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  • Emma Raducanu overcomes injury concerns as she battles through Eastbourne opener

    Emma Raducanu overcame injury concerns as she roared back from a set down to beat Ann Li in her opening match at the Eastbourne Open.

    The seventh seed at the WTA 250 event, Raducanu rallied from a set down to beat world No 64 Li 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-1 in her first match since withdrawing from the Berlin Open last week.

    Raducanu responded quickly after falling an early break down in the opening set to Li, though ultimately spurned a 5-3 lead in the tiebreak to fall behind her US rival.

    Concerns grew for the Brit after she was broken in the opening game of the second set, though she was immediately handed the break back following a sloppy game from her opponent.

    Raducanu grew in confidence from there and broke twice more to force a deciding set, before claiming victory in two hours and 18 minutes.

    “I feel incredible,” said a visibly emotional Raducanu in her on-court interview. “I just want to thank the crowd for getting me through some really sticky moments.

    “It really meant a lot to me, and I’m so proud of how I fought back after losing the first set.

    “It was a tough match. Ann was hitting winners all over the place. It was obviously very windy, but I’m really happy just to have come through that.

    “It was tough, it was up and down, but I really think from the middle of the second set I found an extra gear, I found an extra level. I’m really proud of how I came through that.”

    The Brit struggled with injury in her Queen’s Club Championships quarter-final defeat to Zheng Qinwen, with a lingering back issue proving to be a problem.

    That forced the world No 38 out of last week’s WTA 500 event in Berlin, and there were lingering questions regarding her fitness heading into Eastbourne.

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    Raducanu appeared to be struggling physically at points in the first set, though she looked to be in fine fettle as she ultimately stormed to victory.

    The Brit dropped two places to world No 38 in the WTA Rankings after missing action last week, and she has provisionally fallen to world No 40 in the WTA Live Rankings.

    An early exit would have put Raducanu at risk of dropping back out of the top 40 just weeks after returning to that milestone, though victory here has boosted her hopes.

    The 22-year-old remains at 40 in the WTA Live Rankings but now holds 1,321 ranking points, ahead of live world No 41 Dayana Yastremska.

    Ukrainian Yastremska is also playing in Eastbourne this week and could have overtaken Raducanu with a round-two victory, had the Brit been beaten in round one.

    Yastremska made it through to the second round on Tuesday after Magda Linette retired injured in their round-one contest.

    Raducanu will now face Maya Joint in the second round, with the Australian having beaten Ons Jabeur on Monday.

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  • BBC’s full broadcast team for Wimbledon 2025: Regulars return as Nick Kyrgios axe confirmed

    The BBC has revealed its broadcast team for Wimbledon 2025 and most of the familiar faces and voices will once again feature while a couple of former tennis stars won’t return to the studios.

    Clare Balding – who took over from commendatory icon Sue Barker in 2023 following the 1976 French Open winner’s retirement the previous year – and Isa Guha will again front the coverage at the grass-court Grand Slam.

    Former England cricketer Guha will set the Wimbledon ball rolling every morning on BBC Two while Balding will headline the afternoon’s play with the action switching to BBC One in the evening.

    Several Grand Slam champions will also form part of the coverage from the BBC studio as tennis legends John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King, Pat Cash, and Tracy Austin will provide some insight and analysis.

    “Top class tennis in the most prestigious setting,” Balding said.

    “Epic five set thrillers to keep you on the edge of your seats, informed insight from Grand Slam winning pundits, in-depth analysis and fascinating features that build up the characters on court. John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova, Tim Henman, Tracy Austin and Pat Cash will all be back.”

    The five major champions will be joined by former British stars Tim Henman and Annabel Croft.

    Andrew Castle is once again set to be the lead specialist commentator while he will be joined by Cash and Croft while other famous names include Naomi Cavaday, Andrew Cotter, Jo Durie, Colin Fleming, Daniela Hantuchova, Dom Inglot, Abigail Johnson, Anne Keothavong, Robbie Koenig, David Law, Nick Lester, Alicia Molik, Ryan Harrison, John Lloyd and Todd Woodbridge, among others.

    BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds’ live coverage will be presented by Gigi Salmon and Clare McDonnell with Steve Crossman on evening duty.

