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John McEnroe issued an ominous verdict on Novak Djokovic’s tennis future after the great Serb’s loss to Jannik Sinner in the 2025 Wimbledon semi-finals.

Djokovic lost 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to top seed Sinner, who delivered an outstanding display to progress to his maiden final at the All England Club.

The 38-year-old was struggling with an injury he sustained in his four-set quarter-final victory over Flavio Cobolli two days earlier.

In his four-set win over Alex de Minaur in the last 16, a badly out-of-sorts Djokovic dropped the opening set 6-1, which is the most lopsided scoreline by which he has ever lost a first set at Wimbledon.

McEnroe, who was commentating on the match, argued Djokovic’s level was so low that he would retire if it continued.

“I can’t remember him ever play a worse set than this. I mean, it’s literally been years,” said the former world No 1. “He’s absolutely disgusted with himself.

“It’s not gonna happen that he continues to play this badly. If he did, for two more sets, he’d quit on the spot. I would predict [that Djokovic will retire], if he played like this for two more sets.”

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Speaking on the BBC after Djokovic’s defeat to Sinner, McEnroe expressed his view that the Grand Slam record holder’s time at the very top of the sport may be over.

“He’s turned back time for years, but it’s caught up with Djokovic today,” the seven-time major singles champion assessed.

“It’s the first time I’ve ever looked at him and thought, ‘I’m not sure he’s coming back’. I don’t know if he can accept being a notch or two below these guys (Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz). Father Time is undefeated, right? And that’s what we’re seeing right now.

“He’s finally joined the crowd of older champions that realise the best is behind them and then they have to deal with that unfortunate fact.

“I don’t know how much of it was an injury or accumulation of difficult matches, but Father Time is undefeated. Honestly, it’s been amazing he’s got this far. Crazy. Phenomenal. Beyond belief.

“Novak will have a lot of thinking to do over the next month or so. Does he think it was because he was injured, or is his body beat up?”

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Iga Swiatek and Amanda Anisimova will battle it out for a record Grand Slam prize money cheque in the 2025 Wimbledon women’s singles final.

It will be the first-ever senior encounter between the two players, who will both be making their maiden appearance in a Wimbledon final.

Anisimova, the 12th seed, defeated Yulia Putintseva, Renata Zarazua, Dalma Galfi, Linda Noskova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Aryna Sabalenka en route to the final.

Swiatek, the No 8 seed, overcame Polina Kudermetova, Caty McNally, Danielle Collins, Clara Tauson, Liudmila Samsonova and Belinda Bencic.

Wimbledon prize money breakdown

The total prize money for the 2025 Wimbledon women’s singles event is £19,414,000, an 8.2% increase from 2024.

The winner of the Anisimova-Swiatek showdown will secure an eye-watering £3,000,000, which is 11% more than last year’s champion Barbora Krejcikova earned.

The runner-up, meanwhile, will walk away with £1,520,000 — an 8.6% boost from 2024.

First round of qualifying: £15,500

Second round of qualifying: £26,000

Third round of qualifying: £41,500

First round: £66,000

Second round: £99,000

Third round: £152,000

Fourth round: £240,000

Quarter-finals: £400,000

Semi-finals: £775,000

Runner-up: £1,520,000

Winner: £3,000,000

Wimbledon ranking points breakdown

Like at the other three Grand Slam events, the Wimbledon women’s singles champion will earn 2,000 WTA ranking points, while the losing finalist will secure 1,300 points.

Swiatek, a former world No 1, will climb from fourth to third in the rankings if she wins.

Victory would lift Anisimova into the top five for the first time, with the American’s run to the final already helping her reach a new career-high of No 7 in the live rankings.

First round: 10 points

Second round: 70 points

Third round: 130 points

Round of 16: 240 points

Quarter-finals: 430 points

Semi-finals: 780 points

Runner-up: 1,300 points

Champion: 2,000 points

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Swiatek: “Well, I haven’t followed her previous matches. Today I followed because I was playing after. I didn’t watch, though. For sure, she must be playing great. She also had great tournament before Wimbledon. She knows how to play on grass. With her game style, the surface fits her. So it’s going to be a challenge. Yeah, I haven’t watched a lot, so I’m going to just prepare tactically tomorrow, and that’s it.”

On Anisimova’s comeback after a break for burnout and mental health: “Anybody who struggles and gets back at better level deserves a lot of respect. For sure Amanda is one of these players that kept going forwards in tough situations. I always wished her the best. We know each other since juniors. Yeah, good job for her.”

Anisimova: “Iga is such an unbelievable player. She’s also been an inspiration to me. Her work ethic and all of her achievements have been really inspiring. I’m sure it will be an amazing match again. Yeah, getting to compete against an unbelievable player again is going to be super special. Hopefully I can bring some high-quality tennis and make it a battle out there. I’m just going to go out and enjoy every moment and try to not think about what’s on the line there.”

