Wimbledon, Anisimova and Grand Slam
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Iga Swiatek bulldozed her way to a maiden Wimbledon title on Saturday to take her Grand Slam tally to six and although the Pole preferred not to rank her wins, she said her latest one felt a little more special than the others.
Nigel, an old hand at the etiquette of Wimbledon queues, recalls camping on the streets before getting in to see John McEnroe win his first men’s singles title in 1981, in the days when ‘The Queue’ wasn’t the organized snaking line of thousands it is today.
Legendary tennis star and pundit John McEnroe has revealed the three most talented players who've never won any of the sport's Grand Slam tournaments. McEnroe is a former world number one and collected no fewer than seven majors during his career.
Japan's Tokito Oda triumphed in the men's wheelchair singles at Wimbledon by defeating home favourite Alfie Hewett of Great Britain
The Wimbledon Championships 2025 take place at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London with the women’s final broadcasting live across ESPN on Saturday, July 12. The match start at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET. Meanwhile, every match can be found on ESPN+ .
Grand Slams are the pinnacle of tennis. Winning seven matches in a tournament in the best-of-five format for men is considered the ultimate test in the sport.
The No. 13 seed stunned No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, to reach her first major final at Wimbledon. She will face either No. 8 Iga Switaek -- who routed unseeded Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-0, – in Saturday’s championship. Swiatek will be bidding for her sixth major singles titles, and Anisimova her first.
The Grand Slam tennis circuit features the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open. Which men and women have taken home the most titles?
LONDON (Reuters) -Eighth seeds Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens fought back from a set down to win their first Grand Slam as a pair, beating Hsieh Su-Wei and Jelena Ostapenko 3-6 6-2 6-4 in the Wimbledon women's doubles final on Sunday.