Former champion Maria Sharapova of Russia saw her comeback attempt come to an early end, as Argentina's Gisela Dulko beat her, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. Dulko faces 10th-seeded Nadia Petrova in the third round, after the Russian beat Shahar Peer of Israel, 6-3, 6-2. Gisela Dulko . Second-seeds Roger Federer of Switzerland and Serena Williams of the United States have advanced to the third round of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London. Williams took advantage of her big serve and powerful groundstrokes Wednesday as she dominated Australia's Jarmila Groth, 6-2, 6-1. Federer eliminated Spain's Guillermo García-Lopez , 6-2, 6-2, 6-4. Federer is trying to pass American Pete Sampras as the sport's most successful major tournament winner by capturing his 15th Grand Slam title. Eighth-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus had an even easier time, dumping Ioana Raluca Olaru of Romania by the so-called "double-bagel" score of 6-0, 6-0. In men's play, fourth-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia beat Germany's Simon Greul , 7-5, 6-1, 6-4. His next opponent will be number-28 American Mardy Fish , a four-set winner over another Serb, Janko Tipsarevic (6-4, 3-6, 6-1 ,6-4).
Former champion of Russia saw her comeback attempt come to an early end, as Argentina's beat her, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. Dulko faces 10th-seeded in the third round, after the Russian beat of Israel, 6-3, 6-2. . Second-seeds of Switzerland and of the United States have advanced to the third round of the in London. Williams took advantage of her big serve and powerful ground strokes Wednesday as she dominated Australia's Jarmila Groth, 6-2, 6-1. Federer eliminated Spain's , 6-2, 6-2, 6-4. Federer is trying to pass American as the sport's most successful major tournament winner by capturing his 15th Grand Slam title. Eighth-seeded of Belarus had an even easier time, dumping of Romania by the so-called "double-bagel" score of 6-0, 6-0. In men's play, fourth-seeded of Serbia beat Germany's , 7-5, 6-1, 6-4. His next opponent will be number-28 American , a four-set winner over another Serb, (6-4, 3-6, 6-1 ,6-4).
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Maria Sharapova
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Gisela Dulko
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Nadia Petrova
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Shahar Peer
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Gisela Dulko
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Roger Federer
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Serena Williams
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Guillermo García-Lopez
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Pete Sampras
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Victoria Azarenka
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Ioana Raluca Olaru
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Novak Djokovic
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Simon Greul
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Mardy Fish
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Janko Tipsarevic