Wimbledon 2015 Results: Monday Winners, Scores, Stats and Singles Draw Update
Quarterfinal bids were at stake on the second Monday of Wimbledon 2015, aptly nicknamed Manic Monday for having the entirety of both the men's and women's singles draw play on the same day.
Favorites and sleepers alike navigated their way to the latter stages of the tournament.
From the curious case of Nick Kyrgios—who displayed some truly bizarre behavior in his four-set loss to Richard Gasquet—to the battle of the Williams sisters and the rise of Garbine Muguruza, there was plenty of excitement and drama to be found on the grass courts of the All England Club.
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It seems all the excitement couldn't be contained in one London afternoon. No. 14 Kevin Anderson stunned No. 1 Novak Djokovic by winning the first two sets of their fourth-round clash, but Djokovic clawed back to even the match at two sets apiece before officials suspended play for darkness.
The Serbian star let out a huge rush of emotion after winning the fourth set 6-4:
Per Wimbledon's official Twitter account, the match will resume on Tuesday.
Here's a look at the scores from the men's and women's singles draw on Monday, followed by a look at the quarterfinal matchups, key stats and notable performances on the day.
Manic Monday Scores
| No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 14 Kevin Anderson (suspended) | 6-7 (6), 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-4 |
| No. 2 Roger Federer def. No. 20 Roberto Bautista Agut | 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 |
| No. 3 Andy Murray def. No. 23 Ivo Karlovic | 7-6 (7), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 |
| No. 4 Stan Wawrinka def. No. 16 David Goffin | 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7), 6-4 |
| No. 21 Richard Gasquet def. No. 26 Nick Kyrgios | 7-5, 6-1, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (6) |
| No. 12 Gilles Simon def. No. 6 Tomas Berdych | 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 |
| No. 9 Marin Cilic def. Denis Kudla | 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 |
| Vasek Pospisil def. No. 22 Viktor Troicki | 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 |
| No. 1 Serena Williams def. No. 16 Venus Williams | 6-4, 6-3 |
| No. 4 Maria Sharapova def. Zarina Diyas | 6-4, 6-4 |
| No. 20 Garbine Muguruza def. No. 5 Caroline Wozniacki | 6-4, 6-4 |
| Coco Vandeweghe def. No. 6 Lucie Safarova | 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4) |
| No. 13 Agnieszka Radwanska def. No. 28 Jelena Jankovic | 7-5, 6-4 |
| No. 23 Victoria Azarenka def. No. 30 Belinda Bencic | 6-2, 6-3 |
| No. 21 Madison Keys def. Olga Govortsova | 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 |
| No. 15 Timea Bacsinszky def. Monica Niculescu | 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 |
Complete scores can be found at Wimbledon.com.
Singles Draw Update
| No. 9 Marin Cilic vs. No. 1 Novak Djokovic/No. 14 Kevin Anderson | N/A |
| No. 4 Stan Wawrinka vs. No. 21 Richard Gasquet | Wawrinka in four |
| No. 3 Andy Murray vs. Vasek Pospisil | Murray in four |
| No. 12 Gilles Simon vs. No. 2 Roger Federer | Federer in four |
| No. 1 Serena Williams vs. No. 23 Victoria Azarenka | Williams in two |
| No. 4 Maria Sharapova vs. Coco Vandeweghe | Sharapova in three |
| No. 20 Garbine Muguruza vs. No. 15 Timea Bacsiszky | Muguruza in three |
| No. 21 Madison Keys vs. No. 13 Agnieszka Radwanska | Keys in two |
Complete draw can be found at Wimbledon.com.
Stats, Top Performances
While the Czech Republic might be drawing attention for producing a blossoming generation of tennis stars, it's the United States with the lion's share of players in the women's quarterfinal, per ESPN Stats & Info:
The biggest surprise on that list is unranked Coco Vandeweghe, who defeated No. 6 Lucie Safarova to book a matchup against Maria Sharapova in the next round.
Vandeweghe—daughter of former NBA player Kiki Vandeweghe— may have won in two sets, but the stats and scores indicate the two players were just about evenly matched. Vandeweghe won 86 points to Safarova's 78 and produced five fewer winners (25 to her Czech opponent's 30).
