Tennis

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 11, 2024, 11:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Nine players were out of the competition before play even began at the All England Club. Four women and five men withdrew from Wimbledon with injuries in the seven days between the start of qualifying and the start of the

Associated Press Jul 10, 2024, 02:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Lorenzo Musetti threw his head back and spread his arms wide to celebrate reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon then covered his face with both hands. His 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Taylor Fritz on Wednesday

ESPN News Services Jul 10, 2024, 10:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Barbora Krejcikova reached her first Wimbledon semifinal under blue skies on Wednesday with a 6-4, 7-6 (4) win over Latvian 13th seed Jelena Ostapenko in the battle of past French Open champions. The Czech 31st seed kept her composure from

Dana Lee, ESPNJul 10, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close Dana Lee is a reporter-researcher at ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Gotham Chopra is the director of “In the Arena: Serena Williams,” an eight-part docuseries that examines Williams’ most formative moments on and off the court and features firsthand perspective from the 23-time Grand Slam (singles) winner.

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 10, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In the new ESPN+ documentary series “In the Arena: Serena Williams,” premiering Wednesday, Williams and those who know her best reflect on her legendary career and share behind-the-scenes insight into her most memorable moments. Here is a sneak peek at a few of

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 9, 2024, 04:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — For one set and two games on Tuesday afternoon, it looked as if Tommy Paul was on his way to becoming the first American man to reach the Wimbledon semifinals since 2018. After a tightly contested opening set on No.

ESPN News Services Jul 9, 2024, 01:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Top-seeded Jannik Sinner was treated by a trainer and left the court during the third set, seemingly surged in the fourth and then faltered again in the fifth, eventually losing to Daniil Medvedev 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 9, 2024, 10:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Morgan Riddle, the girlfriend of Taylor Fritz and a fashion influencer, issued a statement Tuesday after her Instagram posts went viral Monday following Fritz’s five-set comeback victory over Alexander Zverev in the fourth round at Wimbledon. In the first post,

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 8, 2024, 08:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — After an emotional start at the All England Club with Andy Murray’s final matches, we’ve officially reached the quarterfinals. There have been some surprising results, injuries and upsets — including the first-round exit of defending champion Marketa Vondrousova and upsets

Associated Press Jul 8, 2024, 05:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Maybe the Centre Court spectators were saluting Novak Djokovic‘s opponent by saying his name. Maybe they were booing Djokovic, trying to rattle him. The 24-time Grand Slam champion was sure it was the latter — and he let everyone know he was

Associated Press Jul 8, 2024, 09:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — The All England Club isn’t worried about fans skipping Wimbledon because of England’s run in soccer’s European Championship. The rain is another story, though. Week 1 attendance was down by 3.7% from last year as rain interrupted play on several days

Jul 8, 2024, 03:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Emma Raducanu speaking at her news conference after being eliminated from Wimbledon. JOE TOTH/POOL/AELTC/AFP via Getty Images Emma Raducanu on Sunday defended her decision to withdraw from the mixed doubles at Wimbledon which curtailed Andy Murray‘s career at his home Grand Slam. Murray and Raducanu, Britain’s last

Simon Cambers Jul 7, 2024, 06:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — First Aryna Sabalenka withdrew before the tournament began because of injury, then world No. 1 Iga Swiatek went out on Saturday. Now on Sunday, Coco Gauff saw her hopes of winning a first Wimbledon title dashed when she lost 6-3, 6-4

Associated Press Jul 7, 2024, 11:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — French Open runner-up Jasmine Paolini reached her first Wimbledon quarterfinal when Madison Keys had to retire with a leg injury at 5-5 in the third set of their fourth-round match Sunday. Keys had served for the match at 5-2 in the

ESPN News Services Jul 6, 2024, 05:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Novak Djokovic shrugged off a slow start to power past unseeded Australian Alexei Popyrin 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(3) and into the Wimbledon fourth round Saturday. Djokovic’s bid for a record-extending 25th Grand Slam title looked under threat when Popyrin took a

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 6, 2024, 02:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Iga Swiatek‘s quest to conquer grass will have to wait another year. On Saturday, the five-time major champion and world No. 1 was defeated in the third round at Wimbledon by Yulia Putinseva 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. Swiatek looked to be on her way

Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 10:39 AM ET LONDON — Vic Seixas, a Wimbledon winner and tennis Hall of Famer who was the oldest living Grand Slam champion, has died at the age of 100. The International Tennis Hall of Fame announced Seixas’ death on Saturday based on confirmation from his daughter, Tori. It said

Jul 5, 2024, 02:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Second-seeded Coco Gauff ended the dream run of British qualifier Sonay Kartal as the American marched into the fourth round of Wimbledon with a 6-4, 6-0 victory on Friday. Gauff was pushed hard by a player who began the week ranked 298th in