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I no longer use a typewriter to write my columns or anything else. We no longer travel in bullock carts (what Gandhi called ‘OxFord’ in the movie named after him), or curse when the weather means we can’t read the time off the sun-dial. We move on, replacing the old and cumbersome, perhaps even inaccurate…
Wimbledon’s controversial expansion plan is set to go ahead after a legal challenge against the decision to approve the proposal was dismissed by a High Court judge on Monday. The ‘Save Wimbledon Park’ campaign group took action against the Greater London Authority’s decision last year to grant planning permission that would almost triple the size…
Amanda Anisimova collapsed flat on her face in sheer relief after she survived an astonishing and unexpected fightback from Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to secure a 6-1 7-6(9) victory and reach the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time. With Anisimova leading 6-1 5-2, Pavlyuchenkova was left wishing she could disappear through a Wimbledon trapdoor as the American…
A malfunction with Wimbledon ‘s new electronic line calling system required a point to be replayed during a quarterfinal match between Taylor Fritz and Karen Khachanov on Tuesday. The issue occurred during the opening game of the fourth set on Court No. 1 after Fritz had served at 15-0 and the players exchanged shots. Then…
Aryna Sabalenka was dragged into a bygone era on Tuesday and tormented for almost three hours on Wimbledon’s Centre Court before finally imposing her 21st-century power game to beat mesmeric Laura Siegemund for a place in the semifinals. The Belarusian needed all her powers of ball bludgeoning and belief to emerge from a befuddling battle,…
Day 8 saw the completion of the fourth-round clashes to confirm the quarterfinals in both the men’s singles and women’s singles events of The Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London. Amidst a slew of surprise early exits, Carlos Alcaraz remains on course to defend his title from 2024, but will…
Right before Wimbledon began, Novak Djokovic declared it was the tournament that gave him the best chance to claim an unprecedented 25th Grand Slam singles trophy. Made sense, really, given that he’s won seven titles there already and reached the past six finals. For one uncharacteristically unsteady set in the fourth round on Monday (July…
A deluge of double faults dictated early terms before Iga Swiatek found her grasscourt wings to fly into the Wimbledon quarterfinals with a soaring 6-4 6-1 victory over an out-of-sorts Danish 23rd seed Clara Tauson on Monday. The cold and blustery wind swirling around Court One was clearly not to Swiatek’s liking as she opened…
American 10th seed Ben Shelton reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time on Monday when a 3-6 6-1 7-6 (1) 7-5 victory over Italian Lorenzo Sonego also gave him the family bragging rights. Thirty-one years ago Shelton’s father and current coach Bryan lost 10-8 in the fifth set to Christian Bergstrom in the last…
Belinda Bencic advanced to her first Wimbledon quarterfinal — 11 years after her All England Club debut — by beating 18th-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-6 (4), 6-4 on Monday. Bencic, who lost in the fourth round on three previous occasions, failed to convert five match points while serving at 5-3 in the second set. But on…
