Simona Halep collected her first Wimbledon title hammering the favored 7-time champion Serena Williams 6-2, 6-2 in just 56 minutes. It was a jaw-dropping performance of perfection from Halep in giving Serena one of her worst career losses not just on grass but also in a Slam final.

“It feels good,” Halep said. “I wanted this badly. When I started the tournament, I talked to the people from the locker room …

Who would have believed that on a “slow” grass court an aging, near-38 Roger Federer would out rally the king of the baseline, Rafael Nadal? Well, that’s what happened this afternoon in the Wimbledon semifinals.

In a very long-awaited rematch of their 2008 Wimbledon final epic, Federer had his revenge beating Nadal handily — and doing so at his own game — in a 7-6(3), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 win.

“It’s always very, …

The Big 3 return to the semifinals for a second straight Grand Slam, second time in Wimbledon history after 2007. Roger Federer beat Rafael Nadal in that 2007 final, today they meet in a Wimbledon semifinal for a first time.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic seeks his 6th Wimbledon final. The Serb has won his last 12 matches at Wimbledon but has lost his last two to Roberto Bautista Agut, who is …

Serena Williams and Simona Halep set up a very intriguing final at Wimbledon Saturday.

Halep was facing rival Elina Svitolina who had given the Romanian a lot of problems in the past. Svitolina led 4-3 with plenty of chances in past matches to gain more victories over Halep.

Today, both slugged it out early going toe-to-toe for about 20 minutes for the first two games. But Halep came away with both then …

About the only surprise of this year’s Wimbledon men’s event was there were no real surprises. The young stars continue to run hot and cold, the middle generation is still lost which leaves the Big 3 pack with Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. And since Andy Murray is off the singles circuit for now and there’s, by definition, a fourth spot in a semifinal, Roberto Bautista Agut gets …

For the second straight Grand Slam, longtime legendary rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet in the semifinals, this time at Wimbledon for the first time in 11 years.

Both tennis greats were on late on quarterfinal day at the Championships. Federer was on Centre Court and after dropping his first service game followed by the opening set, he took command of Kei Nishikori for a comfortable 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, …

The Big 3 are back in the Wimbledon quarterfinals for a fifth time, but only one have they made the semifinals together before – 2007.

That’s likely to change on Wednesday when the trio return to the courts for quarterfinal play as they come in sizzling – Djokovic, Federer and Nadal dropped just 19 games between them in their round of 16 matches.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic will open play against David …

Serena Williams and Simona Halep both moved into the Wimbledon semifinals, and a step closer to what appears to be a final showdown on Saturday.

Serena was faced with a first-time meeting against Alison Riske. The 29-year-old Riske showed no sign of nerves playing in her first Slam quarterfinal and against a 23-time winner as she jumped out to a quick 3-1 lead in the first. But Serena served her way …

The Big 3 men kept things rolling at Wimbledon Monday. On the greatest day on the tennis calendar, the greatest tennis players lived up the hype destroying their opposition in the fourth round.

On first on center, Nadal had now trouble hammer Joao Sousa 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. The Portuguese No. 1 who was playing in his first Wimbledon fourth round, never saw a break point in defeat.

“I think it was a …

The Wimbledon story of Coco Gauff came to a crashing end Monday at Wimbledon. The 15-year-old was no match for former No. 1 Simona Halep who beat Gauff 6-3, 6-3 in 75 minutes.

“I think it was a great match. She has potential to be a very good player soon,” said Halep.

“12 years ago I was at juniors. It’s a huge thing that she’s able to play in the fourth round …

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal had little trouble today handling their French opposition at Wimbledon.

Nadal was on first and all but destroyed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in well under two hours. Nadal never faced a single break point and lost only five points on his first serve. The two hadn’t met in a Slam in 11 years, and Tsonga probably wished that run would have last longer.

“I know I …

Serena Williams moved into her 60th career Grand Slam fourth round after cruising past Julia Goerges 6-3, 6-4 in a Wimbledon third round encounter.

“I just need to keep it up,” Serena said after her best performance of the week. “Each match for me really counts. I haven’t had a tremendous amount. Literally each match counts for me. It’s just keep going, doing what I’m doing in practice hopefully.”

Serena beat the …

Novak Djokovic joined rivals Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in also dropping a set at Wimbledon. The defending champion still managed to get through 22-year-old Hubert Hurkacz 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-4.

Hurkacz, who lost to Djokovic at the French, began to find his form late in the second, diving and giving it his all out there on Court 1, and it paid off. But Djokovic quickly broke in the third and …

The legend of teen Coco Gauff continues to grow at Wimbledon. The 15-year-old who took Wimbledon by storm week one was faced with the task of beating veteran Polona Hercog. The 28-year-old from Slovenia dominated the the first 70 minutes of their match, mixing power, slice and dropshots with a huge serve that got her up to the finish line 6-3, 5-2. The dream run was all but over…

But Guaff …

The much-anticipated showdown between rivals Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios lived up to the billing Thursday at Wimbledon. While Kyrgios’s results and ranking is well below Nadal’s standards, you can throw that out because the Australian gets up for big matches like this, and he did today.

Nadal cruised early and dominated the first set. Kyrgios snuck out a break and things got real interesting from there. Neither player could make …