Seven-time champion Roger Federer became the Open Era match wins leader at The Championships on Tuesday, earning his 85th match victory at Wimbledon when Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov retired due to a right ankle injury down 6-3, 3-0. Federer had been tied with Jimmy Connors of the U.S. at 84 wins. The 35-year-old Swiss reaches the second round at the All England Club for the 15th consecutive year and looked in form during the 42 minutes of action on Centre Court. Federer hit 10 aces and never faced a break point during the first-round match. He also struck 18 winners and broke Dolgopolov three times to improve to 4-0 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series. With his 10 aces, Federer has...
Last year's finalist Milos Raonic was tested on Tuesday but remained perfect in openers at The Championships, beating German Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-6(4) on No. 1 Court. Raonic has now won all seven of his Wimbledon openers. His best run at the All England Club came a year ago when Raonic became the first Canadian to reach a Grand Slam tournament final before falling to Andy Murray in straight sets. The 26-year-old Raonic has struggled with injuries for much of this season, though, giving a walkover or altogether withdrawing from five tournaments so far this year. Last month, he fell in his grass-court opener at the Aegon Championships at The Queen's Club. The 2016 London finalist lost to #NextGenATP...
Novak Djokovic's bid for a fourth title at The Championships got underway on Tuesday on Centre Court. Djokovic, who three days ago clinched his 68th tour-level title at the Aegon International in Eastbourne, was leading Martin Klizan 6-3, 2-0 after 40 minutes of play when the Slovakian retired due to a left leg injury. “It was great to be back on Centre Court, the cathedral of tennis, where I have many special memories,” second seed Djokovic told BBC Television. “It’s never nice to win like this, but I tried to focus on my game plan. I thought I served well, but didn’t do so well on my returns.” Djokovic improved to a 29-7 record on the season, which also includes...
ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot discusses Roger Federer's bid for an eighth Wimbledon title and the Swiss sheds some light on his biggest rivals for the crown.
Juan Martin del Potro maintained his record of always reaching the second round of The Championships on Tuesday when he beat #NextGenATP Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 in three hours and three minutes. The No. 29 seed from Argentina, who reached the 2013 semi-finals (l. to Djokovic) and is making his eighth appearance at the All England Club, will next challenge Ernests Gulbis, who committed just 19 unforced errors and saved all six break points he faced in beating Victor Estrella Burgos 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 in 88 minutes. Del Potro, who was contesting his 50th grass-court match of his career (35-15), opened up a 3-0 lead in the first set and appeared to be in control of Kokkinakis,...
