10:12 AM ET ESPN staff Novak Djokovic has been the heavy favorite to win it all at Wimbledon. And heading into the men’s semifinals (Friday, 8 a.m. ET on ESPN, ESPN App), he is on the cusp of his 20th career Grand Slam singles title. Can first-time Slam semifinalist Denis Shapovalov pull off the upset?
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2:49 PM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — As a girl growing up in Queensland, Ash Barty dreamt of one day competing on the biggest stage, playing a match in her mind for Wimbledon glory. On Saturday, she will get the chance to do it for real when she plays former world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova
7:00 AM ET LONDON — The Wimbledon men’s singles title is Novak Djokovic‘s to lose, at least according to the game’s greats. He has been the clear favorite from the start of the tournament, and having dropped just one set ahead of his 41st Grand Slam semifinal, it’s going to take something truly remarkable to
10:19 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — It might have been difficult for Ash Barty to imagine that a trip to her first Wimbledon final was just around the corner when she stopped playing at last month’s French Open because of an injured hip. Or even when she was two points from being pushed to
3:30 PM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — For all of the incredible achievements Roger Federer has managed in his incredible career, his exit from Wimbledon on Wednesday was a sad way to go out. But in some ways, watching the eight-time champion drift away, well beaten by a younger, faster man, was a reminder of
11:16 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — For about 20 minutes Wednesday at Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic was not quite his indomitable, infallible self. After racing to a 5-0 lead at the outset, he dropped three consecutive games to his unheralded quarterfinal opponent, 48th-ranked Marton Fucsovics. He wasted five set points in the process, too. Soon
5:07 PM ET LONDON — There has been little on-court respect given to age, reputation and rankings at this year’s Wimbledon. Young breakthrough players are knocking over their heroes, wonderfully astonished at their own achievement. Some then give the steely-eyed stare as they talk resolutely about their chances of success. Others, like Felix Auger-Aliassime, just
11:19 AM ET ESPN News Services LONDON — Karolina Pliskova‘s tennis success is predicated on a big serve, which rewards her with plenty of easy points and can get her out of trouble when needed. Thanks largely to that stroke, she is headed to the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time. Pliskova claimed 24 of
4:15 PM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — As Ash Barty has made her way through the draw at Wimbledon, her every move has been followed back home in Australia in microscopic detail. Fifty years after Evonne Goolagong won the first of her two Wimbledon titles, Barty has been front and center in newspapers and on
1:45 PM ET Kathleen McNamee LONDON — Tunisian football chants, not a common occurrence on the British courts, were ringing around Wimbledon on Monday as Ons Jabeur made history once again, beating No. 7 seed Iga Swiatek to become the first Arab woman to make it to the quarterfinals. Jabeur’s run at Wimbledon has been