Tennis

Associated Press Jul 11, 2023, 03:33 PM ET WIMBLEDON, England — Novak Djokovic tied Roger Federer’s record of 46 men’s Grand Slam semifinals by getting to that round at Wimbledon with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Andrey Rublev on Tuesday. More importantly, Djokovic moved closer to a fifth consecutive championship at the All

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterJul 11, 2023, 02:15 PM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). LONDON — Tuesday’s quarterfinal between Elina Svitolina and world No. 1 Iga Swiatek was a

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 11, 2023, 09:21 AM ET Christopher Eubanks stood by the microphone on No. 2 Court as 4,000 spectators crammed in the stands, watched. “You’ve just beaten your first top-5 player, you’re on debut here at Wimbledon, and now you’re in your first ever Grand Slam quarterfinal,” Jenny Drummond, the on-court reporter,

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJul 10, 2023, 05:21 PM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Rain defined the opening days of Wimbledon, but drama has taken over since. We’ve seen high-impact, final-set match tiebreakers — Elina Svitolina over Victoria Azarenka, Holger Rune over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Lesia Tsurenko over Ana Bogdan.

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 10, 2023, 01:49 PM ET Madison Keys was one point away from trailing 6-3, 5-1 in her fourth round match against Mirra Andreeva on Monday. Her Wimbledon quarterfinal hopes looked all but dashed and it appeared she would be the next to fall to the 16-year-old prodigy. But Keys had other

Jul 10, 2023, 08:59 AM ET LONDON — Mirra Andreeva‘s fairy-tale Wimbledon debut came to an end after the 16-year-old from Russia was beaten 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 by Madison Keys, who battled back from a set and a break down to win the fourth-round tie on Monday. World No. 102 Andreeva, who was looking

Associated Press Jul 9, 2023, 03:59 PM ET WIMBLEDON, England — Top-seeded Iga Swiatek saved two match points Sunday and reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time with a 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-3 victory over Belinda Bencic at Centre Court. Swiatek extended her unbeaten run to 14 matches, which includes claiming her fourth

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJul 9, 2023, 12:31 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 LONDON — Frances Tiafoe’s friends and family hoped to celebrate his feat of reaching the top 10 in

ESPN News Services Jul 8, 2023, 01:30 PM ET Aryna Sabalenka was back on her A-game Saturday as she kept up her perfect record against Russian Anna Blinkova with a 6-2, 6-3 victory in the third round of Wimbledon. A day after the Belarusian player was screaming in frustration against Varvara Gracheva, the Australian Open

ESPN News Services Jul 8, 2023, 01:13 PM ET It wasn’t easy, but top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz is moving on at Wimbledon with a 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-5 win over Nicolas Jarry. The world No. 1 was frequently on the ropes against Jarry, but always managed to find another gear as he wrapped up the

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJul 8, 2023, 09:27 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Every tournament has favorites. Rarely does a tennis tournament have someone who’s favored against the rest of the field combined. Then again, rarely is a player as dominant as Novak Djokovic has been at Wimbledon. Editor’s

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJul 7, 2023, 05:03 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 LONDON — Andy Murray felt a bit on edge ahead of Wimbledon. “When I walk out onto Centre

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 7, 2023, 04:49 PM ET Christopher Eubanks rested his hands atop his head, appearing to be almost in disbelief, as he walked back to the center of No. 1 Court. Seconds later, he raised them in victory as the crowd stood on its feet and roared in ovation. He had just

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJul 7, 2023, 01:40 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 LONDON — Andy Murray‘s Wimbledon journey finished in the second round after Stefanos Tsitsipas prevailed in a two-day,

ESPN News Services Jul 6, 2023, 12:14 PM ET LONDON — Liam Broady thrilled a partisan Centre Court crowd Thursday as he became the first British man to defeat a top-four seed at Wimbledon since 2013 with his upset victory over No. 4 Casper Ruud. After winning the first set, Broady, a wild card who

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJul 6, 2023, 05:50 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 LONDON — Andy Murray‘s bid to reach the third round of Wimbledon was halted by a local council

ESPN News Services Jul 6, 2023, 02:51 PM ET LONDON — Defending champion Elena Rybakina booked her place in the Wimbledon third round but only after surviving a torrid second set against experienced Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, who needed a medical timeout after slipping late in Thursday’s contest. Also on Thursday, Russian qualifier Mirra Andreeva went

Associated Press Jul 5, 2023, 09:06 PM ET American tennis player Jenson Brooksby accepted a provisional suspension from the International Tennis Integrity Agency on Wednesday after being accused of missing three doping tests in a 12-month period, he told The Associated Press. “Taking the provisional suspension is the best decision that we have to make