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Three hours and twenty minutes, and neither cousin blinked Rain had already shredded the schedule at Gstaad, so the two matches went off at the same time on courts a short walk apart. Arthur Rinderknech and Valentin Vacherot both lost the opening set. Both were behind. Both won anyway. The Frenchman is the No. 4…

Wimbledon 2026 : Jannik Sinner keeps his throne after a stirring final against Alexander Zverev For more than two hours, neither man could really seize control. Service games rattled through, rallies got tougher and every big point felt like it could swing the final. In this battle between the two best players around right now,…

A clean exit, and a blunt verdict Jasmine Paolini did not look for excuses. Beaten soundly by Marta Kostyuk in the Wimbledon quarter-finals, 6-3, 6-2, the Italian delivered a cold, clear, almost brutal assessment of her own performance. She had no legs. And against an opponent as aggressive, as confident and as sharp as Kostyuk…

Zverev has cracked Wimbledon There are tournaments that just will not budge. Surfaces that seem to have it in for certain players, as if the grass in England had decided once and for all that Alexander Zverev was not getting anywhere near the last four. Three quarter-final runs in his career, no semi-final, even though…

Arthur Fery, the smallest giant causing a stir at Wimbledon Modern tennis loves giants. The 1.95m servers, the big hitters who turn every rally into a power contest. Arthur Fery tells a different story. At 23 and standing 1.75m, the Brit is proving there are still several ways to win a tennis match. On Wednesday,…

Wimbledon : Djokovic survives an epic marathon against Auger-Aliassime and sets up a Sinner rematch in the semis Five hours and 14 minutes. That is how long it took Novak Djokovic to see off Felix Auger-Aliassime in one of the most brutal matches Wimbledon has seen in years (7-6 [10], 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 [4], 7-6…

A tougher battle than it looked On paper, this had the feel of a meeting between two players on the same level. On court, it turned into a dogfight. Flavio Cobolli, world No. 10 and the latest Roland-Garros finalist, needed 2h35 to get past Alex De Minaur (6th) in a rollercoaster match that finished 7-5,…

Montreal hands Gael Monfils one more stage Some invitations are pure admin. Others carry weight. The one Monfils just picked up for the Montreal Masters 1000 belongs firmly in the second group. He is 39 now, working through the last season of a career that started on the pro tour more than two decades ago.…

The point has been made Novak Djokovic left a sliver of doubt after his opening match. Pushed hard by Yibing Wu and made to work harder than he might have expected, the Serb began his Wimbledon campaign with a solid win, but not a wholly convincing one. Against Stefanos Tsitsipas, he slammed the door shut.…