SNAPSHOT FROM DAY SIX AT WIMBLEDON
PLAYER OF THE DAY: Hsieh Su-wei – The Paul McNamee-coached Taiwanese claimed the biggest scalp of the championships with a 3-6 6-4 7-5 third-round stunner over women’s world No.1 Simon Halep.
STAT OF THE DAY: Czech seventh seed Karolina Pliskova is the only top-10 seed through to the last 16 after the most astonishing series of first-week upsets in the 50-year era of professional tennis.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Mentally I wanted it too much, and I played scared. I didn’t go after my shots. Just next time I need to overcome that because clearly playing scared doesn’t win you matches,” Australian Daria Gavrilova confessing to choking in her 6-3 6-1 loss to unseeded Serb Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY: More shocks in the women’s event has further opened the door for returning legend Serena Williams to claim a record-equalling 24th grand slam singles crown – and first as a mother. But there’s no Australians left after the elimination of Ashleigh Barty and Daria Gavrilova. World No.1 Rafael Nadal remains on course for the men’s final after taking out Aussie teenager Alex de Minaur, fifth seed Juan Martin del Potro and 2016 runner-up Milos Raonic also rolled into the last 16, but fourth seed Alexander Zverev was knocked out by Latvian qualifier Ernest Gulbis.