    Wimbledon champions Cash and Marion Bartoli will provide insight and analysis along with former world No 1 Clijsters, Croft, Laura Robson, Naomi Broady, Mark Woodforde, Jeff Tarango, Leon Smith, Coco Vandeweghe, Greg Rusedski, and Daniela Hantuchova.

    Meanwhile, McEnroe and Henman will be back for Radio 5 Live’s iconic 6-Love-6 feature.

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    Three names who are missing from this year’s line-up after appearing in 2024 are former world No 1 Ashleigh Barty, 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios and former British No 1 Johanna Konta.

    Barty and Kyrgios made their BBC debuts during last year’s grass-court Grand Slam, but former champion Barty has just given birth to her second child, a daughter named Jordan, while Kyrgios revealed last week that he won’t return.

    “It’s unfortunate but it’s probably their loss more than mine,” he told The Guardian.

    The Australian added: “When someone’s beaten Federer, Nadal, Murray and Djokovic and has incredible insights, it’s very strange you wouldn’t want that person adding knowledge to tennis fans.”

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  • Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu romance rumours set to be fuelled over the next few weeks

    As Emma Raducanu appeared on the member’s balcony for the final few minutes of Carlos Alcaraz’s semi-final at the Queen’s Club, the story of the day had already been written for a prominent section of the media pack.

    The rumours that five-time Grand Slam champion Alvaraz has a crush on 2021 US Open champion Raducanu have been peddled by websites that have a job to generate clicks, even if the story they are selling has no credibility.

    Yet this was a week that had seen Alcaraz and Raducanu confirmed as mixed doubles partners at the US Open in August and the duo posting a cheeky video together to promote their joint upcoming appearance at Flushing Meadows, the idea that these tennis superstars may be more than just on court partners was inevitably spun by the gossip media.

    Alcaraz was asked about Raducanu’s appearance at his Queen’s Club match and hinted he would like to watch her playing at Wimbledon, with the news media who attach themselves to tennis at this time of the year getting all the ammunition they needed to fuel the romance story.

    Wimbledon is a magnet for reporters who are accredited to report on their one and only tournament of the year and you won’t see them sitting on Centre Court watching too many matches.

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    Instead, they are the reporters who will ask questions in press conferences that will make tennis writers cringe, as they quiz players on the food they like to eat, their choice of clothing and their personal lives.

    Venus Williams was infamously asked about the pink bra she was wearing at Wimbledon back in 2015 and her response said much about the unusual nature of the exchange.

    “I don’t like talking about bras in press conferences. It’s weird,” she said. “I don’t want to talk about my undergarments. It’s kind of awkward for me. I’ll leave that to you. You can talk about it with your friends. I’m going to pass.”

    Venus was absolutely right to take that stance and the reporter asking about her bra should have been ashamed, but it is not uncommon at a Wimbledon press conference that welcomes too many non-tennis media inside the gates at the All England Club.

    Female players, especially, can be targeted for inappropriate questions and it will be no surprise if Alcaraz and Raducanu are asked about the prospects of a potential romantic twist in their partnership when they carry out their pre-Wimbledon media duties next weekend.

    For the news and gossip media, any suggestion of a romance between two of the biggest names in tennis will be too much to resist and Alcaraz’s comments on Raducanu when their mixed doubles pairing was announced confirmed he is excited to share a court with her.

    “She’s gonna be the boss. I’m super excited about it,” said Alcaraz. “I think it’s going to be great. It was an amazing idea for the tournament.

    “I’ve known Emma for a really long time ago, so we know each other. I have a really good relationship with her. We are going to enjoy it, for sure.

    “I will try to bring my doubles skill. We will try to win, but obviously it’s going to be really, really fun.

    “I was thinking that I couldn’t play better unless it was with Emma. I just asked Emma if she wants to play doubles with me. Yeah, I made that special request.”

    Raducanu was also asked about the US Open pairing as she prepared to play at the Eastbourne Open and it was clear that she was excited by the prospect.

    “I’ve known him for years and actually in Wimbledon 2021, it was like kind of the first time I started getting to know him, and I had a good run there and then also again in the US Open in 2021,” she said.

    “And I remember he was always playing the day before me and I was playing like the second day of the round. And I would see him win and then I would have the motivation to win and get myself into that position too.

    “And I remember he beat Stef [Tsitsipas] in the third round and it was like a big win, his breakout kind of win on a big stage and it was really cool to kind of, I guess, go through that tournament together and then I kept going through the US Open, but we were staying in touch for the whole time and yeah, it’s nice.

