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So thank the lord for the closed roof on Centre Court and Court No 1, and discussions of the temperature and ball-flight therein. And by the looks of it, rain, even if “mostly cloudy” is the forecast on the official website. It would have been reasonable to assume that such a scenario would suggest a significant change at the top of the sport but Djokovic and Nadal are the main protagonists atWimbledonfor another year. He held his serve for the first game against Andujar, and gets chance for an early break, and one he gobbles up. It’s heavy, and the covers are on across the campus. That’s saved by an overhead by Andujar, but who double faults to hand over another, makes a bizarre, failed Hawkeye challenge on his second serve, then clunks a forehand into the ether to hand over the first set.

LONDON - Novak Djokovic begins his bid to match Pete Sampras as a seven-time Wimbledon champion on Monday, with British Grand Slam title winners Andy Murray ...

The Spaniard has already collected the Australian Open and French Open this year to put himself halfway to a first men's calendar Grand Slam since 1969. Murray, the Wimbledon champion in 2013 and 2016, is unseeded this year but remains a dangerous floater in the draw. Ruud has lost in the first round on his two appearances at the tournament. In retaliation for the ban, the ATP and WTA tours have stripped Wimbledon of ranking points. After a cancelled edition due to the pandemic in 2020 and a reduced capacity tournament last year, Wimbledon returns to full house crowds for 2022. Also adding fuel to the Djokovic fire is the chance to win a fourth successive Wimbledon title and join a select group.

The third Grand Slam of the year prepares to get underway today as men's singles reigning champion Novak Djokovic and British no.1 Emma Raducanu look to get ...

Carlos Taberner vs Reilly Opelka (15) Jan-Lennard Struff vs Carlos Alcaraz (5) Elsewhere, Emma Raducanu will be eager to continue her remarkable rise.

Wimbledon's opening day has resumed at 13:09 local time on Monday in London following an interruption due to rain.

Centre Court and Court 1 at the All England Lawn Tennis Club are both fitted with a roof, meaning their schedules will commence as planned regardless of the weather. After delay of one hour, 29 minutes, British No. 1 Cameron Norrie resumes his first-round clash against Pablo Andujar leading 6-0, 0-1. The opening day’s play at Wimbledon has resumed at 1:09 p.m. local time on Monday in London following an interruption due to rain.

Serena Williams already is the greatest women's tennis player ever. So why is she still trying to play at 40 years old after missing the past year due to a ...

I'm only playing half of the court, but I've been doing a lot of training, and so it definitely feels good,” Williams told reporters later. I really took my time with my hamstring injury, so I'm just not making a ton of decisions after this." Not only that, but Williams hasn’t won a major tournament since the Australian Open five years ago. Hey, we’re going there to beat Serena, after all.” She combines flair with skill. No question, Serena Williams is the greatest women’s tennis player ever.

The world's most famous queue began streaming into the All England Club on Monday as the gates opened at the start of the 135th edition of the Wimbledon ...

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Wimbledon 2022 is underway, with tennis fans hoping for a thriller of a tournament after a difficult few years at SW19. The 2020 competition was cancelled ...

In total, 48 tins of balls are taken onto each court every day. The balls are changed after the first seven games of a match and then after every nine games thereafter, in accordance with tournament regulations. Alongside the tennis action, Wimbledon brings with it some strange quirks.

LONDON: Wimbledon chief executive Sally Bolton said Monday (Jun 27) she was relieved the world's top stars had showed up at the Grand Slam even though no ...

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Live updates and highlights as Novak Djokovic, Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray take to Centre Court on day one of Wimbledon 2022.

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There was a heartwarming moment on day one at Wimbledon as Britain's Jodie Burrage dropped everything to attend to an unwell ball kid and give him some ...

Hopefully, someone will arrive soon. I know Jodie Burrage is doing her best there. "Well done, Jodie for looking after him.

The first day of the tournament has seen people queue for on-the-day premium tickets up to 48 hours before the gates open. Around 42,000 people are expected ...

