4:29 PM ET Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — Desirae Krawczyk of the United States won a second straight Grand Slam title in mixed doubles by beating her usual partner in the Wimbledon final on Sunday. Krawczyk and Neal Skupski of Britain beat all-British duo Joe Salisbury and Harriet Dart 6-2, 7-6 (1) on Centre Court.
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12:59 PM ET LONDON — Novak Djokovic’s calendar Grand Slam dream is on track after he fought off the valiant Matteo Berrettini 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 on Centre Court to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title on Sunday. Having already won the Australian Open and French Open, Djokovic dropped just two sets over the
2:17 PM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — It’s been more than half a century since the great Australian Rod Laver won all four majors in the same year — Wimbledon, US Open, French Open and Australian Open — for the calendar-year Grand Slam. No man since has come close — until now. Novak Djokovic‘s 6-7
10:03 PM ET Associated Press Naomi Osaka returned to the spotlight for the first time since withdrawing from the French Open in May and skipping Wimbledon, posing on the red carpet at The ESPYS on Saturday night. The world’s highest-paid female athlete faced a slew of photographers in New York, with one being heard urging
5:12 AM ET Kathleen McNamee LONDON — Matteo Berrettini is playing in his first major final. Novak Djokovic is playing in his 30th. But don’t doubt the Italian’s place at the table at Wimbledon. “I got to say: I didn’t pick Berrettini to get to the final but I’m not that surprised,” ESPN analyst Patrick
4:10 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Ash Barty made her intentions known before Wimbledon began. “One day, I would love to be the champion here,” Barty said late last month, three days before her first-round match. “It’s a dream. It’s a goal.” A lifelong student of the game, Barty has been enamored by the tradition and
12:45 PM ET ESPN staff After a hiatus last year, we have finally reached our first Wimbledon final since 2019 with world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty taking on Karolina Pliskova in a tantalizing battle. There has been a renewed sense of excitement about the courts over the past two weeks as fans returned to the
3:59 PM ET Simon Cambers When Denis Shapovalov stepped out to play Novak Djokovic in the semifinals at Wimbledon on Friday, the Canadian knew that to win he would probably have to play near-perfect tennis and take his chances. For long periods of an enthralling battle on Centre Court, he managed the first task with
2:24 PM ET LONDON — For the first time in Wimbledon history, Italy has a contender in the men’s singles final. Matteo Berrettini was struggling for words on the court as he attempted to contemplate what he had achieved. First, there was the exhaustion and relief from beating the valiant Hubert Hurkacz in four sets
7:00 AM ET LONDON — The Wimbledon men’s singles title is Novak Djokovic‘s to lose, at least according to the game’s greats. He has been the clear favorite from the start of the tournament, and having dropped just one set ahead of his 41st Grand Slam semifinal, it’s going to take something truly remarkable to
10:12 AM ET ESPN staff Novak Djokovic has been the heavy favorite to win it all at Wimbledon. And heading into the men’s semifinals (Friday, 8 a.m. ET on ESPN, ESPN App), he is on the cusp of his 20th career Grand Slam singles title. Can first-time Slam semifinalist Denis Shapovalov pull off the upset?
2:49 PM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — As a girl growing up in Queensland, Ash Barty dreamt of one day competing on the biggest stage, playing a match in her mind for Wimbledon glory. On Saturday, she will get the chance to do it for real when she plays former world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova
12:40 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com It was the first day of the 2021 French Open, and three-time major champion Angelique Kerber had just come off the court after her latest disappointing loss. It was her third consecutive first-round exit at a Grand Slam, and she had won just eight matches all year. Kerber, 33, confessed
3:30 PM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — For all of the incredible achievements Roger Federer has managed in his incredible career, his exit from Wimbledon on Wednesday was a sad way to go out. But in some ways, watching the eight-time champion drift away, well beaten by a younger, faster man, was a reminder of
11:16 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — For about 20 minutes Wednesday at Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic was not quite his indomitable, infallible self. After racing to a 5-0 lead at the outset, he dropped three consecutive games to his unheralded quarterfinal opponent, 48th-ranked Marton Fucsovics. He wasted five set points in the process, too. Soon
7:00 PM ET ESPN staff Three of the top eight seeds in the women’s draw advanced to the Wimbledon semifinals. The other semifinalist just so happens to be a three-time Grand Slam champion. While second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka will square off against No. 8 seed Karolina Pliskova, top-seeded Ash Barty will take on Angelique Kerber, who
4:15 PM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — As Ash Barty has made her way through the draw at Wimbledon, her every move has been followed back home in Australia in microscopic detail. Fifty years after Evonne Goolagong won the first of her two Wimbledon titles, Barty has been front and center in newspapers and on
12:54 PM ET LONDON — World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev was left with few answers to lingering questions after he suffered his fourth-round defeat to Hubert Hurkacz at Wimbledon on Tuesday. While the 24-year-old Polish victor’s eyes were brimming with tears on Centre Court as he tried to pick through his remarkable 2-6, 7-6 (2),