Five-time champion Venus Williams was ousted in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon on Tuesday, losing 6-2, 6-3 to 82nd-ranked Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria. Sister Serena, meanwhile, stayed on course to keep the title in family hands.

Roger Federer was the epitome of Swiss cool as the mercury soared at Wimbledon on ‘Manic Monday’, but women’s title dreamers Jelena Jankovic and Caroline Wozniacki both made limp exits.

French Open champion Rafael Nadal narrowly avoided an embarrassing exit at Wimbledon as he dug deep to beat Germany’s Philipp Petzschner 6-4, 4-6, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-3 in the third round on Saturday.

Russian former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova was made to work as she downed Barbora Zahlavova Strycova in straight sets to reach the fourth round on Saturday.

Former top-ranked players Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin won to set up a fourth-round meeting at Wimbledon, as John Isner lost one day after winning the longest match in tennis history.

The longest tennis match in history finally finished at Wimbledon on Thursday after an epic 11 hours and five minutes, with John Isner beating Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in the final set.

Andy Roddick, runner-up last year, recovered from losing his opening set on Wednesday to reach the third round at Wimbledon, while former top-ranked players Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin of Belgium advanced.

India’s Sania Mirza slumped out of Wimbledon as Germany’s Angelique Kerber claimed a 6-4, 6-1 win in the first round of the women’s singles on Monday.
Kerber, ranked 54 in the world compared to Mirza’s mark of 111, was never troubled by the Indian, who was left to rue her continued poor form since returning from a wrist injury sustained in Dubai in February.

Rafael Nadal launched his bid to regain the Wimbledon title by crushing Japan’s Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the men’s singles on Tuesday.
Earlier, defending women’s champion Serena Williams silenced scream queen Michelle Larcher de Brito with a 6-0, 6-4 win.

Britain’s Graeme McDowell kept his composure in tough scoring conditions to end a 40-year title drought by Europeans at the U.S. Open with a gutsy one-shot victory on Sunday.