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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.
“Tennis needs a reset”: at Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic takes the floor on the future of his sport
After a hard-fought win over Wu Yibing, Novak Djokovic used his Wimbledon press conference to call for a complete reset of professional tennis, criticising the calendar, the Masters 1000 expansion and the disunity he sees among the sport's governing bodies.
June 30, 2012: The day Shvedova recorded the first “Golden Set” in women’s tennis history
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On this day in 2012, Yaroslava Shvedova became the first woman in professional tennis to win a set without losing a single point
The heat has already changed the grass at Wimbledon, and the second week looks like uncharted territory
London's record heat has already changed Wimbledon's grass courts, altering their speed and bounce. With a potential second heatwave, Novak Djokovic and Patrick Mouratoglou warn of unprecedented conditions and physical toll, making the decisive second week highly unpredictable.
“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”
“Now I’m sure I’ll play” – Arthur Fils on his injury return, life on grass and why he isn’t at Wimbledon to make up the numbers
“I was planning to peak at Wimbledon”: Djokovic says he is in far better shape than at Roland-Garros
After his Paris collapse, Sinner stays guarded on the heat ahead of Wimbledon