Wimbledon 2011 Results: Serena Williams Survives Another Three-Setter

Match results from Day 4 of Wimbledon 2011, where it’s not pouring down rain ... yet!

• No. 7 Serena Williams def. Simona Halep, 3-6 6-2 6-1. As long as she keeps pulling out those monster serves to her advantage when it counts, I suppose Serena can keep taking it easy in her early sets. The four-time Championships champ won 88% of her first-serve points in the second round, though she notched only seven aces compared to 13 in her tilt with Aravane Rezai. She’ll face either No. 26 Maria Kirilenko or Tamarine Tanasugarn in Round 3.

• No. 18 Ana Ivanovic def. Eleni Daniilidou, 6-3 6-0. Is Ivanovic back on form or have her opponents in the Championships thus far just been unspeakable cupcakes? No reason it can’t be both, especially since grass is far from her best surface. Ivanovic draws the winner of Agnieszka Radwanska-Petra Cetkovska next.

Other matches of note from early Day 4 action:
• No. 6 Francesca Schiavone def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, 7-5 6-3.
• No. 12 Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Alexandra Dulgheru, 6-0 6-2.
• Nadia Petrova def. No. 14 Anastasia Pavlyuchnkova, 6-3 6-3.
• No. 16 Julia Goerges def. Mathilde Johansson
• No. 19 Yanina Wickmayer def. Anna Tatishvili, 3-6 6-4 6-2.
Tamira Paszek def. Christina McHale, 6-4 6-1.

Stay tuned to this StoryStream for more results from Day 4 of Wimbledon 2011. Get live scores at the tournament’s official website, and watch matches online for free on ESPN3.