https://www.scmp.com/rss/31729/feed Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and widely considered the most prestigious tennis championship. Held in London at the All England Club in Wimbledon since 1877, it is one only of four Grand Slam tennis tournaments along with the Australian, French and US Open events. Wimbledon is the only tennis tournament still played on grass, the game's original surface. The 2015 edition will take place from 29 June to 12 July 2015. Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova are the reigning... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Novak Djokovic vowed there are more grand slam titles to come after he clinched a third Wimbledon and ninth career major on Sunday. After seeing off Roger Federer for the second year in succession at the All England Club, the world number one moved ahead of Andre Agassi, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, Fred Perry and Ken Rosewall, who all won eight grand slams. I’m going to try to push my own limits and see how far I can go really with titles and with myself playing on this high level Novak... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1838305/theres-plenty-more-come-says-novak-djokovic-after-clinching-ninth-grand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1838305/theres-plenty-more-come-says-novak-djokovic-after-clinching-ninth-grand?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Jul 2015 03:15:00 +0000 Defending champion Novak Djokovic won a third Wimbledon title and a ninth grand slam crown, ruthlessly shattering Roger Federer's bid for a record eighth All England Club triumph. World number one Djokovic won 7-6 (7-1), 6-7 (10-12), 6-4, 6-3 to add the Wimbledon title to the Australian Open he captured in January. It's always a great privilege playing Roger. It's probably the biggest challenge I can have. Roger has done so much for tennis Novak Djokovic It was a cathartic moment for Djokovic... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1838278/novak-djokovic-sweeps-third-wimbledon-crown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1838278/novak-djokovic-sweeps-third-wimbledon-crown?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Jul 2015 17:09:29 +0000 Wimbledon champion Serena Williams insists she can cope with the pressure of going for a historic calendar grand slam on home turf at the US Open. Williams is within touching distance of becoming the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1988 to win all four major titles in the same year following her sixth Wimbledon triumph. I did the whole walk around the court. I was peaceful, feeling really good, then maybe a little after that I started thinking about New York Serena Williams The 33-year-old... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1838081/serena-williams-insists-she-can-cope-pressure-calendar-grand-slam?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1838081/serena-williams-insists-she-can-cope-pressure-calendar-grand-slam?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Jul 2015 13:45:25 +0000 Serena Williams won a sixth Wimbledon title on Saturday as the world number one became the oldest woman to win a grand slam crown with a 6-4, 6-4 victory against Garbine Muguruza in the final. At 33 years and 289 days, Serena surpasses Martina Navratilova as the oldest player to win Wimbledon, and any of the other three Grand Slams, in the Open era. Serena’s sixth Wimbledon crown brought with it a slew of other remarkable landmarks that underline her credentials as one of the greatest female... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1837293/history-girl-serena-williams-wins-sixth-wimbledon-title?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1837293/history-girl-serena-williams-wins-sixth-wimbledon-title?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Jul 2015 15:15:15 +0000 Roger Federer can win a record eighth Wimbledon title and become the oldest champion of the modern era on Sunday if he can find a way past world number one Novak Djokovic. The 33-year-old Swiss has defied those who dared to write him off when he lost last year's final to the Serb in five gruelling sets. It's great to play Novak anywhere these days because he's a great player. He's had unbelievable success throughout his career Roger Federer His breathtaking demolition of Andy Murray in Friday's... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1836736/roger-federer-and-novak-djokovic-theres-little-separate-games-greats?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1836736/roger-federer-and-novak-djokovic-theres-little-separate-games-greats?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Jul 2015 11:30:00 +0000 A year after Andy Murray’s reign as Wimbledon champion ended lamely at the hands of a man dubbed the new Roger Federer, he got a stark reminder on Friday that the original is the real threat to his grand slam ambitions. Twice grand slam champion Murray went out with a whimper against Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov in the 2014 quarter-finals as he struggled to regain form after back surgery. There will be no recriminations after losing 7-5, 7-5, 6-4 to 33-year-old Federer in Friday’s semi-final... