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The first rain delay at Wimbledon came about 40 minutes into the opening day of the tournament. A light rain began to fall at the All England Club at about 11: ...

Andy Murray is at Wimbledon after missing the French Open to prepare for the biggest event in the sport. The former World No 1 is hoping to claim another ...

Regarding his opponent, Murray said: “He’s a proper hard worker. The match will be airing on BBC as part of the broadcaster’s wall-to-wall coverage of the tournament. The day’s schedule is subject to change, so it is unlikely Murray will make an appearance until 5pm to make way for the other games on the court.

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It wouldn’t be the early rounds of Wimbledon if there wasn’t a rain delay. The match is delicately poised but the rain has to clear up first. There are a few more umbrella’s coming up as the rain gets slightly heavier. The word coming out of Wimbledon is that there won’t be any play until 12:30pm at the earliest. Closing out the action will be Murray, who faces James Duckworth. Murray made it to the third round last year but was emphatically defeated by Denis Shapovalov and admitted afterwards that he was questioning his future. The US Open champion has shaken off injury concerns but faces a tricky opening match against world No 46 Alison van Uytvanck, who reached the fourth round herself in 2018.

Reigning men's singles champion Novak Djokovic starts proceedings on Centre Court.

Djokovic has not won any of the last three grand slams – the first time that has happened since 2018. Djokovic has won the last three titles at Wimbledon – and six in total – while there are doubts over the fitness of Nadal, who played through the French Open with a foot injury, and only two of his 22 titles have been at SW19. With Nadal winning in Australia and Paris, the Spaniard is now two clear of Djokovic on 22 grand slam singles titles, but this is a serious chance for the Serbian to claw one back.

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The grand slam tennis tournament will see the Queue return as spectators from around the world line up to buy on-the-door tickets.

Marco Petagna, a spokesman for the Met Office, said: “The first half of the week, the impression is a lot of bright dry weather with a small chance of showers coming in. The queue has returned for the first time since 2019 as spectators from around the world camp out and line up for hours to buy on-the-door tickets every day. The 2022 championship marks the first time the grounds will be filled with up to 42,000 people every day since before the coronavirus pandemic.

On day one of the championships, both Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray begin their Wimbledon campaigns. All eyes will be on the former US Open champion on ...

We sometimes forget that a year ago, all she had to stress about was her maths A-level result. On day one of the championships, both Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray begin their Wimbledon campaigns. It's hardly surprising it's been a challenging year since.

The 25-year-old has been given a pass to Wimbledon despite injuries this season. But despite her injuries she's made almost $1million in career earnings.

Boulter is an English tennis player born in Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire. Boulter’s mother Sue played tennis at county level and represented Great Britain a few times. But the 25-year-old has been plagued with injuries in recent years which have impacted her performance this season, she was forced to miss most of the clay-court season. Boulter is on the association’s Pro Scholarship Programme, which offers the highest level of support for young players.

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So thank the lord for the closed roof on Centre Court and Court No 1, and discussions of the temperature and ball-flight therein. And by the looks of it, rain, even if “mostly cloudy” is the forecast on the official website. It would have been reasonable to assume that such a scenario would suggest a significant change at the top of the sport but Djokovic and Nadal are the main protagonists atWimbledonfor another year. He held his serve for the first game against Andujar, and gets chance for an early break, and one he gobbles up. It’s heavy, and the covers are on across the campus. That’s saved by an overhead by Andujar, but who double faults to hand over another, makes a bizarre, failed Hawkeye challenge on his second serve, then clunks a forehand into the ether to hand over the first set.

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The third Grand Slam of the year prepares to get underway today as men's singles reigning champion Novak Djokovic and British no.1 Emma Raducanu look to get ...

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The first day of Wimbledon kicks off today and Novak Djokovic is taking on South Korean Pro Kwon Soon-woo. Here is how to watch the match.

Djokovic is the current Wimbledon Champion having won the men's competition last year. The Serbian tennis player will be amongst other popular players to play on Monday, including Emma Raducanu. The popular tennis event will run until July 10.

Wimbledon's opening day has resumed at 13:09 local time on Monday in London following an interruption due to rain.

Centre Court and Court 1 at the All England Lawn Tennis Club are both fitted with a roof, meaning their schedules will commence as planned regardless of the weather. After delay of one hour, 29 minutes, British No. 1 Cameron Norrie resumes his first-round clash against Pablo Andujar leading 6-0, 0-1. The opening day’s play at Wimbledon has resumed at 1:09 p.m. local time on Monday in London following an interruption due to rain.

Tournament will run for full 14 days and record attendance expected after numbers cut by 50% last year.