This is the 23-year-old Vandeweghe's first trip to a Grand Slam quarterfinal.
Keys joined her with a win over unranked Olga Govortsova, and Serena Williams made it through with a rather straightforward win over her elder sister Venus. ESPN Stats & Info passed along a major discrepancy in the sisters' second-service games:
"Venus Williams-Serena Williams 2nd serves: Venus won 8 of 24 (33%) points Serena won 10 of 16 (63%) points
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) July 6, 2015"
Williams will go on to face her pal Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinal.
Azarenka struggled with injuries and poor form through much of last year and early into 2015, but she has come on strong in recent months and should provide a tough challenge for Serena. She's apparently not willing to gaze into her crystal ball for this match, per TSN's Mark Masters:
WTATennis.com indicates Azarenka is 3-16 all-time against Williams and 0-9 in Grand Slams, including a round-of-32 loss at Roland Garros this year.
Other than Vandeweghe's victory, the other shocking result of the day in the women's draw came from Muguruza, who ousted No. 5 Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets.
The hard-charging, aggressive Muguruza played brilliantly at the net, winning 23 of 28 points there and smashing 29 winners to Wozniacki's 10. The 21-year-old Spaniard is a rising star in tennis. In due time, Wimbledon 2015 might prove to be the tournament that put Muguruza firmly on the map in this sport.
On the men's side, 36-year-old beanstalk Ivo Karlovic's career may be winding down, but he lasted long enough in this tournament to prove he still possesses prodigious power.
The big Croatian smashed 29 aces in a four-set loss to Murray and finished his four-match tournament run with a staggering 165 aces in total.
Gasquet deserves credit for fighting off what would've been a devastating case of tennis deja vu against Kyrgios. Last year at Wimbledon, the young Australian saved nine match points to upset Gasquet in five sets.
Kyrgios looked poised to upend the Frenchman yet again, saving two match points in the third set after some truly strange antics in the first two. Grantland's Brian Phillips passed along an evocative description of the proceedings:
"Commentator just described Gasquet-Kyrgios as "Matisse versus Banksy," if you want to know how this is going.
— Brian Phillips (@runofplay) July 6, 2015"
Gasquet briefly blew a gasket, slamming his racket to the ground after losing the third set. Fortunately, he gathered himself and used his strong right-handed backhand to great effect, winning the match in the fourth on tiebreaker.
Canada's Vasek Pospisil did what Kyrgios couldn't and came back from two sets down against No. 22 Viktor Troicki to advance to the quarters as the only unseeded player in the men's draw to do so. Pospisil was excellent on first serve, winning 77 of a possible 89 points.
Reigning French Open champion Stan Wawrinka's tournament is moving along quite swimmingly, per Wimbledon's official Twitter account:
He's smooth, but not as smooth as the other Swiss player on the men's side.
Federer defies conventional wisdom with his refusal to let time erode his sumptuous tennis ability. He made quick, painless work of Roberto Bautista Agut on Monday, dropping him in three sets that lasted all of 85 minutes.
The 33-year-old master told the Mirror's Neil Mcleman that he would love to go out with a win in a Wimbledon final: "I can see Wimbledon or the U.S. Open. If I can choose, I would take Wimbledon. I have the break and I have the chance to serve it out. Nothing special—a service winner to finish, that would do me nicely!"
Federer's grace and skill on the court have always been best paired with the stately affair that is Wimbledon.
His quietly devastating serve looks best kicking off a court of short grass, and his fluid, almost gliding movement across the back line in the all-white ensembles makes it look as if he's from some higher order of being.
A Wimbledon win just weeks before his 34th birthday would be something truly rare and special indeed, but with Wawrinka, Murray and possibly even Djokovic still lurking, he will have to beat and/or outlast the best players in the world to do so.
As for the women's draw, Serena looks set to win her fourth Grand Slam in a row, but a potential semifinal matchup against Sharapova looms large.
The bottom half of the bracket could also see Muguruza or Keys make statement runs to the final in what has been a great tournament for displaying the parity and unpredictability of women's tennis.
All stats courtesy of Wimbledon.com unless otherwise noted.
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