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Halep served for the match at 5-3 in the last set and had a match point in the next game, but the Roland Garros champion could not capitalize on his chances. Hsieh saved the match point with a winner of the setback before holding 5-5 and beat Halep in the next match. The Romanian had two more points of rupture at 6-5 but could not take advantage of it.
The match had a total of 14 service breaks – seven for each player – five of which were consecutive to open the first set.
2:40 pm
Juan Martin del Potro overcame an angry display from Benoit Paire to reach the second week at Wimbledon, winning their third-round match 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6- 3.
Pair slammed his racket and shouted loudly to the chair umpire and himself after losing the second set, and his antics made Del Potro's head shake in return. The Argentinian, who had crossed the net to help Pair get up after a fall in the second run, still took a 3-0 lead in the third period before the Frenchman defended himself to level it at 3- 3
. The match was then interrupted for about 10 minutes with Pair facing another break point at 4-3 while the medical staff treated a spectator who had fainted in the heat. When the game resumed, Paire saved that point with a winning goal but was finally broken when he scored a setback, allowing Del Potro to serve the match.
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2:10 pm
Milos Raonic reached fourth in the Wimbledon Round for the third year in a row, finishing a 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 win on the qualifying 171st Dennis Qualak of Austria in a suspended match because of the light that faded the previous night.
The game was interrupted while Novak was about to serve while he was shooting from behind 6-5 in the third set, and that Raonic took a great start when he took over the game
runner-up of the All England Club in 2016, losing to Andy Murray in the final. Raonic bowed to future champion Roger Federer in the quarter-finals last year
On Monday, Raonic will face the 103rd Canadian Mackenzie McDonald of the United States for a quarter-final spot.
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12:15 pm
at Wimbledon has a price when you are a new mother.
Serena Williams says that she missed the first steps of her daughter Olympia while she was practicing at the All England Club on Saturday.
Williams tweeted: "She took it first I trained and I missed it, I cried."
Williams became a mother in September and missed Wimbledon last year because of her pregnancy. She is back in search of her eighth title at the tournament and has reached the fourth round on Friday.
She brought Olympia with her, and a photo on the baby's Instagram account last week showed her sitting on one of the grbad fields. ] [___
11:45
The game is underway on day 6 at Wimbledon.
No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro was the most titled player of early action, playing Benoit Paire, of France, on Court # 2. The former champion of the US Open is trying to make the fourth round for the fourth time at the All England Club, having reached the semifinals as his best result in 2013.
In addition, Gilles Simon of France played Matthew Ebden of Australia. 19659002] ___
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The duo Rafael Nadal and Simona Halep are back on the short Saturday at Wimbledon as they attempt to reach the fourth round of the Grand Slam turf.
Nadal plays Australian teenager Alex de Minaur on Center Court, with Halep facing Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan on Court No. 1.
Nadal seeks to win Wimbledon for the third time while Halep tries to follow his first Grand Slam triumph at the Open de France with a first title at the All England Club. She is one of only two of the top 10 on the women's board.
The triple champion Novak Djokovic is also in action, facing the British hope Kyle Edmund. Djokovic hopes to reach the 1996 Grand Slam for the 44th time, placing him in second place on the list of times behind Roger Federer. Djokovic and Jimmy Connors are tied on 43 last 16 appearances.
By The Associated Press
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