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Glasgow Times
a day ago
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
British tennis in healthy shape as attention turns to US hard-court swing
From a record number of home victories on the first day of the Championships to Cameron Norrie's quarter-final run and more home success in doubles, there was plenty for British fans to get excited about. Norrie and Sonay Kartal, who reached the fourth round for the first time, take top honours in singles, while Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool became the first all-British pair to claim the men's doubles trophy since 1936. Cameron Norrie reached the quarter-finals (Mike Egerton/PA) There were first Wimbledon victories for the likes of Arthur Fery, Jack Pinnington Jones and Oliver Tarvet, whose run through qualifying was one of the feelgood stories of the fortnight, and teenage trio Mimi Xu, Hannah Klugman and Mika Stojsavljevic all gained valuable experience. The major disappointment was that Jack Draper, having elevated himself into the world's top four, was such an early faller, losing in the second round to former finalist Marin Cilic. The draw was not kind, and Draper fronted up brilliantly, as he always does, recognising that the big improvements he has made on hard and clay courts have not yet translated to grass. Former British number one Greg Rusedski has no doubt he will get there, saying: 'No question about it. Jack is the best British player by far since Andy Murray, one of the most complete players. Jack Draper, right, was beaten by Marin Cilic (Mike Egerton/PA) 'Give Cilic respect. He played great, he's been a finalist here, he won the US Open. For me, that wasn't a bad loss at all and Jack will be back strong. He's got a consistent team, he's willing to invest and the future's bright. He'll be deep in this tournament for many years to come.' A consistent team is something Emma Raducanu is still searching for, and the encouragement of her strong performance in defeat against Aryna Sabalenka was tempered by the fact she may be back to the drawing board again on the coaching front. Raducanu and Mark Petchey have clearly gelled but the latter's TV commitments make a full-time role impossible at the moment. Britain's Billie Jean King Cup captain Anne Keothavong has worked with Raducanu on and off court, and said: 'It obviously is important and we've seen the positive impact Petch has had on her over the last few weeks. 'Equally, it's not that straightforward. Hopefully she's clearer than ever of what is required in terms of what kind of team she wants around her and she finds that. If they can find a way to make it work, then that would be brilliant.' There will be six British men and women in the world's top 60 on Monday and the target ahead of the US Open will be for the likes of Raducanu, Kartal, Norrie, Katie Boulter and Jacob Fearnley to try to climb into the seeded positions in New York. 'I think it's brilliant that we've got three women inside the top 50 and I hope they continue to push each other and the others take inspiration from what they're doing,' added Keothavong.
South Wales Argus
2 days ago
- Sport
- South Wales Argus
British tennis in healthy shape as attention turns to US hard-court swing
From a record number of home victories on the first day of the Championships to Cameron Norrie's quarter-final run and more home success in doubles, there was plenty for British fans to get excited about. Norrie and Sonay Kartal, who reached the fourth round for the first time, take top honours in singles, while Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool became the first all-British pair to claim the men's doubles trophy since 1936. Cameron Norrie reached the quarter-finals (Mike Egerton/PA) There were first Wimbledon victories for the likes of Arthur Fery, Jack Pinnington Jones and Oliver Tarvet, whose run through qualifying was one of the feelgood stories of the fortnight, and teenage trio Mimi Xu, Hannah Klugman and Mika Stojsavljevic all gained valuable experience. The major disappointment was that Jack Draper, having elevated himself into the world's top four, was such an early faller, losing in the second round to former finalist Marin Cilic. The draw was not kind, and Draper fronted up brilliantly, as he always does, recognising that the big improvements he has made on hard and clay courts have not yet translated to grass. Former British number one Greg Rusedski has no doubt he will get there, saying: 'No question about it. Jack is the best British player by far since Andy Murray, one of the most complete players. Jack Draper, right, was beaten by Marin Cilic (Mike Egerton/PA) 'Give Cilic respect. He played great, he's been a finalist here, he won the US Open. For me, that wasn't a bad loss at all and Jack will be back strong. He's got a consistent team, he's willing to invest and the future's bright. He'll be deep in this tournament for many years to come.' A consistent team is something Emma Raducanu is still searching for, and the encouragement of her strong performance in defeat against Aryna Sabalenka was tempered by the fact she may be back to the drawing board again on the coaching front. Raducanu and Mark Petchey have clearly gelled but the latter's TV commitments make a full-time role impossible at the moment. Britain's Billie Jean King Cup captain Anne Keothavong has worked with Raducanu on and off court, and said: 'It obviously is important and we've seen the positive impact Petch has had on her over the last few weeks. 'Equally, it's not that straightforward. Hopefully she's clearer than ever of what is required in terms of what kind of team she wants around her and she finds that. If they can find a way to make it work, then that would be brilliant.' There will be six British men and women in the world's top 60 on Monday and the target ahead of the US Open will be for the likes of Raducanu, Kartal, Norrie, Katie Boulter and Jacob Fearnley to try to climb into the seeded positions in New York. 'I think it's brilliant that we've got three women inside the top 50 and I hope they continue to push each other and the others take inspiration from what they're doing,' added Keothavong.
