Former champion Simona Halep makes winning return to Wimbledon
The cancellation of the tournament in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and a calf injury last year meant the 30-year-old Romanian never got to defend the Venus Rosewater Dish.
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Former champion Halep makes winning return to Wimbledon
LONDON : Former world number one Simona Halep returned to Wimbledon for the first time since winning the 2019 title and picked up exactly where she left off with an impressive 6-3 6-2 win over dangerous Czech Karolina Muchova on Tuesday.
Former Wimbledon champions eyeing up window of opportunity in open women's draw
While the fortunes of world number one Iga Swiatek and home hope Emma Raducanu are set dominate the early headlines at Wimbledon this year, a quartet of former champions will be eagerly eyeing the wide open women's draw.
‘It almost brings me to tears’ – Coco Gauff on her changed stance on pressure ahead of Wimbledon tilt
Coco Gauff says she was «crazy» to put so much pressure on herself at the start of her career but the realisation that fans support her regardless of success leaves her close to tears. Gauff said her emergence as a precocious 15-year-old when she beat Venus Williams at Wimbledon in 2019 blurred her own expectations.
'Completely disagree' - Nick Kyrgios slams ATP decision to test off-court coaching, responds to Patrick Mouratoglou
Nick Kyrgios has slammed the ATP's decision to test off-court coaching and believes it takes away the beauty of the game. The ATP will test off-court coaching from the week commencing July 11 with players allowed to receive instructions in qualifying and main draw matches in tournaments — such as the US Open — and will finish at the conclusion of the ATP Tour finals in November. Ad/> Verbal and non-verbal coaching will be allowed as long as it does not interrupt a player or hinder the opponent.
‘Onserena’ double act serve up another win as Williams fires Wimbledon warning
The new “Onserena” doubles team made it two from two at the Rothesay International Eastbourne on Wednesday with Serena Williams able to fire a warning to her rivals with numerous flashes of brilliance.
Kyrgios says beauty of sport gone with introduction of off-court coaching
Australian Nick Kyrgios slammed the ATP Tour's decision to trial off-court coaching, saying on Wednesday that the beauty of the sport where players had to figure things out on their own was being taken away.
Serena Williams' ex-coach embroiled in row as ATP announces off-court coaching for US Open
Patrick Mouratoglou has found himself embroiled in a row over in-match coaching after the ATP Tour announced it would trial coaching from the stands for the second half of the season, including the US Open. The Frenchman mentored Serena Williams when she famously received a coaching violation during the 2018 US Open final.