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Not even two rounds through the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, Grand Slam projections took a dramatic turn thanks to the upsets of big-name veterans like Venus Williams and highly ranked contenders like Alexander Zverev and Naomi Osaka.

That means this year's action at All England Club is all the more intense, what with prestigious icons like Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Ashleigh Barty, the current world-ranked women's No. 1, vying for glory against an early trend of unpredictability -- headlined by historic wins for 15-year-old Cori "Coco" Gauff and America's Reilly Opelka.
As the rest of the Wimbledon Championships unfold, keep it locked right here at CBS Sports for notable results across both men's and women's singles, as well as prominent upcoming matches on the schedule:

Notable upcoming matches

Third round
  • No. 11 Daniil Medvedev vs. No. 21 David Goffin (July 5, TBA)
  • No. 3 Karolina Pliskova vs. No. 28 Hsieh Su-wei (July 5, TBA)
  • No. 8 Elina Svitolina vs. No. 31 Maria Sakkari (July 5, TBA)

Notable men's singles results

Second round
  • Reilly Opelka defeats No. 22 Stan Wawrinka 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 8-6
  • No. 11 Daniil Medvedev defeats Alexei Popyrin 6-7, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
First round
  • Jiri Vesely defeats No. 6 Alexander Zverev 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5
  • Thomas Fabbiano defeats No. 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3

Notable women's singles results

Second round
  • No. 3 Karolina Pliskova defeats Monica Puig 6-0, 6-4
First round
  • Cori Gauff defeats Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4
  • Yulia Putintseva defeats No. 2 Naomi Osaka 7-6, 6-2
  • Magdalena Rybarikova defeats No. 10 Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 6-4
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 LONDON (Reuters) - As Italian Giulia Gatto-Monticone prepares for her Wimbledon debut at the age of 31 after 17 years on the women’s tour, she need look no further than her first-round opponent Serena Williams for inspiration.
The World number 161, who at this year’s Roland Garros became the oldest Grand Slam debutant since 43-year-old Renee Richards at the 1977 U.S. Open, meets a player six years her senior and pushing for a record-equalling 24th major title.


“It’s a dream come true,” Gatto-Monticone said after coming through the qualifying rounds at Wimbledon to set up a meeting with the seven-times winner.

 Williams is chasing her own dream of equaling Margaret Court’s all-time Slam record and has been stuck on 23 major titles for over two years, with poor form putting a question mark over her chances of achieving the feat at Wimbledon.

 The American has not enjoyed the best preparation for the tournament, with a niggling knee injury limiting her time on court since the Australian Open in January, but Williams will expect to see off Gatto-Monticone in their first meeting.

 “Obviously, I haven’t had the best time and preparation that I normally would have,” 11th-seeded Williams said.

 “I’ve had a good week-and-a-half, but I have been really just mentally training, physically training for that time here. I’m just going to do the best that I can now that I’m here."

 Holder Angelique Kerber begins proceedings on Center Court against German counterpart Tatjana Maria.

 Roger Federer, fresh from his 10th title at Halle, launches his quest for a ninth Wimbledon crown against Lloyd Harris of South Africa while Rafa Nadal meets Japan’s Yuichi Sugita.

 French Open winner and Wimbledon top seed Ash Barty of Australia takes on China’s Zheng Saisai.
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 LONDON (Reuters) - As Italian Giulia Gatto-Monticone prepares for her Wimbledon debut at the age of 31 after 17 years on the women’s tour, she need look no further than her first-round opponent Serena Williams for inspiration.

 The World number 161, who at this year’s Roland Garros became the oldest Grand Slam debutant since 43-year-old Renee Richards at the 1977 U.S. Open, meets a player six years her senior and pushing for a record-equalling 24th major title.
“It’s a dream come true,” Gatto-Monticone said after coming through the qualifying rounds at Wimbledon to set up a meeting with the seven-times winner.
Williams is chasing her own dream of equaling Margaret Court’s all-time Slam record and has been stuck on 23 major titles for over two years, with poor form putting a question mark over her chances of achieving the feat at Wimbledon.

 The American has not enjoyed the best preparation for the tournament, with a niggling knee injury limiting her time on court since the Australian Open in January, but Williams will expect to see off Gatto-Monticone in their first meeting.
“Obviously, I haven’t had the best time and preparation that I normally would have,” 11th-seeded Williams said.

 “I’ve had a good week-and-a-half, but I have been really just mentally training, physically training for that time here. I’m just going to do the best that I can now that I’m here.”

 Holder Angelique Kerber begins proceedings on Center Court against German counterpart Tatjana Maria.

 Roger Federer, fresh from his 10th title at Halle, launches his quest for a ninth Wimbledon crown against Lloyd Harris of South Africa while Rafa Nadal meets Japan’s Yuichi Sugita.

 French Open winner and Wimbledon top seed Ash Barty of Australia takes on China’s Zheng Saisai.

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at 9:51 AM
boosting his certifications as a potential Roland Garros champion. Multi day subsequent to thumping out 11-time Barcelona victor Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals, the third-seeded Austrian asserted his second title in four occasions in the wake of beating Roger Federer at Indian Wells a month ago. He is likewise the primary Austrian to take the Barcelona title since Thomas Muster in 1996.




"It's such a respect to win here, just the greatest bosses have done it," said 25-year-old Thiem.

"I'm so upbeat and glad to join Muster here, presently my name is on the trophy."

Thiem lifted the profound 13-kilogram brilliant trophy in triumph before a full arena on an overcast, crisp day at a scene named for Nadal.

He has now strengthened his case for a conceivable French Open title in the wake of losing the Paris last a year back to Nadal.

Thiem required only 73 minutes to gain triumph over his seventh-seeded Russian adversary, who required treatment on his shoulder late in the principal set.

The Austrian got off to a moderate begin, losing his first serve, however compensated for wasting time by breaking Medvedev twice in the primary set before totally ruling the second.

"I had inconveniences toward the begin," Thiem said. "My cut was not working and he doesn't miss.

"My cut showed signs of improvement however I needed to transform barrier into offense, that was my solitary possibility. He's hard to play, hazardous from the gauge.

"There were a great deal of long, intense revives in the principal set, I'm extremely upbeat I made it."

Thiem will presently have a couple of days off preceding the beginning of the following enormous date of the pre-Roland Garros logbook, the Madrid Masters.

The Austrian presently claims 13 ATP titles and nine on mud, his preferred surface.
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