Maya Joint showed few nerves in winning the biggest match of her life — defeating Serena Williams 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3 on Tuesday to spoil the 44-year-olds singles comeback at Wimbledon.
Serena Williams’s Wimbledon comeback has ended in the first round. Australia’s Maya Joint defeated the six-time champion in three sets (6-3, 6-7 and 6-3) on Tuesday.
Ben Shelton wasted a match point in the fifth-set tiebreaker against qualifier Otto Virtanen at Wimbledon in what the fourth-seeded American called “one of the toughest losses of my career.”
Canada’s Gabriel Diallo advanced at Wimbledon with a walkover in his first-round match Tuesday against France’s Benjamin Bonzi.
Coco Gauff said she was brought to tears by a “pushy” anti-doping tester. Serena Williams called the system “ grueling.”
Serena Williams is set to return to Wimbledon’s Centre Court on Tuesday for her first singles match in nearly four years as she plays Maya Joint in the first round of the Grand Slam tournament.
Anticipation is building at Wimbledon for Serena Williams’ first singles match in nearly four years.
Defending champion Jannik Sinner had to come back from a set down twice and regain his composure following a worrisome tumble to the grass in a five-set victory over 50th-ranked Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round of Wimbledon on Monday.
Third seed Félix Auger-Aliassime cruised into the second round of Wimbledon with a 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 win over Kazakhstan’s Alexander Shevchenko on Monday at the All England Club.
Top tennis players at Wimbledon have decided to end their protest over prize money and will no longer be limiting their media appearances during the first week of the Grand Slam tournament.
Emma Raducanu withdrew from Wimbledon on Sunday because of a stress fracture in her right leg, leaving the tournament without its highest-profile British player.
Serena Williams took aim at tennis’ anti-doping system on Sunday ahead of her Wimbledon return, calling the system “unprofessional” and “unreasonable.”
Skier Lindsey Vonn has a special understanding of what Serena Williams is going through as she prepares to play both singles and doubles at Wimbledon at age 44.
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil’s Luisa Stefani have won another title. The duo defeated Czech pair Miriam Skoch and Jesika Maleckova 6-1, 6-4 in the women’s doubles final at the WTA 250 Eastbourne Open tennis tournament on Sunday.
Wimbledon has confirmed that Serena Williams’ first match at the grass-court Grand Slam since 2022 will take place on Centre Court on Tuesday evening.
Jannik Sinner said he’s changed his physical workload after his French Open meltdown, when he felt ill and dizzy in a second-round loss.
The 44-year-old Williams is the buzz of SW19 — the famous post code of Wimbledon — as she prepares to play her first singles match at the event in four years Tuesday when she faces No. 53 Maya Joint in the first round.
Naomi Osaka’s Wimbledon preparations received a setback when she retired at the start of the second set in Saturday’s Bad Homburg final because of a foot injury.
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil’s Luisa Stefani advanced to the women’s doubles final of the Eastbourne Open tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Hungary’s Fanny Stollar and Asia Muhammad of the United States on Friday.
Third-seeded Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime will open against Alexander Shevchenko of Kazakhstan in the first round at Wimbledon after the draw was released Friday.
Serena Williams will face an opponent less than half her age when she plays 20-year-old Maya Joint in the first round at Wimbledon for her first singles match in nearly four years.
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