    “We have a good relationship still. He’s obviously overtaken me a lot, but it’s nice that we have that from a while ago.

    “I think for all of us, we really kind of value those connections that we had from when we were young because when you become a bit more known or a bit more successful, you just find yourself reverting back to people you knew from a young age because you’re like, that’s a real genuine connection because it becomes very busy and you have a lot more friends, but the ones that you’ve known for a long time mean a lot more to you.”

    The front page of The Sun newspaper on Tuesday featured an image of Alcaraz and Raducanu as they looked to promote the possibility that a partnership on the tennis court could become more and as the Wimbledon hype machine builds, these stories are certain to be pushed time and again by a non-tennis media who thrive on controversy and gossip.

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  • The 10 greatest male grass court players of Open Era – ranked!

    Grass-court tennis has helped produce some of the greatest tennis champions of all time.

    Several ATP Tour icons have thrived and forged incredible legacies on the surface, but who are the greatest of them all?

    Factoring in players who competed solely in the Open Era, and looking at Wimbledon success, overall grass-court triumphs, and match wins and win percentage, we rank the 10 greatest male grass-court players of the modern age.

    10) Rafael Nadal

    Nadal may be the ‘King of Clay’, but he wasn’t half bad on grass courts either.

    At the peak of his powers, the Spaniard reached five Wimbledon finals in the space of six years, famously lifting the title in 2008 and 2010.

    With further titles in Queen’s and Stuttgart to his name, and a solid win percentage of 79.17% on the surface, Nadal’s success on grass is perhaps underrated.

    9) Stefan Edberg

    One of the most graceful players of all time, Swedish icon Edberg won four of his six Grand Slam titles on grass.

    The former world No 1 triumphed at the Australian Open in 1985 and 1987, the final two tournaments before the switch to hard, while lifting Wimbledon titles in 1988 and 1990.

    Edberg was also runner-up at SW19 in 1989 and was a Queen’s champion in 1991, with an impressive win percentage of 78.57% on the surface.

    8) Andy Murray

    Murray’s Wimbledon triumph remains one of the most iconic, with the former world No 1 ending a 77-year wait for a home men’s singles champion at the All England Club in 2013.

    He would go on to win a second title at the tournament in 2016, alongside reaching the final in 2012 and appearing in 10 consecutive quarter-finals from 2008 to 2017.

    With a record five titles at the Queen’s Club to his name, alongside his gold medal at London 2012, the Brit cemented his place as not only a leading grass-court of his era, but one of the best of all time.

    7) Jimmy Connors

    Connors was up against some of the greatest grass-court players of all time during his career, but still amassed a huge amount of success on the surface.

    The American’s win percentage of 82.79% is the seventh-highest of the Open Era, with his 178 grass-court wins being the second-highest tally of the modern age.

    He reached six Wimbledon finals, lifting the title in 1974 and 1982, and won the 1974 Australian Open title on grass, with his nine titles the joint-third highest tally of the professional age.

    6) Boris Becker

    This year marks exactly four decades since Becker memorably won his first title at Wimbledon, the tournament that would come to define the legendary German’s career.

    Becker would win further Wimbledon titles in 1986 and 1989, and progressed to seven finals in total, alongside an impressive four victories at the Queen’s Club.

    The former world No 1 won 116 matches on the surface, with a win percentage of 82.27% across his career.

    5) John McEnroe

    A player whose game was naturally made for grass, McEnroe achieved a staggering 85.82% win percentage on the surface – the second-highest of the Open Era.

    The American famously reached five straight Wimbledon finals from 1980-84, lifting the title in 1981, 1983, and 1984, while he was also a four-time Queen’s winner.

    McEnroe won an impressive eight titles overall on grass, picking up an impressive 121 individual match wins.

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    4) Bjorn Borg

    One of the most iconic figures in tennis history, Borg’s staggering feat of winning five straight Wimbledon titles has only been matched by one man in the 45 years since.

    The Swede famously ruled over SW19 from 1976 to 1980, reaching a further final in 1981, and also won a further two titles on grass across his short yet successful career.

    Borg won 83.72% matches on the surface, the fifth-highest win percentage of the Open Era, and remains one of the most dominant grass-courters in history.

