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Hamilton Spectator
11 hours ago
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- Hamilton Spectator
Wimbledon: 2-time champ Carlos Alcaraz, No. 1 Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic lead the men's field
LONDON (AP) — A look at some of the top men at Wimbledon, which starts at the All England Club on Monday, with money-line odds via BetMGM Sportsbook: Jannik Sinner Seeding: 1 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Italy Age: 23 2025 Record: 19-3 2025 Titles: 1 Career Titles: 19 Grand Slam Titles: 3 — Australian Open (2: 2024, 2025), U.S. Open (1: 2024) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Lost in Quarterfinals, 2023-SF, 2022-QF, 2021-1st, 2019-Did Not Play Aces: Enters Wimbledon having lost two of his past three matches — the five-set, 5 1/2-hour epic in the French Open final against Carlos Alcaraz, and on grass at Halle, Germany, against eventual title winner Alexander Bublik. ... Returned in May at the Italian Open from a three-month doping ban he agreed to after the World Anti-Doping Agency appealed his exoneration in the case. He Said It: 'We try to delete it somehow and take the positive and keep going. There are no other ways.' — On his loss to Alcaraz in Paris after holding three championship points. Read All About It: Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz take their rivalry to Wimbledon Odds Are: +180 Carlos Alcaraz Seeding: 2 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Spain Age: 22 2025 Record: 42-5 2025 Titles: 5 Career Titles: 21 Grand Slam Titles: 5 — Wimbledon (2: 2023, 2024), French Open (2: 2024, 2025), U.S. Open (1: 2022) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Won Championship, 2023-W, 2022-4th, 2021-2nd, 2019-Did Not Play Aces: Takes a career-best 18-match winning streak into Wimbledon, including a title at the Queen's Club grass event this month. ... 5-0 in Grand Slam finals. ... Defeated 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic in each of the past two title matches at the All England Cup. ... Tweaked his service motion and his backhand swing recently — and those changes appear to be working well. He Said It: 'At the end of my career, I want to sit at the same table as the big guys. That's my main goal. That's my dream right now.' — On his big-picture goals after winning Wimbledon a year ago. Read All About It: Carlos Alcaraz says he wants to 'get closer to the legends' Odds Are: +130 Jack Draper Seeding: 4 Career-Best Ranking: 4 Country: Britain Age: 23 2025 Record: 28-8 2025 Titles: 1 Career Titles: 3 Grand Slam Titles: Zero — Best: Semifinals, U.S. Open (2024) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-2nd, 2023-DNP, 2022-2nd, 2021-1st, 2019-DNP Aces: Enjoying a real breakthrough season, including a Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells and a run to a Masters 1000 final on red clay at Madrid, along with a rise into the top 10. ... Only the second left-hander — Rafael Nadal is the other — to reach the top five since 2000. ... Fitness issues from early in his career seem to be behind him. He Said It: 'I live and breathe the sport, and I'm obsessed with progressing and obsessed with becoming the player that I want to become all the time and achieve the things I want to.' — On his outlook. Read All About It: Jack Draper wins the trophy at Indian Wells and reaches the top 10 Odds Are: +900 Taylor Fritz Seeding: 5 Career-Best Ranking: 4 Country: United States Age: 27 2025 Record: 21-11 (Entering Eastbourne tournament) 2025 Titles: 1 Career Titles: 9 Grand Slam Titles: Zero — Best: Runner-Up, U.S. Open (2024) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-QF, 2023-2nd, 2022-QF, 2021-3rd, 2019-2nd Aces: Won a grass-court title at Stuttgart, Germany, without dropping a set in June. ... His run to the U.S. Open final last year marked the first appearance in a Grand Slam final by an American man since Andy Roddick was the runner-up to Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2009. He Said It: 'I've always said: Once I do something once, I just feel a lot more confident in being able to do it again.' — On getting to his first major final. Read All About It: Taylor Fritz's appearance in a Grand Slam final was a long time coming for US men Odds Are: +2800 Novak Djokovic Seeding: 6 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Serbia Age: 38 2025 Record: 21-8 2025 Titles: 1 Career Titles: 100 Grand Slam Titles: 24 — Wimbledon (7: 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022), Australian Open (10: 