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Wimbledon: Elena Rybakina overcomes early nerves to get title defence started
  • July 4, 2023
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Wimbledon: Elena Rybakina overcomes early nerves to get title defence started

ELENA RYBAKINA overcame a slow start to the defence of her Wimbledon title today to beat Shelby Rogers in three sets. Rybakina was playing on Centre Court for the first time since winning her maiden grand slam title 12 months ago and American Rogers threatened to produce some Independence Day fireworks as she took the

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Wimbledon: Carlos Alcaraz Begins Title Hunt, Sends Chardy Into Retirement
  • July 4, 2023
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Wimbledon: Carlos Alcaraz Begins Title Hunt, Sends Chardy Into Retirement

Top seed Carlos Alcaraz wasted little time reaching the second round at Wimbledon on Tuesday, soaring past Jeremy Chardy, who was competing in his final singles match.   Under the roof on Court 1, the Spaniard overpowered the 36-year-old Frenchman with his destructive groundstrokes, sealing a 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 victory in one hour and 53

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Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic Begins title defence with victory over Pedro Cachin, his 29th consecutive win on grass
  • July 3, 2023
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Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic Begins title defence with victory over Pedro Cachin, his 29th consecutive win on grass

A shaky start and inclement London weather were not enough to cloud Novak Djokovic’s focus on Monday at Wimbledon.   The defending champion eased to a 6-3, 6-3, 7-6(4) first-round triumph against Pedro Cachin to launch his bid for a fifth consecutive crown at the grass-court major in style. Djokovic dropped serve in the third

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Wimbledon: Iga Swiatek Ease into round two with victory over Chinese Lin Zhu As Jessica Pegula, Caroline Garcia reach next round 
  • July 3, 2023
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Wimbledon: Iga Swiatek Ease into round two with victory over Chinese Lin Zhu As Jessica Pegula, Caroline Garcia reach next round 

Rain paused most of the afternoon action at Wimbledon on opening day Monday, but No. 1 Iga Swiatek sailed into the second round with an easy 6-1, 6-3 win over Lin Zhu of China. A brief delay to close the roof wasn’t enough to shift momentum for Zhu, who lasted less than 10 minutes after

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Wimbledon: Andrey Rublev Races Into Second Round cWimbledon: Andrey Rublev Races Into Second Round 
  • July 3, 2023
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Wimbledon: Andrey Rublev Races Into Second Round cWimbledon: Andrey Rublev Races Into Second Round 

Andrey Rublev became the first men’s player to reach the second round at Wimbledon on Monday when he moved past Australian Max Purcell 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.   The seventh seed struck the ball with relentless power throughout the one-hour, 33-minute clash and battled hard in the second set, rallying from 2-5 in the second set.

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