Rafael Nadal completed his emphatic march through the Wimbledon first week when he trounced Alex De Minaur on Saturday. A more surprising third-round development saw a resurgent Ernests Gulbis upset Alexander Zverev in five sets.
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One of the tournament favorites, Marin Cilic joined a growing list of seeds exiting Wimbledon early. The Croat, seeded to meet Roger Federer in the top-half semifinals, crashed out to an unlikely spoiler, Guido Pella, from Argentina. […]
Jan-Lennard Struff became the third player in Wimbledon history to make two comebacks from two sets down in the same tournament when he outlasted Ivo Karlovic 6-7(5), 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(4), 13-11 on Wednesday. His reward is a showdown with Roger Federer. […]
Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios advanced to the Wimbledon second round on Tuesday. Nadal cruised through his opener against Dudi Sela, while Kyrgios had a more difficult time with Denis Istomin in a match that featured only one service break. […]
Gael Monfils won his all-French affair with Richard Gasquet during first-round action at Wimbledon on Monday. Monfils is joined in the last 64 by 2017 runner-up Marin Cilic, who made light work of Yoshihito Nishioka.
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Count Stan Wawrinka among the throng of veterans who are either dealing with injuries or returning from injuries in 2018. Wawrinka’s comeback is one that had not yet gained momentum prior to Monday, but that all turned around in swift fashion at the All-England Club.
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Mischa Zverev captured his first career ATP title at 30 years old when he beat Lukas Lacko 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Nature Valley International on Saturday afternoon. In Antalya, meanwhile, Damir Dzumhur defeated Adrian Mannarino 6-1, 1-6, 6-1.
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Andy Murray’s third match of his 2018 comeback ended with a 6-4, 6-4 loss to Kyle Edmund in round two of the Nature Valley International on Wednesday. Murray accounted himself well enough but eventually succumbed to his fellow Brit after one hour and 40 minutes.
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It has not been vintage Roger Federer at any point during this week’s Gerry Weber Open, but he is still through to the final and one win away from a 10th title in Halle. Federer was once again less than his best on semifinal Saturday but had enough to survive another competitive match. […]
Nick Kyrgios was in exhibition mode for much of his win over Andy Murray at the Fever-Tree Championships on Tuesday. On Thursday he clearly imitated Roger Federer at one point on serve before invoking Gael Monfils’ service motion later in the match during his win over Kyle Edmund.
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