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023), French Open (3: 2016, 2021, 2023), U.S. Open (4: 2011, 2015, 2018, 2023) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Runner-Up, 2023-RU, 2022-W, 2021-W, 2019-W Aces: Will try again to equal Roger Federer with eight Wimbledon championships (Martina Navratilova owns the singles record with nine women's titles) and win a record 25th Grand Slam trophy overall. ... Has reached the final in each of his most recent six appearances at the All England Club, earning titles in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022, before losing to Alcaraz the last two years. ... Last exit before the final was in 2017, when Djokovic was beaten by Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals. He Said It: 'In the face of adversity, normally I rise and I learn and get stronger. That's what I'm going to do.' — After his loss to Alcaraz in the 2024 Wimbledon final. Read All About It: Novak Djokovic vows to get better after losing the 2024 Wimbledon final Odds Are: +600 Ben Shelton Seeding: 10 Career-Best Ranking: 10 Country: United States Age: 22 2025 Record: 19-13 (Entering Mallorca tournament) 2025 Titles: Zero Career Titles: 2 Grand Slam Titles: Zero — Best: Semifinals, U.S. Open (2023), Australian Open (2025) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-4th, 2023-2nd, 2022-DNP, 2021-DNP, 2019-DNP Aces: Made his debut in the top 10 of the ATP rankings in June, giving the United States three men in that elite group for the first time since 2006, when Andy Roddick, James Blake and Andre Agassi all were that high. ... A semifinalist at the Australian Open in January and the U.S. Open in 2023. ... Dangerous lefty serves and big forehand should make him dangerous on the slick grass. He Said It: 'I love playing at the biggest events. Love playing at the Slams. They always have the best crowds, more energetic crowds, the best atmosphere.' — On his approach to tournaments. Read All About It: Ben Shelton's first Grand Slam semifinal came at the 2023 U.S. Open Odds Are: +4000 ___ Howard Fendrich has been the AP's tennis writer since 2002. Find his stories here: . More AP tennis:
Hamilton Spectator
11 hours ago
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- Hamilton Spectator
Wimbledon: No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, No. 2 Coco Gauff and Madison Keys lead the women's field
LONDON (AP) — A look at some of the top women at Wimbledon, which starts at the All England Club on Monday, with money-line odds via BetMGM Sportsbook: Aryna Sabalenka Seeding: 1 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Belarus Age: 27 2025 Record: 42-8 2025 Titles: 3 Career Titles: 20 Grand Slam Titles: 3 — Australian Open (2: 2023, 2024), U.S. Open (1: 2024) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Did Not Play, 2023-Lost in Semifinals, 2022-DNP, 2021-SF, 2019-1st Aces: Reached the semifinals the last two times she played at Wimbledon but missed the tournament last year because of a shoulder injury and in 2022 when all players from Belarus and Russia were banned from the event because of the invasion of Ukraine. ... Was the runner-up at each of the season's first two majors, the Australian Open and French Open. ... Replaced Iga Swiatek at No. 1 late last season. She Said It: 'That was just completely unprofessional of me. I let my emotions get the better of me. I absolutely regret what I said back then.' — On her comments after losing to Coco Gauff in the French Open final. Read All About It: Aryna Sabalenka's three Grand Slam titles came on hard courts Odds Are: +275 Coco Gauff Seeding: 2 Career-Best Ranking: 2 Country: United States Age: 21 2025 Record: 31-9 2025 Titles: 1 Career Titles: 10 Grand Slam Titles: 2 — French Open (2025), U.S. Open (2023) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-4th, 2023-1st, 2022-3rd, 2021-4th, 2019-4th Aces: Coming off claiming her second Grand Slam title at the French Open on red clay. ... Wimbledon was the scene of her breakthrough at age 15 — she qualified for the main draw, beat Venus Williams in the first round, then made it to the fourth round — but it's now the only major where Gauff hasn't reached at least the semifinals. She's never been past the fourth round in five appearances. ... Started her own management firm, Coco Gauff Enterprises. She Said It: 'It wasn't pretty, but it got the job done, and that's all that matters.' — On the final in Paris. Read All About It: How Coco Gauff changed from her first French Open final to her second Odds Are: +600 Jasmine Paolini Seeding: 4 Career-Best Ranking: 4 Country: Italy Age: 29 2025 Record: 