    3) Pete Sampras

    Few have dominated on grass quite like US icon Sampras, who won Wimbledon seven times in the space of eight years from 1993 to 2000, only missing out in 1996.

    With a further three Queen’s Club titles to his name, ‘Pistol Pete’ won 10 titles on grass courts across his career, a tally only beaten by one man in the Open Era.

    Sampras won an impressive 83.47% of his matches on the surface, the sixth highest among male players in the professional age.

    2) Novak Djokovic

    Few expected Djokovic to ever become a natural grass-courter, though the Serbian has ultimately developed into one of the greatest-ever players on the surface.

    The former world No 1 has won eight titles on grass and seven of them have come at Wimbledon, with a further three finals to his name at the All England Club.

    Djokovic won four straight SW19 titles from 2018-22 and has won an impressive 120 matches on the surface, while his win rate of 85.71% is the third-highest of the Open Era.

    1) Roger Federer

    Could anyone else have been at the top of this countdown?

    Federer’s haul of eight Wimbledon men’s singles titles, including five straight triumphs from 2003-07, remains an Open Era record, with a further four finals to his name.

    The Swiss also won 10 Halle Open titles, and his overall haul of 19 grass-court titles is another Open Era record, as is his win percentage of 86.88% (min. 50 wins), and his 192 total wins on the surface.

    With so many grass-court records to his name, Federer is undoubtedly the male grass-court player of the Open Era.

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  • Novak Djokovic Wimbledon warning sent to Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner by former world No 12

    Former ATP star Feliciano Lopez has addressed whether this year’s Wimbledon Championships is Novak Djokovic’s last chance to win a Grand Slam title.

    Djokovic won his 24th and most recent major at the 2023 US Open, while the last of his seven Wimbledon triumphs came in 2022.

    The legendary Serb, who turned 38 in May, is aiming to become the oldest Grand Slam singles champion in tennis history at Wimbledon.

    The current world No 6 was a runner-up to Carlos Alcaraz in the last two championship matches at the All England Club. Djokovic fell to Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals of the French Open earlier this month.

    In an interview with Sky Sports, Lopez argued grass is now the only surface on which Djokovic can match Alcaraz and Sinner.

    “It’s hard to say whether this is Novak’s last opportunity because with Novak you have to be aware of what you say about him,” said the former world No 12.

    “He’s not at the levels of Carlos and Jannik, especially in the last 18 months, because the numbers speak for themselves, but the way he played against Sinner surprised me.

    “He challenged Sinner and pushed him to the limit and, although the gap is still big, I see the grass as the only place for him to get to this level that they play because the grass is very different.

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    “Djokovic proved that he can still compete at this level but he will have a better chance on grass.”

    Sky Sports commentator Jonathan Overend has given his verdict on world No 4 Jack Draper’s chances at Wimbledon.

    “Draper is in that group of contenders who can win Wimbledon,” assessed Overend.

    “The top band only has two players – Sinner and Alcaraz – with the next band containing Djokovic, along with Draper, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz and Lorenzo Musetti.

    “Draper is absolutely a contender to win Wimbledon. He is definitely a contender to make the final.

    “Having said that he will need a little bit of luck because he would have to beat Alcaraz and Sinner back-to-back potentially. He could beat one of them, but can he beat both? Unlikely! Maybe in the future.

    “It’s intriguing and it’s possible as I said at the start of the year that Draper could make the Wimbledon final and nothing has happened in the last six months to change my mind.”

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  • Emma Raducanu responds to Carlos Alcaraz saying she ‘took a while’ to accept his doubles request

    Emma Raducanu has spoken about her relationship with Carlos Alcaraz following the announcement of the pair’s US Open partnership.

    It was revealed by the US Open last week that Alcaraz and Raducanu had entered the tournament’s revamped mixed doubles event as a wildcard pairing.

    The new mixed doubles tournament at Flushing Meadows will take place the week before the singles events begin. It will feature eight teams based on the combined singles rankings of the two players and eight wildcard teams.

    Alcaraz revealed he made the request to Raducanu and admitted the Brit took some time before accepting his invitation.

    “She took a while,” the Spaniard said, laughing.

    “No, not that much, not that much. But obviously she had to ask, and she had to think a little bit. But it wasn’t immediate, so…”

    Asked about waiting to agree to play with Alcaraz, Raducanu joked: “Gotta keep ’em on their toes (laughing)!

