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The Independent
27 minutes ago
- The Independent
Roger Federer reacts in Royal Box to Grigor Dimitrov's dramatic Wimbledon exit
Roger Federer appeared emotional as he watched Grigor Dimitrov 's dramatic retirement from Wimbledon on Centre Court. Dimitrov retired from his match with Jannik Sinner with a pectoral injury after dominating throughout and going up 6-3, 7-5, 2-2. Dimitrov, the 19th seed, won the opening two sets and held serve with an ace in the third but then fell to the ground, saying: 'My pec, my pec,' as a concerned Sinner walked round the net to ask what was wrong. Sinner stayed by the side of Dimitrov who shed tears while he received treatment and the Bulgarian eventually threw in the towel and walked off to a standing ovation from the Centre Court crowd. Federer was sitting front and centre in the Royal Box, overlooking the court where he won eight Wimbledon titles. The Swiss appeared shocked by the incident as he looked on. Sinner said of Dimitrov, who has now retired from his past four majors with injury: 'I don't know what to say because he's an incredible player. I think we all saw this today. He's been so unlucky in the past couple of years. He's an incredible player, a good friend of mine also, and we understand each other very well off the court too. 'Seeing him in this position... if there would be a chance that he could play in the next round, he would deserve it. Now I hope he has a speedy recovery. Very, very unlucky from his side. I don't take this as a win at all... just an unfortunate moment to witness for all of us.' Sinner arrived for the clash having not dropped serve in 36 games but Dimitrov broke him on the first attempt to grab a 2-0 lead and the elegant veteran played near-flawless tennis to close out the opening set and leave the crowd stunned. Troubled by a right elbow problem following a fall earlier in the clash, Sinner took a medical timeout five games into the second set after being jolted again by Dimitrov, who shook off dropping his own serve late on to double his lead. Pushed into a corner, Sinner came out fighting but the match ended in anticlimactic fashion in the third set and the Italian now faces American 10th seed Ben Shelton in the quarter-finals.
BBC News
31 minutes ago
- BBC News
Trio of clubs target £40m Grealish - Tuesday's gossip
Three clubs are keen on Manchester City's Jack Grealish, while Newcastle are hopeful of signing Crystal Palace's Marc Guehi and in talks with Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Tottenham, Newcastle and Napoli all monitoring England attacker Jack Grealish after Manchester City set an asking price of £40m for the 29-year-old. (Sun), externalNewcastle United remain hopeful of winning the race to sign Marc Guehi, 24, with the club looking to bolster their squad with the addition of the England and Crystal Palace centre-back. (GiveMeSport), externalCrystal Palace are themselves in talks with Sporting over a potential £45m deal for their Ivory Coast defender Ousmane Diomande, 21. (Guardian), externalItalian defender Davide Calabria, 28, is also a target for Crystal Palace. He impressed on loan at Bologna last season but is a free agent after leaving AC Milan when his contract expired. (Sky Sports, external)Newcastle have also held fresh talks with Dominic Calvert-Lewin, 28, with manager Eddie Howe a long-term admirer of the England striker who left Everton after his contract expired last month and has interest from Manchester United. (Talksport), externalWest Ham's 29-year-old Morocco defender Nayef Aguerd is a priority target for French side Marseille this summer. (L'Equipe - in French), externalManchester United have made an approach for Atalanta and Brazil midfielder Ederson, with Serie A duo Inter Milan and Juventus also tracking the 26-year-old valued at about £44m. (Goal - in Portuguese), externalDenmark striker Rasmus Hojlund, 22, is not considering a move away from Manchester United unless the club decide to sell him, with Inter Milan one of the clubs to have shown interest. (Fabrizio Romano), externalMeanwhile, Manchester United quoted a £30m transfer fee for Andre Onana to AS Monaco at the end of last month, but the 29-year-old Cameroon goalkeeper is also looking increasingly likely to stay at the club. (Mail), externalManchester United are also interested in Nigeria midfielder Wilfred Ndidi, 28, who has a reported £9m relegation release clause in his Leicester City contract, with Fulham, Everton and Crystal Palace also keen. (Tuttosport - in Italian), externalSunderland, Leeds United and Wolves are interested in Lens and Morocco Under-23 midfielder Neil El Aynaoui, but face competition from AS Roma, Juventus and AC Milan for the 24-year-old. (Footmercato - in French), externalSlavia Prague manager Jindrich Trpisovsky has confirmed El Hadji Malick Diouf is set to leave the club with West Ham and Leeds linked with the 20-year-old Senegal defender. (Standard), external
The Guardian
41 minutes ago
- The Guardian
Wimbledon doubles champion handed £9,200 fine for alleged verbal abuse
A defending Wimbledon men's doubles champion has been handed the largest fine so far at this year's championships after allegedly verbally abusing a member of staff. Essex-born Henry Patten, 29, is appealing against the $12,500 (£9,200) penalty that was dished out on 29 June owing to an incident at an off-site training ground. Wimbledon has handed out fines totalling $50,000 to 12 players so far this year, more than double the $20,000 dished out during the same period at last year's championships. The fines for both years include the qualifying period and the first week of Wimbledon. This year's second highest fine went to the French player Adrian Mannarino, who displayed unsportsmanlike conduct during his second round win over Valentin Royer. Other players this year were fined for audible obscenities, abuse of rackets and equipment, and also unsportsmanlike conduct. Over the years, some of the sport's biggest stars including Serena Williams and Nick Kyrgios have been fined for rocking the genteel atmosphere of the tournament. Williams was fined $10,000 (£7,345) in 2016 for smashing her racket into the grass court five times in her match against Christina McHale. Kyrgios, known for his volatile behaviour on the tennis circuit, told a podcast last week that he has been fined more than $800,000 (£587,650) in his career. Patten said he was disappointed that he was having to address the fines issue rather than concentrating on his Wimbledon run. Patten and his teammate, Harri Heliövaara of Finland, who won the Australian Open men's doubles title this year as well, are through to Wimbledon's quarter-finals after their opponents, France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Australia's Jordan Thompson, had to withdraw on Monday. In a statement, Patten, the world No 3 in doubles, said he had spoken to the tournament referee and tournament director regarding last Sunday's incident. 'On 2 July, I received a letter informing me that I had been fined and on the same day I responded appealing [against] the decision due to inaccuracies and procedural failures in the process,' he said. 'Despite this decision being under appeal, I am disappointed that Wimbledon sought it appropriate to disclose this fine to the media without indicating my appeal, which creates an unfair and inaccurate perception of the incident. 'At this stage I will merely say that I do not believe that there has been a full or proper investigation, nor has Wimbledon acted reasonably or fairly with due process.' Wimbledon has been asked for comment.
