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Published on July 15, 2024 - Page 9

LONDON -- Carlos Alcaraz was ready from the get-go this time. A year ago in the Wimbledon final against Novak Djokovic, Alcaraz got off to a slow...

Published on July 14, 2024 - Page 9

Krejcikova feeling grand

LONDON -- At age 18, a decade before Barbora Krejcikova won Wimbledon on Saturday, she was done with junior tennis and couldn't decide whether to...

Published on July 13, 2024 - Page 9

Alcaraz and Djokovic set to meet in Wimbledon final

LONDON -- Carlos Alcaraz is only a couple of months past his 21th birthday, and yet this whole Grand Slam success thing is already a bit been-there,...

Published on July 12, 2024 - Page 9

Paolini faces Krejcikova in Wimbledon final

LONDON -- Jasmine Paolini kept coming back, kept coming back, kept coming back, against Donna Vekic in what would become the longest Wimbledon women'...

Published on July 11, 2024 - Page 11

Musetti advances to semis

LONDON -- Lorenzo Musetti threw his head back and spread his arms wide to celebrate reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon, then...

Published on July 10, 2024 - Page 7

Medvedev takes down No. 1 Sinner in quarters

LONDON -- Jannik Sinner felt ill. He was dizzy. Hadn't slept well the night before. Wimbledon's top-seeded man, who recently attained the No. 1...

Published on July 9, 2024 - Page 9

Matches get heated

LONDON -- After Taylor Fritz deposited a backhand that Alexander Zverev didn't even chase, wrapping up the American's comeback from a two-set hole in...

Published on July 7, 2024 - Page 9

No. 1 Swiatek falls at Wimbledon

LONDON -- After putting one shot into the net, Iga Swiatek muttered to herself. After another point went awry, she placed her hand over her mouth....

Published on July 5, 2024 - Page 11

Djokovic grinds out a win over Fearnley

LONDON -- The good news, Novak Djokovic said, was that his surgically repaired right knee was pain-free at Wimbledon on Thursday. The bad news, he...

Published on July 3, 2024 - Page 9

Trying to swat away the nerves

LONDON -- Carlos Alcaraz already owns three Grand Slam titles, including from Wimbledon a year ago, and yet he spoke after his opening victory at...

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Published on June 28, 2024 - Page 11

The quartet of Alcaraz, Skinner, Swiatek, Gauff take over tennis

WIMBLEDON, England -- There is a real shift happening at the top of tennis, a youth movement that long seemed inevitable but never actually arrived...

Published on July 1, 2024 - Page 9

Murray unsure he’ll compete

WIMBLEDON, England -- Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray said Sunday "it's impossible" to know yet whether he will be able to compete at the...