    “I mean, of course, I had to ask my team if they wanted me to play. But for me, when he asked me, I was going to say yes, I just had to kind of go through the formality of asking my coach, so I didn’t just make the decision.”

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    The 2021 US Open winner went on to speak about her connection with Alcaraz.

    “I’ve known him for years and actually in Wimbledon 2021, it was like kind of the first time I started getting to know him, and I had a good run there and then also again in the US Open in 2021.

    “And I remember he was always playing the day before me and I was playing like the second day of the round. And I would see him win and then I would have motivation to win and get myself into that position too.

    “And I remember he beat Stef [Tsitsipas] in the third round and it was like a big win, his breakout kind of win on a big stage and it was really cool to kind of, I guess, go through that tournament together and then I kept going through the US Open, but we were staying in touch for the whole time and yeah, it’s nice.

    “We have a good relationship still. He’s obviously overtaken me a lot, but it’s nice that we have that from a while ago.

    “I think for all of us, we really kind of value those connections that we had from when we were young because when you become a bit more known or a bit more successful, you just find yourself reverting back to people you knew from a young age because you’re like, that’s a real genuine connection, because it becomes very busy and you have a lot more friends, but the ones that you’ve known for a long time mean a lot more to you.”

    Raducanu is in action at this week’s WTA 250 tournament in Eastbourne, where she will play An Li in her first match.

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  • Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu ‘a very exciting couple’

    Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu will add some extra excitement to the 2025 US Open mixed doubles competition, according to former Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez.

    US Open organisers sent tennis fans into a frenzy when they announced that the two Grand Slam winners will team up in the new mixed doubles format in August.

    The tournament will take place the week before the US Open singles event and eight teams have received direct entries based on their combined singles rankings while another eight have entered through wildcards.

    Alcaraz and Raducanu were confirmed as one of the wildcard pairings while other star-studded line-ups will include Jannik Sinner and Emma Navarro, Casper Ruud and Iga Swiatek, Daniil Medvedev and Mirra Andreeva, and Stefanos Tsitsipas and Paula Badosa.

    Tennis great Novak Djokovic will also be action as he will team up with fellow Serbian Olga Danilovic.

    The Alcaraz-Raducanu partnership certainly caught the tennis community by surprise with the Spaniard confirming he made a request to play with the 2021 US Open winner.

    “I mean, the tournament told us about the tournament, the mixed tournament,” he revealed. “I was thinking that I couldn’t play better if it wasn’t with Emma. I just asked Emma if she wants to play doubles with me. Yeah, I made that special request.”

    The five-time Grand Slam winner added: “I’m super excited about it. I think it’s going to be great. It was an amazing idea for the tournament.

    “I know Emma since a really long time ago, so we know each other. I have really good relationship with her. So it’s just gonna be interesting.

    “You know, obviously both, you know, we are gonna enjoy, for sure. I will try, you know, to put my doubles skill on it. We will try to win. But obviously it’s going to be really, really fun.”

    And former world No 2 winner Martinez has been asked for her take on the exciting pairing.

    “It’s certainly a very exciting couple. They admire each other a lot,” Martinez said speaking to BoyleSports, who offer the latest tennis betting.

    “They’re going to be fun to watch and to see the great energy that Carlos has to bring to the table.

    “They get along great and they’re going to be very exciting for sure.”

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    The Spaniard, who lifted the Wimbledon women’s singles trophy in 1994, also spoke about Alcaraz’s rise as one of the best players in tennis.

    The 22-year-old won his fifth major at the recent French Open when he beat Jannik Sinner in five sets in the final that lasted five hours and 29 minutes.

    Alcaraz won the US Open in 2022, Wimbledon in 2023 and the French Open and Wimbledon last year.

    “What’s amazing is his aggressive defence. He gets there with enough speed to create an attacking position from being on the defence. Sinner can also do amazing things but it’s different from other players,” Martinez, who is currently coaching young teen sensation Mirra Andreeva, said.

    “If Alcaraz continues to be healthy and continues to progress this way, I see him winning one Grand Slam a year at least.

    “He has a long way to go to reach the same Grand Slams as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic but hopefully he continues to improve. The way he is going, he can get there.”

