Articles filed under Tennis
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Venus Williams is back in tennis and wishes Serena would come out of retirement to join the funJul 20, 2025 12:55 pm - WASHINGTON — Venus Williams is back on the tennis scene, ready to compete for the first time in more than a year, and while she smiled or laughed frequently Sunday while ...
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Swiatek's 6-0, 6-0 win over Anisimova delivers her her first Wimbledon title, 6th majorJul 12, 2025 3:09 pm - Iga Swiatek has won her first Wimbledon championship with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Amanda Anisimova in the final. Saturday's victory at the All England Club took just 57 minutes and gave Swiatek her sixth Grand Slam title overall. She is now 6-0 in major title matches.
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Amanda Anisimova or Iga Swiatek will be Wimbledon's eighth consecutive first-time women's championJul 11, 2025 6:59 pm - Either Amanda Anisimova or Iga Swiatek will leave the All England Club's grass courts as Wimbledon's eighth consecutive first-time women's champion. They will play in the final on Saturday. Swiatek has won five Grand Slam titles but never been to the final at Wimbledon before. Anisimova is making her debut in a major title match.
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Her school dropped her tennis program, but Haber happy with how it worked out in the endJul 09, 2025 4:45 pm - Rolling Meadows graduate Hanna Haber has weathered the loss of her college tennis program and looks positively toward a fresh start at Colorado State.
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Novak Djokovic reaches a record 14th Wimbledon semifinal and faces No. 1 Jannik Sinner nextJul 09, 2025 3:53 pm - Novak Djokovic has reached the Wimbledon semifinals for a men's-record 14th time as he pursues his unprecedented 25th title from all Grand Slam tournaments. Djokovic beat Flavio Cobolli 6-7 (6), 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 on Wednesday to set up a showdown against No. 1 Jannik Sinner for a berth in the final. Sinner eliminated Ben Shelton 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4 and didn't play like someone dealing with an injured right elbow.
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Sabalenka gets past Siegemund and faces Anisimova in the Wimbledon semifinals. Fritz vs. AlcarazJul 08, 2025 7:33 pm - LONDON — Aryna Sabalenka was having a hard time dealing with her Wimbledon quarterfinal opponent's unusual game style. The mistakes were mounting Tuesday. The stress was ...
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Wimbledon: Djokovic, Shelton, Sinner, Swiatek and 18-year-old Mirra Andreeva reach the quarterfinalsJul 07, 2025 6:30 pm - LONDON — Right before Wimbledon began, Novak Djokovic declared it was the tournament that gave him the best chance to claim an unprecedented 25th Grand Slam singles troph...
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Emma Navarro beats defending Wimbledon champ Barbora Krejcikova. There will be a first-time winnerJul 05, 2025 5:49 pm - Defending Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova lost to No. 10 seed Emma Navarro 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the third round to extend a recent run of one-and-done winners at the All England Club.Krejcikova faded in the third set, getting her blood pressure checked at the changeover after Navarro broke her to lead 3-2 at No. 1 Court.
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Wimbledon: Jannik Sinner has dropped just 17 games so far. Krejcikova loses and Djokovic winsJul 05, 2025 5:14 pm - As well as Jannik Sinner is playing at Wimbledon at the moment, he doesn't appear to need much in the way of help. Still, he got some when his third-round opponent, Pedro Martinez, was dealing with a problematic shoulder and often put in first serves at so-so speeds.
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Wimbledon: No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka holds off home favorite Emma Raducanu at Centre CourtJul 04, 2025 4:38 pm - Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka staved off an upset bid by resurgent Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon by beating the home favorite 7-6 (6), 6-4 in the third-round at a raucous Centre Court. Sabalenka, a two-time semifinalist at the All England Club, fought back in both sets against the the 2021 U.S. Open champion, who had been playing some of her best tennis since her title run at Flushing Meadows as a qualifier at age 18.