Tennis

8:10 PM ET This time Andy Murray‘s fuel and fortitude were not enough to see him into the next round under the floodlights. The three-time Grand Slam champion had the Wimbledon faithful daring to dream after two typically stoic performances to reach the third round, but he was left slipping and sliding around Centre Court

10:02 AM ET ESPN News Services LONDON — American Sloane Stephens‘ Wimbledon journey came to an end Friday after a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 defeat to wild card Liudmila Samsonova in the third round. The loss came after a brilliant opening-round win against No. 10-ranked Petra Kvitova. This is Samsonova’s first appearance at Wimbledon, and she

8:38 AM ET Simon Cambers Serena Williams is awaiting the results of scans on the leg injury that forced her to withdraw during her first-round match at Wimbledon on Tuesday. The 23-times Grand Slam champion flew home to the United States the following day and was walking, which her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou says is a

2:42 PM ET ESPN News Services LONDON — Roger Federer became the oldest man to reach the third round at Wimbledon in 46 years, winning every service game Thursday to extend his winning streak against Richard Gasquet to 11 matches, 7-6 (1), 6-1, 6-4. “I was really happy with my performance,” Federer told the crowd.

6:40 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Frances Tiafoe didn’t just think he had a chance to upset reigning French Open finalist and No. 3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in his first-round match at Wimbledon on Monday — he knew he could. “I woke up this morning like, ‘Yeah, I’m beating Stefanos,'” Tiafoe said after his 6-4, 6-4,

6:34 AM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — Shortly before Roger Federer stepped out to play his first-round match at Wimbledon on Tuesday, a voice popped up on social media. Hello @rogerfederer, my old friend. I’m here to help you one last time if you need me… #rogersroof — Wimbledon Roof (@WimbledonRoof) June 29, 2021 The

8:30 PM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — Trailing two sets to one against a German qualifier ranked No. 151 at Wimbledon on Wednesday evening, Andy Murray turned to the crowd and yelled one word: “Fight.” It’s a word that epitomizes Murray’s storied career, the kind of never-say-die attitude that brought him three Grand Slam titles,

10:55 AM ET ESPN News Services The rematch of the 2018 Wimbledon final ended with another straight-sets win for Novak Djokovic. The top-ranked player delivered what he called an “almost flawless performance” in beating Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 on Centre Court to reach the third round. Djokovic never faced a break point and committed

6:40 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Serena Williams slowly picked herself up off of her knees, each movement looking more pained than the last. She had screamed in agony as she fell to the ground and by the time she stood up, the chair umpire was by her side. The match was over and with it,

8:05 PM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — The injury to Serena Williams, who retired midway through the first set of her match with Aliaksandra Sasnovich after twice slipping on the Centre Court grass in the same game, provoked headlines and questions. Is the Wimbledon grass more slippery than usual? Has anything changed? Is it just

3:11 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Serena Williams retired from her first round match at Wimbledon on Tuesday against Aliaksandra Sasnovich with an apparent right leg injury. Holding a 3-1 lead in the first set, Williams slipped and needed to take an injury timeout to receive treatment. She returned to the court but her movement was

6:40 AM ET GOAT debates endure for every sport, both because they get people fired up and they don’t ever have a singular, definitive answer. We can argue forever if we want to. That’s doubly true for an individual sport. Achievements, influence, the era in which you played … lots of things can go into

1:34 PM ET Simon Cambers American Sloane Stephens caused the first big shock on the women’s side at Wimbledon on Monday when she took out two-time champion Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-4 on Centre Court. The former US Open champion, a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in 2013, returned aggressively and never allowed 10th-seed Kvitova, the winner in

12:58 PM ET Kathleen McNamee American Frances Tiafoe pulled off the first major upset at Wimbledon 2021 on Monday as he beat world No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the second round. Tsitsipas was favored to win the match having come second to Novak Djokovic in the French Open final earlier

5:46 AM ET With the return of tennis at Wimbledon on Monday, the only thing perfectly clear about the sport’s reentry from the pandemic will be the crisp whites that players don at the All England Club over the next two weeks. The sport is in the middle of its own edgy transition. Like restaurants,

4:21 PM ET Simon Cambers Britain’s Johanna Konta was withdrawn from Wimbledon on Sunday after she was deemed to be a close contact of a team member who tested positive for COVID-19. Konta, the world No 31, a Wimbledon semifinalist in 2017 and Britain’s highest-ranked woman, was removed from the draw and replaced by China’s

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff After two years, we’re finally back at the All England Club. Wimbledon 2021 kicks off Monday, and even with heavy hitters like Naomi Osaka and Rafael Nadal not competing, it’s sure to be an entertaining Slam. Serena Williams is chasing her 24th Slam title to tie Margaret Court for most

10:41 AM ET Associated Press Jelena Ostapenko and Alex de Minaur tuned up for Wimbledon in the best way possible, winning the first grass-court titles of their careers at the Eastbourne tournament on Saturday. Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open champion and a wild-card entry in Eastbourne, collected her first WTA trophy since 2019 and fourth