Aces high as Lopez outguns Isner in big-serving duel
It wasn’t much fun for Spain’s Feliciano Lopez but he could finally raise a smile after finding his rhythm just when he needed it to outgun ninth seed John Isner in a brutal battle of big servers at Wimbledon on Monday.
‘Princess’ Eugenie aiming for Wimbledon coronation
LONDON (Reuters) – Named after a British princess and tipped by John McEnroe as a Wimbledon queen-in-waiting, there are not many things that intimidate Eugenie Bouchard.
Wawrinka blasts gruelling schedule after win
LONDON (Reuters) – Fifth seed Stanislas Wawrinka breezed through his delayed third-round match with Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin on Monday before blasting his Wimbledon schedule, a run his coach labeled “not humanly possible”.
United States hit 103-year Wimbledon low as Isner goes out
LONDON (Reuters) – John Isner’s defeat against Spain’s Feliciano Lopez at Wimbledon on Monday left the United States with no survivors in the fourth round of the men’s or women’s singles for the first time since 1911.
As a kid, Uruguay’s Suarez had a temper but not a biter
SALTO Uruguay (Reuters) – Uruguay’s star striker Luis Suarez always had a temper when things did not go well on the pitch but coaches, relatives and neighbors remember him as a happy kid in no way destined to be hit with a record World Cup ban for biti…
Meticulous Pinto plots Costa Rica’s Netherlands plan
RECIFE Brazil (Reuters) – Organization, preparation and desire – it may be a simple mantra, but it has taken Costa Rica from unfancied underdogs to World Cup dark horses who are within one more upset of the semi-finals.
Dutch eye last four after great Mexican escape
FORTALEZA Brazil (Reuters) – They were minutes away from elimination against Mexico but having pulled off one of the great escapes of the World Cup, the Dutch are in a strong position to reach the semifinals.
Pistorius had no mental disorder at time of shooting: report
PRETORIA (Reuters) – Oscar Pistorius, the South African sprinter on trial for murder for shooting his girlfriend, was not suffering from a mental condition at the time she was killed, a psychiatric report said on Monday.
Canadian trailblazer Bouchard scorches into quarter-finals
LONDON (Reuters) – Eugenie Bouchard became the first Canadian to reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon with a 7-6(5) 7-5 win over Serena Williams’s conqueror Alize Cornet on Monday.
Thigh injury forces American Keys out of Wimbledon
LONDON (Reuters) – Madison Keys, the last American woman standing in the singles at Wimbledon, was forced to withdraw from her third round encounter against Yaroslava Shvedova because of injury on Monday.
