Fourth seed Maria Sharapova combat into the last 16 at Wimbledon and defeated Irina-Camelia Begu 6-4 6-3. Sharapova, the 2004 champion, softened her Romanian rival up the tenth round of the opening set on Court One. The Russian drove 5-0 in the second set and held off a fightback to set up a match with unseeded Zarina Diyas. Venus Williams came to the fourth round interestingly since 2011, while there were likewise wins for Lucie Safarova and Eastbourne champion Belinda Bencic. The 18-year-old Swiss player is into the last 16 interestingly presently American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 7-5 7-5.
Czech 6th seed Safarova, the beaten French Open finalist, originated from one set down to beat American Sloane Stephens 3 6-3 6-1. Australia’s 22nd seed Samantha Stosur lost 6-2 6-0 to unseeded American Coco Vandeweghe, notwithstanding winning the initial two recreations of the match. Belarus’ Victoria Azarenka, the 23rd seed, likewise progressed into the following round, beating France’s Kristina Mladenovic 6-4 6-4.
On talking with BBC Sports, Sharapova said, “I made it more difficult for myself in the first set but I felt good in the second set. She was not going to go away so I was happy I was able to finish it off. You expect to go further and on to better things. As the matches get tougher, you have to raise your game and that’s why there’s only one champion. You have to have the belief and I absolutely do. You don’t work all these hours in practice to not believe in yourself. I want to be the winner and I will do my best to do so.” The hopes and expectations of Sharapova are very high this time. We wish her best for her upcoming matches.
Venus Williams, a Wimbledon champion in 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, asserted a standard 6-3 6-2 win over Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic. The American will now play with her sister Serena after she beat Great Britain’s Heather Watson 6-2 4-6 7-5 in an exciting match on Center Court. That sets up the 26th profession meeting between the sisters and the first at a Grand Slam following Serena won in the 2009 Wimbledon last. In general, Serena drives 14-11.
The two champions are going to rock Wimbledon 2015. We are expecting pretty much better from Sharapova and Venus Williams as they now have entered the 4th round. Fingers are crossed for the upcoming tremendous victories for both tennis champions.
