Wimbledon, Day 6: Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic cruise into the fourth round
By Shane Bacon | Busted Racquet – 8 hours ago
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It was the final round of the first week at Wimbledon, but it wasn't much of a match after the first point began. Serena Williams took out Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-2, 6-0 in just over a hour, hitting 28 winners in a dominating match that most thought would swing the American's way.
Novak Djokovic had a rather tidy match himself. The No. 1 seed had just three unforced errors in his entire third round match against Jeremy Chardy of France, beating him 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the round of 16. Djokovic has yet to be broken at Wimbledon and will face Tommy Haas on Monday.
American Sloane Stephens continues her great run in the 2013 majors, advancing to the fourth round at Wimbledon thanks to a great three set win over Petra Cetkovska. It wasn't the best match by Stephens, who didn't win a game in the second set, but she pulled it together in the third set to advance to her third straight fourth round in Grand Slams.
The best chance for an English champion coming from the home country is still alive, as Laura Robson was able to sneak past Marina Erakovic 6-1, 5-7, 6-3. Robson is the first British woman to make it to the fourth round at Wimbledon since Sam Smith did so in 1998.
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