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Sky News
4 hours ago
- Sport
- Sky News
Essential guide to Wimbledon 2025 - the ones to watch, and break from tradition
The nets are up, the grass is mowed, and the strawberries are being lathered in cream. It's Wimbledon season. The third of the four Grand Slams in the tennis calendar kicks off on Monday 30 June with top ranked players including Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff and British hopeful Jack Draper hoping to wow the crowds in SW19. Here is everything you need to know ahead of the tournament. What is the order of play? Both the women's and men's first round of the tournament are due to start on 30 June. Play is then scheduled every day for two weeks until the women's singles final on 12 July and the men's single's final on 13 July. In a change to the normal schedule, this year's singles finals will move from 2pm on the final Saturday and Sunday to 4pm, with the men's and women's doubles finals to be held first at 1pm. The Junior Championships and wheelchair competitions will also take place across the fortnight. A full order of play will be released on the official Wimbledon website the night before matches are due to take place. Ones to watch (and one to not) The championships promise to deliver some of the finest tennis in the world. It comes hot off the heels of the French Open, which saw a record-breaking five hour and 29 minute final between the two best players in the world, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. Women's world number two Coco Gauff also managed to see off number one seed Aryna Sabalenka to secure her second Grand Slam title. Meanwhile, French wildcard Lois Boisson knocked out two top-10 players to reach the semi-finals. There are plenty of contenders who will be looking for success at Wimbledon. Below are just a few players to keep an eye on as the championships gets under way. One name that will be missing from this year's Wimbledon draw is Nick Kyrgios, who said last month he will not play due to a "small setback". "I know how much you've been looking forward to seeing me out there and I'm genuinely sorry to disappoint. This is just a bump in the road, though, and I'm already working hard to get back stronger than ever," the 2022 runner-up said on social media. Alcaraz-Sinner rivalry Alcaraz and Sinner have already clashed on some of the biggest stages in tennis, cementing their rivalry on the court, which echoes that over the years between the 'Big Four' - Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Recently, Alcaraz has been the one to break Sinner's lengthy winning streaks, first in Rome earlier this year, and then again in Paris. But the Italian remains in the top spot of the ATP Tour rankings, with 10,880 points compared to his Spanish counterpart's 8,850. "For the sport, it's something amazing to have these players after Roger and Rafa - and Novak is still playing, of course - but this kind of rivalry that they have," Juan Carlos Ferrero, Alcaraz's coach and former world number one, said after the French Open final. "Having these two guys fighting for big trophies, I think we have to be very happy about it in the sport of tennis. They know they have to play unbelievable tennis to beat the other guy." In numbers: Alcaraz Vs Sinner The two best players in the world came face-to-face for the first time in a Grand Slam final in Paris. After a gruelling (and record-breaking) five hours and 29 minutes match, it was Carlos Alcaraz who took the upper-hand over Jannik Sinner. Here is how the two compare going into Wimbledon: Carlos Alcaraz • Ranked No 2 by the ATP • 5 Grand Slam titles • Best Wimbledon performance: Winner 2023 & 2024 • One win away from completing a career slam • Banked an estimated £33m in prize money • Has won eight previous matches against Sinner Jannik Sinner • Ranked No 1 by the ATP • 3 Grand Slam titles • Best Wimbledon performance: SF 2023 • Halfway towards a career slam • Banked an estimated £30.6m in prize money • Has won four previous matches against Alcaraz Who are the British hopefuls? Homegrown talent from the UK will also be on display in SW19. Jack Draper has long been touted as the next star of British tennis, and at the age of 23 is the current British number one. In March, he won the biggest tournament of his career - the Indian Wells Open in California, often described as the "fifth slam" - and reached the Madrid Open final, leapfrogging Novak Djokovic to enter the world's top five for the first time. He's currently number 4 in the world. Also due to reappear on the court is a Murray (no, not that one). Doubles player Jamie Murray, brother of Andy Murray, is currently ranked British number seven and world ranked 34, and this year became the first Briton on record to play 1000 ATP Tour level doubles matches. He is among seven British doubles players in the world's top 50. , British women's number two (world number 37), is also set for a return to the grass. The former US Open champion has been plagued with a back injury this season and was knocked out of the French and Australian Opens by Iga Swiatek. In April, she also withdrew from Great Britain's squad for the Billie Jean King Cup to "look after her body". Speaking at the Queen's Club in June, the 22-year-old - who is at her highest world ranking since 2022, just ahead of British number 1 Katie Boulter at 34 - Raducanu said she has been able to "manage" her ongoing back issue, even though it "keeps coming back". 2:47 How much money do the winners get? The exact amount of prize money that Wimbledon champions will get this year is yet to be announced. Last year, both the women and men's singles champions bagged a record £2.7m. Runners-up got £1.4m and semi-finalists £715k. For doubles, winners received £650k (per pair), with the runners-up getting £330k. A break from tradition In a major break from tradition, line judges at this year's Wimbledon will be replaced with Live Electronic Line Calling. Following in the lead of the other Grand Slam tournaments, bar the French Open, the system will be fully automated, scrapping the need for line judges. Hawk-Eye technology has been used on certain courts at Wimbledon since 2007, helping officials and allowing players to challenge line calls, but will be used across the entire site for the first time, including during qualifying at Roehampton. The All England Club's chief executive Sally Bolton said last year that organisers went through "a significant period of consideration and consultation" before deciding to make the switch.
