The timeless 37-year-olds in Roger Federer and Serena Williams prove to defy time for yet another year. Both players have been cruising through the early rounds of the Wimbledon, as Federer beat Matteo Berrenttini, the 17th seed in the round of 16, while Williams beat 30th seed Carla Suarez Navarro to advance to the quarterfinals in the tournament.

On Wednesday, the All England Club named Serena Williams the No. 25 seed for this year’s Wimbledon tournament, which will start next month.

Serena Williams Seeded No. 25 For Wimbledon 2018

Williams, 36, gave birth to her first child — a daughter — last September, and her return to competitive tennis has since been slow. The 23-time Grand Slam champion is ranked 183rd in the world. Wimbledon begins on July 2.

The American superstar went unseeded at this year’s French Open. The U.S. Open ruled last weekend that it will change its seeding process to take maternity leave into account, since several female tennis players have become pregnant or given birth in recent months. The WTA’s previous rules for seeding only considered player’s injuries for seeding decisions.

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Given her seeding, Williams will thus not have to play any other seeded competitor in either of the 2018 Wimbledon tournament’s first two rounds. The American has won the event in London seven times, with her last title coming in 2016. She missed the 2017 tournament.

The full draw for Wimbledon 2018 will take place on Friday. In the women’s draw, Romania’s Simona Halep earned the top seed, followed by Caroline Woziacki and defending champion Garbine Muguruza, who landed the No. 3 spot. Venus Williams is seeded ninth, while Maria Sharapova is No. 24.

In the men’s draw, reigning Wimbledon champion Roger Federer — who has also won seven trophies at the All England Club — took the No. 1 seed. Rafael Nadal, who is currently the World No. 1, earned the No. 2 seed. Marin Cilic is third.

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Andy Murray — who was the world’s top-ranked player before the 2017 Wimbledon championships — is unseeded this year. The Scotsman is still recovering from a hip injury.

Novak Djokovic is the No. 12 seed this year.

Garbine Muguruza is out of the 2018 Australian Open.

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The 24-year-old Venezuelan-born Spaniard lost to Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei — the World No. 88 — in straight sets (6-7, 4-6) in Thursday’s second-round match.

Muguruza, the World No. 3 who won Wimbledon in 2017 and the French Open in 2016, struggled with the hot weather in Melbourne and received treatment on her left foot in the opening set. (Temperatures had reached a scorching 40 Celsius, or 104 Fahrenheit earlier in the day.) Muguruza had 43 unforced errors in the match, which she began with strapping on her foot.

Hsieh, 32, will next face 26th seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the third round.

Meanwhile, top seed Simona Halep defeated Eugenie Bouchard 6-2, 6-2 in a match that lasted an hour and seven minutes and was marred by rain.

The 26-year-old Romanian Halep was seeking her first Grand Slam title. She twisted her ankle in a first-round victory over Destanee Aiava.

“I feel pain but I didn’t think about it. I just wanted to play the match,” said the two-time Melbourne quarter-finalist, who faces unseeded American Lauren Davis in the third round on Saturday.

Canadian youngster Bouchard, the Wimbledon 2014 runner-up, is now ranked 112 and only held her serve once.

Also advancing on Thursday was five-time major winner Maria Sharapova. The 30-year-old Russian star defeated No. 14-seeded Latvian Anastasija Sevastova 6-1, 7-6 (4).

“It’s a warm day. I did my job in two sets against someone that’s been troubling in the past for me” said Sharapova, who missed last year’s tournament in Melbourne while serving a 15-month doping ban. “So, third round of the Australian Open, I don’t know, I think I deserve to smile out there after that victory.”

Sharapova was suspended after testing positive for meldonium, a banned heart drug, at the 2016 Australian Open. She made her return to competitive tennis at last year’s US Open.

Also eliminated from the 2018 Australian Open after less than one week of play are Venus Williams and another American, 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens. 

PARIS, FRANCE – JUNE 01: Garbine Muguruzu of Spain hits a backhand during the Ladies Singles quarter final against Shelby Rogers of the United States on day eleven of the 2016 French Open at Roland Garros on June 1, 2016 in Paris, France. (Photo by Dennis Grombkowski/Getty Images)

Angelique Kerber put on a stellar performance to claim her second consecutive victory at the WTA Finals with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Simona Halep on Tuesday, thus booking a spot in the semi-finals of the elite eight-woman event in Singapore.

Angelique Kerber Beats Simona Halep To Reach WTA Finals Last Four

The World No. 1 German, who defeated Dominika Cibulkova in Monday’s opener, saw off fourth-seeded Romanian Halep in 82 minutes.

Meanwhile, American Madison Keys recovered from losing to Halep in her opening match to defeat Cibulkova 6-1 6-4 and remain in pursuit of the semi-finals.

Two players will advance from each of the tournament’s two groups to contest the semi-finals. Defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Karolina Pliskova and Garbine Muguruza are in the other.

Kerber ended Serena Williams’ 186-week stay at world No. 1 after winning the US Open in September, and her signature precise forehand, which also helped her win the Australian Open in January, proved too much for Halep.

The 28-year-old German entered the match trailing Halep, who thrashed Keys in her Red Group opener, 4-3 in their head-to-head meetings but rallied back to remind everyone the powerhouse player she is.

“I’m feeling very, very good here and it’s just great to win my second match here playing my best tennis,” Kerber said. “I’m trying to enjoy all my matches here and I hope the spectators can enjoy it as well.”

Kerber played the major points particularly well, converting four of five break points, compared with Halep’s return of just one break from six opportunities.

The German has won only twice on her three previous appearances at the season finale and has never passed the group stages.

