Ashleigh Barty beat Angelique Kerber to reach Wimbledon final
Ashleigh Barty reached her first Wimbledon final on Thursday, 10 years after being crowned junior champion, beating 2018 winner Angelique Kerber 6-3, 7-6 (7/3). The 25-year-old Australian will play either former world number one Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic…
Wimbledon: Hubert Hurkacz faces idol Federer in 1st Grand Slam quarterfinal
Hubert Hurkacz was 6 years old when Roger Federer won his first Wimbledon title. On Wednesday, at the age of 24, Hurkacz will try to foil Federer’s latest attempt at winning a ninth. As if playing in a first Grand…
Ons Jabeur creates history as she’s become first Tunisian to reach Wimbledon Last-8
Ons Jabeur’s historic Wimbledon campaign saw her reach the women’s quarter-finals on Monday, beating Poland’s 2020 French Open champion Iga Swiatek 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 in their fourth round match. The 26-year-old is the first Tunisian woman to reach the last…
Roger Federer becomes oldest player to reach round-3 at Wimbledon in last 46 years
Roger Federer became the oldest man in 46 years to reach the Wimbledon third round on Thursday with a straight sets win over Richard Gasquet. Federer, 39, defeated his French rival 7-6 (7/1), 6-1, 6-4 to make the last 32…
Wimbledon 2021: Serena quits event in tears after felling down during first round match
American legend Serena Williams’s dreams of winning an eighth Wimbledon singles title and equalling Margaret Court’s Grand Slam record of 24 ended in tears on Tuesday as further doubt was cast on her future in the sport. The 39-year-old was…
Wimbledon 2021 Men’s Draw: Tough path for Roger Federer
Eight-time Wimbledon champion, Switzerland’s Roger Federer, will have to potentially overcome world No.2, Daniil Medvedev of Russia, and Germany’s Alexander Zverev to reach a 13th Wimbledon final, according to the draw announced on Friday. Federer, who has a 101-13 match…
Wimbledon 2021 finals to be played with full crowds at Court
Wimbledon will be allowed to have a full crowd of 15,000 at Centre Court for the men”s and women”s finals next month, a year after the tournament was canceled entirely because of the coronavirus pandemic, the British government said. The…
Tennis: Who’s the greatest from three Djokovic, Federer, Nadal?
Novak Djokovic’s French Open triumph, which made him only the third man to win all four majors twice and took him halfway to a rare calendar Grand Slam, has reignited the debate over who is the greatest male player of…
Barbora Krejcikova inspired by coach Novotna, wins 1st grand slam at French Open 2021
Thinking of her late coach the whole time, Barbora Krejcikova went from unseeded player to Grand Slam champion at a French Open full of surprises. Krejcikova beat 31st-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in the final at Roland Garros on…
Nadal faces 3rd lose in 108 French Open matches, Djokovic beats him at 2021 semifinal
Sprinting, sliding and stretching, anticipating each other’s moves for four sets and more than four hours, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal produced a masterpiece in the French Open semifinals. Djokovic, as it happens, is one of only two men in…