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1836689/andy-murray-able-live-defeat-after-falling-masterclass?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1836689/andy-murray-able-live-defeat-after-falling-masterclass?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Jul 2015 04:19:59 +0000 Roger Federer’s three-set demolition of Andy Murray at Wimbledon on Friday gave a succinct answer to those who question why the Swiss continues to play deep into his thirties when he has already won everything the game has to offer. He extended his record in Wimbledon semi-finals to 10-0 with minimal fuss, having served with such consistent precision that the home hope could muster only one break point in the whole contest, and had, he said, proved a point. Federer may be the oldest player to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1836687/ageless-roger-federer-shows-why-retirement-was-not-option?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1836687/ageless-roger-federer-shows-why-retirement-was-not-option?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Jul 2015 04:11:31 +0000 Defending champion Novak Djokovic emphatically booked his place in a fourth Wimbledon final with a clinical 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, 6-4 defeat of gallant Frenchman Richard Gasquet yesterday. Underdog Gasquet offered fans on a sun-baked Centre Court plenty of "oooh-aahh" moments with his trademark single-handed backhand, but there were not enough to really concern the world No 1. There were a few more unforced errors than normal off the Djokovic racket in a tight first set, but once he cruised through... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1836680/novak-djokovic-crushes-gallant-frenchman-richard-gasquet-book-fourth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1836680/novak-djokovic-crushes-gallant-frenchman-richard-gasquet-book-fourth?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Jul 2015 17:01:47 +0000 Serena Williams insists she doesn’t care about making history even though the world number one can add more lustre to her legacy with victory over Garbine Muguruza in Saturday’s Wimbledon final. As if winning the sixth Wimbledon title and 21st major of her career wouldn’t be enough to underline Williams’ credentials as one of the all-time greats, she has a slew of other milestones within reach in her 25th grand slam final. After demolishing Maria Sharapova to move into her eighth Wimbledon... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1835611/serena-williams-shrugs-wimbledon-pressure-history-beckons?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1835611/serena-williams-shrugs-wimbledon-pressure-history-beckons?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Jul 2015 02:29:23 +0000 Garbine Muguruza became the first Spanish woman to reach the Wimbledon final since 1996 as Agnieszka Radwanska was left rueing a botched Hawk-Eye challenge in the last game of her 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 loss on Centre Court yesterday. Aranxta Sanchez-Vicario was the last Spanish woman to make the final at the All England Club, while Conchita Martinez was the last champion in 1994. And five-time champion Serena Williams feasted on familiar prey with a superb 6-2, 6-4 victory over Maria Sharapova, her 17th... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1835581/garbine-muguruza-faces-serena-williams-maiden-wimbledon-final?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1835581/garbine-muguruza-faces-serena-williams-maiden-wimbledon-final?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Jul 2015 17:19:22 +0000 Richard Gasquet summed up his shock appearance in the Wimbledon semi-finals alongside Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray by admitting: “I’m the worst”. The 29-year-old Frenchman reached his second All England Club semi-final – eight years after his first – with a 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 11-9 victory over fourth seed Stan Wawrinka on Wednesday. While he was spending three hours on court, defending champion Djokovic, who is his semi-final opponent on Friday, seven-time winner Federer and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1835010/djokovic-federer-murray-and-me-im-wimbledon-worst-admits-richard?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1835010/djokovic-federer-murray-and-me-im-wimbledon-worst-admits-richard?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Jul 2015 02:28:40 +0000 Defending champion Novak Djokovic says his extra experience of Wimbledon’s showpiece occasions should prove decisive when he faces Richard Gasquet in the semi-finals. Djokovic, the world number one, booked his 27th grand slam semi-final appearance and his sixth in a row at the All England Club with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 rout of US Open champion Marin Cilic on Wednesday. The 28-year-old will be making his seventh Wimbledon last four appearance, while French 21st seed Gasquet is in just his second All... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1835006/novak-djokovic-confident-big-match-experience-will-see-him-wimbledon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1835006/novak-djokovic-confident-big-match-experience-will-see-him-wimbledon?