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(Corrects paragraph two to make clear Becker won Queen's and Wimbledon back-to-back for the first time 36 years ago) By Sudipto Ganguly (Reuters) -Italian Matteo Berrettini has been compared with Bori...

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Top seed Novak Djokovic clinically dispatched big-serving South African Kevin Anderson 6-3 6-3 6-3 on Wednesday to glide ominously into the Wimbledon third round. D...

LONDON (Reuters) - World number five Elina Svitolina was made to work hard in her Wimbledon opener on Wednesday as the Ukrainian sealed a 6-3 2-6 6-3 victory over unseeded Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck....

LONDON (Reuters) - Italian seventh seed Matteo Berrettini continued his winning run on grass with a confident display against Guido Pella of Argentina to roll into the second round of Wimbledon with a...

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Wimbledon organisers on Wednesday defended the state of the grasscourts after concerns from players that the lawns are too slippery. Seven-times champion Serena Wil...

LONDON (Reuters) - Bianca Andreescu has yet to find her grasscourt feet as the Canadian fifth seed once again lost in the first round at Wimbledon after being walloped 6-2 6-1 by French nemesis Alize ...

By Jiri Skacel PRAGUE (Reuters) - Designer Zuzana Osako scoured the folk traditions of her country and Japan's for a common thread to weave into the Czech Republic's Olympic team outfits for the Tokyo...

(Amends day in lead) LONDON (Reuters) - Highlights of day three of the Wimbledon tennis championships on Wednesday (all times GMT): 1104 PLAY GETS UNDERWAY Play on the third day of Wimbledon began on ...

By Simon Evans LONDON (Reuters) - England manager Gareth Southgate prefers 'managing expectations' to euphoria but such an approach is hard to maintain when your team has just beaten their old rivals ...

By Nneka Chile LAGOS (Reuters) - Skipping from one foot to the other in the tropical heat of Lagos, teenage boxer Tijani Abdulazeez dreams of greatness as he trains in the open air on a patch of dusty...