Belarussian world number five Victoria Azarenka reached her first career Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon 2011 after beating surprise quarterfinalist Tamira Paszek of Austria in straight sets 6-3, 6-1. Paszek, who beat French Open 2011 finalist Francesca Schiavone on her way to the final eight, did not pose much threat to Azarenka. It’s her first [...]

Czech star Petra Kvitova reached the Wimbledon semifinals for the second year in a row after beating Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova (a semifinalist last year) in the quarterfinals held at All England Club Court One. Pironkova made waves this week after beating higher-ranked and more accomplished players such as no. 2 Vera Zvonareva and five-time Wimbledon [...]

German wildcard Sabine Lisicki reached her first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships after beating 2007 finalist Marion Bartoli in three sets 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 at the All England Club Centre Court. Lisicki, who reached the quarterfinals at the grasscourt Slam in 2009, has had a challenging 2010 season where she had to [...]

Russia’s Maria Sharapova advanced to the semifinals of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships after routing Slovakian opponent Dominika Cibulkova in straight sets 6-1, 6-1 at the All England Club Centre Court. This is her first time since 2006 to reach this stage at The Championships. Sharapova is the only former Grand Slam champion remaining in the [...]

World number one Rafael Nadal said that he’s fit to play at the Wimbledon 2011 quarterfinals after an MRI scan showed that there’s no significant damage on his left foot. The defending Wimbledon champion injured his foot prior to the first set tiebreak in his fourth round clash against Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro on [...]

World number two Novak Djokovic said that he will participate in the upcoming Serbia vs Sweden Davis Cup 2011 quarterfinal match in Halmstad, Sweden. This after top-ranked Rafael Nadal and Swedish no. 1 Robin Soderling announced that they won’t be participating in this tennis event which will start early July. “I am on the team,” [...]

The 2011 Wimbledon Championships Quarterfinal Schedule is now set with the final eight players from both men’s and ladies’ singles events already determined. Women’s 2011 Wimbledon Quarterfinals Schedule – June 28, 2011 – Sabine Lisicki (GER) vs Marion Bartoli (FRA) – Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) vs Maria Sharapova (RUS) – Petra Kvitova (CZE) vs Tsvetana Pironkova [...]

The 125th edition of the Wimbledon Championships has reached the quarterfinal stage with the world’s top four male players progressing to the final eight while the female players lacked the top three players (Caroline Wozniacki, Vera Zvonareva and Li Na) plus Venus Williams and Serena Williams. The women’s field features seven players who have not [...]

The Azarenka vs Paszek Wimbledon 2011 Quarterfinal match will take place on Tuesday, June 28 and is the second scheduled match at Court Number 1. Fourth-seeded Belarussian Victoria Azarenka is the highest-ranked player left in the women’s draw after the exits of Vera Zvonareva, Li Na and Caroline Wozniacki. Tamira Paszek of Austria reached her [...]

The Pironkova vs Kvitova Wimbledon 2011 Quarterfinal match will take place on Tuesday, June 28 and is the first scheduled match at Court Number 1. Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria defeated five-time champion Venus Williams in the previous round. Pironkova holds the distinction together with Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Kim Clijsters and Serena Williams of having [...]