Wimbledon

Second-round action at Wimbledon was halted on Wednesday after environmental activists from the group “Just Stop Oil” stormed the court and spilled orange confetti on the grass.

The world’s most prestigious sporting institutions dove headfirst into a return to normal following two years of pandemic rules in 2022 – with the help of some of the planet’s most egregious human rights abusers.

Former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker was released from a UK prison early Thursday morning and now faces immediate deportation after serving eight months of his sentence for hiding assets and loans to avoid paying debts.

Roger Federer is retiring from professional tennis at age 41 after a series of knee operations, closing a career in which he won 20 Grand Slam titles, finished five seasons ranked No. 1 and helped create a golden era of men’s tennis with rivals Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

An attorney for Australian activist Drew Pavlou, who has spent years advocating against Chinese Communist Party atrocities, accused the “Chinese state” in an interview on Monday of framing his client with a fake bomb threat email to London’s Chinese embassy.

The U.S. Open, one of the tennis world’s four most prestigious tournaments, included Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic on its official men’s singles entry list on Wednesday – with a disclaimer that, should he not participate, it is due to Chinese coronavirus vaccination policies under leftist President Joe Biden.

The All England Club, which runs the prestigious Wimbledon tennis tournament, claimed that an anti-communist protester removed from the men’s singles final on Sunday was “running down the stairs and causing a nuisance” at the event, contradicting the protester’s account that security officers shoved him down the stairs.

Wimbledon has reportedly told supporters of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai that they are not welcome to wear t-shirts, hold signs, or talk to the media about the player who vanished from sight after accusing a high Chinese official of rape.

Australian tennis sensation Nick Kyrgios admits that he spit in the direction of a fan at Wimbledon on Tuesday, but he says the fan was taunting him.

The Championships at Wimbledon, one of the four most prestigious tennis tournaments in the world, began on Monday without the top-ranked men’s player in the world, who the tournament banned for being Russian.

Russian doubles tennis player Natela Dzalamidze found a simple solution to widespread bans against Russian players in international sports after the invasion of Ukraine: she changed her nationality to Georgian and will therefore be allowed to play at Wimbledon with her Serbian doubles partner, Aleksandra Krunic.

Wimbledon announced that it has dropped the “Miss” or “Mrs” that used to appear ahead of a champion’s name on its women’s honor board.

The world’s top-ranked male tennis player, Novak Djokovic, condemned Wimbledon organizers on Thursday for banning Russian and Belarussian players from participating in the tournament, calling the move “crazy.”

Wimbledon has banned Russian and Belarusian athletes but still accepts sponsorship money from companies that benefit from Chinese slave labor.

The neo-McCarthyism against Russian civilians marches on with the news that tennis player Daniil Medvedev will be blacklisted from Wimbledon unless he denounces Vladimir Putin.

Credit Suisse says its chairman has resigned following an internal investigation that reportedly found he had violated quarantine rules.

Wimbledon was canceled on Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time since World War II that the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament won’t be played.

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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic became the first man in 71 years to win Wimbledon after facing match points in the final, coming back to beat Roger Federer in an unprecedented fifth-set tiebreaker Sunday.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Out of escapes, out of surprises, Coco Gauff knew her captivating Wimbledon ride at age 15 was nearing its conclusion.

London (AFP) – Teen sensation Coco Gauff showed remarkable resilience in saving two match points to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon, beating Polona Hercog 3-6, 7-6 (9/7), 7-5 on Friday.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Wimbledon has tinkered with its traditional naming titles for this year’s tournament.

July 1 (UPI) — Fifteen-year-old Cori Gauff, making her Wimbledon debut, earned a stunning straight-sets win over seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams on Monday.

Tennis great Serena Williams lashed out on Twitter, claiming that the “random” drug tests conducted by Tennis’ governing bodies are actually “discrimination.”

July 13 (UPI) — South African Kevin Anderson beat American John Isner in a 6-hour-and-36-minute Wimbledon semifinal on Friday at the All England Club in London.

Kevin Anderson told South African youngsters to “stick to their dreams” and follow in his footsteps after he knocked Roger Federer out of Wimbledon on Wednesday.

London (AFP) – Rafael Nadal overcame two time warnings and Novak Djokovic shrugged off a knee problem to battle into the Wimbledon third round on Thursday but third seed and 2017 runner-up Marin Cilic crashed out.

British tennis star Andy Murray is again going out of his way to interject feminism into tennis, this time acting as if a reporter was slighting female tennis players with a question asked of Murray after his loss to American Sam Querrey at Wimbledon.

During the post match press conference, a reporter prefaced his question about Querrery’s win saying, “Sam is the first US player to reach a major semi-final since 2009.”

American tennis player Bethanie Mattek-Sands went down Thursday with a brutal knee injury at Wimbledon. Mattek-Sands, 32, collapsed on the court mid-match against Sorana Cirstea of Romania. Soon after falling to the ground, Mattek-Sands grabbed her knee and began yelling, “Help me!”

Shortly after winning her opening round matchup at Wimbledon Monday, Venus Williams was overcome with emotions in the media room. A reporter asked the tennis star about her car crash last month that resulted in the death of 78-year-old Jerome Barson

The ringleader of the London Bridge terror attack secured an interview with a security firm providing personnel to Wimbledon, sparking fears he was plotting to strike the tennis tournament.

LONDON (AP) — British police are investigating allegations that a British player at the Wimbledon tennis tournament was poisoned, after she fell ill with a bacterial infection that can be spread through rat urine. Gabriella Taylor was playing in the

Wimbledon chiefs have revealed armed police will guard the All England Club when the grass-court Grand Slam gets under way on Monday.

A BBC and Buzzfeed report over tennis fixing shook the sport only hours before the first grand slam in Australia kicked off Sunday night.

Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon title against Garbine Muguruza, 6-4, 6-4. This is her second Serena Slam, which is four Grand Slam tournament victories in a row. She is also 75% of the way to a calendar Grand Slam.

LONDON – Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer will meet in the Wimbledon final for the second straight year. Djokovic reached his third Wimbledon final in a row, fourth overall, after he defeated Richard Gasquet 7-6(7), 6-4, 6-4. The match was