Daily Mail
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Wimbledon to be aired on new TV channel for the first time after BBC covered action at All-England Club for 88 years
Wimbledon will be shown on a new TV channel for the first time having been covered by the BBC for 88 years. While the company will still remain the principle broadcaster in the action when it comes to this year's action at SW19, a new broadcaster will show the event for the first time. This is courtesy of a stipulation in Ofcom 's Listed Events regulations, which permits 'secondary broadcasters' at major sporting tournaments. This year's tournament runs from Monday June 30 to Sunday July 13 and costs the BBC around £60million per year. But a new broadcaster will have rights to show highlights in 2025. That honour will see them take over the daily 90-minute highlights show of the action at the conclusion of each day's play. TNT Sports will assume the five-year deal that was originally signed by Eurosport in May last year after it bought Eurosport - which disappeared from UK viewers' screens back in February. The BBC have broadcast events at Wimbledon since 1937, when matches from Centre Court were shown up to half an hour each day. Coverage will come across BBC1 and BBC2, with all matches shown on BBC iPlayer, in addition to updates via radio, online and its app. Carlos Alcaraz will be seeking a third successive Wimbledon title after beating Novak Djokovic in each of the previous two finals on Centre Court. Meanwhile, Djokovic has burning ambitions of his own to win a 25th Grand Slam title and hold the outright record for the most majors won by a single player in the history of the sport. But it is his rival Alcaraz who will come into the tournament as favourite after his astonishing comeback victory over Jannik Sinner to lift the French Open title at Roland-Garros on Sunday. At one stage, the Spaniard was two sets down and had to save three championship points before completing an almighty fightback to win his fifth Grand Slam. As is tradition, he will appear on Centre Court during the first day of the tournament, with women's singles champion Barbora Krejcíkova doing the same.
The Irish Sun
21 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Jannik Sinner suffers ‘Roger Federer curse' as French Open final fan repeats fateful gesture six years on
JANNIK SINNER had two hands on the French Open crown - or at least nine fingers... But fans reckon he was then hit by the very same curse that struck 5 Jannik Sinner reflects on Carlos Alcaraz storming back to win Credit: Reuters 5 Roger Federer likewise blew match points against Novak Djokovic Credit: Getty Nothing less than that of "The Cursed Finger". Sinner was leading Carlos Alcaraz 2-1 in sets and 5-3 in the fourth, before earning three match points at love-40 on the Spaniard's serve. And it was then that some Sinner fans gleefully raised a finger in anticipation of the World No1 clinching his first Roland Garros title. That's also what happened to Federer in the SW19 seats when he had two match points on his own serve against big rival Novak Djokovic back in 2019. READ MORE ON JANNIK SINNER Both times fingers went up. Both times fortunes went down for the man on top. Djokovic clinched a five-set epic, then Alcaraz did just that too on Sunday - retaining his French crown via the longest-ever Roland Garros final. And fans couldn't resist making creepy comparisons. One wrote: "If it's not a cursed finger again" - followed by crying-with-laughter emojis. Most read in Sport 5 Haunted history repeated itself as fans celebrated too early in two Grand Slam finals six years apart BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS Others taunted Sinner fans - as their hero went on to The 23-year-old might also have thought the spirits were against him for another reason. Novak Djokovic digs out French Open rival for 'spying' on him and seeing Champions League trophy He But replays showed line judges had been right to call it long. Three-time Slam winner Sinner admitted afterwards it was tough to speak after losing from such a strong position. The rueful runner-up said: "It's easier to play than talk now. "I'm still happy with this trophy - I won't sleep very well tonight but it is OK." Meanwhile, Alcaraz praised his beaten rival - perhaps knowing the pair are way ahead of the world's rest in the men's game. He told Sinner: "The level you have is amazing. "It is a privilege to share a court with you in every tournament and in making history." 5 Credit: Getty 5 Federer failed to pick up his sixth SW19 crown in 2019 Credit: AFP
