Birrell bounced in first round after 6-0 start
Australian Kimberley Birrell has been bounced from the first round at Wimbledon, after losing the first set 6-0.
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7NEWS
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- 7NEWS
Wimbledon runner-up Ons Jabeur forced to retire from first-round match after breathing difficulties
Two-time Wimbledon runner-up Ons Jabeur retired during her first-round match Monday because of difficulty breathing, the latest issue for her during an injury-filled season. The 30-year-old was forced to pull out while training 6-7 (5-7) 0-2 against Viktoriya Tomova. Jabeur was visited by a trainer for a medical timeout in the first set. At one point, she sat on her sideline seat and cried into a towel. 'I wasn't expecting not to feel good. I have been practising pretty well the last few days but I guess these things happen,' Jabeur said. 'I'm pretty sad. It doesn't really help me with my confidence and what I keep pushing myself to do, even though it was a very tough season for me. 'So I hope I'm going to feel better and we'll see what's going to happen.' Jabeur lost to Elena Rybakina in the 2022 final and to Marketa Vondrousova in the 2023 final. She also was a finalist at the 2022 US Open, losing to Iga Swiatek. Jabeur's 2024 season ended early because of a shoulder injury and she's dealt with leg problems this year, now sitting outside the world's top 50. She said she will 'definitely try to disconnect a little bit from tennis'. 'Try to just enjoy life outside tennis, recover and spend a little bit of time with the family and hopefully that could recharge me,' Jabeur said. 'Definitely 'rest' is the word for it.' Elsewhere in the first round, last year's runner-up Jasmine Paolini recovered from losing the opening set to beat Latvian world No. 402 Anastasija Sevastova 2-6 6-3 6-2. Home hero Katie Boulter defeated ninth seed Paula Badosa 6-2 3-6 6-4 on Centre Court for one of the biggest wins of her career, perhaps giving her Australian fiance Alex de Minaur a fillip ahead of his opening match on Tuesday. It was a good day for the host nation with rising star Sonay Kartal also notching a shock, defeating 20th seed and former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 7-5 2-6 6-2. Emma Raducanu won too and will now meet the 2023 champion Marketa Vondrousova, who beat 32nd-seeded American McCartney Kessler 6-1 7-6 (7-3). Australian Open champion Madison Keys survived a scare, the American coming from a set down to scrape past Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 7-5. Seeds Elina Svitolina (14) and Amanda Anisimova (13) also progressed, the latter handing out a 'double-bagel' 6-0 6-0 defeat to Yulia Putintseva.
The Age
29 minutes ago
- The Age
Lyon makes surprise announcement ahead of second West Indies Test
'It's more about the team environment and making sure I get the opportunity to pass it onto someone who I love and absolutely love the way he goes about things, on and off the field.' The honour will now fall to Alex Carey, who led the rendition in the changerooms at Kensington Oval after Australia's 159-run win last week in Barbados. A day earlier, Lyon invited himself to Carey's room at the team hotel to break the news to the 33-year-old wicketkeeper with 41 Tests to his name since 2021. Lyon had originally planned to hand over the role at the World Test Championship final, but Australia's shock loss to South Africa at Lord's saw those plans shelved. Instead, he wrote Carey — a fellow South Australian — a letter, explaining why he was the man for the job. The rest of the squad found out after the win. Carey had been ready to assume the role during the 2023 Ashes when Lyon injured his calf but Australia did not win another match in the series. 'I feel like Alex is the perfect candidate and I kind of feel I've run my race with it,' Lyon said. 'It's time for someone else to put their touch on it. 'He was pretty taken aback by it … it was cool.' Former Test captain Ian Chappell said in a 2007 interview he learnt Southern Cross from a fellow Australian cricketer, Raymond Patrick Hogan, while playing for Ramsbottom in a minor northern English league 1963. 'When I recited Southern Cross to Rod Marsh, he liked it so much it became the Australian team's victory song,' Chappell said. 'The first time Rod sang it was after we beat England in 1974 [when Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson made their terrifying debut against England] at the Gabba. We were down in the dressing room having a few beers and he sang it.' Song honours were passed down from Marsh, to Allan Border, to David Boon, to Ian Healy and then to Ricky Ponting. When Ponting became Test captain in 2004, he asked Justin Langer to become Australia's song-master. Langer always spoke about the immense pride of such an honour. In 2007, Langer passed the role onto Hussey, who then gave it to Lyon in early 2013. Hussey told the young off-spinner to bring 'three Coronas to my room' before breaking the news ahead of his farewell Test against Sri Lanka at the SCG. Of the 125 Tests where Lyon led the song, Australia won 69, drew 19 and lost 39. However, Lyon is adamant the handover does not mark the beginning of the end. His numbers remain sharp: he averaged 24.95 with the ball in 2023, 22.69 in 2024, and sits at 25.55 this year. Lyon still dreams of winning Test series in India and England in 2027. Lyon needs 152 wickets to equal Shane Warne's Australian record of 708, but is closing in on Glenn McGrath's tally of 563 after taking match figures of 3-48 in Barbados. 'Warnie's [record] is a long way away and in my eyes he's the greatest ever to play the game,' Lyon said. 'I'm just lucky to be a part of a pretty special cricket team at the moment. We're on our way to becoming a great cricket team. To be part of this bowling attack and play my role is special. That's the reason why I keep playing.' Loading Asked for his top three favourite wins as Australia's song-master, Lyon said: 'I've got an amazing photo at home of a team song that we did at the Adelaide Oval when 'Hughesy' [Phil Hughes] passed away. There's a photo with all the players and staff in a perfect zero [formation] with the four and the eight on the other side (Hughes was Australian Test player No.408). It's a pretty amazing photo. 'My first Test was probably my most nerve-wracking one [when Australia beat England at the Gabba in 2013].
