Amanda Anisimova in shock after nightmare Wimbledon final
Amanda Anisimova admitted she was in shock after suffering the worst Wimbledon final defeat in more than a century.
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Irrepressible Sinner outlasts Zverev to win second straight Wimbledon title
LONDON: Jannik Sinner was at his clinical best as he successfully defended his Wimbledon title with a bruising four-set victory over French Open champion Alexander Zverev in Sunday’s final. The world number one recovered from losing the first set in a match largely dominated by serve, eventually wearing Zverev down to secure a 6-7 (7/9), 7-6 (7/2), 6-3, 6-4 win. “You can feel the nerves on Sunday morning, it is a very special place,” said Sinner, who saved the only break point he faced on Center Court. “You never know how many times you are going to come back. I never take it for granted.” The Italian was rewarded for his perseverance in an attritional contest with his first Grand Slam title since lifting the trophy at the All England Club 12 months ago. Sinner’s fifth Slam crown is just two behind the majors tally of his injured rival Carlos Alcaraz after notching his 100th match win at tennis’ four biggest events. He hit 58 winners against only 25 unforced errors in three hours and 46 minutes on Center Court, refusing to buckle against an in-form Zverev who brought a 13-match winning streak at the Slams into the final. “It has been an amazing final once again. It takes two players,” added Sinner, who banks the winner’s prize of £3.6 million ($4.8 million). “I’m very happy about the win but I’m mostly very happy about the level we played.”
Zverev hopes he can be more than just ‘the third guy’ in tennis after run to Wimbledon final
LONDON: Alexander Zverev is used to being “the third guy” in tennis. After following up his French Open title with a run to his first Wimbledon final, he’s hoping to be more than that in the future. Despite losing to Jannik Sinner on Center Court on Sunday, the 29-year-old Zverev thinks he is closer than ever to challenging the top-ranked Italian and his main rival Carlos Alcaraz and giving tennis a Big Three again. Sinner and Alcaraz had won the last nine Grand Slam tournaments between them before Zverev won his first major at Roland Garros this year. “There was always this conversation, ‘who will be the third guy?’” Zverev said. “I’ve always been the third guy, but I was just far away from those two.
Wimbledon 2026: Jannik Sinner Pertahankan Gelar Juara
Petenis nomor satu dunia Jannik Sinner tampil sebagai juara Wimbledon 2026. Sinner mempertahankan gelarnya usai mengalahkan Alexander Zverev di final.
Noskova shakes off nerves to beat Muchova in Wimbledon final
LONDON: Linda Noskova recovered from an attack of nerves that saw her squander five match points in the second set as she completed a 6-2 5-7 6-3 win over fellow Czech Karolina Muchova in a roller-coaster Wimbledon women’s singles final on Saturday. The 21-year-old was in complete control as she won the opening set in 32 minutes and led 5-2 in the second in the first Grand Slam singles final between two women from the Czech Republic in the professional era. But a battling Muchova saved three match points at 2-5, another in the next game when a faltering Noskova served a double fault and then another at 4-5 as a previously one-sided contest belatedly burst into life on Center Court. Ninth seed Noskova lost five successive games as Muchova dragged the match into a decider. Somehow Noskova banished the demons in her head as she regained control to forge 5-2 ahead in the third set. The 29-year-old Muchova pulled one game back as the shadows crept across the court but when Noskova was asked to serve for the match for a second time, she made no mistake to claim her first Grand Slam title. After bringing up another two match points, well over an hour after her first one, she banged down an unreturnable serve before collapsing to the court in relief as much as joy. She is the third Czech player in four years to win the Wimbledon women’s title after Marketa Vondrousova in 2023 and Barbora Krejcikova in 2024.
