The All England Club’s plans to expand into Wimbledon Park have been approved by the Greater London Authority. The decision taken by Jules Pipe, London’s deputy mayor for planning, means Wimbledon’s controversial proposal to build 39 new courts, including a new 8,000-seat show court, on the former Wimbledon Park Golf Club – and nearly triple…
Roger Federer believes tennis is in a safe place despite the 20-time Grand Slam champion harbouring a few gripes about the modern game. The 43-year-old is in Berlin for the Laver Cup – the Ryder Cup of tennis – where Team Europe will clash against Team World. With world No 1 Jannik Sinner and Spanish…
When Murray beat James Blake to win Queen’s in 2009, he became the first Briton to do so since 1938 but in his second major final in Australia in 2010, Federer once again shattered his dreams. In 2010, Murray collected two Masters 1000 titles in Toronto and Shanghai – both against Federer. Then followed a…
Rafael Nadal claimed one of the longest best-of-three set matches of all time – and the longest of the year – beating Mariano Navone 6-7 (7-2) 7-5 7-5 to reach the semi-finals at the Swedish Open in Bastad. Nadal struggled to maintain his best level for long periods in the match but dug in superbly…
It turned out to be a very good day for Spain on Sunday, starting off with 21-year-old Carlos Alcaraz and a straightforward straight sets win over Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final, a scoreline which was predicted earlier in the day by former Spanish international and big tennis fan Juan Mata. Some of the tennis…
Novak Djokovic conceded he was “inferior” in Sunday’s Wimbledon final defeat to Carlos Alcaraz but vowed to return to SW19 to fight another day. For the second year in succession, Djokovic suffered defeat in a Wimbledon final to 21-year-old Alcaraz, but whereas last year was a five-set epic which could have gone either way, 2024’s…
Carlos Alcaraz wiped the floor with Novak Djokovic in a one-sided Wimbledon final to land a second straight title at the All England Club on Sunday. Alcaraz now has four Grand Slams and a perfect record in major finals. The 21-year-old Spaniard has won back-to-back Wimbledon titles, the 2022 US Open and last month secured…
Henry Patten became the first British winner at the 2024 Wimbledon championships as he secured the men’s doubles title with Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara. Patten and Heliovaara completed a remarkable Wimbledon run in a tight three-set match. The pair had only teamed up in April, but dumped out a succession of seeds on the way…
Novak Djokovic is chasing history, and Carlos Alcaraz continues to lay down a marker for the changing of the guard as the pair meet again in a Wimbledon men’s singles final on Sunday. Djokovic is bidding to win a 25th Grand Slam title and claim the all-time record for the most Grand Slam titles, ahead…
Barbora Krejcikova sealed her maiden Wimbledon title after holding off Italian seventh seed Jasmine Paolini 6-2 2-6 6-4 on Centre Court on Saturday. The 28-year-old Czech squandered two match points in a tension-filled final game before taking her third to wrap up a famous victory in an hour and 56 minutes, adding the Venus Rosewater…
