LONDON — A minor knee injury left Serena Williams’s participation in the women’s doubles at Wimbledon in doubt, where she is entered alongside her sister Venus Williams. The same injury was cited as the reason the North American player did
LONDON — Military service gave South Korean Soonwoo Kwon “maturity.” For a year and a half he has not been allowed to complain or get angry. Showing emotions is not permitted. Orders are followed, because if not, there are consequences.
LONDON — Winning at 44 without having competed for four seasons remains impossible in professional tennis. Serena Williams’s return was a journey back in time: no surprises, but full of symbolism. Twenty-four years is too great a gap on a
LONDON — Stefanos Tsitsipas has everything he needs to come out of his rough patch and even win a Grand Slam. That is the belief of one of his fiercest rivals, Russia’s Daniil Medvedev. “I would not be surprised if
LONDON — Ignacio Buse’s meteoric rise continues. The Peruvian won his first match at a Grand Slam and all he wants is to keep winning. “I want to keep going. I’ll be honest, I want to keep going,” the Peruvian
LONDON — Emma Raducanu will not play Wimbledon after the niggle she had been managing developed into a stress fracture. The British player announced on her Instagram stories that she is withdrawing from the tournament that begins this Monday morning,
LONDON — Emma Raducanu’s plan is to push her body through Wimbledon. There are events so special that it is worth putting your body on the line, the home favourite explained. “There are certain tournaments you’re willing to do more
LONDON — Stefanos Tsitsipas has dismissed his father Apostolos Tsitsipas from his coaching role. There is no going back, the Greek tennis player assures. “It will take him some time to accept it, as it did the last time we
MADRID — Serena Williams could not have picked a better tournament for her return — but her body will not withstand the demands of high-level competition again, according to one of the people who knows her muscles and bones best.
At this World Cup, the entire planet is watching Lionel Messi, who has produced a historic start to the tournament just days before his 39th birthday — something that, in terms of both age and level, can only be compared
LONDON — One scene keeps coming back on social media: Paula Badosa in Stefanos Tsitsipas’s box during one of the Greek player’s matches at Wimbledon, back when the two were a couple. Seated a row behind the player’s father and
LONDON — There is unwavering faith in Serena Williams across the women’s circuit. The verdict is unanimous: the player with the most Grand Slam titles in the Open Era will make a successful return. “Serena can do anything. And if
