Had the ball been called out, Pavlyuchenkova would have won the point and taken the game. Instead, it was replayed, Kartal won the point and went on to break for a 5-4 lead. Pavlyuchenkova had seen the ball was out – and a TV replay showed that was the case by some distance. Addressing the...
Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz produced an impressive fightback to overcome Andrey Rublev and set up a Wimbledon quarter-final against Britain’s Cameron Norrie. Alcaraz edged a step closer to becoming only the fifth man in the Open era to win three consecutive Wimbledon titles with a 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-4 6-4 victory over the Russian...
Going into last month’s French Open, Norrie said he had been playing some of his best tennis during the clay-court swing and believed his level was similar to when he was a top-10 player three years ago. His comments came after he had dropped towards the bottom of the top 100 – raising eyebrows at...
Nick Johnson and George Sandeman BBC News BBC Smera Chohan and Sajjad Butt, Nuria’s parents, gathered with hundreds of others to remember the girls on Sunday The parents of two eight-year-old girls who were killed when a car crashed into a London school say they are still waiting for answers two years later. Nuria Sajjad...
BBC Sport pundits Anne Keothavong and Tracy Austin praise Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova’s ability to bounce back from being denied a game winning point due to “an operating error” deactivating the automatic line calling system in her fourth round win over Sonay Kartal at Wimbledon 2025. Watch live coverage from every court on BBC iPlayer. Available to...
Had the ball been correctly called out, Pavlyuchenkova, who had the advantage, would have won the point and taken the lead. Instead, it was replayed, Kartal won the point and went on to break for a 5-4 lead. A frustrated Pavlyuchenkova was heard telling the umpire at the changeover: “They stole the game from me....
Watch the moment Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is denied winning a game due to the electronic line-calling system failing, resulting in the point being replayed and leading to Britain’s Sonay Kartal winning the game in their fourth round match at Wimbledon 2025. Watch live coverage from every court on BBC iPlayer. Available to UK users only. Read...
When Jarry’s symptoms began, he was ranked inside the world’s top 20 and on the rise, having reached the Rome Masters final, where he was beaten by Alexander Zverev. Jarry was told it would take three weeks to recover but still has episodes a year on. Tennis is a good form of rehabilitation, given the...
A good all-rounder at sports, once Kartal decided to put her sole focus on tennis she was determined she would make it as a professional. For the majority of her time as a teenager she was self-funded and travelled to tournaments without a coach. She also had difficult periods of injury which led to her...
As Centre Court’s Royal Box hosted ‘Sporting Saturday’ with a plethora of sporting legends in attendance, it was perhaps fitting that Djokovic continued his pursuit of an unprecedented 25th Grand Slam title in such devastating fashion. Djokovic was brimming with confidence after his second-round victory over Briton Dan Evans, saying he played “almost flawless tennis”...
Watch as 2024 Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova overcomes tears to win a point against Emma Navarro in their third-round match on Saturday. REPORT: Tearful champion Krejcikova knocked out of Wimbledon Watch live coverage from every court on BBC iPlayer. Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Emma Raducanu says she does not trust the electronic line-calling at Wimbledon, pointing to “dodgy” calls in her defeat by world number one Aryna Sabalenka. The Briton was particularly unhappy when a shot from the Belarusian was judged to have clipped the line midway through the first set. “That call was for sure out,” Raducanu...
It is the positive manner of her defeat that sets Raducanu up for what comes next in her career. The qualifier who stunned the world with her triumph in New York four years ago has proven that she thrives on the biggest stages. She was not overawed by this occasion, carrying the weight of the...
British number one Emma Raducanu is out of Wimbledon after falling agonisingly short of top seed Aryna Sabalenka in a gripping third-round match on Centre Court. Raducanu, 22, put the three-time Grand Slam champion – and clear title favourite – under extreme pressure before succumbing to a 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 defeat. “Emma played such incredible...
Italian Sinner has reached the finals of the past three Grand Slam events, winning two of them. At 13:30 BST, he will open play on Centre Court against Spaniard Pedro Martinez, who is ranked 52nd in the world. Djokovic, 38, is making his 20th appearance in the men’s singles at Wimbledon and will aim to...