Wimbledon 2018: Simona Halep loses to Hsieh Su-wei
in third round
LONDON - Top-ranked Simona Halep couldn't capitalize on her chances and was knocked out by Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan at Wimbledon on Saturday, losing 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the third round.
Halep served for the match at 5-3 in the final set and had a match point in the next game, but the French Open champion faltered both times. The 48th-ranked Hsieh saved the match point with a backhand winner before holding for 5-5 and broke Halep in the next game. The Romanian then had two more break points at 6-5 but couldn't take advantage.
The top-seeded Halep's exit means only one of the women's top-10 seeds remains in the tournament - No. 7 Karolina Pliskova - and leaves Serena Williams as the big favorite to win her eighth Wimbledon title.
Rafael Nadal had no such problems, and guaranteed he will stay No. 1 in the men's rankings after Wimbledon as he reached the fourth round with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 victory over 19-year-old Australian Alex de Minaur.
Nadal hasn't dropped a set so far in the tournament. Against de Minaur, he faced only three break points and saved them all, while producing nearly twice as many winners, 30-17.
This is Nadal's eighth trip to the round of 16 at the All England Club, where he has won two of his 17 Grand Slam titles. A year ago, the Spaniard lost at that stage.
He and Roger Federer have swapped the No. 1 ranking a half-dozen times this season, the most since there were eight changes in 1999.
Fifth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro and former finalist Milos Raonic also advanced.
Del Potro overcame a hot-tempered display from Benoit Paire to win 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Paire slammed his racket and shouted loudly at the chair umpire and at himself after losing the second set, and his antics had del Potro shaking his head in return. The Argentine, who had crossed the net to help Paire back on his feet after a fall during the second set, still took a 3-0 lead in the third before the Frenchman fought back to level it at 3-3.
The match was then interrupted for about 10 minutes with Paire facing another break point at 4-3 while medical staff treated a spectator who had fainted in the heat. When play resumed, Paire saved that point with a service winner but was eventually broken when he netted a backhand, allowing del Potro to serve out the match.
Raonic reached Wimbledon's fourth round for the third consecutive year by finishing off a 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over 171st-ranked qualifier Dennis Novak of Austria in a match suspended because of fading light the night before.
Play was halted with Novak about to serve while trailing 6-5 in the third set, and Raonic got off to a perfect start when they resumed Saturday by breaking to take that set.
The 13th-seeded Canadian was the runner-up at the All England Club in 2016, losing to Andy Murray in the final. Raonic lost to eventual champion Roger Federer in last year's quarterfinals.
On Monday, Raonic will face 103rd-ranked Mackenzie McDonald of the United States for a quarterfinal berth.
Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button, Connected TVs and the BBC Sport website and app; Live Radio 5 live and 5 live sports extra commentary; Text commentary online.
Top seed Simona Halep described her attitude as "unprofessional" as she was knocked out of Wimbledon in the third round after an epic three-set battle with Hsieh Su-wei.
The Taiwanese world number 48's serve was broken seven times and she saved a match point before winning 3-6 6-4 7-5.
It means Czech seventh seed Karolina Pliskova is the only top-10 player remaining in the women's singles draw.
It is the first time Hsieh, 32, has reached the last 16 of the singles.
The 2013 doubles champion will now play Dominika Cibulkova after the Slovak beat 15th seed Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-2 6-2.
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How did Hsieh topple Halep?
Romanian Halep was brutal in her assessment of her performance in a match of ups and downs for both players, who were dealing with intense heat on Court One.
"I was leading the match, I was up, and I couldn't finish it. I'm not hard. I'm just realistic and honest with myself. I accept that it was an unprofessional attitude from me today."
It took five games to see the first hold of serve - which went to the world number one - and there were 13 breaks overall.
After losing the first set, Hsieh, who last played in the third round of Wimbledon in 2012, put Halep under pressure in the second and broke twice before serving to love to take it 6-4.
With fatigue setting in, Hsieh found herself 5-2 down in the decider and it looked like Halep's strength was going to see her through to the last 16 for the fourth time.
But the Taiwanese clawed her way back into it with a single break, and after fending off match point, she broke again and held her nerve to see out the match - much to the delight of the crowd.