But we can’t get all of the things that we serve at the championships from a 10-mile radius,” she said. “Like every other business, our costs are increasing across the board, so we’re having to balance that challenge. But Bolton said this was no longer necessary due to improvements in “grass court technology, care and attention”. “[This is the] first year of permanent middle Sunday, so we are expecting a record crowd because of that,” she said. This is the furthest forward in the queue we’ve ever been, number 76 and 77. Sullivan said: “We’ve camped since 6pm yesterday, it’s my ninth time and Mum’s eighth time, she’s 85.

Novak Djokovic's 2022 Wimbledon hopes were given a stern opening test on Monday by Soonwoo Kwon, but the defending champion stayed resolute to hold off the ...

The World No. 3 is chasing his seventh title at Wimbledon, a tally that would draw him level with legendary American Pete Sampras and move him within one of record-holder Roger Federer’s eight crowns. Despite that setback, Djokovic's movement around the court was sharp in his first competitive appearance on grass in 2022. He broke early for a 3-1 lead, but Djokovic settled into some rhythm of his own to reel off five consecutive games and secure the first set.

Novak Djokovic began his Wimbledon title defence with a rusty four-set win against Kwon Soon-woo on Centre Court on opening Monday. Djokovic is a six-time winner of the Wimbledon Championships and has won the last three editions of the grass-court ...

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Reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu made an impressive Centre Court debut by defeating Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck on opening Monday at Wimbledon.

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US Open champion Raducanu defeated the Belgian 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second round at SW19 in her first Centre Court appearance.

Coupled with the huge attention on the US Open champion’s homecoming and a tricky opponent, this was a major test, but Raducanu passed it impressively by claiming a 6-4, 6-4 victory. A couple of fizzing backhands, coupled with a poor volley and double fault from Van Uytvanck, gave Raducanu the first break in the seventh game. But there were no early causes for alarm as Raducanu threw herself into serves and groundstrokes, missing two break points in the opening game but then saving three on her own serve as the first two games lasted a gruelling 17 minutes.

John Isner moved within 40 aces of Ivo Karlovic's record 13728 with a dominant serving performance Monday in a first-round Wimbledon win against Enzo ...

The American, who won an 11-hour, five-minute marathon against Nicolas Mahut in 2010, could set the world record for aces this fortnight. He won 84 per cent of his first-serve points and was successful on 48 of his 68 net approaches, dropping serve just once in the contest. Isner Has World Record In Sight After 54 Aces In Wimbledon Win

Seven British stars including Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu are poised to play on the first day of the SW19 championships.

“And that’s the magic of what the queue does, for meeting people around the world. “I’ve made a friend in the queue who I’ve been having Zoom calls with for the past year-and-a-half during Covid and lockdown, and they’ve invited me to their home in Australia. The 35-year-old food bank employee, who has been camping outside the south-west London venue to ensure his spot in the queue since Saturday, told PA: “This is my fifth year in the queue. “The worst thing about the queue is finding somewhere to shower, and the best part is everything else.” “It’s very quiet this year, but it’s always great because you meet people from around the world and you never know who you’re going to be next to. The 30-year-old, a car rental administrator who has been camping in south-west London for three nights, told the PA news agency: “It was a very long trip because we were two hours delayed from the start, and there was another two hours of delay for the luggage.

Novak Djokovic admitted he was ring rusty on his Wimbledon return, but he still set another record by battling past South Korean Kwon Soon-woo in four sets.

After sealing a 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 victory with an ace, Djokovic said: "This court is truly special for me. "Credit to Kwon for playing some really high-quality tennis. But on the first match point Davidovich Fokina attempted a tweener on the baseline, which he dumped into the net. "I faced a break point in the third which, if he had won, the match could have gone a different way." "It was really difficult to go through him so I had to figure out a way tactically to get in control of the points. The six-time champion, who was playing his first official match on grass since winning last year's final, found himself a break down in both the first two sets, dropping the second.

Ons Jabeur is 'living the dream' after recording an opening round win at Wimbledon on the day she became the world number two.

“I always wanted to achieve, always wanted to be in this level, always wanted to inspire players from my country, from my continent. I was joking with (Novak) Djokovic, told him, ‘Give me some of the touch to win Wimbledon’. I was stealing.” “I hope I really inspire so many people from my country.

Reigning champion Novak Djokovic defeated Soonwoo Kwon as he reached the second round of Wimbledon on Monday afternoon.

"The amount of drama that we went through there, and it takes a long time to get over something like that. "All the pressure is on Djokovic and not his opponent. "After the last couple of months, it’s understandable that he still has a little bit of rust. I still have the love and the flame for this sport still burns in me. "I couldn’t go through him, so I had to figure out a way, tactically, to get in control of the points. All my childhood dreams came true on this court and it’s an honour to play on the Centre Court at Wimbledon.

