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
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5:07 PM ET LONDON — There has been little on-court respect given to age, reputation and rankings at this year’s Wimbledon. Young breakthrough players are knocking over their heroes, wonderfully astonished at their own achievement. Some then give the steely-eyed stare as they talk resolutely about their chances of success. Others, like Felix Auger-Aliassime, just
11:03 AM ET ESPN News Services LONDON — Former tennis star John McEnroe is being criticized for his reaction on the BBC’s broadcast to British teenager Emma Raducanu‘s mid-match retirement at Wimbledon. McEnroe, a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, appears as an analyst on the host country’s television coverage at the All England Club. McEnroe
6:20 PM ET The early May ATP rankings were revelatory for reasons both obvious and subtle. The big, screaming headliner was Daniil Medvedev becoming the first player from outside of tennis’s long-term Big Four — Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Andy Murray — to crack the top two in nearly 16 years. The second
5:48 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Coco Gauff arrived at Wimbledon in 2019 largely unknown by mainstream sports fans. She left it a global superstar, known simply by one name, thanks to her improbable run to the fourth round as well as her teenage exuberance and endearing interviews. Having skyrocketed up the rankings since, and coming
10:42 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Karen Khachanov held off Sebastian Korda, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 10-8, on Monday to advance to his first Wimbledon quarterfinals. Korda, who turned 21 on Monday, had been the last American man remaining in the draw. The fourth-round match featured 13 breaks of serve — a record for combined breaks
2:00 PM ET ESPN staff Expect the unexpected? Well, that has certainly been the case at Wimbledon this year. With six of the top 10 players out of the tournament, it’s anyone’s game among the remaining 16 on the women’s side of the draw. On the men’s side, things are lining up for Novak Djokovic
8:00 AM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — It is one of the oldest traditions in sport: “Middle Sunday” at Wimbledon, a day when competition stops and the tennis world slows down for a moment, a chance to rest and reset before the hustle and bustle of Week 2. But from 2022 on, Middle Sunday will
9:39 AM ET Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — Crowds at Wimbledon’s Centre Court and No. 1 Court can increase to 100% capacity for the singles quarterfinals through the end of the tournament. The All England Club said Sunday that will mark “the first full outdoor stadiums at a sporting event” in Britain since the start
6:23 AM ET Andy Murray was left questioning his future in tennis after suffering a third-round exit to Denis Shapovalov at Wimbledon. The straight-sets defeat was Murray’s worst at the Championship, as he lost 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to No. 10 seed on Friday. The two-time Wimbledon champion had already battled through his first two rounds,