roaring past Russian qualifier Evgeniya Rodina into the Wimbledon quarter-finals.
Serena hopes daughter Alexis won’t play tennis
Serena Williams hopes her daughter Alexis Olympia does not want to follow in her mom’s famous footsteps — suggesting ice skating might be a good alternative.
Djokovic beats darkness to reach quarter-finals
Novak Djokovic was kept waiting in the wings till after 7pm local time before he could start swinging his racket against Russia’s Karen Khachanov at Wimbledon on Monday.
‘Come to Russia,’ FIFA ambassador tells England fans
Victoria Lopyreva, glamorous ambassador for the soccer World Cup in Russia and a former Miss Russia, urged England fans on Monday to ignore politics and travel to Moscow to support their team in Wednesday’s semi-final against Croatia.
Irrepressible Nadal marches past Vesely into last eight
The bar was set absurdly high by the time Rafael Nadal walked onto Centre Court on Monday but the Spaniard responded with a sensational 6-3 6-3 6-4 defeat of Jiri Vesely to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals.
Tuesday’s order of play at Wimbledon
Order of play on the main show courts on the eighth day of the Wimbledon tennis championships on Tuesday (play starts at 1200 GMT/8 AM ET, prefix number denotes seeding):
Cibulkova wins few friends after strange call
Dominika Cibulkova reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the third time but made few friends around Court 18 as she beat Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei in controversial circumstances on Monday.
Isner into last eight and a match away from tweeting Trump
President Donald Trump, visiting London later this week, can expect a Tweet from John Isner if the experienced American player gets through to the semi-finals of Wimbledon.
Wimbledon to remain soccer-free zone despite football fever gripping nation
Wimbledon officials are refusing to show any soccer on the All England Club’s big screen, despite football fever gripping the country as the national team bids to reach its first World Cup final since 1966.
Croatia sacks Vukojevic over Ukraine message
Croatia’s Football Federation (HNS) sacked Ognjen Vukojevic, a member of the national team’s coaching staff, over a “glory to Ukraine” video posted after Croatia beat Russia in the World Cup quarter-finals, HNS said in a statement on Monday.
