Defending champ Alcaraz overcomes Medvedev to reach decider
REIGNING Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz is through to another All England club final after defeating Russian Daniil Medvedev in a come-from-behind four-set win over night. After dropping the first set in a tiebreaker, Alcaraz got back on track to win in just under three hours, 6-7 6-3 6-4 6-4. The Spanish third seed needed two […]
Rybakina roars as Krecjikova causes upset
The final pair of semi finalists were decided at Wimbledon overnight, and higher ranking did not prove fruitful for all that were involved. Rybakina roasts Svitolina to move through to semi Elena Rybakina is one win away from a return to the Wimbledon final after sailing past Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-2 in just over an […]
Musetti magic end Fritz final hopes
ITALIAN Lorenzo Musetti will head into the Wimbledon semi-finals as the clear underdog, with the 25th seed winning through to the final four after ousting American Taylor Fritz in five sets. Musetti is the only player in the semi-finals outside the top five, and will face seven-time Wimbledon winner Novak Djokovic for a spot in […]
Powerful Paolini progresses as Sun-ny run comes to and end
IT is continuing to be the year to remember for Italian Jasmine Paolini, who breezed past Emma Navarro in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 to reach her first ever semi-final at Wimbledon. In just under an hour, seventh seed Paolini was too strong for the American 19th seed, smashing 19 winners to Navarro’s mere six. In […]
Meddy magic ends Sinner’s Slam shot
FIFTH seed Daniil Medvedev managed to overcome a red-hot Jannik Sinner in an epic four-hour Wimbledon quarter final to reach the last four of the grasscourt Grand Slam. The Russian needed to pull out all the tricks against the world number one who was albeit under the weather with illness, eventually winning 6-7 6-4 7-6 […]
Svitolina sails through despite adversity
ELINA Svitolina has given a dominating performance in the fourth round of Wimbledon despite horrific news back home, downing China’s Xinyu Wang 6-2, 6-1. It was a classy performance from the 21st seed, who comfortably won all the key stats, including aces, double faults, winners and first serve in percentage. This result came off the […]
Taylor made for the big stage
AMERICAN Taylor Fritz is through to the quarter finals of Wimbledon after an enormous come from behind five-set win over a hampered Alexander Zverev in a three and a half hour thriller overnight. The 13th seed trailed two sets to love against the fourth seed German, but found a way to take full advantage and […]
Lulu leaps into unknown territory as history-making Kiwi
KIWI world number 123 Lulu Sun is continuing to create history, this time defeating local hope Emma Raducanu 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 to reach the Quarter Finals at Wimbledon for the first time. Despite Raducanu’s consistency, which saw her finish with only two double faults and 21 unforced errors compared to four and 44 respectively from […]
Alcaraz “unbelievable” in hard-fought win
SPANISH world number three Carlos Alcaraz was made to work for it by Frenchman Ugo Humbert in four sets across three hours, but eventually came away with the day seven win on Centre Court at Wimbledon to reach the quarter finals. Alcaraz had to dig deep after the 16th seed produced some lights out tennis […]
Brilliant Badosa evicts Kasatkina’s bakery
AFTER three bagels in four sets and only losing three games in the other set, no one on Court 3 was expecting Russian Daria Kasatkina to come away with anything other than a win against the talented, but inconsistent Paula Badosa. However in a match that lasted two hours and 51 minutes – well longer […]