Halep, who won the French Open last month for her first Grand Slam title, pointed to tiredness as one of the reasons for the defeat.
"I just was too negative to myself, talking too much. I think because I was tired, because I'm tired, I couldn't stay focused for every ball," she said after the match that lasted two hours 20 minutes.
Hsieh, meanwhile, kept her focus to record her first victory over a world number one.
"It is amazing," Hsieh said.
"She played amazing, I had to run and fight for every point. I tried to concentrate on my game and calm down a bit, that helped a lot.
"There was a lot of support from outside that pushed me and I kept fighting."
Kerber and Ostapenko cruise into round four
Eleventh seed Angelique Kerber, now the second-highest ranked player in the women's draw, looked unstoppable on Centre Court as she breezed past Japanese 18th seed Naomi Osaka 6-2 6-4.
German Kerber, the losing finalist in 2016, will now play Swiss 21-year-old Belinda Bencic, who won 6-1 7-6 (7-3) against 27th seed Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain.
Australian Ashleigh Barty, seeded 17th, went out against Russian Daria Kasatkina, who won 7-5 6-3.
Kasatkina will face Alison van Uytvanck in the last 16 after the Belgian beat Estonia's Anett Kontaveit 6-2 6-3.
Former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko made short work of her third-round match, winning 6-0 6-4 against Vitalia Diatchenko of Russia.
Ostapenko will meet Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the last 16 after the Belarusian beat Australian Daria Gavrilova 6-3 6-1.
in third round
LONDON - Top-ranked Simona Halep couldn't capitalize on her chances and was knocked out by Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan at Wimbledon on Saturday, losing 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the third round.
Halep served for the match at 5-3 in the final set and had a match point in the next game, but the French Open champion faltered both times. The 48th-ranked Hsieh saved the match point with a backhand winner before holding for 5-5 and broke Halep in the next game. The Romanian then had two more break points at 6-5 but couldn't take advantage.
The top-seeded Halep's exit means only one of the women's top-10 seeds remains in the tournament - No. 7 Karolina Pliskova - and leaves Serena Williams as the big favorite to win her eighth Wimbledon title.
Rafael Nadal had no such problems, and guaranteed he will stay No. 1 in the men's rankings after Wimbledon as he reached the fourth round with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 victory over 19-year-old Australian Alex de Minaur.
Nadal hasn't dropped a set so far in the tournament. Against de Minaur, he faced only three break points and saved them all, while producing nearly twice as many winners, 30-17.
This is Nadal's eighth trip to the round of 16 at the All England Club, where he has won two of his 17 Grand Slam titles. A year ago, the Spaniard lost at that stage.
He and Roger Federer have swapped the No. 1 ranking a half-dozen times this season, the most since there were eight changes in 1999.
Fifth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro and former finalist Milos Raonic also advanced.
Del Potro overcame a hot-tempered display from Benoit Paire to win 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Paire slammed his racket and shouted loudly at the chair umpire and at himself after losing the second set, and his antics had del Potro shaking his head in return. The Argentine, who had crossed the net to help Paire back on his feet after a fall during the second set, still took a 3-0 lead in the third before the Frenchman fought back to level it at 3-3.
The match was then interrupted for about 10 minutes with Paire facing another break point at 4-3 while medical staff treated a spectator who had fainted in the heat. When play resumed, Paire saved that point with a service winner but was eventually broken when he netted a backhand, allowing del Potro to serve out the match.
Raonic reached Wimbledon's fourth round for the third consecutive year by finishing off a 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over 171st-ranked qualifier Dennis Novak of Austria in a match suspended because of fading light the night before.
Play was halted with Novak about to serve while trailing 6-5 in the third set, and Raonic got off to a perfect start when they resumed Saturday by breaking to take that set.
The 13th-seeded Canadian was the runner-up at the All England Club in 2016, losing to Andy Murray in the final. Raonic lost to eventual champion Roger Federer in last year's quarterfinals.
On Monday, Raonic will face 103rd-ranked Mackenzie McDonald of the United States for a quarterfinal berth.
Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button, Connected TVs and the BBC Sport website and app; Live Radio 5 live and 5 live sports extra commentary; Text commentary online.
Top seed Simona Halep described her attitude as "unprofessional" as she was knocked out of Wimbledon in the third round after an epic three-set battle with Hsieh Su-wei.
The Taiwanese world number 48's serve was broken seven times and she saved a match point before winning 3-6 6-4 7-5.
It means Czech seventh seed Karolina Pliskova is the only top-10 player remaining in the women's singles draw.
It is the first time Hsieh, 32, has reached the last 16 of the singles.
The 2013 doubles champion will now play Dominika Cibulkova after the Slovak beat 15th seed Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-2 6-2.
Del Potro beats Paire in third round
Nadal advances to keep top ranking
Live scores, schedule and results
Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone
How did Hsieh topple Halep?
Romanian Halep was brutal in her assessment of her performance in a match of ups and downs for both players, who were dealing with intense heat on Court One.
"I was leading the match, I was up, and I couldn't finish it. I'm not hard. I'm just realistic and honest with myself. I accept that it was an unprofessional attitude from me today."
It took five games to see the first hold of serve - which went to the world number one - and there were 13 breaks overall.
After losing the first set, Hsieh, who last played in the third round of Wimbledon in 2012, put Halep under pressure in the second and broke twice before serving to love to take it 6-4.
With fatigue setting in, Hsieh found herself 5-2 down in the decider and it looked like Halep's strength was going to see her through to the last 16 for the fourth time.
But the Taiwanese clawed her way back into it with a single break, and after fending off match point, she broke again and held her nerve to see out the match - much to the delight of the crowd.
Halep, who won the French Open last month for her first Grand Slam title, pointed to tiredness as one of the reasons for the defeat.
"I just was too negative to myself, talking too much. I think because I was tired, because I'm tired, I couldn't stay focused for every ball," she said after the match that lasted two hours 20 minutes.
Hsieh, meanwhile, kept her focus to record her first victory over a world number one.
"It is amazing," Hsieh said.
"She played amazing, I had to run and fight for every point. I tried to concentrate on my game and calm down a bit, that helped a lot.
"There was a lot of support from outside that pushed me and I kept fighting."
Kerber and Ostapenko cruise into round four
Eleventh seed Angelique Kerber, now the second-highest ranked player in the women's draw, looked unstoppable on Centre Court as she breezed past Japanese 18th seed Naomi Osaka 6-2 6-4.
German Kerber, the losing finalist in 2016, will now play Swiss 21-year-old Belinda Bencic, who won 6-1 7-6 (7-3) against 27th seed Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain.
Australian Ashleigh Barty, seeded 17th, went out against Russian Daria Kasatkina, who won 7-5 6-3.
Kasatkina will face Alison van Uytvanck in the last 16 after the Belgian beat Estonia's Anett Kontaveit 6-2 6-3.
Former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko made short work of her third-round match, winning 6-0 6-4 against Vitalia Diatchenko of Russia.
Ostapenko will meet Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the last 16 after the Belarusian beat Australian Daria Gavrilova 6-3 6-1.
Maria Kirilenco, Tatiana Golovin & Daniela Hantuchova,
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Maria Kirilenco, Tatiana Golovin & Daniela Hantuchova,
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Donna Vekic (Croatia)
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Laura Robson (Great Britain)
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Camila Giorgi (Italy)
23 year old Camila Giorgi is Italian and also has Argentinian background currently ranked world no.54. Although she has failed to live up to the expectations attach to her since she became pro. Her career best grand slam finish was back in 2012 Wimbledon where she reached 4th round. She is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful tennis stars in the world.
Mandy Minella (Luxembourg)
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Sabine Lisicki (Germany)
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Sorana Cirstea (Romania)
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Petra Kvitová (Czech Republic)
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Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia)
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Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia)
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Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)
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Sania Mirza (India)
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Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)
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Maria Kirilenko (Russia)
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Angelique Kerber (Germany)
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Eugenie Bouchard (Canada)
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Serena Williams (USA)
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Ana Ivanovic (Serbia)
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Maria Sharapova (Russia)
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