Wimbledon 2012: Andy Murray Into Fourth Round After Late Night Drama

Andy Murray won the first set of his third-round match against Marcos Baghdatis, but Baghdatis — the Cyprus native who made a miracle run to the final of the Australian Open back in 2006 — turned up the juice in his game, playing nearly flawless tennis to win the second set and go up a break in the third. Murray looked rattled, as he has so often, trying to live up to the massive expectations placed on the Scot any time he plays at the All England Club.

All of a sudden, though, Murray turned up the juice of his own. He started to step into his shots, playing balls closer and closer to the baseline as Baghdatis looked like the uncomfortable one. Murray got back the break and, after trading games, Murray served to go up 6-5 and broke Baghdatis to capture the set. He erupted with emotion, unleashing double-fist pumps. If teammates/coaches were allowed on the court in tennis, high fives and chest pumps would most certainly have been had.

Yaroslava Shvedova made Grand Slam history at Wimbledon on Saturday: she won every point over Sara Errani in a 6-0 first set of a 6-0, 6-4 win, completing the first “golden set” ever in Grand Slam play.

Shvedova began the match with an ace, one of four in the first set, and never looked back, breaking Errani three straight times and clicking off 24 points and six straight love games in just 15 minutes.

As 2012 Wimbledon continues on Saturday, more and more players are advancing through the third round onto the fourth round of play. Juan Martin del Potro, the No. 9-seeded player, advanced through after taking down No. 25 seed Kei Nishikori in straight sets, but it wasn’t easy.

del Potro won all three sets, but in the second set needed to win a tie break 7-3, then pushed on through his third set to win the match 6-1.

There is horrifying news out of the 2012 Championships at Wimbledon on Saturday. The nation or island or whatever of England is in shock following the announcement by UK police that Rufus, the anti-pigeon hawk of Wimbledon, has been stolen.

The Associated Press reports that Rufus, who is a Harrier hawk used to keep pigeons away from the skies over the Championships, was stolen between Thursday night and Friday morning from a car parked in a private driveway in a suburb near Wimbledon.

As 2012 Wimbledon continues on Saturday morning, No. 6-seeded Serena Williams is in a battle in her match with No. 25-seeded Jie Zheng. The two battled for each game in the set, with Zheng finally taking the set from Williams, 7-6 after a 7-5 tie break.

With the second set in progress, Zheng is up 2-1 on Williams, and Williams is trying to avoid elimination.