ALJAZ BEDENE provided one of his best Grand Slam performances to win a marathon five-set thriller against big-serving Ivo Karlovic. Bedene, who was born in Slovenia but qualified for Britain two years ago, refused to buckle against the 6ft 11in Croatian’s power in a clash lasting more than four hours. Neither player lost a service […]
STAN WAWRINKA was the shock casualty of Day One at Wimbledon as he lost to Russian whizkid Daniil Medvedev. Wawrinka, winner of all the other Grand Slams but has never made it past the quarter-final at SW19, crashed to a 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-1 defeat. The Swiss, 32, never looked comfortable against his 21-year-old opponent […]
HEATHER WATSON fired her way into the second round of Wimbledon with a straight-sets win over Maryna Zanevska. The Brit No2 followed up Jo Konta’s earlier success by beating the Belgian 6-1 7-6. Last year, Watson exited SW19 in the first round with a £9,040 fine for smashing her racket on the grass after being […]
NO slip-ups this time round. Jo Konta’s Wimbledon tournament looked in jeopardy when she took a tumble and cracked her back at Eastbourne just five days ago. The British No1, considered a dark horse for SW19 this year, was forced to skip her seaside semi-final as she raced against time to be fit for the […]
RAFAEL NADAL made easy work of his opening match dismissing Aussie John Millman 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 in straight sets. Nadal was contesting his 50th match at Wimbledon having missed last year’s Championships with a wrist injury. And there was to be no repeat of his nightmare opener in 2013 when he fell in the first […]