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Wimbledon

LONDON – A look at Wimbledon on Wednesday:

Weather: Mostly sunny. High of 72 degrees.

Men’s Seeded Winners: No. 1 Novak Djokovic, No. 3 Andy Murray, No. 6 Tomas Berdych, No. 11 Grigor Dimitrov, No. 16 Fabio Fognini, No. 20 Kevin Anderson, No. 21 Alexandr Dolgopolov. No. 26 Marin Cilic, No. 27 Roberto Bautista Agut.

Men’s Seeded Losers: No. 7 David Ferrer, No. 12 Ernests Gulbis, No. 17 Mikhail Youzhny.

Women’s Seeded Winners: No. 2 Li Na, No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 6 Petra Kvitova, No. 10 Dominika Cibulkova, No. 16 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 22 Ekaterina Makarova, No. 23 Lucie Safarova, No. 30 Venus Williams.

Women’s Seeded Losers: No. 8 Victoria Azarenka, No. 12 Flavia Pennetta, No. 32 Elena Vesnina.

Stat of the Day: $27,500 – Total of three fines for unsportsmanlike conduct and visible obscenity that Fognini was assessed by Wimbledon for outbursts during his first-round victory.

Quote of the Day: “(Wednesday) in the challenges, I was so unlucky; a millimeter here, a millimeter there. I guess I hoped and I prayed that one time it will go with me.” – Radek Stepanek, who held his hands together and knelt on the Centre Court grass as a shot by Djokovic on match point was reviewed. The replay went in Djokovic’s favor, ending Stepanek’s 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5) loss.

On Court Thursday: No. 2 Rafael Nadal vs. Lukas Rosol, No. 4 Roger Federer vs. Gilles Muller, No. 8 Milos Raonic vs. Jack Sock, No. 14 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Sam Querrey (resuming at 9-9 in fifth set); No. 1 Serena Williams vs. Chanelle Scheepers, No. 3 Simona Halep vs. Lesia Tsurenko, No. 5 Maria Sharapova vs. Timea Bacsinszky.

Thursday’s Forecast: Mostly cloudy. High of 66 degrees.

Associated Press



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