Thursday 30 June 2022
Isner fired down 36 aces to hand Murray his earliest Wimbledon exit.
The 10th seed lost her second-round match against Caroline Garcia 6-3, 6-3.
The defending champion effortlessly saw off Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-1 6-4 6-2.
Playing her first singles match for a year, Williams fell to a 7-5 1-6 7-6 (7) defeat.
Elsewhere, women’s top seed Iga Swiatek extended her winning streak and Serena Williams returned to singles after a year away.
British number eight Paul Jubb just fell short of a big first-round shock.
Italian Matteo Berrettini is the second player in two days to pull out with the virus after Marin Cilic.
The six-time champion battled past Kwon Soon-woo in four sets.
The volatile Australian shot to fame at the All England Club in 2014.
The two-week tournament kicks off on Monday.
Novak Djokovic begins his quest for a seventh title against South Korea’s Kwon Soon-woo.
The 23-time grand-slam champion stunned the tennis world seven days ago when she announced a wild card had been awarded to her.
Natela Dzalamidze, a 29-year-old doubles player ranked No 44 in the world, is set to compete.
The two-time champion sustained the injury in his final defeat by Matteo Berrettini at the ATP event in Stuttgart.
The Spaniard is hoping to make his first appearance at the All England Club in three years.
Suspicions had been growing that the 40-year-old had effectively retired from the sport.
The former champions do not feature among the players confirmed by the All-England Club.
Medvedev routed Argentina’s 103rd-ranked Facundo Bagnis today.
No points will be offered at this year’s tournament after Wimbledon chiefs banned Russian and Belarusian players from competing.
Wimbledon chairman Ian Hewitt said the UK Government had left them with “no viable alternative” following invasion of Ukraine.
The world number one has only competed at three tournaments in 2022 because of entry restrictions imposed by various countries.
World number one Novak Djokovic also hit out at the “crazy” decision.
The decision was taken in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
The six-time grand slam champion was accused of hiding millions of pounds worth of assets.
The former world number one denies 24 charges under the Insolvency Act.
The 54-year-old is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion.
‘I got to live my dreams,’ says Sydney-born Johanna Konta.
‘It is heartbreaking to see how someone can change,’ says the 74-year-old’s wife, Bonnie.
Two matches are being investigated by the International Tennis Integrity Agency [ITIA].
He overcame Italy’s Matteo Berrettini and lost just two sets during the entire championship.
Barty beat Karolina Pliskova in three sets.
Djokovic was under intense pressure for two sets but emerged a 7-6 (3) 7-5 7-5 winner over Denis Shapovalov.
The world number nine will face either Novak Djokovic or Denis Shapovalov in Sunday’s final.
The world number 13 player defeated Aryna Sabalenka to book a spot in Saturday’s decider.
Australian Barty is one step away from emulating her mentor Evonne Goolagong, who won her second title here in 1980.
The eight-time Wimbledon champion and 20-time Grand Slam title winner lost 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-0 to a Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz.
Earlier today in the men’s, second seed Medvedev was knocked out by Hurkacz, who now faces Roger Federer for a place in the semis.
Raducanu pulled out trailing Tomljanovic 6-4 3-0 after an off-court medical time-out at Wimbledon.
The 18-year-old became an overnight sensation after reach the second week of the tournament.
Montreal prodigy Felix Auger-Aliassime knocked out German fourth seed Zverev over four gruelling hours in what was just his second ever five-setter.
