Wimbledon 2019: Order of play for Tuesday – day eight featuring Andy Murray, Serena Williams, Johanna Konta, Simona Halep
The women’s singles quarter-finals take centre stage on Tuesday
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Your support makes all the difference.The women’s singles take centre stage at Wimbledon on Tuesday as we approach the business end of the third Grand Slam of the season.
An all-American clash gets us underway on Centre Court, as Alison Riske takes on Serena Williams, before home hope Johanna Konta plays Barbora Strycova.
On Court No.1, Simona Halep — who knocked out 15-year-old sensation Coco Gauff on Monday — plays Zhang Shuai for a place in the semi-finals. Then, Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina takes on Karolina Muchova.
There will also be plenty of doubles action, with Andy Murray and Serena Williams in action later in the day.
Here is the initial order of play for Tuesday:
CENTRE COURT - SHOW COURT - 13:00 START
1 Alison Riske (USA) 10 vs Serena Williams (USA) [11] 17
2 Barbora Strycova (CZE) 39 vs Johanna Konta (GBR) [19] 56
3 Andy Murray (GBR) / Serena Williams (USA) 5 vs Fabrice Martin (FRA) / Raquel Atawo (USA) [14] 8
No.1 COURT - SHOW COURT - 13:00 START
1 Simona Halep (ROU) [7] 97 vs Shuai Zhang (CHN) 119
2 Elina Svitolina (UKR) [8] 65 vs Karolina Muchova (CZE) 83
3 Lukasz Kubot (POL) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) [1] 1 vs
4 Nicolas Mahut (FRA) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) [11] 9
No.2 COURT - SHOW COURT - 11:00 START
1 Evan Hoyt (GBR) / Eden Silva (GBR) 60 vs Joran Vliegen (BEL) / Saisai Zheng (CHN) 62
2 Timea Babos (HUN) / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) [1] 1 vs Nicole Melichar (USA) / Kveta Peschke (CZE) [7] 16
3 Henri Kontinen (FIN) / John Peers (AUS) [8] or Rajeev Ram (USA) / Joe Salisbury (GBR) [12] 40 vs Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Michael Venus (NZL) [3] 48
4 Arnaud Clement (FRA) / Michael Llodra (FRA) vs Colin Fleming (GBR) / Ross Hutchins (GBR) (RR)
No.3 COURT - SHOW COURT - 11:00 START
1 Henri Leconte (FRA) / Patrick McEnroe (USA) vs Jacco Eltingh (NED) / Paul Haarhuis (NED) (OD)
NOT BEFORE 13.00
2 Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Latisha Chan (TPE) [9] 25 vs Elise Mertens (BEL) / Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) [6] 32
3 Franko Skugor (CRO) / Raluca Olaru (ROU) [12] 25 vs Nikola Mektic (CRO) / Alicja Rosolska (POL) [6] 32
NOT BEFORE 17.30
4 Artem Sitak (NZL) / Laura Siegemund (GER) 43 vs Jamie Murray (GBR) / Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) or Mate Pavic (CRO) / Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) [3] 48
COURT 12 - SHOW COURT - 11:00 START
1 Mansour Bahrami (FRA) / Chris Wilkinson (GBR) vs Wayne Ferreira (RSA) / Mark Woodforde (AUS) (OD)
2 Richard Krajicek (NED) / Mark Petchey (GBR) vs Greg Rusedski (GBR) / Fabrice Santoro (FRA) (OD)
3 Marcus Daniell (NZL) / Wesley Koolhof (NED) 21 vs Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Filip Polasek (SVK) 26
4 Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) / Barbora Strycova (CZE) [3] 17 vs Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) [15] 24
COURT 18 - SHOW COURT - 11:00 START
1 Tracy Austin (USA) / Andrea Jaeger (USA) vs Conchita Martinez (ESP) / Barbara Schett (AUT) (SL)
2 Tommy Haas (GER) / Mark Philippoussis (AUS) vs Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) / Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) (RR)
3 Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) / Horia Tecau (ROU) [5] 49 vs Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Robert Farah (COL) [2] 64
COURT 4 - 11:00 START
1 Cannon Kingsley (USA) 10 vs Arthur Fery (GBR) 12 (BS)
2 Govind Nanda (USA) 6 vs Anton Matusevich (GBR) 7 (BS)
3 Illya Beloborodko (UKR) 61 vs James Story (GBR) 63 (BS)
4 Daria Snigur (UKR) 26 vs Erin Richardson (GBR) 28 (GS)
5 Cannon Kingsley (USA) / Alexander Zgirovsky (BLR) 5 vs James Story (GBR) / Oscar Weightman (GBR) 6 (BD)
COURT 6 - 11:00 START
1 Sonay Kartal (GBR) 5 vs Katrina Scott (USA) 7 (GS)
2 Elizabeth Mandlik (USA) 10 vs Elina Avanesyan (RUS) 11 (GS)
3 Martyna Kubka (POL) 14 vs Natsumi Kawaguchi (JPN) [6] 16 (GS)
4 Mai Napatt Nirundorn (THA) 37 vs Sohyun Park (KOR) [12] 40 (GS)
5 Weronika Baszak (POL) / Martyna Kubka (POL) 27 vs Amelia Bissett (GBR) / Morgan Cross (GBR) 28 (GD)
COURT 7 - 11:00 START
1 Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) 34 vs Dominic Stephan Stricker (SUI) 36 (BS)
