French player who beat Serena reaches 4th round at Wimbledon
Whether her opponents are tournament favorites or crowd favorites, Harmony Tan keeps knocking them out of Wimbledon.
Tennis
Hampered Nadal tops Fritz to extend Grand Slam win streak to 19 matches
With much of the crowd roaring and standing after Nadal’s best strokes, he twice erased one-set deficits against the 11th-seeded Fritz and emerged with 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (10-4) victory Wednesday to reach his eighth semifinal at the All England Club.
‘Most stressful thing’ in tennis creates angst at Wimbledon
At Wimbledon, the Grand Slam tournament that concludes Sunday, there is an additional — and unprecedented — source of angst: No one is earning any ranking points at all.
Djokovic erases two-set deficit to win 26th straight Wimbledon match
Wimbledon quarterfinalist Nick Kyrgios due in court in Australia
Wimbledon appealing fine from women’s tour over Russia ban
Quieter, calmer Kyrgios returns to Wimbledon quarters years later
Wimbledon wild-card entry steals set, not win, from Djokovic
Gauff has an off day, and gets eliminated from Wimbledon
Most American men reach Wimbledon’s third round since 1995
There will be eight Americans in the third round, accounting for a quarter of the 32 players left in the Wimbledon field, the most for the country at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament since 1995. It’s also the most at any major since the 1996 U.S. Open.
British native Murray’s Wimbledon stay cut short by Isner
Unable to overcome big John Isner’s big serves, the way he always has in the past, the revered Andy Murray lost in the second round to the 20th-seeded American 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-4 on Wednesday night at the All England Club.
Serena Williams upset at Wimbledon in first match in a year
Returning to the site of her last singles match and seven of her major championships, the 40-year-old Serena Williams came within two points of victory. But she could not finish the job against an opponent making her Wimbledon debut.