10:41 AM ET Associated Press Jelena Ostapenko and Alex de Minaur tuned up for Wimbledon in the best way possible, winning the first grass-court titles of their careers at the Eastbourne tournament on Saturday. Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open champion and a wild-card entry in Eastbourne, collected her first WTA trophy since 2019 and fourth
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8:29 AM ET Simon Cambers Roger Federer says he will make a final decision on whether to play in this summer’s Olympics only after he sees how he performs at Wimbledon. “With the team we decided we’re going to reassess the situation after Wimbledon because … obviously if I play really good here or really
8:24 AM ET Simon Cambers World No 1 Ash Barty says she goes into Wimbledon inspired by the 50th anniversary of fellow Australian Evonne Goolagong’s first Wimbledon triumph. The Australian, who will begin her title bid on Tuesday after recovering from the hip injury she suffered at the French Open, will be wearing a special
6:40 PM ET Associated Press Novak Djokovic said he has been speaking to top women tennis pros, including Serena Williams, about the players’ association that he and Vasek Pospisil founded in the hopes of gaining “more access and more transparency” — and a larger cut of the sport’s revenues. “You start to realize that the
1:51 PM ET Former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko overpowered Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina 6-4, 6-1 on Friday to set up an all-Baltic title decider against Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit at the Eastbourne grasscourt tournament. Latvia’s Ostapenko, who took a wildcard for the warm up tournament ahead of next week’s Wimbledon, raced out of the blocks to
8:23 AM ET Simon Cambers This year’s Wimbledon draw created the delicious possibility of another final between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, two years after their epic clash when Djokovic saved two match points before winning his fifth title. It also produced a number of intriguing early matches and put Serena Williams on a semifinal
12:21 PM ET World No. 5 Dominic Thiem has pulled out of Wimbledon due to a right wrist injury that will keep him out of action for several weeks, the 27-year-old said on Thursday. Thiem was forced to retire from his opening match at the Mallorca Open on Tuesday — the Austrian’s first grasscourt event
11:24 AM ET Italian qualifier Camila Giorgi continued her impressive form at the Eastbourne championships by removing top seed Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Giorgi, a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in 2018, used her aggressive game to claim a 7-6(5), 0-6 6-4 victory and set up a semifinal against Estonian Anett Kontaveit. 1 Related
6:06 AM ET Two-time Olympic gold medalist Andy Murray will defend his tennis title at the Tokyo Olympics, after being named in Team GB’s squad on Thursday. Murray, 34, will join Neal Skupski, Dan Evans, Joe Salisbury, Heather Watson and Johanna Konta in the line up. Last week, Murray, the world No. 119, was knocked
11:43 AM ET American teenager Coco Gauff’s Wimbledon preparations suffered a blip as she bowed out of the Eastbourne tournament on Wednesday, losing to Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. Sevastova, who is world No. 64, broke Gauff’s serve to claim the first set. The American hit back soon after, edging the second set to