Tuesday, June 28, 2016

2016 Wimbledon: Women's bracket, schedule and scores





Will Serena Williams get back to dominating or can Garbine Muguruza upset her plans once again?

Serena Williams is the most dominant player in tennis today, but she isn't always consistent. She wasn't consistent at the French Open, when she fell to Garbine Muguruza in the finals, and she hasn't been perfect otherwise in 2016. But going into Wimbledon, which begins on Monday, June 27 and runs through Sunday, July 10, Williams is the top seed and favorite to walk away with her seventh title from The Championships.


Williams will likely face familiar foes throughout the draw. The top half of the draw looks tougher than the bottom half, with Williams having all of Agnieszka Radwanska, Petra Kvitova, Belinda Bencic and Timea Bacsinszky in her half. The French Open draw looked like the toughest in years for Williams, but fortunate early exits from some of her competitors gave her a relatively easy road to the finals, where she met Muguruza.


Muguruza was playing in her second ever Grand Slam final when she beat Williams at the French Open earlier this year. Her first appearance was on the grass of Wimbledon in 2015, when she fell to Williams. As the No. 2 seed, Muguruza has every chance to meet Williams again in said finals.


Throughout the tournament, the bracket and schedule below will be updated with results and order of play for the following days.


Bracket










Bracket taken from the official Wimbledon website.


Full schedule (all times Eastern, seeded matches included)


Day 1, Monday, June 27 (recap)


No. 2 Garbine Muguruza def. Camila Giorgi, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
No. 4 Angelique Kerber def. Laura Robson, 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 Simona Halep def. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, 6-4, 6-1
No. 8 Venus Williams def. Donna Vekic, 7-6(3), 6-4
No. 9 Madison Keys def. Laura Siegemund, 6-3, 6-1
No. 12 Carla Suarez Navarro def. Shuai Zhang, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
No. 14 Samantha Stosur def. Magda Linette, 7-5, 6-3
No. 15  Karolina Pliskova def. Yanina Wickmayer, 6-2, 0-6, 8-6
No. 17 Elina Svitolina def. Naomi Broady, 6-2, 6-3
No. 20 Sara Errani def. Patricia Maria Tig, 6-4, 6-4
No. 22 Jelena Jankovic def. Stefanie Voegele, 6-2, 6-2
Ekaterina Alexandrova def. No. 23 Ana Ivanovic, 6-2, 7-5
Carina Witthoeft def. No. 25 Irina-Camelia Begu, 6-1, 6-4
No. 26 Kiki Bertens def. Jelena Ostapenko, 6-3, 6-2
No. 28 Lucie Safarova def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 6-7(7), 7-6(3), 7-5
No. 29 Daria Kasatkina def. Victoria Duval, 6-0, 7-5


Day 2, Tuesday, June 28 (recap)


No. 1 Serena Williams def. Amra Sadikovic, 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Kozlova Kateryna: postponed
No. 6 Roberta Vinci def. Alison Riske, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
No. 7 Belinda Bencic vs. Tsvetana Pironkova: postponed
No. 10 Petra Kvitoa vs. Sorana Cirstea: postponed
No. 11 Timea Bacsinszky vs. Luksika Kumkhum: postponed
No. 13 Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Caroline Wozniacki, 7-5, 6-4
No. 16 Johanna Konta vs. Monica Puig, To finish: 6-1, 2-1
No. 18 Sloane Stephens vs. Shuai Peng: postponed
No. 19 Dominicka Cibulkova def. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, 7-5, 6-3
No. 21 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Su-Wei Hsieh, To finsh: 7-5, 1-6
No. 24 Barbora Strycova vs. Anett Kontaveit: postponed
No. 27 Coco Vandeweghe vs. Kateryna Bondarenko
No. 30 Caroline Garcia def. Cagla Buyukakcay, 6-2, 6-3
No. 31 Kristina Mladenovic vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich: postponed
No. 32 Andrea Petkovic vs. Nao Hibino: postponed


Day 3, Wednesday, June 29


No. 2 Garbine Muguruza vs. Jana Cepelova
No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Kozlova Kateryna
No. 4 Angelique Kerber vs. Varvara Lepchenko
No. 5 Simona Halep vs. Francesca Schizvone
No. 7 Belinda Bencic vs. Tsvetana Pironkova
No. 8 Venus Williams vs. Maria Sakkari
No. 9 Madison Keys vs. Kirsten Flipkens
No. 10 Petra Kvitoa vs. Sorana Cirstea
No. 11 Timea Bacsinszky vs. Luksika Kumkhum
No. 12 Carla Suarez Navarro vs. Denisa Allertova
No. 14 Samantha Stosur vs. Sabine Lisicki
No. 15 Karolina Pliskova vs. Misaki Doi
No. 16 Johanna Konta vs. Monica Puig, To finish: 6-1, 2-1
No. 17 Elina Svitolina vs. Yaroslava Shvedova
No. 18 Sloane Stephens vs. Shuai Peng
No. 20 Sara Errani vs. Alize Cornet
No. 21 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Su-Wei Hsieh, To finsh: 7-5, 1-6
No. 22 Jelena Jankovic vs. Marina Erakovic
No. 24 Barbora Strycova vs. Anett Kontaveit
No. 26 Kiki Bertens vs. Mona Barthel
No. 27 Coco Vandeweghe vs. Kateryna Bondarenko
No. 28 Lucie Safarova vs. Samantha Crawford
No. 29 Daria Kasatkina vs. Lara Arruabarrena
No. 31 Kristina Mladenovic vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
No. 32 Andrea Petkovic vs. Nao Hibino


Day 4, Thursday, June 30


Second round play


Day 5, Friday, July 1


Third round play


Day 6, Saturday, July 2


Third round play


Day 7, Monday, July 4


Round of 16


Day 8, Tuesday, July 5


Quarterfinals


Day 9, Wednesday, July 6


Quarterfinals


Day 10, Thursday, July 7


Women's Semifinals


Day 11, Friday, July 8


Men's Semifinals


Day 12, Saturday, July 9


Women's Finals


Day 13, Sunday, July 10


Men's Finals


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