25-10 (Entering Bad Homburg Tournament) 2025 Titles: 1 Career Titles: 3 Grand Slam Titles: Zero — Best: Runner-Up, Wimbledon (2024), French Open (2024) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Runner-Up, 2023-1st, 2022-1st, 2021-1st, 2019-DNP Aces: Had been 0-3 for her career at the All England Club until last year's run to the final, which followed a runner-up showing at the French Open. ... Each of her initial 16 Grand Slam appearances resulted in losses in the first or second round until her 2024 breakthroughs. ... Won the French Open doubles title this year and the Olympic doubles gold last year, both with Sara Errani. She Said It: 'I don't know what to dream right now. Today I was dreaming (of holding) the trophy, but it didn't (go) well.' — After losing last year's Wimbledon final. Read All About It: Jasmine Paolini leads Italy to the Billie Jean King Cup title Odds Are: +3300 Madison Keys Seeding: 6 Career-Best Ranking: 5 Country: United States Age: 30 2025 Record: 30-9 2025 Titles: 2 Career Titles: 10 Grand Slam Titles: 1 — Australian Open (2025) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-4th, 2023-QF, 2022-DNP, 2021-4th, 2019-2nd Aces: Captured her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January, upsetting No. 2 Iga Swiatek in the semifinals and No. 1 Sabalenka in the final. ... Big serve and powerful forehand would seem to suit the grass at Wimbledon, but that's the only major tournament where Keys hasn't been past the quarterfinals. She Said It: 'Being able to separate a need from a want and be able to actually get it, feels so amazing, because I feel like if I had won one when I felt like I needed it, I don't know if I would have been able to actually appreciate it and have the same kind of perspective around it.' — On winning her first Grand Slam trophy. Read All About It: Madison Keys credits therapy with helping her off and on a tennis court Odds Are: +1200 Iga Swiatek Seeding: 8 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Poland Age: 24 2025 Record: 32-10 (Entering Bad Homburg tournament) 2025 Titles: Zero Career Titles: 22 Grand Slam Titles: 5 — French Open (4: 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024), U.S. Open (1: 2022) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-3rd, 2023-QF, 2022-3rd, 2021-4th, 2019-1st Aces: Hasn't reached a final at any tournament in more than a year. ... Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam tournament where she hasn't reached at least the semifinals. ... Accepted a one-month suspension last November after testing positive for a banned substance she said came from a contaminated supplement. She Said It: 'Any of us can win these tournaments. We kind of start every tournament from the beginning. So I'm just going to try to do my job and focus on just getting progress and learning new stuff on grass.' — After her 26-match French Open winning streak ended in the semifinals. Read All About It: Iga Swiatek's French Open reign ends against Aryna Sabalenka Odds Are: +800 Barbora Krejcikova Seeding: 17 Career-Best Ranking: 2 Country: Czech Republic Age: 29 2025 Record: 1-3 (Entering Eastbourne tournament) 2025 Titles: Zero Career Titles: 8 Grand Slam Titles: 2 — Wimbledon (1: 2024), French Open (1: 2021) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Won Championship, 2023-2nd, 2022-3rd, 2021-4th, 2019-DNP Aces: Has not played much at all in 2025 while dealing with an injured lower back and withdrew from a grass-court event at Eastbourne on Thursday because of a right thigh issue. ... Is a skilled doubles player who won a career Grand Slam and an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles alongside Katerina Siniakova. She Said It: 'Who knows what I'm capable of? For me, the most important thing is to enjoy the journey.' — After winning Wimbledon a year ago. Read All About It: Wimbledon champ Krejcikova says no one can predict what comes next for her Odds Are: +3300 ___ Howard Fendrich has been the AP's tennis writer since 2002. Find his stories here: . More AP tennis:
Winnipeg Free Press
12 hours ago
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- Winnipeg Free Press
Wimbledon: No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, No. 2 Coco Gauff and Madison Keys lead the women's field