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Jul 2015 01:34:27 +0000 Andy Murray set up a Wimbledon semi-final showdown with Roger Federer as the world number three eased to a 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 win against unseeded Canadian Vasek Pospisil on Wednesday. Murray illuminated a rainy day at the All England Club with a ruthless display, collecting his 150th grand slam match victory to move a step closer to his second Wimbledon title. The 28-year-old Scot will make his 17th grand slam semi-final appearance, and his sixth at the All England Club, against seven-time champion... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1834984/andy-murray-sets-semi-final-showdown-roger-federer-wimbledon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1834984/andy-murray-sets-semi-final-showdown-roger-federer-wimbledon?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Jul 2015 17:06:44 +0000 Serena Williams reached her ninth Wimbledon semi-final after subduing inspired former world number one Victoria Azarenka in the best women’s match of the tournament so far on Tuesday. Both players came out with music pumping through headphones and they proceeded to deliver a high-powered slugfest on the Centre Court grass as Williams hit back to win 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Belarussian Azarenka, who once spent 51 weeks on top of the rankings and who is returning to her best after a serious foot injury... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1834426/serena-williams-looks-set-another-wimbledon-final-after-thrilling-win?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1834426/serena-williams-looks-set-another-wimbledon-final-after-thrilling-win?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Jul 2015 01:51:39 +0000 Victoria Azarenka claimed that women players are unfairly pilloried for their on-court shrieking and grunting and blasted boozy Wimbledon fans for mocking her as well as rivals Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova. Azarenka and Williams cranked up the volume on Centre Court on Tuesday during their gruelling quarter-final, which the American won 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 to set-up a semi-final clash with Sharapova. As the encounter’s tension increased so did the mimicry of the fans inside the 15,000-capacity... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1834424/quiet-please-azarenka-blasts-boozy-wimbledon-fans-mocking-her-grunts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1834424/quiet-please-azarenka-blasts-boozy-wimbledon-fans-mocking-her-grunts?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Jul 2015 01:45:30 +0000 Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka can justify their status as Wimbledon's big four by making the semi-finals today. Defending champion, top seed and 2011 winner Djokovic takes on US Open champion Marin Cilic boasting a 12-0 career lead over the Croatian. Seven-time champion Federer faces Gilles Simon with the Frenchman playing in his maiden Wimbledon quarter-final while 2013 winner Murray, seeded three, is up against surprise quarter-finalist Vasek Pospisil of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1834412/novak-djokovic-eyes-semi-final-spot-after-great-escape-against-kevin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1834412/novak-djokovic-eyes-semi-final-spot-after-great-escape-against-kevin?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:03:41 +0000 Australian Olympic swimming great Dawn Fraser has "unreservedly apologised" yesterday for her comments in which she suggested that tennis stars Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic should set a better example or go back to where their parents came from. Fraser, who won eight Olympic medals including four golds, was speaking in an interview on Australian television yesterday, when asked about recent petulant behaviour by Kyrgios and Tomic. They should be setting a better example for the younger... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1834331/swimming-great-dawn-fraser-says-sorry-nick-kyrgios-and-bernard-tomic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1834331/swimming-great-dawn-fraser-says-sorry-nick-kyrgios-and-bernard-tomic?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Jul 2015 14:15:15 +0000 Nick Kyrgios has accused Olympic great Dawn Fraser of being a “blatant racist” after the former champion swimmer said tennis players should “go back to where their parents came from” if they didn’t set a better example to Australian youth. Kyrgios was the subject of a barrage of criticism back home for his on-court antics when he was beaten by Richard Gasquet at Wimbledon on Tuesday. The 20-year-old was accused of giving up, or “tanking”, in one game, received a warning for an audible obscenity... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1834060/nick-kyrgios-slams-blatant-racist-dawn-fraser-olympian-suggests-go-back?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1834060/nick-kyrgios-slams-blatant-racist-dawn-fraser-olympian-suggests-go-back?