Keys defeated Cibulkova by racing through the first set in just 23 minutes.The Slovak fought back in the second but a single break in the fifth game was all Keys needed to end the match, although the permutations available in the final pool games means all four players can still advance.

SINGAPORE – OCTOBER 25: Angelique Kerber of Germany plays a backhand in her singles match against Simona Halep of Romania during day 3 of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore at Singapore Sports Hub on October 25, 2016 in Singapore. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Novak Djokovic beat out defending champion, Scotland’s Andy Murray, in the Madrid Open final Sunday to earn his second career title in the Spanish capital. Djokovic’s first Madrid title came in 2011.

Novak Djokovic And Simona Halep Lead Winners At 2016 Madrid Open

Djokovic, the World Number One, defeated 28-year-old Scotsman 6-2 3-6 6-3. Murray has now lost his World Number Two ranking to Roger Federer, who recently withdrew due to a back injury. 

The Serb trounced Murray in the opening set, but fought back to level, only to fall to Djokovic in the decider. Djokovic, 28, now moves ahead of Spaniard Rafael Nadal with a record 29 ATP Masters 1000 titles. This was also his fifth title in the past six Masters tournaments.

“The first couple of break points I remember making two mistakes,” said Murray. “It was kind of back and forth from there and unfortunately I couldn’t quite break, which was a shame because both of us on the break points until that last game were pretty clinical.”

Despite losing, Murray fought hard against the Serb, playing him for over two hours in three tight sets. He has now lost 11 of his last 12 games against Djokovic, and slips into the No. 3 ranking.

Nadal lost his momentum with a semifinal loss to Murray, which may have just stripped him of any realistic chance of defeating Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka for the French Open No. 4 seed. The Spaniard dropped 240 points by failing to get back to the Madrid final, and he trails the Swiss by 705 points.  Nadal could potentially face Djokovic again as soon as the French Open quarterfinals.

Wawrinka lost his only Madrid match in consecutive tiebreakers against 21-year-old Australian Nick Kyrgios. Australian Bernard Tomic, 23, also lost in his only game at Madrid to Italian Fabio Fognini. However, Tomic seemed to shrug off the loss and pointed to the amount of income he’s earned.

Per the Gold Coast Bulletin (h/t Sky Sports), Tomic said: “I don’t care about that match point—would you care if you were 23 and worth over 10 million dollars?”

On the women’s side, somewhat-forgotten Romanian star Simona Halep, 24, surprisingly stormed to win at Madrid, displaying some of her best tennis in a long time. Halep defeated resurgent Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova, 27, in the Women’s Singles finals on Saturday, 6-2, 6-4.

Halep, ranked No. 7 before this tournament, did not seem to be going very far. She had peaked as the 2014 French Open finalist and held the No. 2 ranking for most of 2015, but appeared to have been forgotten soon afterwards. Other stars like Garbine Muguruza, Angelique Kerber, Agnieszka Radwanska and Victoria Azarenka grabbed more wins and acclaim. With Saturday’s win, Halep has now marked herself as a strong contender for the French Open, Roland Garros, which begins May 22.

“I’m really happy I could win this trophy, it’s very special for me,” said Halep. “It’s amazing for me to be able to speak to you for a second time on this court. It’s an unbelievable feeling. It’s the best day in my life.”

The Romanian made a great start against Cibulkova, surging to a 5-1 opening lead and then fighting off break points when the Slovakian threatened to make a comeback.

Meanwhile, Serena Williams was hit with the flu prior to the start, and Azarenka withdrew during the tournament. Radwanska, Muguruza and Kerber all lost early.

PHOTO: KEY BISCAYNE, FL – APRIL 03: Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a shot to Kei Nishikori of Japan during the final on Day 14 of the Miami Open presented by Itau at Crandon Park Tennis Center on April 3, 2016 in Key Biscayne, Florida. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

There is set to be a new winner on the women’s side of the BNP Paribas Open this year.

Serena Williams vs. Simona Halep: Recap, Reaction From 2016 Indian Wells

World No. 1 Serena Williams defeated defending Romanian champion Simona Halep (world No. 5) in the quarterfinals at Indian Wells on Wednesday.

Williams, 34, only needed two sets to beat the 2015 champion, 6-4, 6-3.

Williams had seven aces while Halep, 24, only had one. The American also won 81 percent of her first-service points, and proved to be too much for Halep throughout the two sets.

Williams bowed out in last year’s BNP Paribas Open semifinal against the Romanian due to an injury.

During the quarterfinal match, Williams established a 5-2 lead, but Halep came back to narrow the lead to 5-4. However, Williams closed out the set with a critical break to make it 6-4. Andrew Jerell Jones of SB Nation commented on the first set:

 Williams will next face off against Polish Agnieszka Radwanska, 27, (World No. 2) in the semifinals. Radwanska defeated Czech Petra Kvitova in the quarterfinals in straight sets 6-2, 7-6. According to SteveGTennis.com, Williams holds a dominant 9-0 lead in head-to-head showdowns against Radwanska, and the last six alone were in straight-sets fashion.

After her win at Indian Wells, Williams discussed playing in the BNP Paribas Open for the second year in a row. “This year I’m not as nervous and I’m just excited to return again,” Williams said. “Every time I step on the court and people cheer for me, it’s just a different feeling.” Regarding her upcoming semifinal game against Radwanska, Williams also stated, “This is a good surface for her because it’s a slow surface. I expect there will be a lot of long rallies.”

The WTA also shared the final point of the opening set:

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 18: Serena Williams of the United States plays a forehand in her first round match against Camila Giorgi of Italy during day one of the 2016 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 18, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)