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Wimbledon Underway, ITA Summer Circuit Week 2, Maciej Bogusz New Women’s Coach at Northern Arizona, Ben Johnson Steps Down at Richmond

by | Jul 4, 2017 | Blog

The opening round of singles at Wimbledon went about as good as expected with players with college ties going 4-2. John Isner, Steve Johnson, and Jennifer Brady won in straight sets while Kevin Anderson came back from a set down to knock out the No. 31 seed Fernando Verdasco in four sets. Cameron Norrie made his Grand Slam debut but the No. 12 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga knocked him out in just 1 hour and 23 minutes. Irina Falconi was the only former collegian to come through qualies but she lost in straight sets to the top seed Angelique Kerber though it was a respectable 6-4, 6-4 scoreline. The doubles draw gets started on Wednesday plus Anderson, Johnson,...