Tennis

Jul 18, 2023, 05:21 AM ET Novak Djokovic has been fined $8,000 for smashing his racket against the net post during his defeat to Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday’s Wimbledon men’s singles final. The 36-year-old reacted angrily after he failed to break Alcaraz and lost his own service game during the fifth set of the match.
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Associated Press Jul 17, 2023, 05:48 PM ET PALERMO, Sicily — Second-seeded Qinwen Zheng eased past Sara Errani with a double bagel in the opening round of the Palermo Open on Monday. Having beaten the Italian 6-0, 6-0, the Chinese player will next face France’s Diane Parry, who eliminated another Italian in qualifier Aurora Zantedeschi
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Jul 17, 2023, 03:42 PM ET New Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, who broke into the women’s top 10 Monday, plans to celebrate her win by getting a matching strawberry tattoo alongside her coach. The 24-year-old Czech player rose 32 places to 10th in the new WTA rankings after winning her first Grand Slam title with
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Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterJul 16, 2023, 01:52 PM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). LONDON — In a brilliant, gutsy performance Sunday in the Wimbledon final, world No. 1
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Associated Press Jul 16, 2023, 05:58 PM ET LONDON — Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan and Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic won their second Wimbledon doubles title as a pairing by beating Elise Mertens of Belgium and Storm Hunter of Australia 7-5, 6-4 Sunday on Centre Court. Hsieh converted their second match point with a
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Associated Press Jul 16, 2023, 10:28 AM ET WIMBLEDON, England — Tokito Oda became the youngest man to win a Wimbledon singles title in any discipline after defeating Alfie Hewett in the men’s wheelchair final on Sunday. The 17-year-old Japanese player won 6-4, 6-2 on No. 1 Court to earn his second straight Grand Slam
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Associated Press Jul 15, 2023, 10:37 AM ET LONDON — Marketa Vondrousova became the lowest-ranked woman to win Wimbledon, defeating 2022 runner-up Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-4 in the final Saturday. Vondrousova is a 24-year-old left-hander from the Czech Republic who is ranked 42nd and was the first unseeded woman to play for the title at
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