LONDON - A day after Manic Monday, the women were back in action at Wimbledon as all four quarterfinals were completed in a single, tidy four-hour session. Here are five takeaways from the four matches…plus a bonus one on the match between Juan Martin del Potro and Gilles Simon, which wrapped up today.
• Serena Williams played in her 48th Grand Slam quarterfinal today. Camila Giorgi played in her first. Inasmuch as this was the biggest match of Giorgi’s career, she did not play like it early, betraying no nerves, deploying her usual high-risk-high-reward style and winning the first set 6-3.