WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 19, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Japan’s 17-year-old Tokito Oda became a Wimbledon champion for the first time Sunday afternoon. The World No. 1 Oda defeated Alfie Hewett of Great Britain, 6-4, 6-2, in one hour 25 minutes to […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 17, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) The last time a British lad won the boys’ junior singles title at the Wimbledon Championships was 1962, the same year that Harold Macmillan was prime minister of England and the Beatles were gaining […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 16, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Sunday afternoon’s Gentlemen’s Singles final at Wimbledon, which paired the 23-time major titlist and seven-time Championships winner Novak Djokovic and the current World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, showcased the best player in the […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 16, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Sunday’s Gentlemen’s Singles final at the Wimbledon Championships, between seven-time winner and defending champion Novak Djokovic and World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, merely matches the two best players in the game today competing […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 15, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) The tradition of Czech-born women’s champions at the Wimbledon Championships has just gotten richer. What began in 1978 with the excellence of nine-time champion Martina Navratilova, continued with the emotional 1998 victory of […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 15, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Novak Djokovic doesn’t lose often at the All England Club, home of the Wimbledon Championships. In fact, he has won 34 straight singles matches dating back to the start of the 2018 grass-court […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 14, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Two games from a disappointing defeat, Ons Jabeur looked resigned to another major loss at the Wimbledon Championships. A year ago, she fell to Elena Rybakina in three sets in the final at […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 13, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Twelve months after she lost to Elena Rybakina in a heartbreaking Wimbledon women’s final, Ons Jabeur got her revenge – and, oh, how sweet it was for the 28-year-old from Tunisia. The sixth-seeded […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 12, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) It has been an unforgettable Wimbledon fortnight for likable American Christopher Eubanks. His debut has read like nothing short of a best-selling novel – but it’s all been true. Round by round, the […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 10, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Since 2000, there’s been only two players under the age of 17 to reach the fourth round of the Wimbledon women’s singles by winning their third-round match in straight sets. The first was […]
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