Linda Noskova is the latest in a long line of Czech women to win Wimbledon. The 21-year-old Noskova recovered from a second-set meltdown in which she wasted five match points to overcome Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in an all-Czech final on Saturday for her first Grand Slam trophy.
Kate, the Princess of Wales, returned to Wimbledon for the women’s final between Linda Noskova and Karolina Muchova on Saturday as part of a Royal Box contingent that included tennis greats Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King.
So how did the top-ranked Sinner suddenly rediscover the form that enabled him to completely overwhelm Djokovic — the seven-time Wimbledon champion — during Friday’s highly awaited encounter on Centre Court? The answer lies in a return to familiar ground.
Arthur Fery clearly didn’t see a semifinal run coming — did anyone? — because the British wild card expected to be in Greece this past week rather than on Centre Court earning standing ovations.
Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime announced on Friday afternoon that he has split with longtime coach Frederic Fontang.
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil’s Luisa Stefani advanced to the women’s doubles final at Wimbledon with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Japan’s Shuko Aoyama and Taiwan’s En-shuo Liang on Friday.
If there were any lingering questions over Jannik Sinner’s physical status after his meltdown at Roland-Garros, they should be answered now. Sinner blasted his way past seven-time champion Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Friday to reach the Wimbledon final.
Linda Noskova didn’t pay much attention to tennis as a kid until she watched Czech compatriot Petra Kvitova win the Wimbledon final in 2011. More Czech kids will surely be watching on Saturday when the country is guaranteed to add another champion to its rich legacy at Wimbledon.
Last year’s Wimbledon champion Jannik Sinner will have to get through seven-time champion Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals for a chance to defend his title.
Karolina Muchova ended Coco Gauff’s run at Wimbledon with a 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (10) victory Friday that ended with a drama-filled tiebreaker, to become the fourth Czech woman in the last six years to reach the final of the grass-court Grand Slam.
World No.1 Jannik Sinner and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic highlight the 96-player list for this summer’s National Bank Open, one year after several top players pulled out of the ATP 1000 tournament.
There’s also an American angle to the French-born British player who grew up five minutes from the All England Club and has reached the semifinals as a wild card at Wimbledon.
Taylor Fritz was three games into his Wimbledon quarterfinal against Alexander Zverev when his knee tendinitis started flaring up, and the American knew right away he was in trouble.
As Marta Kostyuk played on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Wednesday, her compatriots in Ukraine were dealing with another deadly attack by Russia on Kyiv.
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil’s Luisa Stefani have advanced to their third Grand Slam women’s doubles semifinal of the year after a 6-1, 6-2 win over Poland’s Katarzina Piter and Anna Siskova of Czechia on Wednesday at Wimbledon.
Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka headlines the 96-player list for the upcoming National Bank Open at Sobeys Stadium.
The “Ferytale” continues at Wimbledon. Arthur Fery grew up five minutes from the All England Club and now the 114th-ranked player is a semifinalist at the grass-court Grand Slam.
A valiant effort from Canadian tennis star Félix Auger-Aliassime wasn’t enough to get him into the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time. Auger-Aliassime fell 7-6 (10), 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4) in a match that took five hours 15 minutes to complete.
After the Knicks’ first NBA championship in more than 50 years, Taylor Swift’s wedding at Madison Square Garden and the World Cup final to be played just across the Hudson River, it looks like another circus is coming to town. To the Flushing Meadows section of Queens, to be precise.
Naomi Osaka’s Wimbledon run and fashion show ended in a 7-6 (4), 6-4 loss to Karolina Muchova in the quarterfinals of the grass-court Grand Slam.
Canada’s Victoria Mboko is withdrawing from the National Bank Open due to a knee injury.
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