Tennis – Ostapenko stems errors in time to advance
LONDON (Reuters) – French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko battled her misfiring game and stubborn qualifier Francoise Abanda before securing a 4-6 7-6(4) 6-3 win to reach the Wimbledon third round on Wednesday.
Red-hot Nadal rolls over American Young
LONDON (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal continued his imperious run of form as he swept aside American Donald Young 6-4 6-2 7-5 in the Wimbledon second round on Wednesday.
Golf – Mickelson set for first start since Bones split
(Reuters) – Phil Mickelson will make his first PGA Tour start since parting ways with his longtime caddie at this week’s Greenbrier Classic West Virginia, which returns after massive flooding last year forced cancellation of the event.
Konta pulls out the stops to battle past Vekic
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Johanna Konta pulled out all the stops to win an enthralling, marathon, second round contest against Croatian Donna Vekic 7-6(4) 4-6 10-8 on Wednesday.
Tennis – Just like 1997 as British fans toast homegrown heroes
LONDON (Reuters) – British tennis fans could not have wished for a more exhilarating, and ultimately successful, day three of Wimbledon in the SW19 sunshine.
F1 bosses prepared for Silverstone to exercise break clause
SPIELBERG, Austria (Reuters) – Formula One bosses expect British Grand Prix organizers to activate a break clause next week, leaving the country in danger of dropping off the calendar from 2019 if a new deal cannot be done.
Twice champion Kvitova knocked out by American Brengle
LONDON (Reuters) – Two-times Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was knocked out in the second round by 95th ranked American Madison Brengle on Wednesday.
Tennis – Venus eyeing 100th singles match at Wimbledon
LONDON (Reuters) – Five-times champion Venus Williams stayed on course to notch up 100 Wimbledon singles matches as she recovered from a bad start to beat China’s Qiang Wang in the second round on Wednesday.
Tennis – Medvedev loses the plot by tossing coins at umpire’s chair
LONDON (Reuters) – A hot and bothered Daniil Medvedev is facing disciplinary action from Wimbledon officials after a bizarre row with umpire Mariana Alves ended with him tossing coins at the official’s chair on Wednesday.
Ruthless Murray outclasses dangerous Brown
LONDON (Reuters) – If defending champion Andy Murray needed a further test for his sore hip, the dread-locked drop-shotting Dustin Brown was probably it.