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Jul 2015 04:30:30 +0000 Nick Kyrgios furiously denied giving up trying as he crashed out of Wimbledon and slammed his image as the bad boy of tennis in terse exchanges with reporters. The temperamental Australian, who missed out on reaching the quarter-finals in a 7-5, 6-1, 6-7 (7/9), 7-6 (8/6) to Richard Gasquet on Monday, vented his frustration at suggestions he “tanked” a game in the disastrous second set with a string of sarcastic replies. But the 20-year-old world number 29 received support from senior players... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1834049/dont-call-me-bad-boy-tennis-says-angry-nick-kyrgios-he-denies-tanking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1834049/dont-call-me-bad-boy-tennis-says-angry-nick-kyrgios-he-denies-tanking?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Jul 2015 03:30:45 +0000 Roger Federer and Andy Murray reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals Monday but defending champion Novak Djokovic’s attempt to join them was thwarted by bad light after fighting back from two sets down to level with Kevin Anderson. Seven-time champion Federer reached his 13th All England Club quarter-final with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 win over Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut, while Murray defeated giant Croat Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (9/7), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. Djokovic, in danger of becoming the first top seed since... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1834041/federer-murray-wimbledon-last-eight-djokovic-left-dark?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1834041/federer-murray-wimbledon-last-eight-djokovic-left-dark?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Jul 2015 01:45:00 +0000 Serena Williams stands three wins away from hoisting her fourth successive grand slam title after trumping elder sister Venus 6-4, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon yesterday. A contest featuring two women who between them have hoisted the Rosewater Dish 10 times should have been a blockbuster, but turned out to be yet another awkward anti-climax - as has been the case in their previous 25 meetings. The 33-year-old hit 36 winners and 10 aces to secure her 14th win in 26 meetings with... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1833936/serena-williams-outsmashes-sister-venus-book-berth-wimbledon-quarter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1833936/serena-williams-outsmashes-sister-venus-book-berth-wimbledon-quarter?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Jul 2015 17:05:51 +0000 Rafa Nadal may have left the stage but the smooth progress into Wimbledon’s second week of the remaining members of tennis’ established powerbase suggests further upsets are unlikely in the men’s last 16 on Monday. The “Big Four” have been whittled down to a top three, but for Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray, who were largely untroubled in their opening matches, there seems no end on the horizon to their dominance at the All England Club. The trio, along with Nadal, have had a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1833314/big-four-its-big-three-novak-djokovic-roger-federer-and-andy-murray-who-are?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1833314/big-four-its-big-three-novak-djokovic-roger-federer-and-andy-murray-who-are?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Jul 2015 03:05:12 +0000 Serena and Venus Williams will clash at Wimbledon for the first time in six years on Monday, but the sisters' ferocious appetite for success suggests it might be premature to bill it as an emotional final fling. The sisters, who meet in the most anticipated fourth-round tie of the tournament, have reigned supreme for much of the last two decades at Wimbledon, lifting the aptly named Venus Rosewater Dish five times each. She's gone through so much that no one could even imagine. She never... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1833067/serena-and-venus-williams-relish-wimbledon-spotlight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1833067/serena-and-venus-williams-relish-wimbledon-spotlight?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Jul 2015 16:00:45 +0000 Petra Kvitova’s reign as Wimbledon women’s champion came to a shock end on Saturday as Jelena Jankovic of Serbia staged a superb fightback to claim a 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 third-round victory. Kvitova’s exit marks the first time since 2009 that the two-time Wimbledon winner has failed to make at least the quarter-finals at the All England Club. I’m overwhelmed. I’m so excited. My heart is still pumping. I cannot believe this just happened but this is what this sport is all about Jelena Jankovic Jankovic... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1832701/defending-womens-champion-petra-kvitova-crashes-out-wimbledon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1832701/defending-womens-champion-petra-kvitova-crashes-out-wimbledon?