WIMBLEDON, England — Emma Raducanu took to Centre Court for the first time and won 6-4, 6-4 over Alison Van Uytvanck. The 19-year-old British player, ...

With the roof closed because of sporadic rain, Kwon was able to pick his spots with his booming forehand. Djokovic has won the last three Wimbledon titles and is going for his seventh overall. The boy was soon helped off court. With it, he became the first man or woman to win that many matches at each of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. “Other than this year that Wimbledon made a change so you could practice before the tournament starts, it was always coming out on the untouched grass. It’s really a unique and special feeling in our sport.”

Andy Murray recovered from dropping the first set to beat James Duckworth and reach the second round at Wimbledon.

Available to download now on - iPhone & iPad and Android I am heartbroken to be missing Wimbledon & to see my grass season end this way. Glad I managed to get through and hopefully get another match on here in a couple of days. He got his wish, but only after losing the third set. "I have been self-isolating and was hopeful I would be ready but unfortunately, I am still feeling unwell & unable to compete at my best. 2/2

Britain's Andy Murray got his Wimbledon 2022 campaign off to a fine start as he overcame Australia's James Duckworth late on Monday.

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Andy Murray rallies past James Duckworth in four sets at Wimbledon on Centre Court to set a second-round clash against John Isner, who won a five-setter ...

The match came to an anticlimactic ending on an incorrect Duckworth challenge, but Murray showed how much it meant with several fist pumps and a big roar. But the World No. 74 dumped a double fault into the net to hand Murray the decisive advantage. "I thought I did well to rebound after the first set. Earlier this month, he returned for a week to the Top 50 of the Pepperstone ATP Rankings for the first time since the week of 28 May 2018. Obviously I'm getting on a bit now, so I don't know how many more opportunities I [will] get to play on this court, so I want to make the most of every time I get to come out here now. There are few players who understand what Andy Murray has been through to return to the tennis court and compete at the highest level, but James Duckworth, who in January underwent hip surgery, is one of them.

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The club kept the name even though the new primary court was no longer so central. “I just really tried to cherish every single point on there, played every point like it could have been one of my last on that court.” Victories have been much harder to come by since then, but she already had fine memories of Wimbledon after reaching the fourth round in her first appearance in the main draw last year. Of course, every time I step out there on the court, there is this goose bumps type of feeling, butterflies in the stomach.” The little stuff: The benches and desks in the Centre Court press seats have been replaced with padded chairs. “Childhood dreams were realized here in 2011,” Djokovic said of the first of his six Wimbledon singles titles.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic will take the traditional spot in the first match at Centre Court on the opening day of Wimbledon.

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The All England Club had a first day unlike any since 2019, what with the pandemic nixing 2020 and forcing 50 percent capacity for the opening of 2021.

The war in Ukraine: As the tournament gets underway, Wimbledon’s Russia and Belarus ban leaves 16 of the top 100 on the outside. Then the crowd cheered Struff at great length as he tried to hold on, but then a well-placed, 97-mph, second-serve winner coaxed an error and ended it, Alcaraz applauding Struff as Struff walked out. At times it felt like one of those occasions when the opponent, in this case 32-year-old Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany, seemed more of an inconvenience. He’s one of the multiple, viable interests for British tennis fans who used to have to throw it all on Tim Henman a generation ago. “Yes, because I’ve experienced something that I’ve never experienced in my life in Australia. So this post-Australia period of next several months was challenging emotionally for me because of a lot of different factors.” He said the “sensations coming back on the court with everything that happened post-Australia, particularly the first few tournaments, was difficult. Well before he reached his present-day ranking of No. 12, he got seeded No. 29 last year at Wimbledon, which meant he got into the seeded locker rooms, no? They happened for Carlos Alcaraz, the 19-year-old Spanish sensation, and they were deep and big and throaty under the roof. All the possibilities came back into the air, in a manner that rings with the words of Ons Jabeur, the woman ranked a heady No. 2, when she said, “I’m someone from Tunisia; nobody even believed that I could be here, and here I am talking to you [reporters].” Right now, I don’t feel the traces of that, so to say, anymore. People watched from over the walls of the adjacent court, with one dangling a glass of rosé that looked well north of unpleasant. Over by little Court No. 17 early on, tucked in a row of courts sandwiched between the two monsters (Centre and No. 1), native Marylander Frances Tiafoe played his 25th major tournament, somehow. WIMBLEDON, England — Wimbledon resumed unmitigated life Monday for the first time since 2019 and the last echoes of “Roger, Roger!” ricocheting around Centre Court from a soaring men’s final way back then.

