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LONDON: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates after victory Italy's Flavio Cobolli during their men's singles quarter-final tennis match in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 9, 2025. -- AFP

Novak Djokovic downs Cobolli, reaches 14th Wimbledon semi-final

LONDON: Novak Djokovic won a testing battle against Flavio Cobolli on Wednesday to reach a record 14th men’s Wimbledon semi-final, which will be a blockbuster clash against world number one Jannik Sinner. The Serb, chasing a historic 25th Grand Sl...

Winner US player Amanda Anisimova (right) congratulates to Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka (left) at the end of their women's singles semi-final tennis match in southwest London, on July 10, 2025.-- AFP

Anisimova stuns Sabalenka to reach Wimbledon final

LONDON: Amanda Anisimova stunned world number one Aryna Sabalenka to reach her first Wimbledon final on Thursday, coming out on top in a fierce battle of the power-hitters to win 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Anisimova ended Sabalenka’s bid for a maiden Wimbledo...

WIMBLEDON: US player Taylor Fritz looks on as he plays against Russia's Karen Khachanov during their match on the ninth day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships. — AFP photos

Fritz reaches Wimbledon semis despite another line call blunder

LONDON: Wimbledon’s controversial line technology system malfunctioned again as Taylor Fritz beat Karen Khachanov to reach his first Wimbledon semi-final, while world number one Aryna Sabalenka survived a scare to make the last four on Tuesday. Sw...

WIMBLEDON: Poland's Iga Swiatek celebrates after winning a point against Denmark's Clara Tauson during their match on July 7, 2025. — AFP

No end to Swiatek’s new-found love of Wimbledon’s grass

LONDON: Before this year, there was no love lost between Iga Swiatek and the grass courts of Wimbledon. So what if it was called the spiritual home of lawn tennis? So what if it was the tournament that tennis greats such as Martina Navratilova, Roge...

WIMBLEDON: Italy's Jannik Sinner plays a forehand return to Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov on the eighth day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships. — AFP

Sinner gets out of jail to reach last 8 as Dimitrov retires

LONDON: Top seed Jannik Sinner struggled with an elbow problem and was given an almighty scare before advancing to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon after a cruel twist of fate for his 19th-seeded opponent Grigor Dimitrov who retired injured at two se...

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