Championships looking to recover after shocks

By Pritha Sarkar LONDON (Reuters) - For three days running, a series of seismic shocks ripped through Wimbledon, causing destruction rarely witnessed so early at a grand slam tournament. The exit of Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic rocked the All England Club on Wednesday and 24 hours later 2004 Wimbledon winner Maria Sharapova and twice runner-up Andy Roddick were also ejected. On Friday, the biggest name in the women's draw, top seed and newly-crowned French Open champion Ana Ivanovic, was toppled in round three. The quartet were not the only players forced to catch early flights out of London: as the event goes into its second week, only six of the men's top 16 seeds and eight of the women's have made it through to the fourth round. For the men, it was their worst performance at Wimbledon since 2002 when only two... [read full story]