Good morning I'm Francesca Edwards, I’ll be bringing you all the latest developments on Wimbledon for the next eight hours. Please feel free to get in touch with me as I work if you have a story or tips to share! to be honest it's just really embarrassing in 2022 and no reason to celebrate.\u2014 Tomtetom (@Tomtetom2) June 27, 2022 it only shows that Wimbledon still has an outdated and backward ticketing system. it only shows that Wimbledon still has an outdated and backward ticketing system. While plenty of others have offered similar and competing viewpoints on social media. Alcaraz made his Wimbledon debut last year and beat Yasutaka Uchiyama before losing to Medvedev in the second round. it only shows that Wimbledon still has an outdated and backward ticketing system. Twitter user @Tomtetom2 said: "The queue impresses me zero. Emma Radacanu and Andy Murray are both in action on the opening day of Wimbledon as crowds return to the tournament for the first time in two years. She’ll be around for a long time.” Meanwhile, Twitter user @Tomtetom2 said: "The queue impresses me zero.

The first rain delay at Wimbledon came about 40 minutes into the opening day of the tournament. A light rain began to fall at the All England Club at about 11: ...

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Tournament will run for full 14 days and record attendance expected after numbers cut by 50% last year.

But we can’t get all of the things that we serve at the championships from a 10-mile radius,” she said. “Like every other business, our costs are increasing across the board, so we’re having to balance that challenge. But Bolton said this was no longer necessary due to improvements in “grass court technology, care and attention”. “[This is the] first year of permanent middle Sunday, so we are expecting a record crowd because of that,” she said. This is the furthest forward in the queue we’ve ever been, number 76 and 77. Sullivan said: “We’ve camped since 6pm yesterday, it’s my ninth time and Mum’s eighth time, she’s 85.

LONDON : Highlights on day one of the Wimbledon tennis championships on Monday (all times GMT):1355 RAIN HALTS PLAY ON OUTSIDE COURTS AGAINPlay was ...

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Defending champion Novak Djokovic will take the traditional spot in the first match at Centre Court on the opening day of Wimbledon.

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Tim Henman has backed Novak Djokovic as his favourite to win Wimbledon and claimed that the Serbian is going to be “very, very difficult to beat” ahead of a ...

“First and foremost you heard lots of talk from lots of different areas about how difficult a decision it was,” the Brit added. His record here is exceptional and the way he plays on a grass court, it is going to be very very difficult to beat.” Djokovic has won the last three Wimbledon championships and could go one behind Nadal in the race for the most Grand Slams of all-time with a fourth consecutive win at SW19.

Novak Djokovic's 2022 Wimbledon hopes were given a stern opening test on Monday by Soonwoo Kwon, but the defending champion stayed resolute to hold off the ...

The World No. 3 is chasing his seventh title at Wimbledon, a tally that would draw him level with legendary American Pete Sampras and move him within one of record-holder Roger Federer’s eight crowns. Despite that setback, Djokovic's movement around the court was sharp in his first competitive appearance on grass in 2022. He broke early for a 3-1 lead, but Djokovic settled into some rhythm of his own to reel off five consecutive games and secure the first set.

With Monday's win, Novak Djokovic is now the first man or woman to have won at least 80 matches at each of the four majors.

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LONDON : Top seed Novak Djokovic overcame a dogged challenge from 81st-ranked Korean Kwon Soon-woo and his own grasscourt rustiness to reach the Wimbledon ...

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Novak Djokovic began his Wimbledon title defence with a rusty four-set win against Kwon Soon-woo on Centre Court on opening Monday. Djokovic is a six-time winner of the Wimbledon Championships and has won the last three editions of the grass-court ...

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Novak Djokovic is especially motivated to win his fourth straight Wimbledon title and 21st Grand Slam singles crown in part because he knows it will ...

“It was a little bit of a scratcy match from Joker...but you gotta think what’s happened to start the year with Djokovic has had a little bit of an effect on him,” Gilbert said. I expect he will get better, he will have to get better “It was really difficult to go through him so I had to figure out a way to tactically get in control of the point. And I think he feels an immense pressure to win this championship.” It wasn’t easy, I had to put a lot of variety in the game. “For some really bizarre reasons he’s had one of the most unsettling years in the history of tennis,” Shriver said on air.

