7:59 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Serena Williams climbed 153 spots in the WTA rankings after her runner-up finish at Wimbledon, putting her back into the top 30. Williams is ranked 28th in the list published Monday. At Wimbledon, the former No. 1 was playing only her fourth tournament after returning from childbirth, but
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4:00 PM ET WIMBLEDON — In the end, it was one match too far for Kevin Anderson. There were no excuses afterward as he assessed his final defeat to Novak Djokovic — it’s just not his way — but fatigue and nerves underpinned his slow start to Sunday’s showpiece. Although he recovered in the third
7:23 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
3:31 PM ET Victoria MonkESPN WIMBLEDON — As he lifted the trophy up towards his player box, Novak Djokovic locked eyes with his 3-year-old son, Stefan, and all of the hearts within Centre Court and watching on television screens at home melted. This is Djokovic’s fourth Wimbledon title, but this one in particular will hold
6:03 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Mike Bryan found himself a suitable backup partner for Wimbledon, and the result was a record-tying 17th Grand Slam men’s doubles title — and his first without his twin brother. Bryan teamed with Jack Sock for only their second tournament together, and the American duo edged Raven Klaasen
6:59 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Breaking and creating records weren’t the most special parts of winning the Wimbledon women’s doubles title for Barbora Krejcikova. Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, both 22 from the Czech Republic, won their second successive Grand Slam title with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 victory over Kveta Peschke and Nicole Melichar
3:59 PM ET Victoria MonkESPN WIMBLEDON — Angelique Kerber is a Wimbledon champion. A replica of the 2016 final, but this time, it was the German player’s time to strike revenge on her victor from two years’ previous. As Kerber held the Venus Rosewater Dish after her dominating 6-3, 6-3 victory over Serena Williams, no
4:02 PM ET WIMBLEDON — Two years ago at this very place, on serve and chasing Serena Williams 6-5 in the opening set of the Wimbledon final, Angelique Kerber double-faulted and handed the set to Williams, who went on to win her seventh title here, 7-5, 6-3. That is the kind of mistake Kerber cannot
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
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