LONDON — Top seed Carlos Alcaraz opened his Wimbledon campaign by sending French veteran Jeremy Chardy into retirement with a 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 drubbing on Tuesday. At about the same time as eight-time champion Roger Federer was receiving a rapturous reception as a Royal Box guest across on Centre Court, Alcaraz showed why he is billed as the future of […]

Roger Federer managed to hold back the tears as he was given a long standing ovation on his first Wimbledon appearance since announcing his retirement from tennis last year. MORE TO FOLLOW We’ll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story. For the latest news and breaking news visit: /sport/football . Stay up […]

Andy Murray gets his Wimbledon campaign underway against fellow Brit Ryan Peniston on Tuesday. The two-time champion has made it no secret that he wants to reach the second week after failing in his quest to be one of the top 32 seeds at the All England Club. Despite getting the protection of a seeding, Andrew Castle has claimed that […]

No one remained in their seat as Venus Williams, 43, walked off Wimbledon’s Centre Court on Monday following her 6-4, 6-3 loss to Elina Svitolina. All of the nearly 15,000 in attendance were on their feet showering her with applause, and “We love you, Venus” screams could be heard throughout the stadium. Williams, a five-time champion at the tournament, gave […]

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Venus Williams said she was “killed by the grass” after suffering a nasty fall as her emotional Wimbledon return ended in Centre […]

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Jodie Burrage feared she would have to give up her tennis career three years ago – but now she is celebrating a […]

Venus Williams crashed out of Wimbledon in straight sets to Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina – after crashing to the Centre Court grass in agony. The Grand Dame of SW19 screamed out in pain as she twisted to reach a volley in the third game and collapsed to the ground clutching her heavily-strapped right knee. After treatment from the trainer she was […]

Start of Wimbledon stream on iPlayer ‘not working’ British tennis icon Tim Henman has explained why Novak Djokovic was delayed by over an hour in his opening day victory over Pedro Cachin on Monday, despite just a small amount of rain falling at Wimbledon. The Serb was forced inside after the opening set, though was able to regain his form […]

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Jodie Burrage made it third time lucky as she registered her first Wimbledon win by beating American Caty McNally. British wild card […]

Veronika Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova gave an insight into the mood in the locker room as Russians returned to Wimbledon. Players from the nation were banned from last year’s Championships along with their Belarusian colleagues in response to the Ukraine war. And both women said that they were still trying to speak to their Ukrainian colleagues in the locker room […]