Fault! New sexism storm at Wimbledon as BBC’s Boris Becker calls star’s partner ‘very pretty’ Boris Becker commented on the attractiveness of a Wimbledon player’s fiancee The pundit, 53, had spotted Hungarian Marton Fucsovics’ partner in the stands As Anett Boszormenyi, 29, flashed up on screen, he said she was ‘very pretty’ The BBC defended … Read more
Novak Djokovic cruises into last-eight of Wimbledon as defending champion beats Cristian Garin in straight sets to reach an incredible 50th Grand Slam quarter-final Novak Djokovic beat Chilean Christian Garin in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 The relentless world No 1 is chasing his third Grand Slam of the calendar year Djokovic will face Hungarian … Read more
Novak Djokovic cruises into Wimbledon last eight as defending champion beats Cristian Garin in straight sets to reach an incredible 50th Grand Slam quarter-final Novak Djokovic beat Chilean Christian Garin in straight sets, 6-2 6-4 6-2 The relentless world number one is chasing his third Grand Slam of the year Djokovic will face Hungarian Marton … Read more
For all the young dogs waiting for a go at Novak Djokovic, it is increasingly hard to imagine any scenario other than them rolling over for a tickled belly when their moment comes. There has long been a perceived flimsiness around the next generation of men’s tennis, who have spent so much time waiting in … Read more
Top seed Novak Djokovic roars back with the help of ‘wolf energy’ to secure battling victory over Denis Kudla and reach the fourth round at Wimbledon Djokovic says his ‘wolf energy’ helped him defeat a spirited Kudla on Friday World No 1 made hard work of beating talented American qualifier Kudla The Serb eventually won … Read more
Daniil Medvedev and Alex Zverev play to the Wimbledon crowd as they book their spots in the third round… with the young pretenders the biggest challengers to Novak Djokovic Daniil Medvedev and Alex Zverev are the main challengers to Novak Djokovic Both played to the crowd as they booked their third-round spots at Wimbledon Volatile … Read more
Tennis fans are bracing for another day of dramatic slips and trips at Wimbledon after several stars fell victim to slippery courts following several days of rain. Andy Murray joined Novak Djokovic, Kei Nishikori, John Isner and Bianca Andreescu in slipping yesterday – a day after US superstar Serena Williams was forced to retire when she … Read more
Tennis fans are bracing for another day of dramatic slips and trips at Wimbledon after several stars fell victim to slippery courts following several days of rain. Andy Murray joined Novak Djokovic, Kei Nishikori, John Isner and Bianca Andreescu in slipping yesterday – a day after US superstar Serena Williams was forced to retire when she … Read more
Wimbledon’s head groundsman insists the courts are perfectly SAFE after first week at SW19 is marred by tumbles due to slippery conditions… with Serena Williams forced to retire injured There was another day of tumbles at Wimbledon as the second round got going Thankfully there was no repetition of the injuries to Williams and Mannarino However, … Read more
Centre Court at Wimbledon on Monday will tell a tale of two men: one vying to prove he can be the future of British tennis and another fighting to show he is not ready to be consigned to its past. First up is 19-year-old Jack Draper against world No 1 Novak Djokovic, and in the final … Read more