Reigning champion Novak Djokovic defeated Soonwoo Kwon as he reached the second round of Wimbledon on Monday afternoon.

"The amount of drama that we went through there, and it takes a long time to get over something like that. "All the pressure is on Djokovic and not his opponent. "After the last couple of months, it’s understandable that he still has a little bit of rust. I still have the love and the flame for this sport still burns in me. "I couldn’t go through him, so I had to figure out a way, tactically, to get in control of the points. All my childhood dreams came true on this court and it’s an honour to play on the Centre Court at Wimbledon.

Reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu made an impressive Centre Court debut by defeating Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck on opening Monday at Wimbledon.

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A fainting ballboy is revived, record-breaking rainfall and The Queue goes international on a busy day one in SW19.

“At Disney you queue two hours to get on a ride.” At this point the laughter of recognition broke out elsewhere in The Queue and Rodriguez made an important clarification: “It’s two hours waiting, for five minutes of joy.” But in the absence of information to the contrary, we’ll take it as a win and just more evidence of Britain competing effectively on the world stage. Day one of the Championships and we already have a strong contender for the inaugural Big Heart of Wimbledon award: Britain’s Jodie Burrage. The 23-year-old lost her first-round tie with Lesia Tsurenko but more memorably went to the aid of a stricken ballboy after he suffered what appeared to be a fainting fit during the first set.

LONDON: It might not have been the workout Carlos Alcaraz was hoping for as he nursed a sore elbow but the Spaniard showed why he is considered to be the ...

WIMBLEDON, England — Emma Raducanu took to Centre Court for the first time and won 6-4, 6-4 over Alison Van Uytvanck. The 19-year-old British player, ...

With the roof closed because of sporadic rain, Kwon was able to pick his spots with his booming forehand. Djokovic has won the last three Wimbledon titles and is going for his seventh overall. The boy was soon helped off court. With it, he became the first man or woman to win that many matches at each of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. “Other than this year that Wimbledon made a change so you could practice before the tournament starts, it was always coming out on the untouched grass. It’s really a unique and special feeling in our sport.”

LONDON: The world's most famous queue began streaming into the All England Club on Monday as the gates opened at the start of the 135th edition of the ...

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Novak Djokovic found a fix for his on-court problems on Monday to clinch an opening-round win over Soonwoo Kwon at Wimbledon. Yet his 7-year-old Stefan ...

It was not a situation that was likely to panic the 20-time Grand Slam champion, however, as he chose the same schedule for five of his six title runs at SW19. He was playing flat. He was always there. “I think you can't argue with a child's honesty and pure no-filter comments, right?” said Djokovic after his 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win against Kwon on Monday. “For him anyone playing in Wimbledon is a superhero. “It was nice to be back,” said the top seed. For him, everyone in my team is playing in Wimbledon.

LONDON: Britain's teenage US Open champion Emma Raducanu lived up to her star billing on her first appearance on Wimbledon's Centre Court by overcoming the ...

The action improved as Raducanu broke for the first time for 4-3, followed up by being broken to love, then broke to love herself. I want to say thank you to everyone who has been here supporting, through the tough times as well, it's all worth it to play on Centre Court and come through with a win." Advertisement

LONDON: Novak Djokovic dropped a set on the way to the second round at Wimbledon on Monday and did not look like the Mr Consistency who has become the first ...

Djokovic next faces Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, ranked 79 in the world, who beat Kamil Majchrzak of Poland in straight sets. "I was very pleasantly surprised, I mean, in a positive way. Not very pleasant to me." "I did not start or did not play at my best but I think when I needed to find the right shots, I did," Djokovic said. It was a different feel. The Australian debacle lost him some popularity.

Andy Murray rallies past James Duckworth in four sets at Wimbledon on Centre Court to set a second-round clash against John Isner, who won a five-setter ...

The match came to an anticlimactic ending on an incorrect Duckworth challenge, but Murray showed how much it meant with several fist pumps and a big roar. But the World No. 74 dumped a double fault into the net to hand Murray the decisive advantage. "I thought I did well to rebound after the first set. Earlier this month, he returned for a week to the Top 50 of the Pepperstone ATP Rankings for the first time since the week of 28 May 2018. Obviously I'm getting on a bit now, so I don't know how many more opportunities I [will] get to play on this court, so I want to make the most of every time I get to come out here now. There are few players who understand what Andy Murray has been through to return to the tennis court and compete at the highest level, but James Duckworth, who in January underwent hip surgery, is one of them.