Sydney Morning Herald
30 minutes ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
Lyon makes surprise announcement ahead of second West Indies Test
'It's more about the team environment and making sure I get the opportunity to pass it onto someone who I love and absolutely love the way he goes about things, on and off the field.' The honour will now fall to Alex Carey, who led the rendition in the changerooms at Kensington Oval after Australia's 159-run win last week in Barbados. A day earlier, Lyon invited himself to Carey's room at the team hotel to break the news to the 33-year-old wicketkeeper with 41 Tests to his name since 2021. Lyon had originally planned to hand over the role at the World Test Championship final, but Australia's shock loss to South Africa at Lord's saw those plans shelved. Instead, he wrote Carey — a fellow South Australian — a letter, explaining why he was the man for the job. The rest of the squad found out after the win. Carey had been ready to assume the role during the 2023 Ashes when Lyon injured his calf but Australia did not win another match in the series. 'I feel like Alex is the perfect candidate and I kind of feel I've run my race with it,' Lyon said. 'It's time for someone else to put their touch on it. 'He was pretty taken aback by it … it was cool.' Former Test captain Ian Chappell said in a 2007 interview he learnt Southern Cross from a fellow Australian cricketer, Raymond Patrick Hogan, while playing for Ramsbottom in a minor northern English league 1963. 'When I recited Southern Cross to Rod Marsh, he liked it so much it became the Australian team's victory song,' Chappell said. 'The first time Rod sang it was after we beat England in 1974 [when Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson made their terrifying debut against England] at the Gabba. We were down in the dressing room having a few beers and he sang it.' Song honours were passed down from Marsh, to Allan Border, to David Boon, to Ian Healy and then to Ricky Ponting. When Ponting became Test captain in 2004, he asked Justin Langer to become Australia's song-master. Langer always spoke about the immense pride of such an honour. In 2007, Langer passed the role onto Hussey, who then gave it to Lyon in early 2013. Hussey told the young off-spinner to bring 'three Coronas to my room' before breaking the news ahead of his farewell Test against Sri Lanka at the SCG. Of the 125 Tests where Lyon led the song, Australia won 69, drew 19 and lost 39. However, Lyon is adamant the handover does not mark the beginning of the end. His numbers remain sharp: he averaged 24.95 with the ball in 2023, 22.69 in 2024, and sits at 25.55 this year. Lyon still dreams of winning Test series in India and England in 2027. Lyon needs 152 wickets to equal Shane Warne's Australian record of 708, but is closing in on Glenn McGrath's tally of 563 after taking match figures of 3-48 in Barbados. 'Warnie's [record] is a long way away and in my eyes he's the greatest ever to play the game,' Lyon said. 'I'm just lucky to be a part of a pretty special cricket team at the moment. We're on our way to becoming a great cricket team. To be part of this bowling attack and play my role is special. That's the reason why I keep playing.' Loading Asked for his top three favourite wins as Australia's song-master, Lyon said: 'I've got an amazing photo at home of a team song that we did at the Adelaide Oval when 'Hughesy' [Phil Hughes] passed away. There's a photo with all the players and staff in a perfect zero [formation] with the four and the eight on the other side (Hughes was Australian Test player No.408). It's a pretty amazing photo. 'My first Test was probably my most nerve-wracking one [when Australia beat England at the Gabba in 2013].
