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Grey stars as Wimbledon qualifying continues

Sarah Beth Grey battled her way into Wimbledon qualifying on a busy day of action in Roehampton. Grey, who benefits from the LTA's NTC Access programme, providing cost-free access to courts on all three surfaces, coaching, trainers and the LTA's tournament bonus scheme, had a tough task against 27th seed Olivia Gadecki. Ad/> Yet the Liverpudlian demonstrated all her grit and determination, battling past the Australian 5-7 7-5 7-6 [10-7] to reach the second round.

How 'tennis abs' struck down Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu

That Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray, Britain’s only two currently active grand-slam singles champions, are seemingly destined to be below their best at Wimbledon due to strikingly similar abdominal problems is not quite the freak occurrence it might initially appear.

'I would pray not to play dangerous Nick Kyrgios' in early rounds at Wimbledon - Alex Corretja

Alex Corretja believes Nick Kyrgios will be a dangerous opponent for any seeded player he faces at Wimbledon this summer. Kyrgios skipped the clay-court season to prepare for the grass campaign and will enter Wimbledon as an unseeded player. Last week, Kyrgios beat Stefanos Tsitsipas and Pablo Carreno Busta to reach the Halle Open semi-finals, but lost 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-4) to Hubert Hurkacz.