1:45 PM ET Kathleen McNamee LONDON — Tunisian football chants, not a common occurrence on the British courts, were ringing around Wimbledon on Monday as Ons Jabeur made history once again, beating No. 7 seed Iga Swiatek to become the first Arab woman to make it to the quarterfinals. Jabeur’s run at Wimbledon has been
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2:00 PM ET ESPN staff Expect the unexpected? Well, that has certainly been the case at Wimbledon this year. With six of the top 10 players out of the tournament, it’s anyone’s game among the remaining 16 on the women’s side of the draw. On the men’s side, things are lining up for Novak Djokovic
8:00 AM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — It is one of the oldest traditions in sport: “Middle Sunday” at Wimbledon, a day when competition stops and the tennis world slows down for a moment, a chance to rest and reset before the hustle and bustle of Week 2. But from 2022 on, Middle Sunday will
12:25 PM ET LONDON — Roger Federer‘s third-round match against Cameron Norrie on Centre Court had a familiar feel. Fans stood dressed in Federer regalia, some of whom held up a sign which read, “Federer is forever.” It was as if these fans were on a pilgrimage, following the 20-time Grand Slam champion with an
2:29 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Roger Federer reached the fourth round at Wimbledon for a record-extending 18th time on Saturday by beating Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 on Centre Court. The eight-time Wimbledon champion had a slight wobble in the third set when he missed two break points at 5-5 and was
11:55 AM ET Simon Cambers Nick Kyrgios had to retire after the second set of his third-round match with Felix Auger-Aliassime at Wimbledon on Saturday because of an abdominal injury, which is also likely to end his doubles partnership with Venus Williams at the All England Club. Kyrgios called the trainer and had a medical
10:18 AM ET ESPN News Services Coco Gauff is back into the second week of Wimbledon. The 17-year-old American matched her breakout result from 2019 by reaching the fourth round with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Kaja Juvan on Centre Court. Gauff finished with 21 winners and broke her opponent five times. Gauff will face
6:30 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Few people could understand what Coco Gauff was experiencing when she made a surprise run to the fourth round at Wimbledon in 2019 as a 15-year-old qualifier. But Alexandra Stevenson could. She can relate to what it’s like to be a teenager thrust into the spotlight on the sport’s grandest
8:10 PM ET This time Andy Murray‘s fuel and fortitude were not enough to see him into the next round under the floodlights. The three-time Grand Slam champion had the Wimbledon faithful daring to dream after two typically stoic performances to reach the third round, but he was left slipping and sliding around Centre Court
10:02 AM ET ESPN News Services LONDON — American Sloane Stephens‘ Wimbledon journey came to an end Friday after a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 defeat to wild card Liudmila Samsonova in the third round. The loss came after a brilliant opening-round win against No. 10-ranked Petra Kvitova. This is Samsonova’s first appearance at Wimbledon, and she
2:42 PM ET ESPN News Services LONDON — Roger Federer became the oldest man to reach the third round at Wimbledon in 46 years, winning every service game Thursday to extend his winning streak against Richard Gasquet to 11 matches, 7-6 (1), 6-1, 6-4. “I was really happy with my performance,” Federer told the crowd.
10:58 AM ET ESPN News Services WIMBLEDON, England — No. 3-seeded Elina Svitolina became the latest upset victim in the Wimbledon women’s draw when she lost in the second round Thursday to Magda Linette of Poland, who earned the biggest victory of her career, 6-3, 6-4. Eight of the top 11 players in the WTA
6:40 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Frances Tiafoe didn’t just think he had a chance to upset reigning French Open finalist and No. 3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in his first-round match at Wimbledon on Monday — he knew he could. “I woke up this morning like, ‘Yeah, I’m beating Stefanos,'” Tiafoe said after his 6-4, 6-4,
8:30 PM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — Trailing two sets to one against a German qualifier ranked No. 151 at Wimbledon on Wednesday evening, Andy Murray turned to the crowd and yelled one word: “Fight.” It’s a word that epitomizes Murray’s storied career, the kind of never-say-die attitude that brought him three Grand Slam titles,
9:22 AM ET ESPN News Services Bianca Andreescu, Belinda Bencic and Sofia Kenin were all upset at Wimbledon on Wednesday, while Venus Williams joined the top-10 players in exiting the All England Club. Alize Cornet upset Andreescu for the second time in two weeks by beating the fifth-seeded Canadian 6-2, 6-1 in the first round;
10:55 AM ET ESPN News Services The rematch of the 2018 Wimbledon final ended with another straight-sets win for Novak Djokovic. The top-ranked player delivered what he called an “almost flawless performance” in beating Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 on Centre Court to reach the third round. Djokovic never faced a break point and committed
8:05 PM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — The injury to Serena Williams, who retired midway through the first set of her match with Aliaksandra Sasnovich after twice slipping on the Centre Court grass in the same game, provoked headlines and questions. Is the Wimbledon grass more slippery than usual? Has anything changed? Is it just
4:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Roger Federer survived a tough opening-round test at Wimbledon on Tuesday, advancing via walkover after his opponent, Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, was injured while holding a lead of two sets to one and retired a few games later. Mannarino, playing on his 33rd birthday, won the second and third sets