The 36-year-old, speaking at a press conference in Mallorca, Spain, said that he will travel to London on Monday to play at the grand slam which he has won twice and will play depending on how his foot feels. “My intention is to try to play Wimbledon like I said after Paris, if there’s some […]
For one athlete to have so much success at a single event is wholly unprecedented, while Nadal has also set himself apart from Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic by winning 22 grand slam titles to his rivals’ 20. “There is no word to describe this feat,” Federer’s coach Ivan Ljubicic said after the Spaniard’s straight […]
Kyrgios, 27, had smashed his racquet after losing the opening set and later locked horns with the umpire after he was given a time violation for taking too long between points. The Australian continued his rant from his chair, arguing that he needed to wipe his hands before playing. “He said I was playing too […]
The USTA’s decision comes after Wimbledon became the first elite tennis event to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes. The men’s ATP and women’s WTA Tours later stripped the grand slam of its ranking points in response to the move. Instead of following Wimbledon’s lead, the US Open will adopt the approach used by the ATP […]
The pair beat Marie Bouzkova and Sara Sorribes Tormo 2-6 6-3 13-11 in the grass court warmup event, as Williams made her first appearance on a tennis court since retiring with a leg injury in the first round of last year’s Wimbledon. Following the win, the 23-time grand slam winner admitted that there were times […]
World No. 5 Tsitsipas was handed a $10,000 fine for unsportsmanlike conduct — the joint-highest single fine of the tournament so far. After the match, he apologized for hitting a ball into the stands, which is deemed a separate offense in the grand slam rulebook. Kyrgios, who won the match in four sets and faces […]
The Australian star beat home favorite Paul Jubb 3-6 6-1 7-5 6-7 (3-7) 7-5 in an entertaining match, but felt one supporter overstepped the mark in his heckling. After winning match point, Kyrgios turned towards one of the stands and spat on the floor as he made his way to the net. When asked by […]
For the Ukrainians competing at SW19, however, the war never truly leaves them. On Wednesday, Anhelina Kalinina will face Lesia Tsurenko in an all-Ukrainian second-round match they hope can draw attention to the continued plight of their country. Since Russia began its war in Ukraine in February, millions of refugees have fled Ukraine to neighboring […]
Kyrgios beat Tsitsipas in four sets — 6-7(2) 6-4 6-3 7-6(7) — in an action-packed, controversial game on Court One but the pair continued the feud at their post-match press conferences. Tsitsipas had been frustrated by Kyrgios’ “constant bullying” from the other side of the net and had tried to hit his opponent with a […]
On the first day of action at Wimbledon, Djokovic opened play under the roof of Centre Court in a bid to win his fourth straight title at SW19 and first grand slam of the year. The top seed’s victory against Kwon was perhaps not as routine as some expected. First, he came from a break […]