On his Wimbledon return Andy Murray will partner six time Wimbledon singles champion Serena Williams today in the mixed doubles. Playing against German Andreas Mies and Chilean Alexa Guarachi, the match was originally scheduled for yesterday. However due to the length of other matches, most noticeably the sensational teenager Coco Gauff’s win against Polona Hercog,…
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Nadal set for Centre Court showdown with Tsonga
Rafael Nadal will continue his bid for a third Wimbledon title as he takes on Jo Wilfried Tsonga today. Despite playing each other twelve times, the pair have never met at SW19. Nadal leads the Frenchman 8-4 across their meetings, however they have not met in almost four years. It was Tsonga who got the…
15 year old tennis sensation Cori Gauff stuns Centre Court to progress to Wimbledon 4th round
American prodigy Cori Gauff won a nerve jangling 3 set match over experienced Slovenian WTA player Hercog to keep her dream of a Wimbledon title alive Gauff came under pressure on serve early in the first set on as she double faulted and was forced to save a break point to take a 2-1 lead….
Djokovic forced to battle against Hurkacz
2018 champion Novak Djokovic progressed to the fourth round after a testing Court One match against Polish youngster Hubert Hurkacz. The pair met for the first time at the French Open this year, when the Serbian took the match with ease 6-4 6-2 6-2. The Pole however appears more comfortable on grass courts than clay,…
Medvedev to show down with Goffin for Wimbledon fourth round spot
11th seed Daniil Medvedev faces 21st seed David Goffin last on Court Two today. Playing in the third round of Wimbledon for a second time, Medvedev goes in favourite against the Belgian, whom he beat in straight sets at this year’s Australian Open. Meeting at the same stage of the tournament, this was the first…
Djokovic to take on Polish youngster in Round 3
2018 champion Novak Djokovic faces Hubert Hurkacz of Poland in the third round today. The pair met for the first time at the most recent grand slam in Paris. Djokovic kicked off his run to the Roland Garros semi-finals by comfortably beating the 22 year old 6-4 6-2 6-2, who was making his second appearance…
‘Next Gen’ stars Auger Aliassime and Humbert set for battle
18 year old sensation Felix Auger Aliassime will take on fellow Wimbledon debutant Hugo Humbert in today’s third round match. Auger Aliassime sits second in the ATP’s 21 and under ‘Next Gen’ rankings , with French Humbert sitting ninth three years senior to his opponent. It is the first meeting between the pairing and prior…
Nadal gets the better of Kyrgios in four set thriller
Rafael Nadal played two brilliant tiebreaks to wrap up a big victory against Kyrgios on Centre Court last night. In their seventh meeting the Spaniard recorded his fourth victory against Kyrgios and first at a Grand Slam. The number two seed avoided an exit before the third round for a fourth time in his career,…
Djokovic aiming to make third round for 11th time in a row
Novak Djokovic will be up last on Centre Court today, as he looks to continue his 2019 Wimbledon campaign. His opponent will be 111st ranked American Denis Kudla, whom Djokovic has never faced before. The world number one started slowly in his first round match falling a break behind to German Philipp Kohlschreiber in the first…
Wawrinka to continue hunt for career grand slam
Stanislas Wawrinka is bidding to become 9th man to win all four major tournaments. His potential path to a first Wimbledon success today meets 6ft 11″ American youngster Reilly Opelka. First up on Court Two the pair have never played each other before. Wawrinka lost in the second round at Wimbledon last year to qualifier…
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