In the battle of the two most promising young stars, Jannik Sinner got the better of Carlos Alcaraz Sunday at Wimbledon with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-7(8), 6-3 win.

Playing on Centre Court, Sinner was dominating early leading 6-1 and with a break 2-1 in the second before Alcaraz finally woke up.

The Spaniard dropped the second but mounted a charge in the third. He failed to break Sinner but in the breaker …

Jelena Ostapenko blew a break lead and two match points in the second set in a tough loss to German veteran Tatjana Maria 5-7, 7-5, 7-5.

Ostapenko led 4-1 in the second and then had two points to close it out on Maria’s serve at 4-5 but couldn’t do so. Maria ran off three straight games and then overcame another break deficit in the third to win reach her first Grand …

Rafael Nadal was on Centre Court but all eyes were on Nick Kyrgios who was in another battle with Stefanos Tsitsipas on Court 1 at Wimbledon.

Kyrgios had beaten Tsitsipas last month in Halle in three sets and this match was just as tight.

Krygios was up to his usual antics drawing a verbal abuse warning early in the match. Tsitsipas would be too sturdy and grab the opener in a well-played …

Eight years after stunning Serena Williams, Alize Cornet knocked out another top seed in the third round at Wimbledon, this time snapping Iga Swiatek’s 37-match win streak with relative ease 6-4, 6-2.

“It’s a big pride for me to win this match against Iga,” Cornet said. “I mean, what she’s done this year is out of this world, and I can’t believe I’m the one that actually broke the streak. This …

The Wimbledon women’s draw lost another former champion on Friday as 2018 winner Angelique Kerber was dumped out by Elise Mertens 6-4, 7-5.

Kerber served for the second but Mertens would roll the last four games of the match for her second win over the German.

“It was a very difficult match second round, losing the first set, then down two match points,” Mertens said. “Playing a third set yesterday, so I …

Novak Djokovic continued his dominant form cruising past countryman Miomir Kecmanovic 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 to reach his 14th career Wimbledon fourth round.

Djokovic has now won his last 24 matches on the surface and is the clear tournament favorite having won the title the last three years.

“I think I’ve been playing better and better as the tournament progresses,” said Djokovic on court. “That’s obviously something that you always wish for as …

Three more seeds were sent out of the men’s draw at Wimbledon, but the favorites marched on.

Still no where near his peak level on grass, Rafael Nadal toughed out Ricardis Berankis 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in just over three hours.

“Every day is a challenge, that’s the truth. All the opponents are difficult. We are playing against the best players of the world and especially even in these conditions, it will …

Iga Swiatek had one of her toughest matches during this quarter century-best win streak. The world No. 1 figured to have an easy afternoon with lucky loser Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, but the 138th-ranked player put a scare into Swiatek taking a set before falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

Swiatek was down a break in the first set as well but had control in the third thanks to an early break.

“For sure my …

John Isner picked a great time to secure his first ever win over Andy Murray stunning the home favorite at Wimbledon today 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-7(3), 6-4 in the second round on Wednesday.

Playing just his second match on Centre Court, Isner was never in trouble. The American who was 0-8 against Murray having only broken the Scot once ever, grabbed a quick break and powered through to an opening set win …

Former champion Angelique Kerber kept rolling at Wimbledon winning for the 7th time in her last 8 matches with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Magda Linette.

“Magda is a tough opponent, we played a few weeks ago so I knew what to expect. I think it was really important to stay in the moment, playing my game, enjoying my tennis and enjoying the energy on court. It’s really special to be …

The long-awaited return of Serena Williams lived up to the drama Tuesday night at Wimbledon, but it didn’t go the way she and many had hoped.

Playing her first match in 364 days, Serena found herself in a dogfight with the little-known Harmony Tan who was making her Wimbledon debut. The 24-year-Tan jumped out to a quick 2-0 leave over a slow and sluggish looking Serena, but the champion start …

Rafael Nadal had a scare today in his Wimbledon Opener getting pushed to four sets by Francisco Cerundolo 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

The 2-time Wimbledon champion cruised early in his first grass match in three years, but the Argentine playing his first grass Slam broke in the third and then led by a break 4-2 in the fourth. Nadal, who tossed in 41 unforced errors, would rally winning 15 of the …

A wide open Wimbledon women’s event got underway Monday with few if any upsets.

British teen queen Emma Raducanu made her Centre Court debut a good one holding off the nerves to top Alison van Uytvanck 6-4, 6-4. The Belgian who had a strong grass lead-up pushed the 19-year-old early in both sets but failed to hold leads in the break-fest.

“From the moment I walked out through those gates, I could …

Novak Djokovic had a good but not great start to his 2022 Wimbledon campaign easing past Soonwoo Kwon 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 under the roof in the first round.

Djokovic wasn’t at his supreme best against the overmatched Kwon how broke Djokovic early in the second then had a break chance in the middle of the third to really make things interested.

The Serb fought off a break chance in the fourth …

There’s something for the young and the old on opening day at Wimbledon. But the stars will be out.

Centre Court day one features 3-time defending Novak Djokovic followed by US Open darling Emma Raducanu and then 2-time winner Andy Murray tests his hip, his ab and his renewed relationship with Ivan Lendl against oft-injured veteran James Duckworth.

“I know he had an operation after the Australian Open this year,” Murray said …