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Jul 2015 17:45:01 +0000 Seven-time champion Roger Federer swept aside big-serving Australian Sam Groth to reach the Wimbledon last 16 on Saturday while Dustin Brown, the conqueror of Rafael Nadal returned to earth with a bump. Second seed Federer clinched a 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2 victory over world number 69 Groth who fired a 235km/h ace in the third game. It has been a hot week the first week but thankfully I have had easy matches going through without too many long four or five setters Roger Federer Federer will... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1832683/roger-federer-marches-reality-bites-dustin-brown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1832683/roger-federer-marches-reality-bites-dustin-brown?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Jul 2015 16:30:00 +0000 There is nothing more soothing than the sound of British summer sports. The reassuring "thwack" of leather ball on willow cricket bat, the gentle "thowk" from carefully rolled bowls on to jack ... Even the mosquito-like whine of Formula One racing cars offers seasonal audio-therapy. Of course, Wimbledon tennis has long produced hits for the season's album; the distinct impact of fluorescent green ball on precision-tensioned racquet, the appreciative "oohs" and "aahs" from the left-right-left... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1832505/left-field-wimbledon-noises-destroy-all-england-clubs-serenity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1832505/left-field-wimbledon-noises-destroy-all-england-clubs-serenity?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Jul 2015 15:45:20 +0000 Twice, Serena Williams stood merely two points from a loss at Wimbledon against a British opponent buoyed by a roaring, flag-waving Centre Court crowd. Twice, Williams was oh-so-close to the end of her bid for a fourth consecutive major title – and for the third leg of a calendar-year grand slam. She played unbelievable and should have won the match. She could get beyond the top 20... She should set her sights higher as she can definitely do better Serena Williams, talking about Heather... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1832464/serena-williams-comes-back-brink-deny-heather-watson-famous-victory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1832464/serena-williams-comes-back-brink-deny-heather-watson-famous-victory?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Jul 2015 03:29:03 +0000 Bernard Tomic launched a blistering tirade against Tennis Australia and head of performance Pat Rafter after his third round exit at Wimbledon. The attack came after former world number one Rafter said he would end funding for players in their 20s and that Tomic’s sister, Sara, would also have her funding cut off because of the uncooperative attitude of their father, John. Now all of a sudden, they are neglecting me, for some reason. They are not supporting me, not respecting me Bernard... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1832462/bernard-tomic-launches-disrespectful-tennis-australia-and-actor-pat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1832462/bernard-tomic-launches-disrespectful-tennis-australia-and-actor-pat?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Jul 2015 02:21:39 +0000 Australia's controversial Nick Kyrgios and Frenchman Richard Gasquet set up a Wimbledon last-16 clash after knocking out last year's semi-finalists Milos Raonic and Grigor Dimitrov on Friday. Defending champion and top seed Novak Djokovic breezed into the fourth round with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 win over Australian Bernard Tomic. Djokovic, also the 2011 champion, will face Kevin Anderson of South Africa for a place in the quarter-finals. I lost my focus a bit towards the end of the first set, but I... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1832456/giant-killer-nick-kyrgios-sends-milos-raonic-packing-wimbledon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1832456/giant-killer-nick-kyrgios-sends-milos-raonic-packing-wimbledon?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Jul 2015 16:30:15 +0000 Rafael Nadal’s career tailspin accelerated on Thursday when dreadlocked German Dustin Brown condemned him to a fourth successive Wimbledon humiliation. Nadal, the 2008 and 2010 champion, slumped to a 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 second-round defeat against the world number 102, who cracked 13 aces and 58 winners on Centre Court. It was the 29-year-old Spaniard’s first defeat by a qualifier at a grand slam and came in the aftermath of losing his French Open crown where he had been champion nine times. At... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1831899/decline-and-fall-rafael-nadal-suffers-another-early-wimbledon-exit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1831899/decline-and-fall-rafael-nadal-suffers-another-early-wimbledon-exit?