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  • Wimbledon 2025 men’s singles seeds confirmed: Sinner streak continues, Alcaraz, Draper, Djokovic in chasing pack

    Jannik Sinner’s run of consecutive Grand Slams played as the No 1 seed will continue at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, while Carlos Alcaraz will be the second seed.

    Three-time major champion Sinner was also the top seed at the previous four Grand Slam tournaments, having held the world No 1 position since June 2024.

    Alcaraz, a winner of five Grand Slams and the two-time reigning Wimbledon champion, will be the No 2 seed for the second major in a row following the French Open — where he triumphed.

    Alexander Zverev will be seeded third at the All England Club, as he was at Roland Garros.

    Jack Draper will be the No 4 seed at his home Grand Slam — his maiden top four Grand Slam seeding spot — after leapfrogging Taylor Fritz and Novak Djokovic in the rankings with his run at the Queen’s Club Championships.

    The 23-year-old will be the highest-seeded British player at Wimbledon since Andy Murray was the top seed in 2017.

    Fritz will be seeded fifth, while 24-time Grand Slam champion and seven-time Wimbledon winner Djokovic will be the No 6 seed.

    This will be Djokovic’s lowest seeding at Wimbledon since he was ranked 12th in 2018.

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    Lorenzo Musetti and Holger Rune will be seeded seventh and eighth respectively, with Daniil Medvedev and Ben Shelton completing the top 10.

    Casper Ruud and Arthur Fils would have been seeded 15th and 16th respectively, but they have both pulled out of Wimbledon due to injury.

    World No 31 Sebastian Korda is another player who would have been seeded, but the American has also withdrawn through injury.

    The United States have the most seeded players in the men’s singles draw with six: Fritz, Shelton, Frances Tiafoe, Tommy Paul, Brandon Nakashima and Alex Michelsen.

    There will be four seeded Italians: Sinner, Musetti, Flavio Cobolli and Matteo Berrettini.

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    10. Ben Shelton
    11. Alex de Minaur
    12. Frances Tiafoe
    13. Tommy Paul
    14. Andrey Rublev
    15. Jakub Mensik
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    17. Karen Khachanov
    18. Ugo Humbert
    19. Grigor Dimitrov
    20. Alexei Popyrin
    21. Tomas Machac
    22. Flavio Cobolli
    23. Jiri Lehecka
    24. Stefanos Tsitsipas
    25. Felix Auger-Aliassime
    26. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
    27. Denis Shapovalov
    28. Alexander Bublik
    29. Brandon Nakashima
    30. Alex Michelsen
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    32. Matteo Berrettini

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  • Wimbledon 2025 women’s singles seeds confirmed: Sabalenka & Gauff lead, Swiatek’s lowest position since 2021

    Aryna Sabalenka will be the top seed for the second consecutive major at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, while Iga Swiatek will occupy her lowest major seeding position in over four years.

    Three-time Grand Slam champion Sabalenka has been the WTA world No 1 since October last year and was the top seed at a major for the first time in her career at the 2025 Australian Open. The Belarusian was a runner-up at both the Australian Open and the French Open this year.

    Coco Gauff will be the No 2 seed for the second straight Grand Slam event following her victory at the 2025 French Open.

    Jessica Pegula will be seeded third at a major for the fifth time in her career and second in a row following Roland Garros.

    Jasmine Paolini, who was a Wimbledon runner-up last year, will return to the All England Club as the No 4 seed.

    Zheng Qinwen, Madison Keys and Mirra Andreeva will be seeded fifth, sixth and seventh respectively at the grass-court Grand Slam.

    Five-time major champion and former world No 1 Swiatek will be the No 8 seed as she enters a Grand Slam with her lowest ranking since the 2021 French Open.

    The Pole was the No 1 seed for a streak of 11 consecutive majors from the 2022 French Open to the 2024 US Open, before she dropped to second at the 2025 Australian Open and fifth at the 2025 French Open.

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    The top 10 seeds will all be aiming to win a maiden Wimbledon crown, with world No 11 Elena Rybakina set to be the highest-seeded former winner.

    Reigning champion Barbora Krejcikova, who will be seeded 17th, is the only other Wimbledon champion among the 32 seeds.

    A quarter of the seeded players in the women’s singles draw — eight of 32 — will be American: Gauff, Pegula, Keys, Emma Navarro, Amanda Anisimova, Sofia Kenin, Ashlyn Krueger and McCartney Kessler.

