Wimbledon 2018: Day 5: Federer, Serena move forward as Venus Williams is eliminated.

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Serena Williams is back to the Round of 16 for her second consecutive Grand Slam and pretty much looks to be in good shape with a win over Kristina Mladenovic. Williams is 6-0 in sets so far this open.

Serena during the match yesterday

Her sister, Venus Williams wasn’t that lucky as she lost to No. 20 seed Kiki Bertens. Williams now joins Caroline Wozniacki, Garbine Muguruza, Sloane Stephens, Elina Svitolina, Caroline Garcia and Petra Kvitova as top 10 players eliminated before quarterfinals.

Roger Federer also moved on with yet another sweep, this time over Jan-Lennard Struff.

Men’s Friday Wimbledon results

  • No. 1 Roger Federer defeats Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 7-5, 6-2
  • No. 8 Kevin Anderson defeats No. 25 Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 7-5, 7-5
  • No. 9 John Isner defeats Radu Albot 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
  • Gael Monfils defeats No. 11 Sam Querrey 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
  • No. 22 Adrian Mannarino defeats Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7, 6-3
  • No. 31 Stefanos Tsitsipas defeats Thomas Fabbiano 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
  • Mackenzie McDonald defeats Guido Pella 6-4, 6-4, 7-6
  • No. 13 Milos Raonic leads Dennis Novak 7-6, 6-4, 6-5 (suspended)

Women’s Friday Wimbledon results

  • No. 7 Karolina Pliskova defeats Mihaela Buzarnescu 3-6, 7-6, 6-1
  • No. 20 Kiki Bertens defeats No. 9 Venus Williams 6-2, 6-7, 8-6
  • Evgeniya Rodina defeats No. 10 Madison Keys 7-5, 5-7, 6-4
  • No. 13 Julia Gorges defeats No. 23 Barbora Stycova 7-6, 3-6, 10-8
  • No. 25 Serena Williams defeats Kristina Mladenovic 7-5, 7-6
  • Camila Giorgi defeats Katerina Siniakova 3-6, 7-6, 6-2
  • Ekaterina Makarova defeats Lucie Safarova 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
  • Donna Vekic defeats Yanina Wickmayer 7-6, 6-1

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