Rafael Nadal opens his bid for a third Wimbledon title, while recent ATP Tour champions Stefanos Tsitsipas and Matteo Berrettini look to extend their ...

"The last thing I expected was to come back from surgery and win two titles in a row," Berrettini said after retaining his Queen's Club crown. Rune, Musetti and Draper are third, fourth and fifth — respectively — in the Pepperstone ATP Race To Milan, trailing only Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. After winning at Stuttgart and The Queen's Club, the Italian enters Wimbledon on a nine-match winning streak. The Italian leads Garin 2-1 in their ATP Head2Head, though Tuesday's contest will be the pair's first meeting on grass. That's what I think I achieved in the last couple of weeks, to get as many matches on grass as possible. "I love the serve-and-volley game, coming in as much as I can, slicing, attacking. I said — I insisted, in fact — that I can play on this surface, and it remains one of my favourite surfaces that tennis has to offer. The fourth seed is widely regarded as one of the game's best clay-courters, so that statement is not one to be taken lightly. "People kind of doubted that I can play on grass, I think it's fair to say. A new treatment on his chronic foot injury has provided relief from pain both on the court and in his daily life. In stark contrast to Nadal, Tsitsipas played three grass-court events in the last month, saving his best for last. It's a little bit more predictable when you have the history in the weeks before."

Andy Murray defended the use of the underarm serve he deployed during his first-round win at Wimbledon over Australia's James Duckworth.

"If they stand four or five meters behind the baseline, then why would you not do that to try to bring them forward if they're not comfortable returning there? Certainly, more and more players have started returning from further, further behind the baseline now to give themselves an advantage to return. "I don't know why people have ever found it potentially disrespectful," he said.

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WIMBLEDON, England — Matteo Berrettini, a finalist at Wimbledon last year, withdrew from this year's tournament on Tuesday after testing positive for the ...

With his long reach, huge serve and flat baseline power, he is dangerous on grass and was, like Berrettini, one of the players to watch closely in the bottom half of the men’s draw. Despite symptoms not being severe, I decided it was important to take another test this morning to protect the health and safety of my fellow competitors and everyone else involved in the tournament.” In all, five of the top 20 men were unable to play at Wimbledon because of bans, injuries or illness. Wimbledon was canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic and instituted strict restrictions last year, following British government guidelines. The club said some health and safety measures were still in place. Berrettini trained on Centre Court on Thursday with Rafael Nadal, the No. 2 seed.

Italian Matteo Berrettini is the second player in two days to pull out with the virus after Marin Cilic.

“I have had flu symptoms and been isolating the last few days. Thank you for the support.” I have no words to describe the extreme disappointed I feel.

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Murray shrugs his shoulders as Duckworth wins four points in a row. A powerful service return from Duckworth seals the break. Murray has a break point and he converts as Duckworth hits a wild forehand into the trams. He baits Murray to the net with a neat dropshot before volleying his return. He seals his service game with his second ace of the game after Duckworth strikes a forehand long. A sliced backhand dropshot is unreachable for Duckworth and Murray has another chance to break in the third set.

Matteo Berrettini has withdrawn from Wimbledon after testing positive for COVID-19. “I am heartbroken to announce that I need to withdraw from Wimbledon due ...

“I have had flu symptoms and been isolating the last few days. Thank you for the support” Berrettini did not play for three months after undergoing hand surgery in late March, but the Italian has been unstoppable since returning to Tour just three weeks ago.

The 2021 finalist Matteo Berrettini became the second men's player in 24 hours to withdraw from this year's Championships due to a positive Covid-19 test.

The dream is over for this year, but I will be back stronger.” After the recent outbreak the All England Club will review their current measures on Tuesday. “As a major event we have and continue to work in conjunction with the UK Public Health Security Agency and our Local Authority,” said a spokesperson for the All England Club earlier on Tuesday. After being out for nearly three months due to undergoing surgery on his finger, the Italian had returned at the beginning of the grass season and immediately won nine matches in a row, with titles in Stuttgart and Queen’s.

Three-time Grand Slam semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov has retired from his first-round match against American opponent Steve Johnson after having a medical ...

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Wimbledon, England (AP) -- The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local):. ___. 12:30 p.m.. Three-time Grand Slam semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov retired from ...

Matteo Berrettini, last year's Wimbledon runner-up, withdrew before his Wimbledon first-round match Tuesday due to COVID.

I have no words to describe the extreme disappointed I feel. “I have had flu symptoms and been isolating the last few days. Despite symptoms not being severe, I decided it was important to take another test this morning to protect the health and safety of my fellow competitors and everyone else involved in the tournament.