Britain's Andy Murray got his Wimbledon 2022 campaign off to a fine start as he overcame Australia's James Duckworth late on Monday.

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With the tournament at capacity for the first time in three years, the pair electrified an otherwise genteel atmosphere.

He looks good too, loose and limber and comfortable in his movements, with some of that old bounce, the choppy little steps, the slice, the shambling dashes to the net. Victory made it a perfect, if slightly tentative, start for the return of Wimbledon’s full house. The standard dipped for a while. There was a different kind of energy in seeing Raducanu win here, a straight‑sets victory against the experienced Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck that might have been a lot more awkward. For anyone with a sense of scale the story to this point isn’t disappointment, or distracting perfume deals (she really could have had a lot more of those). It is instead one golden run where the cards all fell right, a feat that may well remain a one-off for her and for anyone else. There has been an eagerness to cling to these pegs of the pre‑pandemic summer: Glastonbury, Wimbledon, queueing endlessly for a low-cost airline seat. Wimbledon is a place to luxuriate, to suck the sweetness out of the summer, to feel lush and flush and woozy and sated. There were gasps and coos as she unfurled a lovely coiled backhand, then sighs and murmurs as she netted a forehand. Murray drew the loudest roars later in the evening. The hill was beautifully lush and green in between the rain. In the shop under No 1 Court they are selling novelty oversized tennis rackets for £600. Are we really in that place? We have the plastic strawberry punnet, the cargo short, a stagey politeness.

Rafael Nadal opens his bid for a third Wimbledon title, while recent ATP Tour champions Stefanos Tsitsipas and Matteo Berrettini look to extend their ...

"The last thing I expected was to come back from surgery and win two titles in a row," Berrettini said after retaining his Queen's Club crown. Rune, Musetti and Draper are third, fourth and fifth — respectively — in the Pepperstone ATP Race To Milan, trailing only Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. After winning at Stuttgart and The Queen's Club, the Italian enters Wimbledon on a nine-match winning streak. The Italian leads Garin 2-1 in their ATP Head2Head, though Tuesday's contest will be the pair's first meeting on grass. That's what I think I achieved in the last couple of weeks, to get as many matches on grass as possible. "I love the serve-and-volley game, coming in as much as I can, slicing, attacking. I said — I insisted, in fact — that I can play on this surface, and it remains one of my favourite surfaces that tennis has to offer. The fourth seed is widely regarded as one of the game's best clay-courters, so that statement is not one to be taken lightly. "People kind of doubted that I can play on grass, I think it's fair to say. A new treatment on his chronic foot injury has provided relief from pain both on the court and in his daily life. In stark contrast to Nadal, Tsitsipas played three grass-court events in the last month, saving his best for last. It's a little bit more predictable when you have the history in the weeks before."

One hundred years after the opening of Centre Court, it's a season of change at the All England Club, what with the barring of Russian players and a new set ...

The club kept the name even though the new primary court was no longer so central. “I just really tried to cherish every single point on there, played every point like it could have been one of my last on that court.” Victories have been much harder to come by since then, but she already had fine memories of Wimbledon after reaching the fourth round in her first appearance in the main draw last year. Of course, every time I step out there on the court, there is this goose bumps type of feeling, butterflies in the stomach.” The little stuff: The benches and desks in the Centre Court press seats have been replaced with padded chairs. “Childhood dreams were realized here in 2011,” Djokovic said of the first of his six Wimbledon singles titles.

The All England Club had a first day unlike any since 2019, what with the pandemic nixing 2020 and forcing 50 percent capacity for the opening of 2021.