The Sun
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Sun
Wimbledon 2025 LIVE RESULTS: Iga Swiatek THRASHES Amanda Anisimova to claim women's singles title
WIMBLEDON 2025 is heading for a thrilling final day after a stunning fortnight at SW19. On Saturday, a new women's singles champion was crowned as Iga Swiatek thrashed Amanda Anisimova in straight sets. The Polish superstar didn't drop one game during the final as she claimed the title for the first time in SW19 with a 6-0 6-0 victory - the first whitewash win in the women's singles at Wimbledon for 114 years. The men's doubles saw two Brits triumph after Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool secured a straight sets win over Rinky Hijikata and David Pel. Tomorrow will see Carlos Alcaraz defend his crown, and look for a third successive title, as he takes on World No1 Jannik Sinner in the men's singles final, just five weeks after their French Open classic. 7th Jul 2025, 08:58 By Connor Greaves Norrie the final Brit left standing Cameron Norrie struggled into the Wimbledon quarter finals after a four-hour, five-set slogfest that saw his opponent Nicolas Jarry go on a TOPLESS rant to the umpire then square up to Norrie at the end. Norrie, 29, beat towering Chilean qualifier Jarry 6-3 7-6 6-7 6-7 6-3 on Court One in four hours and 27 minutes to remain the only male Brit still in the competition. It was the longest match of Norrie's professional career, and just the fifth time he had played in a contest that lasted over four hours, celebrating by lying on the floor with his tongue out. The South African-born player also became just the fourth British man in the Open Era to reach the last eight at Wimbledon on multiple occasions, joining the likes of Andy Murray, Tim Henman and Roger Taylor. Winning his ninth match in ten No1 Court outings, Norrie now has the chance to match his best run at SW19 after reaching the semis in 2022. Norrie will face an incredibly difficult task to reach the last 4 with his quarter-final opponent none other than reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz. 7th Jul 2025, 08:48 By Connor Greaves Order of Play on Courts 1 & 2 No. 1 Court - From 1pm Ekaterina Alexandrova [18] vs Belinda Bencic (SUI) Benjamin Shelton (USA) [10] vs Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) Iga Swiatek (POL) [8] vs Clara Tauson (DEN) [23] No. 2 Court - From 11am Marin Cilic (CRO) vs Flavio Cobolli (ITA) [22] Liudmila Samsonova [19] vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) 7th Jul 2025, 08:42 By Connor Greaves Order of Play on Centre Court Centre Court - From 1.30pm Alex de Minaur (AUS) [11] vs Novak Djokovic (SRB) [6] Mirra Andreeva [7] vs Emma Navarro (USA) [10] Jannik Sinner (ITA) [1] vs Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [19] By Connor Greaves Good morning and welcome to SunSport's live blog of Wimbledon! Today's action features some huge names, with the likes of Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner looking to progress to the quarter-finals. The Serbian great faces a tricky test in Alex de Minaur in the first match on Centre Court, while Sinner closes the day on Wimbledon's most iconic stage against Grigor Dimitrov. Ben Shelton is looking to extend his best-ever run at the All England Club as he faces surprise package Lorenzo Sonego in the last-16. A first-time champion is guaranteed in the women's contest - and three top 10 seeds will feature in SW19 today. Mirra Andreeva and Emma Navarro meet on Centre Court in a blockbuster clash while former world No1 Iga Swiatek faces Clara Tauson.
IOL News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- IOL News
The Queen presides over AI glitches & human glory
In as much as evergreen British hopes, riding high on former British No 1, Cameron Norrie, their last player standing in the Wimbledon Quarters, were dashed 6-2, 6-3,6-3 on the rock that is two-time defending champion, Carlos Alcaraz, the Brits can walk away with something to celebrate this week. For the first time in decades, they have a reigning monarch, Queen Camilla, as a regular in the Royal Box, genuinely applauding the King of Grass, Novak Djokovic, fighting off young pretenders to his 7x throne. Lest we forget Queen Elizabeth 11, was no tennis fan and only attended SW7 on her Silver Jubilee & the Championship's centenary. Moreover in tandem with the modernization of the monarchy, Wimbledon, the last bastion of traditionalism has loosened up like veteran Djokovic stretching his weary limbs to accommodate the onslaught of a new generation of aggressors and embraced not only A1 technology, but thrown caution to the wind regarding dress codes: Bare backs, mini skirts and pink hair were all on display in those plush seats behind the elegantly attired Queen. Fortunately Her Majesty was too intrigued by Djokovic's dramatic exhortations to the Gods above and his own box, at a set down against Italian, Flavio Cobolli to notice. Unfortunately whilst one can turn a blind eye to human errors of judgement, incessant computer glitches, that delay matches at critical moments are a little harder to ignore: Following a farcical episode, in which the umpire halted a match between Britain's Sonny Kartal and Russian, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, because the electronic line calling device was accidentally switched off, costing the latter a point, Quarter Finalists, Taylor Swift and Karen