CITYAM.COM TUESDAY 28 JUNE 2016 SPORT 29 TENNIS RESULTS EARLY EXIT FOOTBALL Briton falls to EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND OF 16 Italy ...... (1) 2 Spain ...... (0) 0 first-round defeat as form slump goes on Chiellini 33 Wildcard Willis Pelle 90 England ...... (1) 1 Iceland...... (2) 2 Rooney 4 (pen) R Sigurdsson 6 Sigthorsson 18 CRICKET THIRD WOMEN’S ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL—England v Pakistan (Taunton): England 366-4 (50 overs; T T Beaumont 168no, G A Elwiss 77). Pakistan 164 (44.5 sets up dream overs; K H Brunt 5-30). England beat Pakistan by 202 runs. SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP - DIVISION ONE—Hampshire v Somerset (The Ageas Bowl): Hampshire 219 (J H K Adams 61; J Overton 5-42) and 18-1 Somerset 474-8dec. (J C Hildreth 152, J G Myburgh 110). Lancashire v Middlesex (Lord’s): Lancashire 513 (A N Petersen 191, Haseeb Hameed 89, O P Rayner 4-120, T S Roland-Jones 4-122). Middlesex 146-1 (N R T Gubbins 71no). Federer tussle Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire (Edgbaston): Nottinghamshire 152 (J D Libby 59). Warwickshire 283-8 (R Clarke 74, T R Ambrose 72, J T Ball 4-76). DIVISION TWO—Leicestershire v Gloucestershire ROSS MCLEAN in straight sets, in match likely to be (Grace Road): Leicestershire 252-7 (N J Dexter 107no). AT WIMBLEDON played on Centre Court. Kent v Derbyshire (Canterbury): Kent 379 (S A Northeast 191). Derbyshire 291-3 (C F Hughes 83, W L Madsen 73no). @rossmcleanRMAC “It’s an amazing dream come true,” said Willis. “I get to play on a stadium TENNIS WIDE-EYED British qualifier Marcus court. This is what I dreamed of when WIMBLEDON ()—Men’s Singles 1st rnd: (3) R Federer (Swi) bt G Pella (Arg) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3, J Willis was left pinching himself I was younger. I’m going to go Chardy (Fra) bt (17) G Monfils (Fra) 6-7 (4-7) 6-0 4-6 6-1 after the world No772 stunned out there and try to win the 6-2, (1) N Djokovic (Ser) bt J Ward (Gbr) 6-0 7-6 (7-3) 6-4, Lithuania’s Ricardas Be- tennis match. I probably A Mannarino (Fra) bt K Edmund (Gbr) 6-2 7-5 6-4, (28) S rankis on his Wimbledon won’t, but I’m going to Querrey (USA) bt L Rosol (Cze) 6-7 (6-8) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-2 12-10, P Herbert (Fra) bt (21) P Kohlschreiber (Ger) 7-5 6-3 debut to set up a fairytale give everything.” 3-6 6-3, (13) D Ferrer (Spa) bt D Sela (Isr) 6-2 6-1 6-1, (11) second-round clash with D Goffin (Bel) bt A Ward (Gbr) 6-2 6-3 6-2, D Istomin (Uzb) seven-time champion Willis is ranked No772 in bt (20) K Anderson (Rsa) 4-6 6-7 (13-15) 6-4 7-6 (7-2) 6-3, (6) M Raonic (Can) bt P Carreno-Busta (Spa) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 . the world rankings 6-4, M Willis (Gbr) bt R Berankis (Lit) 6-3 6-3 6-4, D Evans Willis took time out (Gbr) bt J Struff (Ger) 6-3 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (9-7) 7-5, (16) G from his coaching job at On a day when eight Simon (Fra) bt J Tipsarevic (Ser) 4-6 6-4 7-5 6-3, (9) M Warwick Boat Club to Britons were in action, Cilic (Cro) bt B Baker (USA) 6-3 7-5 6-3, (23) I Karlovic (Cro) bt B Coric (Cro) 7-6 (10-8) 7-6 (9-7) 6-4, (5) K enter pre-qualifying and only joined Nishikori (Jpn) bt S Groth (Aus) 6-4 6-3 7-5. after navigating six rounds his Willis in the second round Women’s Singles 1st rnd: (15) K Pliskova (Cze) bt Y remarkable story continued with after the 26-year-old beat Ger- Wickmayer (Bel) 6-2 0-6 8-6, (5) S Halep (Rom) bt A Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) 6-4 6-1, (9) M Keys (USA) bt L a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 victory over world No54 many’s Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-7 (6- Siegemund (Ger) 6-3 6-1, E Alexandrova (Rus) bt (23) A Berankis yesterday. 8), 7-6 (9-7), 7-5. World No1 Novak Ivanovic (Ser) 6-2 7-5, C Witthoeft (Ger) bt (25) I Begu Victory guarantees Willis £50,000 in Djokovic, meanwhile, began his quest FORMER British No1 Laura Robson crashed out of Wimbledon after suffering a (Rom) 6-1 6-4, (4) A Kerber (Ger) bt L Robson (Gbr) 6-2 prize money, having previously won for a third consecutive Wimbledon straight-sets, 6-2, 6-2, defeat to reigning champion Angelique Kerber 6-2, (8) V Williams (USA) bt D Vekic (Cro) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4, (29) D Kasatkina (Rus) bt V Duval (USA) 6-0 7-5, (12) C just £220 in 2016, while the 25-year- crown with a straight sets, 6-0, 7-6 (7- yesterday. Robson, who has not gone beyond the first round of a since Suarez Navarro (Spa) bt S Zhang (Chn) 6-3 4-6 6-4, (14) S old will now go head-to-head with Fed- 3), 6-4, victory over British wildcard the 2013 US Open, was not the only Briton to flounder on the opening day of the Stosur (Aus) bt M Linette (Pol) 7-5 6-3, (2) G Muguruza erer, who beat Argentina’s on Centre Court. championships as , Alex Ward, and Naomi Broady all lost. (Spa) bt C Giorgi (Ita) 6-2 5-7 6-4. CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS Chukkas to champagne: get ready for City Polo Championships

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