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BREAKING: Serena Williams handed Wimbledon singles wild card
Serena Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam champion, has secured a wild card for the Wimbledon ladies' singles. This confirms her highly anticipated return to major competition, escalating her comeback to professional tennis after her 2022 retirement.
Noskova powers past Pegula to win in Berlin and break into the top 10
A maiden top-10 ranking and the biggest title of her career: Linda Noskova (No 8) beat Jessica Pegula 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to win in Berlin, capping a week of powerful tennis days before Wimbledon.
Bouzkova wins a maiden grass-court title in Nottingham
A first grass-court title and a career-high ranking just before the Wimbledon cutoff: Marie Bouzkova (No 4) beat Emma Navarro 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-2 to win in Nottingham, climbing to No 22 with the majors days away.
Sabalenka concedes another 6-0 set as Pegula reaches the Berlin final
Five defeats in their last six meetings, then a bagel set to settle it: Jessica Pegula (No 3) beat world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-0 to reach the Berlin final. Noskova next.
Birth of a grass specialist? Eala downs Svitolina for a second straight top-10 win and a place in the Berlin semi-finals
Back-to-back top-10 wins and a hand-over-face moment of disbelief: Alexandra Eala (No 35) beat Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-4 to reach the Berlin semi-finals on debut, the sixth top-10 win of her career at just 21.
‘I need to get to work’ – Serena elusive on the last Wimbledon wild card spot
Williams’ comeback hits its first defeat as Routliffe and Olmos win in Berlin
Lucky loser Vekic completes an improbable week with the Queen’s title
BBVA Open Internacional De Valencia: Tomova makes last four
Shiny, happy Raducanu storms into her biggest final since the 2021 US Open
Montgomery and Krejcikova to meet for the ‘s-Hertogenbosch title
Raducanu battles past resilient Rakhimova to reach the Queen’s last four
Boulter stuns Rybakina for the biggest win of her career and a first Queen’s semi-final
A Roland-Garros finalist, a Wimbledon wild card still – and a holiday before either
“I wanted to impersonate Roger”: how watching Federer in Paris shaped Andreeva’s title run
“Results are just a side effect”: Coach Sandra Zaniewska on the season that took Marta Kostyuk to a maiden Grand Slam semi-final
“The Grand Slam I grew up dreaming of”: Sorana Cîrstea reflects on her last Roland-Garros
“The decision hasn’t changed”: soon-to-be-retired Cîrstea, 36, into the Roland-Garros quarter-finals and closing the little door again
May 30, 1995: The day Virginie Buisson and Noelle van Lottum played the longest women’s match in Roland-Garros history
Roland Garros: Teichmann makes last 16, knocked out Muchova, 2023 finalist