9:08 PM ET ESPN News Services LONDON — It took 99 games and three tiebreakers over five sets that lasted well over six hours, but South African Kevin Anderson finally reached the final at Wimbledon on Friday. Anderson won the longest Centre Court match in history and earned a chance to try to collect his
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4:07 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova are one win away from back-to-back Grand Slam titles after advancing to the Wimbledon women’s doubles final with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Alicja Rosolska and Abigail Spears on Friday. After winning their first major crown at the French Open last month, the
5:52 PM ET Victoria MonkESPN WIMBLEDON — Eyes have been trained on the Royal Box at Wimbledon for the first sighting of Meghan Markle on official All England Club duty as Duchess of Sussex. Well, the wait is over… Or at least it will be on Saturday. The Duchess of Cambridge, @Wimbledon Patron, and The
4:12 PM ET WIMBLEDON — Serena Williams is into the Wimbledon final. Stop and let that breathe for a moment. Really soak in the improbability of what the 23-time Grand Slam champion has accomplished so far this tournament. Yes, Wimbledon is a Slam she’s won seven times before and one where she hasn’t dropped a
12:06 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer WIMBLEDON — After hitting her first serve into the net during the first set of a competitive second-round match on Centre Court, Victoria Azarenka’s eyes got wide. She looked frustrated, and ready to start yelling at herself, as she is known to do. Roger Federer was a point away
1:24 PM ET WIMBLEDON — Novak Djokovic is into his first semifinals of a Grand Slam in just under two years, but is angry at just about everything. Including the sun. His latest foray into the final four of Wimbledon is just another addition to his now 32 Grand Slam semi-final appearances, now second on
7:37 PM ET ESPN staff WIMBLEDON — Men’s quarterfinals day always promised to be an epic afternoon at Wimbledon. This was that … and then some. Here, we recount exactly how it all played out. 8 a.m. ET/1 p.m. Wimbledon time: Kevin Anderson and Roger Federer walk on to Court 1 while Novak Djokovic and
4:02 PM ET WIMBLEDON — After a four-hour, five-set epic that saw the fifth set go 24 games, and despite knocking out defending champion Roger Federer, the man with the coolest head in Wimbledon post-match was Kevin Anderson. It was all going swimmingly for Roger Federer, until it wasn’t. The No. 1 seed could not
4:50 PM ET Peter BodoTennis Close Peter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic “The Courts of Babylon” and the New York Times bestseller (with Pete Sampras), “A Champion’s Mind.” WIMBLEDON
5:22 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer WIMBLEDON — After losing the first set in the quarterfinals Tuesday, Serena Williams looked dejected and confused. She stared longingly at her racket for a moment in sheer disbelief. It was the first frame she dropped during her 2018 campaign and ended an astounding 20-set win streak at the