Category: Tennis

The world’s best tennis players have arrived in London ahead of the sport’s crown jewel over the next two weeks, as the 2024 Wimbledon Championships from the All England Club get started Monday, July 1. Edition 137 of tennis’ oldest, proudest and most prestigious grand slam event is all set to be one of the...

Twelve months ago, Emma Raducanu’s Wimbledon experience consisted of making hospitality appearances for her sponsors. The 21-year-old Briton missed her home Grand Slam after surgeries on both wrists and an ankle, but returns this year with a smile on her face on the back of some encouraging form. “It was really hard last year because...

PA Media Jack Draper leaves the practice courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club ahead of the Wimbledon championships Jack Draper, 22, who was born in Sutton, south London, is set to begin his Wimbledon Championships campaign amidst huge excitement and expectation after the winning streak that made him the British number...

Sabalenka proved in January that she was no ‘one-Slam wonder’. A second straight Australian Open title, won without dropping a set, showed she had stamped out the inconsistencies that hampered her early career. She has come within touching distance of a Wimbledon final in her last two appearances, but let slip a one-set lead against...

Raducanu went into Wednesday’s match having never won a set against a top-10 player, let alone beaten one. Pegula was fresh from winning the Berlin Open on Sunday and asserted control early in both of the first two sets. Despite looking laboured at times, Raducanu clawed back from 4-1 down in the first before Pegula...

‘It is a dream for me’published at 17:24 17:24 Alcaraz 6-2 6-2 7-6 (7-4) Djokovic Carlos Alcaraz speaking after winning his second Wimbledon title: “Honestly, it is a dream for me winning this trophy. I did an interview when I was 11 and I said my dream is to win Wimbledon. I want it to...

‘Compelling on and off court’ – a decade on tour with Murraypublished at 22:00 6 July 22:00 6 July Russell FullerTennis correspondent What is Andy Murray really like? It is a question I am frequently asked. Driven, passionate, emotional, resilient and potty-mouthed are all adjectives regular Murray watchers could turn to. Mischievous, funny, loyal, polite...

The Lexus British Open Roehampton is the world’s premier standalone grass court wheelchair tennis tournament. It’s the second ITF-sanctioned world ranking event to take place during a new-look grass court wheelchair tennis season that will conclude with the men’s, women’s and quad wheelchair events at The Championships, Wimbledon. The Lexus British Open Roehampton has ITF...

Both players will be seeded at Wimbledon for the first time, a reward for their fine progress over recent months. The leading 32 players are given a Grand Slam seeding, meaning they cannot face another seed until the third round. Boulter is 32nd in the world rankings having helped consolidate her position by retaining her...

Jack Draper is Britain’s new No 1 after rising above Cameron Norrie in the rankings, but who is the 22-year-old bright tennis prospect from Sutton and can he win Wimbledon? Having missed the entire grass-court swing last year because of injury, Draper’s preparations for this year’s Wimbledon saw him pick up his first ATP Tour...

Britain’s Jack Draper is through to the quarter-finals at the Queen’s Club Championships, after a stunning defeat of defending champion Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 6-3. A tight first set with no break points saw Draper excel in a tie-break to clinch it 7-3 and claim the opening set, before storming through the second to lead 5-2...