Finally healthy, music lover Muchova eyes Wimbledon glory
PRAGUE: Karolina Muchova’s injury-plagued career was in danger of coming to a premature end just four years ago, but now the Wimbledon finalist is on the brink of a life-changing moment at the All England Club. Muchova will play in the first all-Czech Wimbledon final on Saturday against 21-year-old Linda Noskova. It will be the second Grand Slam final for Muchova, a music lover and the daughter of a former footballer, after her loss at the 2023 French Open. “I’m healthy, which I don’t like to say — touch wood,” said the world number nine, who was advised to quit tennis in 2022 because of a series of persistent injuries. “I’m happy that now I’m selling my game and that I can use it. I’m definitely appreciating more the time that I’m here. “I don’t have these big issues that I had in the past. I’m enjoying the moment that I’m here.” If Muchova wins, she will become the sixth Czech Wimbledon women’s champion and the third in the last four year after Marketa Vondrousova in 2023 and Barbora Krejcikova in 2024. Before this season, Muchova hired Dutch coach Sven Groeneveld, who played a key role in the success of Maria Sharapova and Monica Seles. It has proved an inspired move, with the revitalized Muchova winning titles in Doha and Bad Homburg. For the self-proclaimed “late bloomer,” they were only her second and third singles singles titles. “He has brought calm, a sense of perspective, lots of experience to the team. The things he tells me and that we do on court make sense,” Muchova said.
Surprise Wimbledon semifinalist Arthur Fery developed his game at Stanford University
LONDON: There’s also an American angle to the French-born British player who grew up five minutes from the All England Club and has reached the semifinals as a wild card at Wimbledon. Arthur Fery honed his game by playing three years of college tennis for Stanford University, where he was a two-time All-American. Now he’s the first former Stanford player to reach the last four at Wimbledon since John McEnroe’s eighth and final Wimbledon semifinal in 1992, when McEnroe was beaten by eventual champion Andre Agassi. Stanford University coach Paul Goldstein flew in for the occasion and was watching inside Center Court when Fery eliminated French Open runner-up Alexander Zverev in straight sets in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. “Arthur always displayed an emotional maturity and a wisdom beyond his years,” Goldstein told The Associated Press. “When I worked with him at school, it always felt like it was as much of a peer-to-peer relationship as it was coach-to-student relationship with a 25-year age gap between us.” As a sophomore in 2021-22, Fery became Stanford’s first No.
Fearless Eala topples Swiatek as shocks rock Wimbledon
LONDON: Two gaping holes were blasted into the women’s draw at Wimbledon on Saturday as defending champion Iga Swiatek was outplayed by Filipino crowd-pleaser Alexandra Eala and second seed Elena Rybakina was sent packing by Belgian Elize Mertens. Disgruntled Polish third seed Swiatek lost a titanic first-set battle that lasted almost 90 minutes and had no answer to a fearless Eala after that as she lost 7-6(9) 6-2. Rybakina, the 2022 champion who doubled her Grand Slam tally this year by winning the Australian Open, also fell away badly after a close first set, going down 7-6(4) 6-1 to Mertens who has reached the last 16 for the fourth time. “Definitely I need to analyze and change something because it’s not working,” said Rybakina, for whom a run to the quarter-finals here could have seen her become world number one. There was American disappointment on the day of the nation’s 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence as Serena Williams, one of its greatest ever athletes, withdrew from her eagerly-awaited doubles with sister Venus because of injury. In an Instagram post Williams, who returned to the tournament after a four-year absence but lost to Maya Joint in the singles, said she was “heartbroken to have to withdraw.” But there were July 4 fireworks on Center Court as 26th seed Madison Keys upset last year’s runner-up Amanda Anisimova, seeded six, 3-6 6-2 6-3 in an all-American blockbuster. Keys, on a roll on the grass after her title run in Eastbourne last week, was one of eight American singles players in action on the nation’s big day. There was further US success as qualifier Ashlyn Krueger enjoyed a comprehensive 6-3 6-2 victory over Ukraine’s Daria Snigur but 23rd seed Emma Navarro went out to
Sabalenka sets up Wimbledon last-16 clash with Osaka
LONDON: World number one Aryna Sabalenka stepped up her bid for a maiden Wimbledon title with an impressive straight-sets victory over Jelena Ostapenko on Friday. The Belarusian was too strong for Latvia’s Ostapenko, winning 6-4, 6-4 to book a last-16 tie against fellow four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka on Sunday. Sabalenka will be bidding to reach a 15th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final, but former world number one Osaka has impressed so far in reaching the fourth round at the All England Club for the first time. “Another aggressive player. Another very powerful match.