The war in Ukraine: As the tournament gets underway, Wimbledon’s Russia and Belarus ban leaves 16 of the top 100 on the outside. Then the crowd cheered Struff at great length as he tried to hold on, but then a well-placed, 97-mph, second-serve winner coaxed an error and ended it, Alcaraz applauding Struff as Struff walked out. At times it felt like one of those occasions when the opponent, in this case 32-year-old Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany, seemed more of an inconvenience. He’s one of the multiple, viable interests for British tennis fans who used to have to throw it all on Tim Henman a generation ago. “Yes, because I’ve experienced something that I’ve never experienced in my life in Australia. So this post-Australia period of next several months was challenging emotionally for me because of a lot of different factors.” He said the “sensations coming back on the court with everything that happened post-Australia, particularly the first few tournaments, was difficult. Well before he reached his present-day ranking of No. 12, he got seeded No. 29 last year at Wimbledon, which meant he got into the seeded locker rooms, no? They happened for Carlos Alcaraz, the 19-year-old Spanish sensation, and they were deep and big and throaty under the roof. All the possibilities came back into the air, in a manner that rings with the words of Ons Jabeur, the woman ranked a heady No. 2, when she said, “I’m someone from Tunisia; nobody even believed that I could be here, and here I am talking to you [reporters].” Right now, I don’t feel the traces of that, so to say, anymore. People watched from over the walls of the adjacent court, with one dangling a glass of rosé that looked well north of unpleasant. Over by little Court No. 17 early on, tucked in a row of courts sandwiched between the two monsters (Centre and No. 1), native Marylander Frances Tiafoe played his 25th major tournament, somehow. WIMBLEDON, England — Wimbledon resumed unmitigated life Monday for the first time since 2019 and the last echoes of “Roger, Roger!” ricocheting around Centre Court from a soaring men’s final way back then.

Andy Murray recovered from dropping the first set to beat James Duckworth and reach the second round at Wimbledon.

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Andy Murray defended the use of the underarm serve he deployed during his first-round win at Wimbledon over Australia's James Duckworth.

"If they stand four or five meters behind the baseline, then why would you not do that to try to bring them forward if they're not comfortable returning there? Certainly, more and more players have started returning from further, further behind the baseline now to give themselves an advantage to return. "I don't know why people have ever found it potentially disrespectful," he said.

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WIMBLEDON, England — Matteo Berrettini, a finalist at Wimbledon last year, withdrew from this year's tournament on Tuesday after testing positive for the ...

With his long reach, huge serve and flat baseline power, he is dangerous on grass and was, like Berrettini, one of the players to watch closely in the bottom half of the men’s draw. Despite symptoms not being severe, I decided it was important to take another test this morning to protect the health and safety of my fellow competitors and everyone else involved in the tournament.” In all, five of the top 20 men were unable to play at Wimbledon because of bans, injuries or illness. Wimbledon was canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic and instituted strict restrictions last year, following British government guidelines. The club said some health and safety measures were still in place. Berrettini trained on Centre Court on Thursday with Rafael Nadal, the No. 2 seed.

Wimbledon, England (AP) -- The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local):. ___. 12:30 p.m.. Three-time Grand Slam semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov retired from ...

Matteo Berrettini has withdrawn from Wimbledon after testing positive for COVID-19. “I am heartbroken to announce that I need to withdraw from Wimbledon due ...

“I have had flu symptoms and been isolating the last few days. Thank you for the support” Berrettini did not play for three months after undergoing hand surgery in late March, but the Italian has been unstoppable since returning to Tour just three weeks ago.

The 2021 finalist Matteo Berrettini became the second men's player in 24 hours to withdraw from this year's Championships due to a positive Covid-19 test.

The dream is over for this year, but I will be back stronger.” After the recent outbreak the All England Club will review their current measures on Tuesday. “As a major event we have and continue to work in conjunction with the UK Public Health Security Agency and our Local Authority,” said a spokesperson for the All England Club earlier on Tuesday. After being out for nearly three months due to undergoing surgery on his finger, the Italian had returned at the beginning of the grass season and immediately won nine matches in a row, with titles in Stuttgart and Queen’s.

LONDON : Highlights on day two of the Wimbledon tennis championships on Tuesday (all times GMT):1124 OSTAPENKO, SAKKARI ADVANCE TO ROUND TWOFormer French ...

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Eighth seed Matteo Berrettini, runner-up at last year's Wimbledon, became the second top player to pull out of the Championships after testing positive for ...

