Murray slams Wimbledon 'disaster' after poster snub of female stars
LONDON: Andy Murray labelled a controversial poster of former Wimbledon greats as a "disaster" after the Scot highlighted the lack of prominence given to female stars.
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Iga Swiatek brushes aside Jil Teichmann to reach first grass quarter-final at Bad Homburg Open ahead of Wimbledon
Iga Swiatek reached her first grass court quarter-final following a convincing 6-3 6-1 victory over Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann in the Bad Homburg Open. It is Swiatek’s 37th win of the season but just her eighth career victory on grass. Ad The match took just one hour and 19 minutes as Swiatek dominated with 14 winners, converting four of her five break points.
Caitlyn Jenner rips Martina Navratilova over tweet shading interview with Lance Armstrong on trans athletes
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Stefanos Tsitsipas Crashes Out Of Mallorca Open Ahead Of Wimbledon
World number five Stefanos Tsitsipas crashed out of the Mallorca Open on Wednesday in his first match with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 defeat by Yannick Hanfmann, a worrying result ahead of Wimbledon. Following another early exit on grass at the Halle Open last week the Greek was beaten convincingly by his German opponent, ranked 48th. The Wimbledon main draw begins on July 3. Strong on his serve, Hanfmann did not face a single break point in the first set and only lost one service game in the match. The German sealed his win against the erratic top seed with a forehand down the line.
Rybakina Withdraws From Eastbourne Ahead Of Wimbledon Defence
Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina pulled out of the Eastbourne International on Monday due to a viral illness, raising doubts over her defence of the title at the All England Club next week. The world number three had been scheduled to play Wang Xiyu on the first day of main draw action at Eastbourne on Monday. Rybakina also withdrew ahead of her third round match at the French Open citing illness earlier this month and fell to a shock defeat to Donna Vekic in the second round of the German Open last week.
Timeless Venus Williams eyes one more Wimbledon magic spell
It was also the year that Venus Williams, just 17 and with white beads in her hair, made her debut at Wimbledon.
US women's team to receive courage award for equal pay fight
The U.S. women's national soccer team will receive the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at next month's ESPYs in recognition of their fight for equal pay with their male counterparts, ESPN said on Wednesday.
Venus Williams: The story of her 23 Wimbledon appearances, including Grand Slam wins and losing to sister Serena
Venus Williams will enter the Wimbledon women’s singles draw for a 24th – and potentially final — time this month. Now 43, Williams first played in the main draw at the All England Club as a 17-year-old in 1997. Since that first-round defeat to Magdalena Gryzbowska, Williams has won the title five times, lost in the final four times, faced younger sister Serena six times, gone out again in the first round, made the quarters, made the semis, and then in 2017 defied the odds to make the final as a 37-year-old.