Fans waved good-bye on day four at Wimbledon to two promising players, Maria Sharapova and Andy Roddick, who just failed to deliver against their opponents. Rafael Nadal was given a scare in his first set against the Latvian, Ernests Gulbis, but Nadal prevailed in the next three sets to claim the match. Defending women’s champion Venus Williams pulled off a second win reminiscent of her first match, her opponent this time was also a Brit who played persistently for the first set but turned submissive in the second.
Here are some of the results for the completed matches in day four:
Men’s Singles:
(2) Rafael Nadal def Ernests Gulbis 5-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-3
Janko Tipsarevic def (6)Andy Roddick 6-7, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6
(8) Richard Gasquet def Sebastien Grosjean 6-2, 6-2 (retired)
Rainer Schuettler def (9) James Blake 6-3, 6-7, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
(12) Andy Murray def Xavier Malisse 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
Women’s Singles:
(7) Venus Williams def Anne Keothavong 7-5 6-2
Alla Kudryavtseva def (3)Maria Sharapova 6-2, 6-4
(9) Dinara Safina def Su-Wei Hsieh 6-3, 6-2
(2) Jelena Jankovic def Carla Navarro 6-1, 6-3

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