Konta was serene, Murray rather spiky, but Britain has representatives in both the Wimbledon men’s and women’s quarter-finals for the first time since 1973Liveried in regulation green and purple and an anachronism at an All England Club that has long been digitised, the resolutely old school, manually operated order of play board outside Centre Court is one of Wimbledon’s more popular locations for souvenir selfies. Related: Johanna Konta first British woman in Wimbledon quarter-finals for 33 years Related: Andy Murray hobbles to 10th straight Wimbledon quarter-final with Paire win Related: Konta fans fume as Wimbledon switches big screen match to Murray Continue reading...
While Roger Federer cruised into the last eight at SW19, Rafael Nadal was knocked out by 16th seed Gilles Muller, losing 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 15-13 Muguruza fights back to knock out No1 seed Kerber Muller beats Nadal in five-set thriller Murray hobbles to straight-sets win over Paire Konta first British woman in Wimbledon quarter-finals for 33 years 9.55pm BST Video highlights from a thrilling at Wimbledon here: 8.46pm BST Related: Rafael Nadal loses thrilling Wimbledon five set epic to Gilles Müller 8.44pm BST Well, that’s all from me today. What a day of tennis. What a ending. Gilles Muller will sleep well tonight. Rafael Nadal probably won’t allow himself any sleep until the US Open. Thanks for reading, emailing...
The two greatest tennis players in history have rolled back the years at Wimbledon and a rerun of SW19’s greatest final could be on the cards on SundayNine years ago this week, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal stepped on to Centre Court and played the final of all finals: a three-act epic across four hours and 48 minutes. It was, staggeringly, the last time the two greatest tennis players in history faced each other at Wimbledon.Yet, in the late autumn of their careers, the prospect of their great trilogy of finals between 2006 and 2008 becoming a quadrilogy grows more tangible with each screaming forehand. According to the bookmakers, the 35-year-old Federer is favourite for his eighth Wimbledon title while...
The British No1 has sailed into Wimbledon’s last 16 with three displays of steely purpose and goes into the tournament’s final week aiming to make historyJohanna Konta’s biggest challenge as Wimbledon enters its concluding week is not so much the pedigree of her 15 rivals left in the draw – there is no standout favourite – but marrying the intensity of her emotions to the quality of her performance. She has done that with encouraging consistency since breaking into the top 10, most impressively in Miami, where she defeated Simona Halep, Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki on her way to the title.On Monday Konta plays the one-time French prodigy Caroline Garcia on No1 Court in the fourth round and, as her...
The Spaniard has not reached the last eight at Wimbledon since 2011 but after winning at Roland Garros, he looks a real contender for the titleIt has been many years since Wimbledon has witnessed Rafael Nadal prowling the baseline so confidently – those narrow eyes glaring across the net as if his opponent just dared to insult his mother, that laser-like focus matched only by the staggering accuracy of his groundstrokes. But the Spaniard, who is seeded four this year, has every reason to be confident judging by his enthralling and ultimately emphatic 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 win over Donald Young.Before the match pictures had circulated on social media of Nadal struggling to use a self-service checkout machine while buying a...