12:58 PM ET Manoj BhagavatulaESPN Australia’s Ashleigh Barty defeated Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3 to win the women’s singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday. Here are the best stats from a final that went the distance — 1 Barty is the first Australian woman to win Wimbledon since her mentor Evonne Goolagong

11:47 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — The victories keep adding up for Novak Djokovic: 20 in a row at Wimbledon since the start of the 2018 tournament, 20 in a row in all Grand Slam matches since the start of this season. Make both of those streaks reach 21 on Sunday, and Djokovic will

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

2:49 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

6:30 PM ET Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics, saying playing without spectators “doesn’t feel right”. Kyrgios says an abdominal injury was also a factor in withdrawing from the Games starting on July 23. “It’s a decision I didn’t take lightly,” Kyrgios posted on Twitter on Friday. Just hours

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

10:32 AM ET Tennis star Naomi Osaka, who sat out Wimbledon this year and withdrew from the French Open in the wake of a controversy surrounding her decision to skip mandatory postmatch news conferences, is among the athletes scheduled to attend The ESPYS on Saturday in New York. The 23-year-old Osaka, who has said she

10:40 PM ET Manoj BhagavatulaESPN Novak Djokovic booked his place in the semifinals at Wimbledon on Wednesday, while Roger Federer‘s run at the tournament came to an end. In the women’s draw, top two seeds Ashleigh Barty and Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the last four, as did Karolina Pliskova and Angelique Kerber. Here are the

3:24 PM ET LONDON — Roger Federer will take time in the next couple of days to plan his future after losing in straight sets at Wimbledon on Wednesday in a men’s singles quarterfinal to Hubert Hurkacz, but he said he has no immediate plans to retire. Federer, 39, lost 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-0 and

11:16 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Novak Djokovic reached his 10th semifinal at Wimbledon and 41st at a major tournament with a straight-sets victory over unseeded Marton Fucsovics. Djokovic won 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on a windy, cloudy afternoon at Centre Court to continue his pursuit of a sixth championship at the All England Club