Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic’s has stopped working with his “spiritual guru” Pepe Imaz as his coach Marijan Vajda feels its a distraction.
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The 36-year-old American climbed 153 places to 28th despite losing Saturday’s final at the All England Club to German Angelique Kerber, Williams’s fourth tournament since giving birth to her daughter 10 months ago.
Djokovic, who won the last of his 12 majors at the 2016 French Open, is now fourth on the list Grand Slam winners – one behind Pete Sampras.
Novak Djokovic beat South African eighth seed Kevin Anderson 6-2 6-2 7-6(3) to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title for the fourth time on Sunday.
Novak Djokovic reached his fifth Wimbledon final as he resisted everything Rafael Nadal could throw at him to win 6-4 3-6 7-6(9) 3-6 10-8 in a two-day classic that concluded in nerve-jangling tension on Saturday.
The 30-year-old was gifted point after point as Ostapenko’s aggressive game backfired in a blaze of unforced errors.
It will be a repeat of the 2016 final, which saw the American come out on top with a 7-5 6-3 victory
Kevin Anderson has overturned a two-set deficit to defeat Roger Federer in the Wimbledon quarter-finals.
Novak Djokovic has defeated Kei Nishikori in four sets this afternoon to remain on course for a fourth Wimbledon title in seven years.
The two-time champion took less than two hours to get past his Czech opponent 6-3 6-3 6-4, setting up a quarter-final showdown with either Juan Martin del Potro or Gilles Simon.
Halep saw a match point saved during a tense third set and, despite being broken seven times, it was the Taiwanese world No 48 who edged through 3-6 6-4 7-5.
The 17-times grand slam winner hasn’t progressed past the fourth round since 2012 and was sent crashing out by a 19-year-old Nick Kyrgios four years ago.
The 23-year-old looked like salvaging a place in the last 16 when she played her way back from a set and 4-0 down to take the match into a decider on a hot and humid Court Three.
Former Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova played as if she had a point to prove, and smacked her way through to the third round with a 6-3 6-4 victory over the British number one.
Wawrinka, winner of three Grand Slams, trailed by two sets overnight but was 6-5 ahead in the third when play resumed in muggy conditions.
Playing at the All England Club for the 18th time in her career, the 23-time Grand Slam champion made quick work of Tomova, a 23-year-old making her Wimbledon main draw debut, after 66 minutes on court.
The US Open has decided to introduce a shot clock this year, so that the 25 seconds allowed between points is strictly enforced and Wimbledon is likely to follow suit.
Barring one wobble at the start of the third set, when he was briefly a break down, it was a brutally effective start to the Championships from the world No 1, who won 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 in one hour and 50 minutes.
The defending champion needed just 22 minutes to claim the opening set 6-1, with Lajovic losing three consecutive service games as he struggled to deal with the Swiss in the English capital.
The 25-year-old fourth seed, who played no grass warm-up tournaments after reaching the final of the French Open on clay, looked uncomfortable on the fast surface, moving awkwardly and failing to find the lines.