LONDON (AP) — A look at some of the top women at Wimbledon, which starts at the All England Club on Monday, with money-line odds via BetMGM Sportsbook: Aryna Sabalenka Seeding: 1 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Belarus Age: 27 2025 Record: 42-8 2025 Titles: 3 Career Titles: 20 Grand Slam Titles: 3 — Australian Open (2: 2023, 2024), U.S. Open (1: 2024) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Did Not Play, 2023-Lost in Semifinals, 2022-DNP, 2021-SF, 2019-1st Aces: Reached the semifinals the last two times she played at Wimbledon but missed the tournament last year because of a shoulder injury and in 2022 when all players from Belarus and Russia were banned from the event because of the invasion of Ukraine. … Was the runner-up at each of the season's first two majors, the Australian Open and French Open. … Replaced Iga Swiatek at No. 1 late last season. She Said It: 'That was just completely unprofessional of me. I let my emotions get the better of me. I absolutely regret what I said back then.' — On her comments after losing to Coco Gauff in the French Open final. Read All About It: Aryna Sabalenka's three Grand Slam titles came on hard courts Odds Are: +275 Coco Gauff Seeding: 2 Career-Best Ranking: 2 Country: United States Age: 21 2025 Record: 31-9 2025 Titles: 1 Career Titles: 10 Grand Slam Titles: 2 — French Open (2025), U.S. Open (2023) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-4th, 2023-1st, 2022-3rd, 2021-4th, 2019-4th Aces: Coming off claiming her second Grand Slam title at the French Open on red clay. … Wimbledon was the scene of her breakthrough at age 15 — she qualified for the main draw, beat Venus Williams in the first round, then made it to the fourth round — but it's now the only major where Gauff hasn't reached at least the semifinals. She's never been past the fourth round in five appearances. … Started her own management firm, Coco Gauff Enterprises. She Said It: 'It wasn't pretty, but it got the job done, and that's all that matters.' — On the final in Paris. Read All About It: How Coco Gauff changed from her first French Open final to her second Odds Are: +600 Jasmine Paolini Seeding: 4 Career-Best Ranking: 4 Country: Italy Age: 29 2025 Record: 25-10 (Entering Bad Homburg Tournament) 2025 Titles: 1 Career Titles: 3 Grand Slam Titles: Zero — Best: Runner-Up, Wimbledon (2024), French Open (2024) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Runner-Up, 2023-1st, 2022-1st, 2021-1st, 2019-DNP Aces: Had been 0-3 for her career at the All England Club until last year's run to the final, which followed a runner-up showing at the French Open. … Each of her initial 16 Grand Slam appearances resulted in losses in the first or second round until her 2024 breakthroughs. … Won the French Open doubles title this year and the Olympic doubles gold last year, both with Sara Errani. She Said It: 'I don't know what to dream right now. Today I was dreaming (of holding) the trophy, but it didn't (go) well.' — After losing last year's Wimbledon final. Read All About It: Jasmine Paolini leads Italy to the Billie Jean King Cup title Odds Are: +3300 Madison Keys Seeding: 6 Career-Best Ranking: 5 Country: United States Age: 30 2025 Record: 30-9 2025 Titles: 2 Career Titles: 10 Grand Slam Titles: 1 — Australian Open (2025) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-4th, 2023-QF, 2022-DNP, 2021-4th, 2019-2nd Aces: Captured her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January, upsetting No. 2 Iga Swiatek in the semifinals and No. 1 Sabalenka in the final. … Big serve and powerful forehand would seem to suit the grass at Wimbledon, but that's the only major tournament where Keys hasn't been past the quarterfinals. She Said It: 'Being able to separate a need from a want and be able to actually get it, feels so amazing, because I feel like if I had won one when I felt like I needed it, I don't know if I would have been able to actually appreciate it and have the same kind of perspective around it.' — On winning her first Grand Slam trophy. Read All About It: Madison Keys credits therapy with helping her off and on a tennis court Odds Are: +1200 Iga Swiatek Seeding: 8 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Poland Age: 24 2025 Record: 32-10 (Entering Bad Homburg tournament) 2025 Titles: Zero Career Titles: 22 Grand Slam Titles: 5 — French Open (4: 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024), U.S. Open (1: 2022) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-3rd, 2023-QF, 2022-3rd, 2021-4th, 2019-1st Aces: Hasn't reached a final at any tournament in more than a year. … Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam tournament where she hasn't reached at least the semifinals. … Accepted a one-month suspension last November after testing positive for a banned substance she said came from a contaminated supplement. She Said It: 'Any of us can win these tournaments. We kind of