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July 1, 1995: The day Jeff Tarango defaulted himself out of Wimbledon
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On this day in 1995, the American became the first player to default himself at Wimbledon after a series of disagreements with the chair umpire Bruno Rebeuh
Berrettini edges a four-tie-break epic to send Wawrinka into tearful Wimbledon retirement
Four sets, four tie-breaks, six set points saved: Matteo Berrettini edged a Wimbledon farewell from Stan Wawrinka 6-7 (9), 7-6 (16), 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5), sending the three-time major champion into retirement after four hours and 20 minutes.
Williams summons the old fire but cannot last as Joint downs her on Wimbledon return
The old fire was there in glimpses, but not the legs: on her return after four years away, Serena Williams roared back to steal the second set before fading, beaten 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3 by Maya Joint at Wimbledon.
Rybakina battles back to win on her return to the scene of her major breakthrough
Back where she won her first major, Elena Rybakina (No 2) had to battle: the 2022 champion beat Lois Boisson 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 on her Wimbledon return, recovering from a one-sided second set to advance.
Upset alert: Virtanen saves a match point to stun Shelton in a five-set epic
A match point saved and an 11-9 deciding tie-break: Finnish qualifier Otto Virtanen (No 140) stunned fourth seed Ben Shelton 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (8), 6-2, 7-6 (9) for the win of his life and a place in the Wimbledon second round.
June 30, 2012: The day Shvedova recorded the first “Golden Set” in women’s tennis history
The heat has already changed the grass at Wimbledon, and the second week looks like uncharted territory
Djokovic survives a Wu scare to advance on his Wimbledon return
“Things can go wrong very quickly”: Jannik Sinner and the fine line a title defence walks
Sinner survives a five-set test, an awful fall and a bloodied shoe to begin his Wimbledon defence
BREAKING: Jack Draper withdraws from Wimbledon with recurrence of arm injury
“It’s pretty worrying”: Jack Draper warns on tennis injury crisis as he returns at Wimbledon
“It’s Wimbledon, I didn’t want to retire”: Chwalinska plays on through ankle injury on a match point and falls
Tsitsipas confirms permanent split with father, hires Thomas Perrin and Patrick Mouratoglou as advisor for Wimbledon reset
Taylor Fritz is testing his body more than he’d like, and it keeps holding up before a brutal first round against Draper
June 29, 2012: The day Roger Federer stood on the brink of elimination against Julien Benneteau
“I’m still not even sure”: Serena Williams on the comeback she nearly talked herself out of
“Unprofessionnal, I hate it” – Serena Williams says anti-doping whereabouts rules nearly stopped her comeback
June 28, 2012: The day Rosol stunned Nadal at Wimbledon
Djokovic on Serena Williams’s return: “I see her in the gym more than when she was in her prime”