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WIMBLEDON, England — Wimbledon is staying out of the politics of handshakes. Elina Svitolina of Ukraine had urged tennis authorities to publicize th...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, July 11, 2023Wimbledon—World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz arrived at SW19 with a transparent mission: Win Wimbledon.After falling to the top-seeded Spaniard on Monday, Matteo Berrettini in contrast Alcaraz's return recreation to seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic.More: Keys Overcomes AndreevaIn a conflict of the reigning and former Queen's Club champions, Alcaraz transformed 4 of 16 break factors beating Berrettini 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 to succeed in the quarterfinals.Though the 6'2" Djokovic is two inches taller than the 20-year-old Spaniard and owns a more expansive reach, Berrettini says Alcaraz's rapid reaction time, fast hands and skill stepping in taking second serves on the rise are all reminiscent of 23-time Grand Slam champion Djok...

By Erik Gudris | @ATNTennis | Monday July 10, 2023Christopher Eubanks, earlier than his electrifying run on the All-England Club, portrayed one of many sport’s icons in two documentaries.Now they each share a bit of Wimbledon historical past.The 27-year-old Eubanks continues to captivate tennis followers together with his stellar run at Wimbledon this yr, the place his 5 set victory over No. 5 seed Stefanos Tsitisipas positioned Eubanks into the final eight on the occasion in his fundamental draw match debut.A couple of years in the past, Eubanks lived a completely totally different tennis expertise, when he had the chance to painting one of many sport’s nice champions - Arthur Ashe - in two separate documentaries concerning the legendary participant and activist.Just final yr, Eubanks...

WIMBLEDON, England — Novak Djokovic is a bit uninterested in not getting on Centre Court at Wimbledon till practically 9 p.m. The ready. The uncertainty. The speeding to attempt to end matches by the 11 p.m. native curfew — or the annoyance at having to cease halfway by means of a contest and wait till the next day to renew. ...

By Erik Gudris | @ATNTennis | Monday July 10, 2023The official coverage of Wimbledon on participant handshake etiquette is to not have one in any respect.That’s the assertion being made by match organizers regardless of calls by gamers to let followers know earlier than a match on why Ukrainian gamers gained’t shake palms with both Russian or Belarusian gamers.“We’ve no intention of doing that,” stated Wimbledon chief govt Sally Bolton on Monday.Skipping the post-match handshake between Ukrianian and Russian/Belarusian gamers has been commonplace for the reason that begin of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, which started final February. Many followers have but to get the memo, nevertheless.At many tour-level occasions, they find yourself booing one or each gamers, creating awkward ...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, July 10, 2023Wimbledon—Aryna Sabalenka would not want a crystal ball to see tennis' future.The Australian Open champion has seen her proper throughout the web.More: Keys Overcomes AndreevaThe second-ranked Sabalenka, who has a shot to surpass Iga Swiatek for the world No. 1 rating this week, envisions 16-year-old Wimbledon qualifier Mirra Andreeva as a future elite participant.After defeating Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 6-0 to succeed in her second Wimbledon quarterfinal, the world No. 2 praised world No. 102 Andreeva as a participant with a really promising future—and a extra superior sport than Sabalenka herself had on the identical age."She's amazing player. When I was 16, I was going crazy and I was hitting wrong targets all over the cou...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, July 10, 2023Wimbledon—Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic reveres the match's traditions, however advocates two key modifications for The Championships.Djokovic, whose match towards Hubert Hurkacz started final night time earlier than the Wimbledon curfew prompted the suspension of play, stated it is time for the grass-court Grand Slam to make a time change.More: Keys Overcomes AndreevaThe seven-time champion who hasn't misplaced a Centre Court match in a decade advocates Wimbledon transfer its Centre Court begin time from its conventional 1:30 p.m. begin to a midday begin time to forestall late Centre Court matches from being carried over to the subsequent day as a result of curfew."I agree with that," Djokovic replied when requested if it ...

By Erik Gudris | @ATNTennis | Monday July 10, 2023For Ons Jabeur, her shotmaking immediately will likely be one she's going to savor. For Petra Kvitova, her efficiency immediately will likely be one she's going to wish to neglect.The No. 6 seed Jabeur of Tunisia raced by her fourth spherical towards two-time Wimbledon champion and No. 9 seed Kvitova 6-0, 6-3 to achieve the final eight.Awaiting Jabeur subsequent is No. 3 seed and defending Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in a extremely awaited rematch of final 12 months’s ultimate.Jabeur is trying ahead to the problem of as soon as once more going through Rybakina who she misplaced to in three units within the 2022 Wimbledon ultimate. Jabeur has stated that shedding that match was extraordinarily powerful for her and that she wanted a...

WIMBLEDON, England — Until a few week in the past, even Chris Eubanks didn't actually consider he was able to this kind of factor - of beating the world’s greatest tennis gamers at Wimbledon, of reaching the quarterfinals at any Grand Slam event, of profitable match after match after match on grass courts. ...

One fan obtained a singular style of tennis at Wimbledon.During Daniil Medvedev's 6-4, 6-2, retired win over Jiri Lehecka, this fan used his glass to snare the tennis ball on No. 1 Court. The odds of this taking place 🤣#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/WdWnrnJbVI — Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 10, 2023 After making one of the crucial uncommon catches we have seen at Wimbledon this season, the fan obtained a pleasant ovation from the No. 1 Court crowd. !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments);if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n; n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)(window, document,'script','https://c...