    No players who would have been seeded in the women’s singles event have withdrawn from Wimbledon as things stand.

    2025 Wimbledon women’s singles seeds

    1. Aryna Sabalenka
    2. Coco Gauff
    3. Jessica Pegula
    4. Jasmine Paolini
    5. Zheng Qinwen
    6. Madison Keys
    7. Mirra Andreeva
    8. Iga Swiatek
    9. Emma Navarro
    10. Paula Badosa
    11. Elena Rybakina
    12. Diana Shnaider
    13. Amanda Anisimova
    14. Elina Svitolina
    15. Karolina Muchova
    16. Daria Kasatkina
    17. Barbora Krejcikova
    18. Ekaterina Alexandrova
    19. Liudmila Samsonova
    20. Jelena Ostapenko
    21. Beatriz Haddad Maia
    22. Donna Vekic
    23. Clara Tauson
    24. Elise Mertens
    25. Magdalena Frech
    26. Marta Kostyuk
    27. Magda Linette
    28. Sofia Kenin
    29. Leylah Fernandez
    30. Linda Noskova
    31. Ashlyn Krueger
    32. McCartney Kessler

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  • Carlos Alcaraz reveals the big secret to his success after stunning Queen’s Club win

    Carlos Alcaraz’s remarkable record on grass courts continued as he won his second title at the Queen’s Club and his fourth overall on the surface with another thrilling display to beat Jiri Lehecka 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-2.

    The pure joy Alcaraz sprinkles on a tennis court was felt by all fortunate enough to have a seat at the iconic London tournament, as the 22-year-old became the first player to do the Roland Garros and Queen’s Club double since his fellow Spanish icon Rafael Nadal back in 2008.

    His record on grass is now a remarkable 29–3, with his 91 per-cent win rate the best any players has ever achieved on the surface, including grass court legends Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Bjorn Borg.

    After admitting he came into Queen’s with low expectations after his incredible French Open final win just two weeks ago, Alcaraz’s decison to take a few days off with his friends in Ibiza prior to this event was the subject of heated debate in the build-up.

    Yet as he got his hands on the magnificent silver torphy at the Queen’s Club once again, Alcaraz suggested that decision to take time away from the game after his Paris in against Jannik Sinner in the final was he key to his latest tournament win.

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    “A lot of people ask me the same question: Are you going to go back?” said a smiling Alcaraz as he was asked if his sparkling form at Queen’s Club confirmed he was right to take a mini-holiday ahead of the tournament.

    “I’m a player who needs days, days off, days to enjoy, days for myself to spend with my friends, with my family, just to turn off my mind. I need
    that, and the good thing is that I know that.

    “The days in Ibiza helped me a lot, just to feel like I’m not a tennis player, just to enjoy life a little bit with my friends, have fun, enjoy those days, and then come back to the court with more energy, I mean, be more hungry to play again.

    “So that was really helpful for me. I’m not going to say that I win the tournament because of Ibiza, but yeah, you know, after this tournament, I can’t go back home. I’m going to stay here in London, hopefully enjoy London a little bit.

    “Let’s see how it’s gonna be the next days, but I’m going to have my days off to rest up, to enjoy, and then be back and preparing Wimbledon the best way possible.”

    Member of Alcaraz’s team spoke out against his decision to go to Ibiza after he won the French Open last year, but it again proved to be an effective plan as he went on to defend his Wimbledon title.

    He went on to suggest the plan to have time away from tennis also worked for him after he suffered a shock defeat at the Miami Open in March, as he has gone on a 27-1 winning run since then.

    “Well, I had so much hate when I lost in Miami. Instead of practice after that, I took a break and I went to Cancun with my family,” he added.

    “I had too much hate then, because a lot of people, you know, start to say, like, ‘what’s going on with this guy that he just lost in the first round, and he didn’t practice, he didn’t go to the court and keep practicing just to be better?’

    “And I think that was the key, just to have five, six days off, not grabbing a racquet, not stepping on the court. Just go to vacation with my family, to turn off my mind, to think what should I have done better? And that was the key.

    “It was after the vacation that I had in Cancun with my family, I just got the joy back, and I start to enjoy playing tennis again, to enjoy step on the court, competing again.

    “And I think that was the key, to have my days with my family and realizing what is the most important thing for me, that I go there. I’m gonna say that.”

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