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Jul 2015 01:30:30 +0000 Roger Federer's effortless stroll through the early stages at Wimbledon continued as he brought out the party tricks in a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Sam Querrey to reach the third round yesterday. Once the Swiss seven-time champion tamed the American's hefty serve, he cruised through the match, even managing to lob his opponent with a shot through his legs in the second set. Querrey began with a tenacious effort to peg Federer back, but the Swiss, chasing an 18th grand slam title, broke in the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1831884/roger-federer-andy-murray-party-tricks-see-them-advance-delight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1831884/roger-federer-andy-murray-party-tricks-see-them-advance-delight?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Jul 2015 17:18:53 +0000 Heather Watson insists she will never let the “cowards” who send her death threats damage her career after the British number one equalled her best performance at Wimbledon. Watson defeated Slovakian world number 72 Daniela Hantuchova 6-4, 6-2 in the second round on Wednesday and is the only remaining Briton in the women’s singles. The 23-year-old from Guernsey next faces the daunting task of taking on world number one Serena Williams in the last 32. It usually is (gamblers), because you either... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1831601/heather-watson-defies-death-threats-coward-gamblers-shine-wimbledon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1831601/heather-watson-defies-death-threats-coward-gamblers-shine-wimbledon?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Jul 2015 01:24:40 +0000 Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova breezed through at a sweltering Wimbledon on Wednesday where temperatures soared to a record 35.7 degrees. Defending champion and top seed Djokovic reached the third round with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Jarkko Nieminen which brought down the curtain on the Finn’s All England Club career. [Nieminen has] been around for many years and he’s one of the nicest guys off the court and a great fighter on it. It was a pleasure to play him Novak Djokovic It was... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1831587/djokovic-and-sharapova-breeze-through-third-round-wimbledon-endures?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1831587/djokovic-and-sharapova-breeze-through-third-round-wimbledon-endures?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Jul 2015 16:58:32 +0000 Kei Nishikori, Asia's big hope at Wimbledon, pulled out of the tournament on Wednesday after a calf injury prevented him playing his second-round clash. The fifth-seed Japanese had been scheduled to face Colombia's Santiago Giraldo on Centre Court for a place in the last 32. It got worse in the fifth set of that match. It hurt so much Kei Nishikori The 25-year-old first suffered the left calf injury in Halle last month when he was forced to retire in the semi-finals against Andreas Seppi. He had... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1831486/kei-nishikori-limps-out-wimbledon-calf-injury-ahead-second-round-match?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1831486/kei-nishikori-limps-out-wimbledon-calf-injury-ahead-second-round-match?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Jul 2015 15:14:13 +0000 China’s 117th-ranked qualifier Duan Yingying caused the first major upset of Wimbledon when she dumped out 12th-seeded Eugenie Bouchard in the first round of the women’s singles. Tianjin-born Duan scored a 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 victory over the Canadian poster girl who set SW19 alight last year when she reached the final, losing in straight sets to Petra Kvitova. But she has been struggling of late, losing in the first round of the French Open and suffering an abdominal injury in the Eastbourne... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1830535/chinas-duan-yingying-upsets-eugenie-bouchard-canadian-blames-stomach?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1830535/chinas-duan-yingying-upsets-eugenie-bouchard-canadian-blames-stomach?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Jul 2015 04:29:12 +0000 Seven-time champion Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, the 2008 and 2010 winner, raced into the second round of Wimbledon yesterday, as the tournament sweltered in near record-breaking heat. Andy Murray defied sweltering temperatures to kick off his bid for a second Wimbledon title with a comfortable 6-4, 7-6  (7-3), 6-4 victory over Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin. As the mercury soared to 30 degrees Celsius at the All England Club, Murray avoided being dragged into a draining battle in the Centre... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1830477/rafael-nadal-roger-federer-scorch-next-round-wimbledon-heats?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1830477/rafael-nadal-roger-federer-scorch-next-round-wimbledon-heats?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:05:43 +0000 A five-set Wimbledon first-round match lasting almost three and a half hours was not what Kei Nishikori needed on Monday as he nursed a sore calf strain. But what the Japanese hero wanted mattered little to Simone Bolelli as the Italian kept giving Nishikori and his stricken calf the run around until the fifth seed prevailed 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. “It’s a little bit sore from last week but it’s getting better and it wasn’t easy to play for three hours but it should be okay for the next... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1829375/kei-nishikori-survives-five-set-wimbledon-runaround-injury-fears-persist?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1829375/kei-nishikori-survives-five-set-wimbledon-runaround-injury-fears-persist?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Jun 2015 02:05:58 +0000 Nick Kyrgios insisted he won’t drop his brash attitude after the volatile Australian’s latest outburst during his Wimbledon first-round rout of Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman on Monday. Kyrgios was back at Wimbledon 12 months after he stunned Rafael Nadal in a memorable fourth-round upset on Centre Court that made him the lowest ranked player to beat a world number one at a grand slam event for 22 years. On his return, the 20-year-old, who eventually bowed out in the quarter-finals last year,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1829373/dirty-scum-nick-kyrgios-reinforces-bad-boy-reputation-wimbledon-tirade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1829373/dirty-scum-nick-kyrgios-reinforces-bad-boy-reputation-wimbledon-tirade?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Jun 2015 01:45:45 +0000 Defending champion Novak Djokovic and five-time women's winner Serena Williams reached the Wimbledon second round yesterday, as organisers boosted security and weathermen ramped up warnings of a crushing heatwave. Top seed Djokovic enjoyed a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win over Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber with crucial breaks in the ninth game of each set. "This is the cradle of our sport," said Djokovic, playing his first match since his defeat to Stan Wawrinka at the final of the French Open three weeks... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1829357/novak-djokovic-breezes-second-round-wimbledon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1829357/novak-djokovic-breezes-second-round-wimbledon?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:45:30 +0000 Serena Williams arrives at Wimbledon for the latest stage of her bid for a historic calendar grand slam with the praise of her peers ringing in her ears. Williams has swept to victory at the Australian and French Opens over the past six months and a sixth Wimbledon crown would leave the world number one within touching distance of becoming the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1988 to win all four majors in the same year. I'm not surprised she's still at the top. To be mentally ready for the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1828947/fellow-champions-serve-praise-serena-williams-eve-wimbledon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1828947/fellow-champions-serve-praise-serena-williams-eve-wimbledon?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Jun 2015 15:16:03 +0000 Being a member of tennis' Big Four might be the burning ambition of many players but Stan Wawrinka is in no rush to join the ranks and redefine that club as the Fab Five. The man who belted down backhand bullets to crush Novak Djokovic's French Open dream, thus denying the Serb a chance to complete his collection of grand slam titles, now owns two majors thanks to his success at Roland Garros earlier this month. Honestly I don't try to compare myself to them or try to be part of a group. I just... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1828779/big-four-status-doesnt-matter-wawrinka?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1828779/big-four-status-doesnt-matter-wawrinka?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Jun 2015 13:00:30 +0000 Novak Djokovic insists his heartbreaking French Open final defeat has been consigned to history as he begins his Wimbledon title defence on Monday. The world number one had stayed resolutely out of the spotlight since his Roland Garros upset by Stan Wawrinka ended his latest bid to complete the career grand slam. I know it could have been useful to play a couple of official matches on grass, but it's not the first time I'm coming straight into Wimbledon Novak Djokovic But the Serb says he is... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1828782/novak-djokovic-firmly-fixed-defending-his-wimbledon-title?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1828782/novak-djokovic-firmly-fixed-defending-his-wimbledon-title?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Jun 2015 13:00:00 +0000 Melzer beat Melzer, Zhang faced Zhang, a 44-year-old Japanese returned to a tournament she first played in 1989 while a British girl broke down in floods of tears mid-match. And Wimbledon has not even started yet. A stone's throw away from the All England Club, where the third grand slam of the year gets under way on Monday, is the Bank of England Sports Centre. It is where tennis has-beens, wannabes and probably those who never will be battle over four days for a place in the main draw at... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1827204/has-beens-wannabes-and-those-who-never-will-be-battle-qualify-wimbledon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1827204/has-beens-wannabes-and-those-who-never-will-be-battle-qualify-wimbledon?