Serena Williams gets Centre Court for Wimbledon return in 1st round match vs Joint
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.
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.
Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert said Thursday her ovarian cancer has returned and treatment will prevent her from attending Wimbledon this year.
Canada’s Bianca Andreescu will make her return to Wimbledon next week as the women’s main draw gets underway.
Canada’s Gabriel Diallo was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Eastbourne Open tennis tournament Thursday with a 6-1, 6-4 loss to Britain’s Jack Draper.
Canadians Bianca Andreescu and Katherine Sebov beat the heat on Wednesday and moved within a win of a berth in the women’s singles draw at Wimbledon.
Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo advanced to the quarterfinals of the Eastbourne Open tennis tournament with a 6-7 (11), 6-3, 6-2 over Argentina’s Tomas Etcheverry on Wednesday.
Mirra Andreeva lost in her first match since winning Roland-Garros, beaten in her only grass-court tuneup before Wimbledon by Ekaterina Alexandrova on Wednesday.
Canada’s Bianca Andreescu moved on to the second round of Wimbledon women’s qualifying with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Polona Hercog on Tuesday.
Canadian Leylah Fernandez’s run at the Bad Homburg Open ended Tuesday with a 6-3, 6-4 loss to China’s Wang Xinyu in the Round of 16.
This is the real deal now. After initially returning in doubles, Serena Williams is ramping up her tennis return with singles, too. At Wimbledon, of all places.
Canada’s Alexis Galarneau advanced to the second round of Wimbledon qualifying with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Argentina’s Facundo Díaz Acosta on Monday.
The third Grand Slam of the tennis season is here as Wimbledon gets set to begin on Monday, June 29 and TSN has you covered with all of the action from the grass courts at the All England Club.
Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo advanced to the second round of the Eastbourne Open grass-court tennis tournament with a 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-5 win over France’s Terence Atmane on Monday.
Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova was suspended for four years on Monday for refusing an anti-doping test — even though the Czech player cited “mental stress” and fear when the testing agent “rang my door late at night without properly identifying themselves.”
Serena Williams will compete in the 2026 Wimbledon singles portion of the tournament as a wild card entry, it was announced Sunday afternoon.
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