Wimbledon 2019: Order of play for Thursday – day 10 featuring Serena Williams, Simona Halep, Elina Svitolina and more
Here is the full schedule for day 10 at the Championships
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Your support makes all the difference.Day 10 of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships sees the women’s singles semi-finals take centre stage, with Serena Williams, Simona Halep and Elina Svitolina all on court at SW19.
Eighth-seed Svitolina and seventh-seed Halep take Centre Court first up as they play for a face in the final, followed by Serena Williams’ match against Barbora Strycova.
Court One will put on the men’s doubles semi-finals with Nicolas Mahut first on court in the opener, the man who lost the longest match in Wimbledon history.
The invitational doubles will also be going on around the grounds, featuring familiar names like Andrew Castles and Greg Rusedski.
Here’s who’s playing where and when:
ORDER OF PLAY DAY 10
Centre Court (from 1pm)
Elina Svitolina v (7) Simona Halep
(11) Serena Williams v Barbora Zahlavova Strycova
(3) Raven Klaasen & Michael Venus v (2) Juan Sebastian Cabal & Robert Farah
Court 1 (from 1pm)
(11) Nicolas Mahut & Edouard Roger-Vasselin v Ivan Dodig & Filip Polasek
(1) Bruno Soares & Nicole Melichar v Matwe Middelkoop & Zhaoxuan Yang
Robert Lindstedt & Jelena Ostapenko v (12) Franko Skugor & Raluca Olaru
Court 2
Jeremy Bates & Andrew Castle v Wayne Ferreira & Mark Woodforde
Anne Keothavong & Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario v Iva Majoli& Magdalena Maleeva
(5) Wesley Koolhof & Kveta Peschke v Artem Sitak & Laura Siegemund
Mansour Bahrami & Chris Wilkinson v Jonas Bjorkman & Todd Woodbridge
Court 3
Anton Matusevich v (8) Shintaro Mochizuki
(1) Emma Navarro v (6) Natsumi Kawaguchi
Nicolas Alvarez Varona & Juan Bautista Torres v (2) Shintaro Mochizuki & Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune
(3) Natsumi Kawaguchi & Adrienn Nagy v Polina Kudermetova & Giulia Morlet
Court 5
Arthur Fery & Toby Samuel v Taha Baadi & Filip Cristian Jianu
Savannah Broadus & Abigail Forbesv Weronika Baszak & Martyna Kubka
Eliot Spizzirri & Tyler Zink v Jacob Fearnley& Connor Thomson
Holly Fischer & Matilda Mutavdzic v Chloe Beck & Emma Navarro
Court 6
Linda Fruhvirtova & Kristyna Lavickova v (2) Alina Charaeva& Anastasia Tikhonova
Funa Kozaki & Amarissa Kiara Toth v Carlota Martinez Cirez & Ane Mintegi Del Olmo
Flavio Cobolli & Dominic Stephan Stricker v Brandon Nakashima & Valentin Royer
Cannon Kingsley & Alexander Zgirovsky v (6) Shunsuke Mitsui & Keisuke Saitoh
Court 8
Polina Kudermetova v Daria Snigur
Dalibor Svrcina v Carlos Gimeno Valero
(1) Jonas Forejtek & Jiri Lehecka v Tristan Schoolkate & Dane Sweeny
(8) Hurricane Tyra Black & Shavit Kimchi v Aubane Droguet & Selena Janicijevic
Court 12
(4) Martin Damm (USA) v (10) Carlos Alcaraz Garfia
(10) Alexa Noel v Priska Madelyn Nugroho
(3) Martin Damm & Toby Kodat v Andrew Paulson & Eric Vanshelboim
Kamilla Bartone & Oksana Selekhmeteva v Robin Montgomery & Maria Camila Osorio Serrano
Court 18
(17) Harold Mayot v Illya Beloborodko
Elsa Jacquemot v (4) Diane Parry
(7) Liam Draxl & Govind Nanda v Baptiste Anselmo& Loris Pourroy
Valentina Ryser & Alexandra Vecic v (4) Joanna Garland & Sohyun Park
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*Nishikori 6-4 1-6 4-6 1-1 Federer
Federer holds from 15-30, as Nishikori goes long with some returns. 1-1.
Nishikori 6-4 1-6 4-6 2-1 Federer*
Nishikori clings on, serving it out to advantage again with a big serve out wide.
You've got to admire the sheer tenacity of the Japanese player!
*Nishikori 6-4 1-6 4-6 2-2 Federer
A hold to 15 for Federer, who is cruising on his own serve...
*Nishikori 6-4 1-6 4-6 2-2 Federer (15-40)
UNREAL pass from Federer on the run on his backhand!!! TWO BREAK POINTS...
*Nishikori 6-4 1-6 4-6 2-2 Federer (40-40)
Two break points come and go, as Federer nets a volley and overhits a return.
Deuce, once again on Nishikori's serve.
Nishikori 6-4 1-6 4-6 3-2 Federer*
But again, Nishikori comes through the test and holds serve, and thus creeps ahead in the scoreboard.
*Nishikori 6-4 1-6 4-6 3-3 Federer
Federer holds to 15, rapidly.
This must be exhausting for Nishikori mentally: holding through tight service games, then not being given a chance on return.
Nishikori 6-4 1-6 4-6 4-3 Federer*
This time, Nishikori holds to 30.
At 30-30, Federer nets a forehand thinking it's out, but on challenge it's shown to be in - the 8-time champ shakes his head.
Nishikori ahead, but still on serve in this fourth set.
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