Newsday (N.Y.): Sloane Stephens, last American, out of Wimbledon

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

WIMBLEDON, England — This the type of Wimbledon it's been: There will be tennis players from Poland in both the men's and women's semifinals but there will be none from the United States.

The final American remaining this year was beaten on a Tuesday of rain and gloom, Sloane Stephens falling 6-4, 7-5 to Marion Bartoli in a bizarre match of eight consecutive service breaks in the second set.

Read the full story here.

Copyright © 2013 Newsday. All rights reserved.

Newsday (N.Y.): Serena Williams stunned by Sabine Lisicki at Wimbledon

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

WIMBLEDON, England — The winner, the stunning winner, was in tears. The loser in a state of acceptance.

"It's not a shock," Serena Williams insisted after she, and all of tennis, indeed were shocked Monday by Sabine Lisicki's 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 victory.

Read the full story here.

Copyright © 2013 Newsday. All rights reserved.

Newsday (N.Y.): Serena, Novak still around as Wimbledon begins second week

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

WIMBLEDON, England — There's a guy who once hit himself on the head so hard with a racket he drew blood. There's a young Englishwoman who's being treated as the Queen.

And, of course, there are top seeds, who despite so much chaos the first week of Wimbledon 2013, remain as perfect as they are supposed to be.

Read the full story here.

Copyright © 2013 Newsday. All rights reserved.

Newsday (N.Y.): Serena Williams dominates for 34th consecutive match victory

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

WIMBLEDON, England — For Serena Williams, it was a long day into night, but the only journey involved was from one tennis court to another.

Along with the figurative trip to Wimbledon's fourth round.

Read the full story here.

Copyright © 2013 Newsday. All rights reserved.

Los Angeles Times: Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova suffer upset losses at Wimbledon

By Art Spander
For the Los Angeles Times

LONDON — The little world of tennis spun out of control Wednesday. Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova took figurative tumbles at Wimbledon far earlier than anyone believed, and others took actual tumbles on lawns apparently too slick for the purpose.

Federer, who advanced to the quarterfinals in his previous 36 Grand Slam tournaments, was knocked out of Wimbledon this time in the second round. And by a 27-year-old Ukrainian ranked 116th, Sergiy Stakhovsky, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (5).

Read the full story here.

Copyright © 2013, Los Angeles Times