Another Wimbledon is over, the 132nd to be precise. 2019’s tournament has been great entertainment. As always there have been big stories pouring out of SW19, from big upsets, to rising stars and returning greats. Here we look at ten of the biggest stories to arise from this year’s Championships. The arrival of Coco Gauff…
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WOMEN’S FINAL REPORT. Simona Halep crushes Serena Williams to become Wimbledon champion
Simona Halep has won her maiden Wimbledon title after stunning seven time champion Serena Williams 6-2 6-2 on Centre Court. Becoming the first player from Romania to win a singles title at Wimbledon, Halep pulled off one of the most sensational final performances the tournament has seen as she thrashed the 37 year old Williams…
WOMEN’S FINAL PREVIEW. Serena Williams to bid for 8th Wimbledon crown.
Serena Williams will face off against Simona Halep in the 2019 Wimbledon final. The American Williams is bidding to win her eighth Wimbledon title, whilst Simona Halep is making her debut appearance in a final at the All England Club. The Romanian had only made it to the semi final once before 2019, which came…
MATCH REPORT. Serena Williams crushes Strycova to reach Wimbledon final
Serena Williams has made her 11th Wimbledon final with a comfortable 6-1 6-2 victory over unseeded Barbora Strycova. Playing each other for the fourth time at a Grand Slam, the seven time champion Williams has never lost to the Czech, and seemingly had no intention of changing that today. Looking to take sole ownership of…
Simona Halep makes first Wimbledon final with Svitolina win
Simona Halep has overcome Ukrainian opponent Elina Svitolina 6-1 6-3 to set up her debut Wimbledon final. The Romanian who is making her ninth main draw appearance at SW19 crushed her 8th seeded opposition in the first set, with Svitolina failing to hold serve once. Both women were forced to work hard to hold their…
MATCH PREVIEW. Eighth seed Elina Svitolina to face Czech underdog
Ukrainian Elina Svitolina will bid for her first Grand Slam semi final appearance as she takes on Karolina Muchova on Court One today. The two met for the first time this year, when they played in Doha. At the season’s opening tournament, Svitolina got the better of Muchova 6-4 6-2. Today will be the first…
MATCH PREVIEW. Simona Halep to battle in-form Zhang in quarter final
2018 French Open winner Simona Halep faces a tough test on Court One today as she faces China’s Zhang Shuai in the quarter finals at SW19. The pair have met three times already, and despite the Romanian Halep being ranked 43 places higher than her 30 year old opponent, Zhang leads 2-1. The 7th seeded…
Court Two to be treated to world number one Ash Barty
Ticket holders on Court Two will get to see world number one Ashleigh Barty in action today as she faced Alison Riske for a place in the WImbledon quarter finals. Despite winning the French Open last month, and being top seed at Wimbledon, Australian Barty will be playing in the fourth round today for the…
Record breaking teen Gauff set for toughest test yet
15 year old Coco Gauff is to play Simona Halep on Court One today, in what will be seen as her hardest match yet. Stealing headlines last week, the teenage sensation has made it to the second week of her first ever Grand Slam tournament. Ranked at 313th in the world, Gauff was given a…
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….
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