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Jun 2015 14:58:37 +0000 View the interactive graphic in a new window https://www.scmp.com/infographics/article/1546646/infographic-mens-tennis-how-big-are-big-four?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/infographics/article/1546646/infographic-mens-tennis-how-big-are-big-four?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Jul 2014 10:45:00 +0000 Former top tennis players Goran Ivanisevic and Guy Forget have urged Marion Bartoli to reconsider her shock decision to retire. "What she did at Wimbledon was fantastic, but she will regret this decision when Wimbledon comes," said Ivanisevic, unable to defend his 2001 All-England title because of a shoulder injury. "There is nothing like playing at Wimbledon as Wimbledon champion." Former men's world number four Forget said the decision sounded too hasty. "Marion is a very smart girl, she is... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1297068/former-tennis-greats-beg-marion-bartoli-reconsider-retirement-decision?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1297068/former-tennis-greats-beg-marion-bartoli-reconsider-retirement-decision?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Having realised a lifelong dream by claiming the Wimbledon title, Marion Bartoli has decided she has nothing left to give, shocking the world of tennis by bidding a sudden and poignant farewell to the sport. Just six weeks earlier, the 28-year-old Frenchwoman had shed tears of joy as she soaked up the applause following her straight sets win over Germany's Sabine Lisicki in the Wimbledon final to claim her first and only grand slam title. The toast of France, Bartoli was on top of the sporting... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1296855/wimbledon-champ-bartoli-retires-after-latest-loss?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1296855/wimbledon-champ-bartoli-retires-after-latest-loss?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Aug 2013 03:19:13 +0000 It was a radically different world back then when Germany's Baron Gottfried Von Cramm met Britain's Fred Perry in the men's singles championship at Wimbledon in 1936. In three weeks, German Chancellor and Fuhrer Adolf Hitler would officially open the Olympic Games in Berlin and while the dashing and personable Von Cramm was one of the most popular and respected players in tennis, the flag he represented that year at Wimbledon still had a swastika in the middle of it. Despite that, few who... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1281905/finally-perry-can-rest-peace?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1281905/finally-perry-can-rest-peace?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Andy Murray has broken the hoodoo of all hoodoos - one that British tennis fans had obsessed about for 77 years. A netted backhand by Serbian opponent Novak Djokovic gave the Scot the Wimbledon men's title after a gruelling three hours and 10 minutes in searing heat, making him the first Briton to lift the coveted gold trophy since Fred Perry in 1936. In an instant, on the hallowed Centre Court grass of the sport's spiritual home, the decades of disbelief and ridicule evaporated and the nation... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1279053/wimbledon-win-shows-only-hard-work-can-net-victory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1279053/wimbledon-win-shows-only-hard-work-can-net-victory?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A glance at the list of men's singles champions at Wimbledon the last dozen years reveals plenty of pleasant-enough looking chaps, though not a single slam-dunk male model in the bunch. No matter. Each one was instantly fawned over the moment he held the trophy aloft, celebrated for toughness, smarts and the kind of devotion that knows no quit. Marion Bartoli displayed all of those qualities - and more - on the way to winning Wimbledon in this most tumultuous of years. But because she's a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1278921/bartoli-looks-wimbledon-champ-no-matter-what?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/1278921/bartoli-looks-wimbledon-champ-no-matter-what?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Have the triumphant Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-wei really forged a tennis partnership that bridges the gap between mainland China and Taiwan, as many have claimed? The new grand-slam title winners were finally forced to confront the elephant in the room at a press conference after they beat Australian duo Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua at Wimbledon on Saturday. And when they did, the divide was apparent. When a Japanese reporter asked Taiwan’s Hsieh what it means to win a grand slam for “her... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1278632/cross-strait-tennis-partners-forced-talk-politics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1278632/cross-strait-tennis-partners-forced-talk-politics?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jul 2013 03:11:31 +0000