We are following UK guidance around assessment and isolation of any potential infectious disease. "The dream is over for this year, but I will be back stronger." "I have had flu symptoms and been isolating the last few days.

Matteo Berrettini, last year's Wimbledon runner-up, withdrew before his Wimbledon first-round match Tuesday due to COVID.

I have no words to describe the extreme disappointed I feel. “I have had flu symptoms and been isolating the last few days. Despite symptoms not being severe, I decided it was important to take another test this morning to protect the health and safety of my fellow competitors and everyone else involved in the tournament.

Three-time Grand Slam semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov has retired from his first-round match against American opponent Steve Johnson after having a medical ...

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Rafael Nadal live score: The French Open champion gets his Wimbledon campaign underway against Francisco Cerundolo before Serena Williams makes her return.

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Nick Kyrgios earned a thrilling five-set win on Tuesday at Wimbledon against Paul Jubb in which he converted five of his six break points and saved 11 of ...

On the next point, Jubb missed a backhand volley, and that seemed it would be a fatal mistake. Especially towards the end of the fourth set, Jubb took control with his forehand, crushing key forehands down the line to force a decider and frustrate his opponent. And when he earned opportunities, he made the most of them. Daniel Evans, Alexander Bublik and Kyle Edmund were among those who took a look at the match, especially as it grew tighter and therefore more tense. Throughout the match, the Briton showed no fear of the big moment, putting gutsy shotmaking on display, taking it to Kyrgios when he had the opportunity. "I know it's not going to be the case.

Swiatek made light work of her opponent in a dominant first set but was made to work for the victory in the second after a spirited fightback from the Croatian. Watch daily highlights from Wimbledon at 10pm on Eurosport 2 and discovery+.

I want to use the experience that my coach has. It’s tricky because I still feel like I’ve only played 12 weeks in my life on grass. I’m happy that I came back and finished in two sets.

Matteo Berrettini has been ruled out of Wimbledon 2022 with Covid while organisers want to get players' names right.

By happenstance Dr Jenny Harries, the former deputy chief medical officer and star of UK Covid press conferences was in the Royal Box on Tuesday. It could be possible she was consulted on her professional opinion during a lengthy break in play, like when Rafa Nadal was preparing to serve, for example. Official numbers from the first day of competition recorded 36,603 on site on Monday, from a potential capacity of 42,000. To confirm: this is not what was expected when the grounds were restored to full capacity for the first time in three years.

Rafael Nadal escaped a tough first-round test and the Covid-19 chaos in his half of the draw to advance to the second round at Wimbledon.

Djokovic has said he has added motivation to win his fourth straight Wimbledon because he is not currently permitted in the U.S. to play the U.S. Open because he is not vaccinated against Covid-19. And in my case, the last three years I didn’t put a foot on a grass court, no? He said he played through the French Open because he received multiple anaesthetic injections during the tournament. Nadal has so far escaped the Covid chaos in his half of the draw that caused last year’s runner-up, Matteo Berrettini, and Marin Cilic to pull out of the draw. He is drawn to meet No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic in the final. He is now 15-0 in majors this season after winning the Australian and French Opens to increase his all-time men’s record to 22 Grand Slam singles titles.

Rafael Nadal gets his 2022 Wimbledon campaign off to a winning start by beating Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 on Centre Court.

Two-time Wimbledon women’s champion Petra Kvitova advanced to the second round. Feliciano Lopez’s record-equaling Wimbledon appearance ended in the first round. The 27-year-old Australian won 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 7-5 against his 219th-ranked opponent. Lopez was playing in his 81st Grand Slam event, equaling Roger Federer’s all-time record for most Grand Slam men’s singles appearances. Unseeded Maxime Cressy of the United States upset sixth-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime, the highest men’s seed to be eliminated so far. It was Nadal’s first match since winning the French Open earlier this month.

Rafael Nadal made it safely through to round two after a four-set battle with Argentine debutant Francisco Cerundolo at Wimbledon on Tuesday.