start every tournament from the beginning. So I'm just going to try to do my job and focus on just getting progress and learning new stuff on grass.' — After her 26-match French Open winning streak ended in the semifinals. Read All About It: Iga Swiatek's French Open reign ends against Aryna Sabalenka Odds Are: +800 Barbora Krejcikova Seeding: 17 Career-Best Ranking: 2 Country: Czech Republic Age: 29 2025 Record: 1-3 (Entering Eastbourne tournament) 2025 Titles: Zero Career Titles: 8 Grand Slam Titles: 2 — Wimbledon (1: 2024), French Open (1: 2021) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Won Championship, 2023-2nd, 2022-3rd, 2021-4th, 2019-DNP Aces: Has not played much at all in 2025 while dealing with an injured lower back and withdrew from a grass-court event at Eastbourne on Thursday because of a right thigh issue. … Is a skilled doubles player who won a career Grand Slam and an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles alongside Katerina Siniakova. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. She Said It: 'Who knows what I'm capable of? For me, the most important thing is to enjoy the journey.' — After winning Wimbledon a year ago. Read All About It: Wimbledon champ Krejcikova says no one can predict what comes next for her Odds Are: +3300 ___ Howard Fendrich has been the AP's tennis writer since 2002. Find his stories here: More AP tennis:
Winnipeg Free Press
12 hours ago
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- Winnipeg Free Press
Wimbledon: 2-time champ Carlos Alcaraz, No. 1 Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic lead the men's field
LONDON (AP) — A look at some of the top men at Wimbledon, which starts at the All England Club on Monday, with money-line odds via BetMGM Sportsbook: Jannik Sinner Seeding: 1 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Italy Age: 23 2025 Record: 19-3 2025 Titles: 1 Career Titles: 19 Grand Slam Titles: 3 — Australian Open (2: 2024, 2025), U.S. Open (1: 2024) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Lost in Quarterfinals, 2023-SF, 2022-QF, 2021-1st, 2019-Did Not Play Aces: Enters Wimbledon having lost two of his past three matches — the five-set, 5 1/2-hour epic in the French Open final against Carlos Alcaraz, and on grass at Halle, Germany, against eventual title winner Alexander Bublik. … Returned in May at the Italian Open from a three-month doping ban he agreed to after the World Anti-Doping Agency appealed his exoneration in the case. He Said It: 'We try to delete it somehow and take the positive and keep going. There are no other ways.' — On his loss to Alcaraz in Paris after holding three championship points. Read All About It: Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz take their rivalry to Wimbledon Odds Are: +180 Carlos Alcaraz Seeding: 2 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Spain Age: 22 2025 Record: 42-5 2025 Titles: 5 Career Titles: 21 Grand Slam Titles: 5 — Wimbledon (2: 2023, 2024), French Open (2: 2024, 2025), U.S. Open (1: 2022) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Won Championship, 2023-W, 2022-4th, 2021-2nd, 2019-Did Not Play Aces: Takes a career-best 18-match winning streak into Wimbledon, including a title at the Queen's Club grass event this month. … 5-0 in Grand Slam finals. … Defeated 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic in each of the past two title matches at the All England Cup. … Tweaked his service motion and his backhand swing recently — and those changes appear to be working well. He Said It: 'At the end of my career, I want to sit at the same table as the big guys. That's my main goal. That's my dream right now.' — On his big-picture goals after winning Wimbledon a year ago. Read All About It: Carlos Alcaraz says he wants to 'get closer to the legends' Odds Are: +130 Jack Draper Seeding: 4 Career-Best Ranking: 4 Country: Britain Age: 23 2025 Record: 28-8 2025 Titles: 1 Career Titles: 3 Grand Slam Titles: Zero — Best: Semifinals, U.S. Open (2024) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-2nd, 2023-DNP, 2022-2nd, 2021-1st, 2019-DNP Aces: Enjoying a real breakthrough season, including a Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells and a run to a Masters 1000 final on red clay at Madrid, along with a rise into the top 10. … Only the second left-hander — Rafael Nadal is the other — to reach the top five since 2000. … Fitness issues from early in his career seem to be behind him. He Said It: 'I live and breathe the sport, and I'm obsessed with progressing and obsessed with becoming the player that I want to become all the time