2 Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (ESP) [10] 25 vs Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida (BRA) 27 (BS)
3 Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) / Francesco Passaro (ITA) 3 vs Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) / Dane Sweeny (AUS) 4 (BD)
4 Valentina Ryser (SUI) / Alexandra Vecic (GER) 21 vs Victoria Allen (GBR) / Destinee Martins (GBR) 22 (GD)
COURT 8 - 11:00 START
1 Filip Cristian Jianu (ROU) [13] 41 vs Flavio Cobolli (ITA) 43 (BS)
2 Brandon Nakashima (USA) [6] 49 vs Nicholas David Ionel (ROU) 51 (BS)
3 Sada Nahimana (BDI) [7] or Matilda Mutavdzic (GBR) 50 vs Daria Frayman (RUS) 51 (GS)
Brandon Nakashima (USA) / Valentin Royer (FRA) 23 vs Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida (BRA) / Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG) [4] 24 (BD)
5 Liubov Kostenko (UKR) / Sada Nahimana (BDI) [6] 25 vs Savannah Broadus (USA) / Abigail Forbes (USA) 26 (GD)
COURT 9 - 11:00 START
1 Martin Damm (USA) [4] 17 vs Ryoma Matsushita (JPN) 19 (BS)
2 Andrew Dale (USA) 46 vs Carlos Gimeno Valero (ESP) 47 (BS)
3 Robin Montgomery (USA) 30 vs Funa Kozaki (JPN) 31 (GS)
4 Rinky Hijikata (AUS) / Otto Virtanen (FIN) [5] 17 vs Arthur Fery (GBR) / Toby Samuel (GBR) 18 (BD)
5 Funa Kozaki (JPN) / Amarissa Kiara Toth (HUN) 13 vs Mell Elizabeth Reasco Gonzalez (ECU) / Antonia Samudio (COL) 14 (GD)
COURT 10 - 11:00 START
1 Emma Navarro (USA) [1] 1 vs Selena Janicijevic (FRA) 4 (GS)
2 Qinwen Zheng (CHN) [3] 17 vs Carole Monnet (FRA) 20 (GS)
3 Hong Yi Cody Wong (HKG) 42 vs Ane Mintegi Del Olmo (ESP) 43 (GS)
4 Eliakim Coulibaly (CIV) / Ryoma Matsushita (JPN) 29 vs Nicolas Alvarez Varona (ESP) / Juan Bautista Torres (ARG) 30 (BD)
5 Natsumi Kawaguchi (JPN) / Adrienn Nagy (HUN) [3] 9 vs Carole Monnet (FRA) / Hong Yi Cody Wong (HKG) 10 (GD)
COURT 11 - 11:00 START
1 Roman Andres Burruchaga (ARG) 14 vs Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) [8] 16 (BS)
2 Shunsuke Mitsui (JPN) [14] 57 vs Nicolas Alvarez Varona (ESP) 59 (BS)
3 Felix Gill (GBR) / Jack Pinnington Jones (GBR) 31 vs Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) / Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune (DEN) [2] 32 (BD)
4 Nini Gabriel Dica (ROU) / Youcef Rihane (ALG) 7 vs Shunsuke Mitsui (JPN) / Keisuke Saitoh (JPN) [6] 8 (BD)
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TWO MATCH POINTS as Serena reacts quickly to a net cord at the net! Here we go...
GAME, SET, MATCH ANDY MURRAY AND SERENA WILLIAMS! Murray/Williams def Martin/Atawo 7-5 6-3
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Andy Murray and Serena Williams, speaking in their post-match press conference:
Murray in response to when he could return to singles, potentially US Open:
"I think it's pretty unlikely in terms of timings. I spoke to my team and I need to get myself stronger. The amount of work I need to do on and off court to get strong enough to play best-of-5 is far away still unfortunately. I need to look long-term at this, and to give it the best chance. I don't know exactly, you guys want a timeframe and i can't give you one because i don't know how i'm going to be physically.
Could they team up again in the future?
AM: "I don't know about that. It's possible - it's been fun being on the court with Serena. I want to be competitive, play well, try to win, I don't think that's changed."
On his return generally:
AM: "When I got my hip injury I was no.1 in the world, and then i couldn't do day to day things. Tennis became painful, and i wasn't enjoying going out for a walk, dinner, it was uncomfortable. The most important thing was to be healthy for someone who's 32.
On how mixed is helping his recovery:
AM: "Playing matches is always good. Break points i haven't played that well so far, but i'll continue to improve with matches. Hopefully stay on the match court.
On their relationship on court:
AM: "Few jokes tonight, but can't say them here! Today felt more relaxed then the first match, because we don't know each other very well.
On more mixed style events in the future:
SW: "it's hard because of schedules and singles, it worked out for me because i wanted some matchplay and so did Andy.
Serena, on how many return winners she hit:
"Once in a lifetime, i'll never do that again!
On playing the US Hard court swing:
AM: "I don't know if I want to go to the states to play doubles, I'm not sure yet. will decide after tournament is done.
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