Ruthless Federer marches on with another straight-sets win
Top seed and defending champion Roger Federer advanced to the Wimbledon last 16 without dropping a set after a 6-3 7-5 6-2 win over German Jan-Lennard Struff on Friday.
Saturday’s order of play at Wimbledon
Order of play on the main show courts on the sixth day of the Wimbledon tennis championships on Saturday (play starts at 1200 GMT/8 AM ET unless stated, prefix number denotes seeding):
Serena in the groove, scents eighth Wimbledon crown
With the draw opening up in front of her, seven-times champion Serena Williams moved ominously into the last 16 at Wimbledon when she recovered from a sluggish start to beat France’s Kristina Mladenovic 7-5 7-6(1) on Friday.
It’s lucky number seven for Pliskova
It proved to be seventh-time lucky for Karolina Pliskova as she avoided joining Wimbledon’s cull of seeds to reach the fourth round with a 3-6 7-6(3) 6-1 win over Romania’s Mihaela Buzarnescu on Friday.
Belgium stuns Brazil to lead 2-0 at halftime
Belgium stunned five-times World Cup winners Brazil as they took a 2-0 halftime lead in their quarter-final on Friday with an own goal by Fernandinho and a superb finish by Kevin de Bruyne.
U.S. Golf Association rules DeChambeau can’t use compass
Bryson DeChambeau is not allowed to use a drawing compass in future events, the U.S. Golf Association announced on Thursday.
England would hate to lose to Sweden, says Sven-Goran Eriksson
There may be less pressure on England than at previous tournaments, but former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson says they’d still hate to lose their World Cup quarter-final against his native Sweden on Saturday.
Deschamps relieved as France avoid suspensions in pitch melee
France coach Didier Deschamps was relieved to come through his side’s 2-0 quarter-final win over Uruguay without losing any of his players to an unnecessary suspension, he said after Friday’s match in Nizhny Novgorod.
African standard bearer Anderson still going it alone
It used to be said Andy Murray required broad shoulders to carry British hopes at Wimbledon but spare a thought for Kevin Anderson — a lone standard bearer for a whole continent.
Kane’s band of brothers battle-hardened after shootout scare
Having lived to fight another day after a nail-biting penalty shootout, England face Sweden in the World Cup quarter-finals on Saturday with thicker skins and vital experience in the bank, according to captain Harry Kane.
