Wimbledon on Sling TV, Day 7
(Coverage starts at 8am ET on ESPN, all times Eastern)
The weather gods took their foot off the gas long enough for plenty of play at Wimbledon, allowing Coco Vandeweghe a chance to upset 6-seed Roberta Vinci, Serena Williams to sweep Annika Beck.
Centre Court
8am ET
Roger Federer (SUI) [3] vs. Steve Johnson (USA)
Roger Federer dispatched another Briton over the weekend, this time defeating Daniel Evans 6-4 6-2 6-2 in an hour and 26 minutes. The victory was built on Federer’s 11-0 advantage on aces, as well as his 0-8 advantage on double faults.
Steve Johnson, a 26-year-old American ranked 29th in the world and playing in his fourth Wimbledon, defeated Grigor Dimitrov 6-7 7-6 6-4 6-2. Johnson’s 4th-round appearance is the furthest he’s made it in 17 career Grand Slam events. He and Federer have never played before.
Serena Williams (USA) [1] vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [13]
After surviving a scare in the 2nd round against Christina McHale 6-7 6-2 6-4, Serena Williams got back on track in the 3rd round against world #43 Annika Beck, beating her 6-3 6-0 in just 51 minutes, beating her with a dominant serve and a superior net game.
Svetlana Kuznetsova beat American Sloane Stephens 6-7 6-2 8-6 in the third round. She and Williams have met a dozen times before, with Serena winning 9 times, but they have never before met on grass. The last time played, at the Rome Open in May, Williams won 6-2 6-0.
Nick Kyrgios (AUS) [15] vs. Andy Murray (GBR) [2]
Nick Kyrgios, ranked 18th in the world, defeated Feliciano Lopez 6-3 6-7 6-3 6-4, smashing 27 aces with a serve that topped out at 135 MPH. Just 21, Kyrgios is in his third Wimbledon, having made the quarterfinals in the 2014, and the fourth round in 2015.
Hometown favorite Andy Murray continued his quest for a second title here by beating John Millman 6-3 7-5 6-2. Murray and Kyrgios have played four times before, with Murray sweeping them all, most recently in the US Open last year.
LADIES' SINGLES
6:30am ET
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [3] vs. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) [19]
Misaki Doi (JPN) vs. Angelique Kerber (GER) [4]
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) vs. Elena Vesnina (RUS)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) [21] vs. Coco Vandeweghe (USA [27]
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) vs. Lucie Safarova (CZE) [28]
8am ET
Venus Williams (USA) [8] vs. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) [12]
Simona Halep (ROU) [5] vs. Madison Keys (USA) [9]
GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES
6:30am ET
Marin Cilic (CRO) [9] vs. Kei Nishikori (JPN) [5]
David Goffin (BEL) [11] vs. Milos Raonic (CAN) [6]
Jiri Vesely (CZE) vs. Tomas Berdych (CZE) [10]
Bernard Tomic (AUS) [19] vs. Lucas Pouille (FRA) [32]
Sam Querrey (USA) [28] vs. Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
8am ET
Richard Gasquet (FRA) [7] vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [12]
LADIES' DOUBLES
6am ET
Julia Goerges (GER) [8] & Karolina Pliskova (CZE) [8]
vs. Heather Watson (GBR) & Naomi Broady (GBR)
Shuko Aoyama (JPN) & Makoto Ninomiya (JPN)
vs. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) [5] & Timea Babos (HUN) [5]
6:30am ET
Darija Jurak (CRO) & Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)
vs. Maria Sanchez (USA) & Johanna Konta (GBR)
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) & Aleksandra Krunic (SRB)
vs. Kveta Peschke (CZE) & Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)
Martina Hingis (SUI) [1] & Sania Mirza (IND) [1]
vs. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) & Christina McHale (USA)
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) [14] & Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) [14]
vs. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) & Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)
Annika Beck (GER) & Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
vs. Elena Vesnina (RUS) [4] & Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) [4]
Misaki Doi (JPN) & Elina Svitolina (UKR)
vs. Daria Kasatkina (RUS) & Daria Gavrilova (AUS)
Michaella Krajicek (NED) & Barbora Strycova (CZE)
vs. Monica Puig (PUR) & Mariana Duque-Marino (COL)
GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES
6:30am ET
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) [1] & Nicolas Mahut (FRA) [1]
vs. Dudi Sela (ISR) & Stephane Robert (FRA)
Ivan Dodig (CRO) [5] & Marcelo Melo (BRA) [5]
vs. Rajeev Ram (USA) [11] & Raven Klaasen (RSA) [11]
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) [8] & Jack Sock (USA) [8]
vs. Jordan Thompson (AUS) & Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
Julien Benneteau (FRA) & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
Jonathan Marray (GBR) & Adil Shamasdin (CAN)
vs. Marcel Granollers (ESP) [15] & Pablo Cuevas (URU) [15]
vs. Daniel Nestor (CAN) [9] & Dominic Inglot (GBR) [9]
Ivan Dodig (CRO) [5] & Marcelo Melo (BRA) [5]
vs. Rajeev Ram (USA) [11] & Raven Klaasen (RSA) [11]
TBD, after 12:30pm ET
Mate Pavic (CRO) [16] & Michael Venus (NZL) [16]
vs. Bruno Soares (BRA) [3] & Jamie Murray (GBR) [3]
Radek Stepanek (CZE) [14] & Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) [14]
vs. Viktor Troicki (SRB) & Dusan Lajovic (SRB)
Treat Huey (PHI) [12] & Max Mirnyi (BLR) [12]
vs. Fabrice Martin (FRA) & Oliver Marach (AUT)
Henri Kontinen (FIN) [10] & John Peers (AUS) [10]
vs. Florin Mergea (ROU) [6] & Rohan Bopanna (IND) [6]
MIXED DOUBLES
6am ET
Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) [8] & Kiki Bertens (NED) [8]
vs. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) & Oliver Marach (AUT)
Colin Fleming (GBR) & Jocelyn Rae (GBR)
vs. Anna Smith (GBR) & Neal Skupski (GBR)
6:30am ET
Leander Paes (IND) [16] & Martina Hingis (SUI) [16]
vs. Laura Siegemund (GER) & Artem Sitak (NZL)
Marcin Matkowski (POL) [11] & Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) [11]
vs. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) & Robert Lindstedt (SWE)
Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) [5] & Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) [5]
vs. Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) & Matwe Middelkoop (NED)
Rohan Bopanna (IND) [13] & Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) [13]
vs. Alicja Rosolska (POL) & Treat Huey (PHI)
TBD, after noon
Max Mirnyi (BLR) [4] & Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) [4]
vs. Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) & Nicholas Monroe (USA)
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) & Andrea Petkovic (GER)
vs. Katerina Siniakova (CZE) & Jiri Vesely (CZE)
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