LONDON (AFP) – Ons Jabeur the first Arabic woman to win a WTA tournament reached the third round of Wimbledon for the first time on Wednesday (June 30) beating five time champion Venus Williams 7-5, 6-0. Williams follows her sister Serena out of the singles tournament although she will play with Nick Kyrgios in the... » read more
LONDON (AFP) – American Sofia Kenin became the highest women’s seed to fall so far at Wimbledon as she suffered a 6-2 6-2 second-round defeat at the hands of compatriot Madison Brengle on Wednesday (June 30). The 2020 Australian Open champion Kenin, seeded four, never got going on a cool Court Two and lasted only... » read more
LONDON (REUTERS) – A few days after claiming his first grasscourt title in blazing Mallorcan sunshine, second seed Daniil Medvedev could easily have been caught cold in his Wimbledon first-round match on Tuesday (June 29). But on a chilly and damp evening at the All England Club he showed he is not just a fair... » read more
LONDON (REUTERS) – Tennis great Serena Williams limped out of Wimbledon in tears on Tuesday (June 29) after her latest bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles crown ended in injury. The American sixth seed and seven-times Wimbledon winner was clearly in pain on a slippery Centre Court and sought treatment while 3-2 up... » read more
LONDON (REUTERS) – American Frances Tiafoe dumped third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas out of the Wimbledon men’s singles 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 as the Greek became the first big casualty on day one of the tournament on Monday (June 28). Tsitsipas, playing his first match since his French Open final defeat by Novak Djokovic on June 13,... » read more
LONDON (AFP) – World number five Dominic Thiem on Thursday (June 24) withdrew from Wimbledon after picking up a wrist injury suffered in Mallorca this week. “I’m really sorry for pulling out of the upcoming three tournaments I had in my calendar – Wimbledon, Hamburg and Gstaad,” the 27-year-old Austrian wrote on Twitter. “I am... » read more
LONDON (AFP) – Former world number one Karolina Pliskova will drop out of the WTA’s top 10 for the first time in almost five years after her bid to retain the Eastbourne title was ruined by Camila Giorgi on Tuesday (June 22). The fifth-seeded Czech was beaten 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 by Italian qualifier Giorgi in... » read more
VIENNA (REUTERS) – Austria’s Dominic Thiem withdrew from the Olympics on Thursday (June 17), saying he did not feel ready to give his best in Tokyo but was looking forward to competing at Wimbledon this month and defending his US Open title later this year. Thiem, ranked fifth in the world, has endured a torrid... » read more
LOS ANGELES (AFP, REUTERS) – Japanese star Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from Wimbledon, her agent confirmed on Thursday (June 17), weeks after the world number two pulled out of the French Open citing her struggle with depression and anxiety. “Naomi won’t be playing Wimbledon this year,” Osaka’s agent Stuart Duguid said in an email to... » read more
LONDON (REUTERS) – This year’s Wimbledon men’s and women’s singles finals will be played with full crowds in attendance on Centre Court, the All England Club said on Monday (June 14). They will be the first outdoor sporting events in the United Kingdom to have capacity crowds since the start of the coronavirus pandemic last... » read more