Available to download now on - iPhone & iPad and Android Grigor Dimitrov, the 18th seed, retired from his match with American Steve Johnson due to an apparent groin problem. The dream is over for this year, but I will be back stronger. "I have had flu symptoms and been isolating the last few days. "I have no words to describe the extreme disappointed I feel. Every day is a test and this was an important test.

Rafael Nadal didn't have things all his own way Tuesday, but he stepped up when needed to reach the Wimbledon second round for the 14th time.

His breakthrough run propelled the 23-year-old from No. 103 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings to No. 51. But, from seemingly down and out, the World No. 41 began to turn the tables in dramatic fashion. "It was my first match and as I know, every day is a test and today was one of these important tests. He will face Ricardas Berankis in the second round after the Lithuanian defeated Sam Querrey 6-4, 7-5, 6-3. "It's obvious that for me it's been three years without being here, without playing on this amazing surface, so very happy to be back. For me, it's always amazing playing here on this court and I can't thank everyone enough for the support."

Second seed Nadal was playing playing on grass for the first time since his 2019 Wimbledon loss to Roger Federer. Read more at straitstimes.com.

"Every day is a test. "We don't play very often on grass, especially in my case. After coasting through the first two sets on Centre Court, he surrendered an early break in the third set and then had to claw his way back from 3-1 and 4-2 down in the fourth.

Australian Nick Kyrgios admitted spitting in the direction of a spectator who he felt was heckling him during his Wimbledon first round match on Tuesday ...

Factually people that are younger have better eyesight," Kyrgios said. It was more just to stir up and disrespect." "I'm just starting to think that it's normal when it's really not.

Rafael Nadal blamed sunshine for making his first round at Wimbledon a little more challenging on Tuesday.

"He played at very high level for such a long time. At the most critical moment, I think I raised my level. But at the end of the match I improved. I spent a long time on court. It was his first competitive outing on the Wimbledon grass for three years and he won 6-4 6-3 3-6 6-4. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

Serena Williams was unable to summon the old magic as her Wimbledon return ended in a first-round defeat to little-known Frenchwoman Harmony Tan on Centre ...

Available to download now on - iPhone & iPad and Android The 42-year-old American is a five-time singles champion at the All England Club and won the doubles with her sister Serena on six occasions but she last played on the WTA Tour in August last year and has since been sidelined with a leg injury. The 18-year-old American is the youngest player in the singles draw and after her runner-up finish at the French Open this month, many are tipping her to go all the way at the All England Club.

Serena Williams lost in her first singles match in 364 days, outlasted by 115th-ranked Frenchwoman Harmony Tan 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 in the Wimbledon first round.

Asked if there’s any part of her that wants to play the U.S. Open in two months, she said, “That being the first place I’ve won a Grand Slam [in 1999], is something that’s always super special. Tan went up a mini break at 8-6 in the tiebreak, then served it out. This time around, even though I’m considered a favorite, I don’t feel like it as much as I did when I was 15 or even 16. I feel like I learned so much not to put pressure on now, now, now. Asked if she’s OK if this is her last memory at Wimbledon, she said, “Obviously not. “I feel like I’m a lot more relaxed than when I was considered the sensation,” Gauff said before the tournament.

LONDON: Seven-time champion Serena Williams suffered a second straight Wimbledon first round exit as she was stunned by French debutant Harmony Tan in a ...

"When I saw the draw I was really scared. I thought if I could win one or two games it was really good for me." Serena is a superstar and when I was young I was watching her so many times on the TV," the 24-year-old said on court.

LONDON: Rafael Nadal blamed sunshine for making his first round at Wimbledon a little more challenging on Tuesday. It was an unlikely comment from a man ...

"He played at very high level for such a long time. It was his first competitive outing on the Wimbledon grass for three years and he won 6-4 6-3 3-6 6-4. Advertisement

Stepping out on court to play singles for the first time since leaving the big stage prematurely and in tears after suffering a hamstring injury in the opening ...

Available to download now on - iPhone & iPad and Android But today was what I could do. Asked if she could be satisfied with Tuesday's loss being her final Wimbledon memory, she said: "Obviously not. "But today I gave all I could do. I did pretty good on maybe one or two of them, but obviously not enough." Who knows where I'll pop up."