Maand: juli 2022

4:08 PM ET ESPN News Services Third-seeded Ons Jabeur saved five set points in the first-set tiebreaker Sunday before beating Elise Mertens 7-6 (9), 6-4 to reach her second straight Wimbledon quarterfinal. Jabeur came from 6-3 down in the tiebreaker, then broke the 24th-seeded Mertens in the final game of the second set when her

4:56 PM ET LONDON — The fiery third-round Wimbledon match between Nick Kyrgios and Stefanos Tsitsipas has resulted in both players being fined. Kyrgios defeated Tsitsipas 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7) to book his place in the fourth round on Saturday. But he has received a $4,000 fine for an “audible obscenity” after being

4:00 PM ET ESPN News Services LONDON — Venus Williams and Jamie Murray are out of the mixed doubles tournament after failing to convert five match points in a marathon third-set tiebreaker against British duo Jonny O’Mara and Alicia Barnett. O’Mara and Barnett converted the fifth match point of their own when Murray netted a

2:37 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — If it seems as if there are more empty green seats in the stands at Wimbledon than usual this fortnight, that’s because there have been fewer spectators than usual. Through the first six days of main-draw competition at the All England Club, official attendance was listed as 237,927.

3:10 PM ET ESPN News Services Jannik Sinner outdueled Carlos Alcaraz in a matchup of up-and-comers Sunday to reach his first Wimbledon quarterfinal, although he needed six match points to put his opponent away. Sinner, 20, failed to convert two match points in the third-set tiebreaker but recovered to win 6-1, 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-3

9:22 AM ET LONDON — Roger Federer said he hopes for one more chance to win Wimbledon, addressing his future once again as he spoke Sunday as part of the Centre Court 100-year celebration. Asked by John McEnroe and Sue Barker, who were hosting the ceremony, whether he would ever come back to play Wimbledon,

Jun 27, 2022 LONDON — The Wimbledon experience is anchored in tradition. The players wearing all white, the reigning men’s champion opening play on Monday, the strawberries and cream and camping out for tickets in the “queue” … all time-honored experiences. Then there are the other staples: The crowd applauding politely whenever the umpire tells

7:30 AM ET On Monday, July 11, for the first time since 1997, Serena Williams and Roger Federer will both be unranked in the WTA and ATP rankings. This was slated to happen long before Williams’ early exit at Wimbledon — because of the decision not to award ranking points at the tournament. But it

5:13 PM ET Simon Cambers WIMBLEDON, England — Stefanos Tsitsipas labeled Nick Kyrgios as a “bully” after he was beaten by the Australian in a volatile “circus” of a third-round match at Wimbledon on Saturday. Kyrgios won 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7) to reach the fourth round at the All England Club for the

12:55 PM ET Simon Cambers WIMBLEDON, England — The women’s draw at Wimbledon was torn apart Saturday as world No 1 Iga Swiatek was bounced 6-4, 6-2 by Alize Cornet of France in the third round, ending her 37-match winning streak. Swiatek had won six straight tournaments, including her second French Open title, but found

4:04 PM ET ESPN News Services Rafael Nadal, halfway to a calendar-year Grand Slam, advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 victory over 27th-seeded Lorenzo Sonego on Saturday. The 22-time Grand Slam champion beat the Italian player on Centre Court. “It’s been my best match at the championship so far,

12:22 PM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — For the first time since February, Iga Swiatek experienced defeat, beaten 6-4, 6-2 by France’s Alize Cornet in the third round at Wimbledon on Saturday. The result ended the Pole’s run of 37 straight wins and six straight titles, including a second French Open title. What went wrong

11:09 AM ET ESPN News Services American teenager Coco Gauff is out of Wimbledon in the third round after a 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1 loss Saturday to Amanda Anisimova on Centre Court. Gauff, 18, was the French Open runner-up and was seeded 11th at the All England Club. Anisimova, seeded 20th, has now reached the

5:53 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com LONDON — Venus Williams arrived at Wimbledon last week with no intentions of competing. But then she had a change of heart. “I had no plan to play,” Williams said Friday. “I saw the grass and I got excited.” Her coach reached out to Jamie Murray, a five-time major mixed

12:11 PM ET ESPN News Services Heather Watson has been through a lot at Wimbledon, and now she has made it through the third round for the first time. Fifth-seeded Maria Sakkari, however, was eliminated. The 121st-ranked Watson, making her 12th appearance at the All England Club in London, advanced to the fourth round Friday

12:52 PM ET ESPN News Services Defending champion Novak Djokovic advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon on Friday with a 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Miomir Kecmanovic on Centre Court, while John Isner became the king of aces on the ATP Tour. Djokovic, the six-time Wimbledon champion, has won the past three men’s singles

2:02 PM ET Simon Cambers John Isner wrote his name into the record books at Wimbledon again on Friday as he became the all-time leading ace leader in ATP Tour history. The American, whose 11-hour, five-minute epic match against Nicolas Mahut in 2010 is the longest tennis has ever seen, hit 24 aces in his

11:43 AM ET ESPN News Services A former Georgetown University tennis coach was sentenced Friday to 2 1/2 years in prison for pocketing more than $3 million in bribes in exchange for helping wealthy parents cheat their kids’ way into the school. The sentence for Gordon Ernst is by far the toughest punishment handed down

12:22 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com LONDON — Heather Watson dropped to her knees in the middle of No. 1 Court on Friday. She bent her head down to the ground, and silently thanked the grass. She took in the moment. Watson had just advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon with a 7-6 (6), 6-2