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Novak Djokovic, the 24-year-old Serbian who is 47-1 this season, beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, while Rafael Nadal, the defending champion, ousted Andy Murray.

The women’s final at Wimbledon Saturday will lack the world’s No. 1 player, Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki, reduced to a competitive footnote by her early ouster.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal advanced to the semifinals at Wimbledon by beating Mardy Fish 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 Wednesday. Nadal is 31-2 at Wimbledon since 2006. He lost in the final in 2006 and '07, but then won the following year. He missed the 2009 edition because of injury and won again in 2010.

Roger Federer was eliminated in the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the second straight year Wednesday, squandering a two-set lead for the first time at a Grand Slam tournament and losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

Maria Sharapova crushed Dominika Cibulkova, advancing to a Wimbledon semifinal for the first time in four years. It took Sharapova less than an hour to beat Cibulkova, who upset Caroline Wozniacki, 6-1, 6-1. Afterward, Cibulkova couldn’t exit Centre Court quickly enough.

Venus and Serena Williams were both eliminated in the fourth round of Wimbledon on Monday, the first time in five years that neither sister will play in the quarterfinals at the All England Club....

Roger Federer sweeps aside his old foe David Nalbandian 6-4 6-2 6-4 to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon.

Three-time Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick was eliminated 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2), 6-4 Friday by Feliciano Lopez in the third round, the biggest upset of the men's tournament so far....

Venus Williams, the 23rd-seeded five-time Wimbledon champ, overcomes 40-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 8-6, in her second-round match on Wimbledon's Centre Court.Reporting from Wimbledon, England — At first, Venus Williams was made to look as if she'd never played tennis.

Inevitably, the sequel didn't live up to the original. Not even close....