Scottish Sun
a day ago
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Wimbledon tennis finals to be shown on new TV channel after 88 years of BBC coverage
Broadcaster claims unique achievement over the four Grand Slams after SW19 deal MIC MY DAY Wimbledon tennis finals to be shown on new TV channel after 88 years of BBC coverage Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) THE Wimbledon singles finals will be shown live on a BBC rival - giving the broadcaster a unique boast. Eurosport have landed a five-year deal that also includes a daily 90-minute package of tennis highlights from SW19. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Carlos Alcaraz, who won the French Open on Sunday, will be back at Wimbledon this year to defend the trophy, above, that he won in 2024 Credit: Getty 2 Czech star Barbora Krejcikova lifted the women's SW19 trophy last year Credit: Getty The company is now boasting its the "only channel in the UK to show live coverage of all four of the sport's major singles prizes". That's Wimbledon, plus the French, US and Australian Opens. However, the Beeb will remain Wimbledon's main domestic broadcaster - after its 88 years of coverage. The arrangements with BBC and Eurosport are both with the All England Lawn Tennis Cub (AELTC). Ofcom Listed Events regulations allow for "secondary broadcasters" at major sporting tournaments. And that's the status Eurosport is taking with the AELTC at Wimbledon. Susanna Dinnage, MD of Discovery Networks UK and Ireland said the new deal "cements" Eurosport's "position as Former Sky Sports presenter Rob Curling will host the channel's nightly highlights from 10pm. BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK This year's Wimbledon runs from Monday June 30 to Sunday July 13. Britain's two-time SW19 king Andy Murray could return as a Beeb pundit, having ended a six-month stint coaching Novak Djokovic. Novak Djokovic digs out French Open rival for 'spying' on him and seeing Champions League trophy The grass-court tournament retains pride of place in the BBC's sporting armoury. But it costs the Beeb around £60million a year for the privilege.
The Irish Sun
a day ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Wimbledon tennis finals to be shown on new TV channel after 88 years of BBC coverage
THE Wimbledon singles finals will be shown live on a BBC rival - giving the broadcaster a unique boast. Eurosport have landed a five-year deal that also includes a daily 90-minute package of tennis highlights from SW19. 2 Carlos Alcaraz, who won the French Open on Sunday, will be back at Wimbledon this year to defend the trophy, above, that he won in 2024 Credit: Getty 2 Czech star Barbora Krejcikova lifted the women's SW19 trophy last year Credit: Getty The company is now boasting its the "only channel in the UK to show live coverage of all four of the sport's major singles prizes". That's However, the Beeb will remain Wimbledon's main domestic broadcaster - after its 88 years of coverage. The arrangements with BBC and Eurosport are both with the All England Lawn Tennis Cub (AELTC). READ MORE TENNIS NEWS Ofcom Listed Events regulations allow for "secondary broadcasters" at major sporting tournaments. And that's the status Eurosport is taking with the AELTC at Wimbledon. Susanna Dinnage, MD of Discovery Networks UK and Ireland said the new deal "cements" Eurosport's "position as Former Sky Sports presenter Rob Curling will host the channel's nightly highlights from 10pm. Most read in Sport BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK This year's Wimbledon runs from Monday June 30 to Sunday July 13. Britain's two-time SW19 king Novak Djokovic digs out French Open rival for 'spying' on him and seeing Champions League trophy The grass-court tournament retains pride of place in the BBC's sporting armoury. But it costs the Beeb around £60million a year for the privilege.