Khachanov, were rudely interrupted mid rally, when the same machine incorrectly called 'fault' again. Be this an embarrassment to the All England Club, given British No 1s, Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper are among the protagonists asking for linesmen to be reinstated, Chief Executive, Sally Bolton displayed stiff upper lip, in refusing to be swayed in this giant leap towards A1. Djokovic proved as unwavering in guarding his own piece of Centre Court turf: It was painful to watch the Serbian icon struggling to fend off this new breed, proving a handful with their serve volleying skills, something he admitted to his nemesis, Roger Federer, also watching from the Royal Box, was still missing from his otherwise immaculate repertoire. However one can only admire the sheer depth of mental superiority from which Djokovic draws to escape defeat, when the chips were down against first Alex De Minaur and then Cobolli. World No 1, Jannik Sinner- Djokovic's Semis opponent- represented the ultimate test in mental fortitude. Frankly the Italian by his own admittance, should've been on a plane home. Instead Sinner has enjoyed more than a devils luck in this event; he evidently has the new Popes powerful blessing, because a tragedy dealt him his pass to the Semis: Brilliant 'Baby Federer' aka Grigor Dimitrov, employed the perfect aggressive volleying tactics to break Sinner's baseline rhythm, until at two sets up and two all in the third, the Bulgarian damaged a pectoral muscle, after serving an ace and was forced to retire from his third consecutive Slam, from a position of ascendency. If ever there were a veteran deserving of a Major win, it is Dimitrov. Instead the Gods rewarded 15th seed, American, Amanda Anisimova with a riveting Semis 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 victory over World No 1, Aryna Sabalenka, to become the first American Wimbledon Finalist since Serena Williams. Meanwhile Alcaraz looks rock solid to break another record on his best surface.
The Sun
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Sun
Wimbledon 2025 LIVE RESULTS: Semi-final action on NOW as Fritz plays Alcaraz with Sinner to face Djokovic
WIMBLEDON 2025 has reached the semi-final stage - and some huge names are still in the hunt for the men's and women's titles! Taylor Fritz is first up on Centre Court, and the American representative has a tough task as he takes on defending champion Carlos Alcaraz. And the other final four fixture sees World No1 Jannik Sinner battle it out with super Serb, Novak Djokovic. As for the women's singles, Amanda Anisimova will face Iwa Swiatek in the Wimbledon final after a shock win over World No1 Aryna Sabalenka, with the Pole Swiatek dominating Belinda Bencic. WIMBLEDON 2025 FREE BETS AND SIGN UP OFFERS 7th Jul 2025, 08:58 By Connor Greaves Norrie the final Brit left standing Cameron Norrie struggled into the Wimbledon quarter finals after a four-hour, five-set slogfest that saw his opponent Nicolas Jarry go on a TOPLESS rant to the umpire then square up to Norrie at the end. Norrie, 29, beat towering Chilean qualifier Jarry 6-3 7-6 6-7 6-7 6-3 on Court One in four hours and 27 minutes to remain the only male Brit still in the competition. It was the longest match of Norrie's professional career, and just the fifth time he had played in a contest that lasted over four hours, celebrating by lying on the floor with his tongue out. The South African-born player also became just the fourth British man in the Open Era to reach the last eight at Wimbledon on multiple occasions, joining the likes of Andy Murray, Tim Henman and Roger Taylor. Winning his ninth match in ten No1 Court outings, Norrie now has the chance to match his best run at SW19 after reaching the semis in 2022. Norrie will face an incredibly difficult task to reach the last 4 with his quarter-final opponent none other than reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz. 7th Jul 2025, 08:48 By Connor Greaves Order of Play on Courts 1 & 2 No. 1 Court - From 1pm Ekaterina Alexandrova [18] vs Belinda Bencic (SUI) Benjamin Shelton (USA) [10] vs Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) Iga Swiatek (POL) [8] vs Clara Tauson (DEN) [23] No. 2 Court - From 11am Marin Cilic (CRO) vs Flavio Cobolli (ITA) [22] Liudmila Samsonova [19] vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) 7th Jul 2025, 08:42 By Connor Greaves Order of Play on Centre Court Centre Court - From 1.30pm Alex de Minaur (AUS) [11] vs Novak Djokovic (SRB) [6] Mirra Andreeva [7] vs Emma Navarro (USA) [10] Jannik Sinner (ITA) [1] vs Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [19] By Connor Greaves Good morning and welcome to SunSport's live blog of Wimbledon! Today's action features some huge names, with the likes of Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner looking to progress to the quarter-finals. The Serbian great faces a tricky test in Alex de Minaur in the first match on Centre Court, while Sinner closes the day on Wimbledon's most iconic stage against Grigor Dimitrov. Ben Shelton is looking to extend his best-ever run at the All England Club as he faces surprise package Lorenzo Sonego in the last-16. A first-time champion is guaranteed in the women's contest - and three top 10 seeds will feature in SW19 today. Mirra Andreeva and Emma Navarro meet on Centre Court in a blockbuster clash while former world No1 Iga Swiatek faces Clara Tauson.