and achieve the things I want to.' — On his outlook. Read All About It: Jack Draper wins the trophy at Indian Wells and reaches the top 10 Odds Are: +900 Taylor Fritz Seeding: 5 Career-Best Ranking: 4 Country: United States Age: 27 2025 Record: 21-11 (Entering Eastbourne tournament) 2025 Titles: 1 Career Titles: 9 Grand Slam Titles: Zero — Best: Runner-Up, U.S. Open (2024) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-QF, 2023-2nd, 2022-QF, 2021-3rd, 2019-2nd Aces: Won a grass-court title at Stuttgart, Germany, without dropping a set in June. … His run to the U.S. Open final last year marked the first appearance in a Grand Slam final by an American man since Andy Roddick was the runner-up to Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2009. He Said It: 'I've always said: Once I do something once, I just feel a lot more confident in being able to do it again.' — On getting to his first major final. Read All About It: Taylor Fritz's appearance in a Grand Slam final was a long time coming for US men Odds Are: +2800 Novak Djokovic Seeding: 6 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Serbia Age: 38 2025 Record: 21-8 2025 Titles: 1 Career Titles: 100 Grand Slam Titles: 24 — Wimbledon (7: 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022), Australian Open (10: 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023), French Open (3: 2016, 2021, 2023), U.S. Open (4: 2011, 2015, 2018, 2023) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Runner-Up, 2023-RU, 2022-W, 2021-W, 2019-W Aces: Will try again to equal Roger Federer with eight Wimbledon championships (Martina Navratilova owns the singles record with nine women's titles) and win a record 25th Grand Slam trophy overall. … Has reached the final in each of his most recent six appearances at the All England Club, earning titles in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022, before losing to Alcaraz the last two years. … Last exit before the final was in 2017, when Djokovic was beaten by Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals. He Said It: 'In the face of adversity, normally I rise and I learn and get stronger. That's what I'm going to do.' — After his loss to Alcaraz in the 2024 Wimbledon final. Read All About It: Novak Djokovic vows to get better after losing the 2024 Wimbledon final Odds Are: +600 Ben Shelton Seeding: 10 Career-Best Ranking: 10 Country: United States Age: 22 2025 Record: 19-13 (Entering Mallorca tournament) 2025 Titles: Zero Career Titles: 2 Grand Slam Titles: Zero — Best: Semifinals, U.S. Open (2023), Australian Open (2025) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-4th, 2023-2nd, 2022-DNP, 2021-DNP, 2019-DNP Aces: Made his debut in the top 10 of the ATP rankings in June, giving the United States three men in that elite group for the first time since 2006, when Andy Roddick, James Blake and Andre Agassi all were that high. … A semifinalist at the Australian Open in January and the U.S. Open in 2023. … Dangerous lefty serves and big forehand should make him dangerous on the slick grass. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. He Said It: 'I love playing at the biggest events. Love playing at the Slams. They always have the best crowds, more energetic crowds, the best atmosphere.' — On his approach to tournaments. Read All About It: Ben Shelton's first Grand Slam semifinal came at the 2023 U.S. Open Odds Are: +4000 ___ Howard Fendrich has been the AP's tennis writer since 2002. Find his stories here: More AP tennis:
San Francisco Chronicle
12 hours ago
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- San Francisco Chronicle
Wimbledon: No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, No. 2 Coco Gauff and Madison Keys lead the women's field
Aryna Sabalenka Seeding: 1 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Belarus Age: 27 2025 Record: 42-8 2025 Titles: 3 Career Titles: 20 Grand Slam Titles: 3 — Australian Open (2: 2023, 2024), U.S. Open (1: 2024) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Did Not Play, 2023-Lost in Semifinals, 2022-DNP, 2021-SF, 2019-1st Aces: Reached the semifinals the last two times she played at Wimbledon but missed the tournament last year because of a shoulder injury and in 2022 when all players from Belarus and Russia were banned from the event because of the invasion of Ukraine. ... Was the runner-up at each of the season's first two majors, the Australian Open and French Open. ... Replaced Iga Swiatek at No. 1 late last season. She Said It: 'That was just completely unprofessional of me. I let my emotions get the better of me. I absolutely regret what I said back then.' — On her comments after losing to Coco Gauff in the French Open final. Coco Gauff Seeding: 2 Career-Best Ranking: 2 Country: United States Age: 21 2025 Record: 31-9 2025 Titles: 1 Career Titles: 10 Grand Slam Titles: 2 — French Open (2025), U.S. Open (2023) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-4th, 2023-1st, 2022-3rd, 2021-4th, 2019-4th Aces: Coming off claiming her second Grand Slam title at the French Open on red clay. ... Wimbledon was the scene of her breakthrough at age 15 — she qualified for the main draw, beat Venus Williams in the first round, then made it to the fourth round — but it's now the only major where Gauff hasn't reached at least the semifinals. She's never been past the fourth round in five appearances. ... Started her own management firm, Coco Gauff Enterprises. She Said It: 'It wasn't pretty, but it got the job done, and that's all that matters.' — On the final in Paris. Odds Are: +600 Jasmine Paolini Seeding: 4 Career-Best Ranking: 4 Country: Italy Age: 29 2025 Record: 25-10 (Entering Bad Homburg Tournament) 2025 Titles: 1 Career Titles: 3 Grand Slam Titles: Zero — Best: Runner-Up, Wimbledon (2024), French Open (2024) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Runner-Up, 2023-1st, 2022-1st, 2021-1st, 2019-DNP Aces: Had been 0-3 for her career at the All England Club until last year's run to the final, which followed a runner-up showing at the French Open. ... Each of her initial 16 Grand Slam appearances resulted in losses in the first or second round until her 2024 breakthroughs. ... Won the French Open doubles title this year and the Olympic doubles gold last year, both with Sara Errani. She Said It: 'I don't know what to dream right now. Today I was dreaming (of holding) the trophy, but it didn't (go) well.' — After losing last year's Wimbledon final. Madison Keys Seeding: 6 Career-Best Ranking: 5 Country: United States Age: 30 2025 Record: 30-9 2025 Titles: 2 Career Titles: 10 Grand Slam Titles: 1 — Australian Open (2025) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-4th, 2023-QF, 2022-DNP, 2021-4th, 2019-2nd Aces: Captured her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January, upsetting No. 2 Iga Swiatek in the semifinals and No. 1 Sabalenka in the final. ... Big serve and powerful forehand would seem to suit the grass at Wimbledon, but that's the only major tournament where Keys hasn't been past the quarterfinals. She Said It: 'Being able to separate a need from a want and be able to actually get it, feels so amazing, because I feel like if I had won one when I felt like I needed it, I don't know if I would have been able to actually appreciate it and have the same kind of perspective around it.' — On winning her first Grand Slam trophy. Odds Are: +1200 Iga Swiatek Seeding: 8 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Poland Age: 24 2025 Record: 32-10 (Entering Bad Homburg tournament) 2025 Titles: Zero Career Titles: 22 Grand Slam Titles: 5 — French Open (4: 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024), U.S. Open (1: 2022) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-3rd, 2023-QF, 2022-3rd, 2021-4th, 2019-1st Aces: Hasn't reached a final at any tournament in more than a year. ... Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam tournament where she hasn't reached at least the semifinals. ... Accepted a one-month suspension last November after testing positive for a banned substance she said came from a contaminated supplement. She Said It: 'Any of us can win these tournaments. We kind of start every tournament from the beginning. So I'm just going to try to do my job and focus on just getting progress and learning new stuff on grass.' — After her 26-match French Open winning streak ended in the semifinals. Barbora Krejcikova Seeding: 17 Career-Best Ranking: 2 Country: Czech Republic Age: 29 2025 Record: 1-3 (Entering Eastbourne tournament) 2025 Titles: Zero Career Titles: 8 Grand Slam Titles: 2 — Wimbledon (1: 2024), French Open (1: 2021) Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Won Championship, 2023-2nd, 2022-3rd, 2021-4th, 2019-DNP Aces: Has not played much at all in 2025 while dealing with an injured lower back and withdrew from a grass-court event at Eastbourne on Thursday because of a right thigh issue. ... Is a skilled doubles player who won a career Grand Slam and an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles alongside Katerina Siniakova. She Said It: "Who knows what I'm capable of? For me, the most important thing is to enjoy the journey." — After winning Wimbledon a year ago. ___