On playing Swiatek in Junior Fed Cup: “Yeah, I used to enjoy those Fed Cup trips a lot. We had a lot of fun on those trips. But yeah, she was playing very well. She was a great junior. I remember a lot of coaches were saying that she’s going to be a big deal one day. Yeah, obviously they were right. But yeah, she was playing some great tennis. I did lose that match, unfortunately. But, yeah, it was fun to play in juniors.”

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Novak Djokovic suggested injury denied him a chance to compete against Jannik Sinner as he was well beaten in a one-sided Wimbledon semi-final.

Djokovic’s hopes of a 25th Grand Slam title were dashed once again by Sinner, a few weeks after the Italian beat him at the same stage of the French Open.

This time, Djokovic cited injury as his biggest problem after a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4, defeat, as he suggested his ageing body is no longer allowing him to get through two weeks of a Grand Slam tournament.

He was asked if he felt sad if that was his final appearance on Wimbledon’s Centre Court and offered up a philosophical response.

“I would be sad, but hopefully it’s not my last match on the Centre Court. I’m not planning to finish my Wimbledon career today,” he insisted.

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“So I’m planning to come back definitely at least one more time, play on the Centre Court for sure.”

His fall at the end of his match against Flavio Cabolli on Wednesday clearly did some damage to his groin and he admitted that was a big factor in his defeat.

“Honestly, wasn’t really a pleasant feeling on the court,” he stated. “,I don’t want to talk, in details, about my injury and just whine about not managing to play my best. I want to congratulate Jannik for another great performance. That’s it. He’s in the finals. He was too strong.

“I do feel, yeah, disappointed that I just wasn’t able to move as well as I thought or hoped that I would.

“I don’t think it’s bad fortune. It’s just age, the wear and tear of the body. As much as I’m taking care of it, the reality hits me right now, last year and a half, like never before, to be honest.

“It’s tough for me to accept that because I feel like when I’m fresh, when I’m fit, I can still play really good tennis. I’ve proven that this year. But yeah, I guess playing best-of-five, particularly this year, has been a real struggle for me physically. The longer the tournament goes, yeah, the worse the condition gets.

“I reach the final stages, I reach the semis of every slam this year, but I have to play Sinner or Alcaraz. These guys are fit, young, sharp. I feel like I’m going into the match with tank half empty. It’s just not possible to win a match like that.

“It is what it is, you know? It’s one of these things I accept and embrace in some way, deal with the reality the way it is, and try to make the most out of it, I guess.”

Djokovic also hinted he will look to make changes to his schedule to ensure he gives himself the best chance to be fit through to the end of the US Open, but he appeared to doubt if that will be the case.

“I probably have to revisit everything and see with my team, with my family, how I want to proceed with my schedule and where I want to peak and how I want to train,” he added.

“I don’t know what I can do differently, to be honest, because the amount of hours that I spend on a daily basis to take care of myself, I’d like to challenge everyone who is out there on the tour to see if anybody takes care of themselves more than me.

“And I, unfortunately, don’t get rewarded for that right now, with injuries at the later stages of slams. But I was rewarded for many, many years.”

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Was that Novak Djokovic’s final appearance on the Centre Court at Wimbledon?

This hammering at the hands of world No 1 Jannik Sinner has a sense of finality about it that we have never seen before from this iconic champion and he must now be reaching the conclusion that his Grand Slam-winning days are over.

Djokovic has stated time and again that he is only continuing his career at the age of 38 in a bid to add to his collection of 24 Grand Slam titles, with just one more needed to edge him clear of Margaret Court in the all-time list of major tournament winners.

Yet this thumping 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 trashing at the hands of a younger, fresher and hungrier Sinner will leave Djokovic in little doubt that the Grand Slam winning post he used to pass with relentless efficiency is no longer in his sights.

He was hampered by an injury that may have been related to the nasty fall at the end of his quarter-final against Flavio Cobolli on Wednesday, but let’s not try to disguise the reality that this was a champion who is no longer a contender when he takes on the best in men’s tennis.

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Sinner hits the ball harder, moves better, makes fewer errors and is a better all-round player than Djokovic at this stage of their respective career and there would be no shame in the Serbian legend accepting his time is up after this beating.

Were it not for his impressive first serve, this contest would have ended long before Sinner delivered the final, inevitable blows, with the cheer Djokovic received from the Centre Court crowd all the more poignant as it felt as if it may be his last.

This has been an arena that has seen some of Djokovic’s darkest moments in his interactions with fans who have struggled to warm to the player who took on and beat their big favourites Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray.

Yet in what may have been his final bow, Djokovic got the support of the Centre Court crowd, who may have felt some sympathy towards a champion fighting to push back the sands of time that are now drowning his hopes.

Djokovic will not want to continue his story if it involves travelling around the world as a former champion who adds a little star power to the early rounds of a Grand Slam.

So when his weary body recovers from another arduous ordeal that appears to have left fresh scars, the decision on what comes next will need to be made.

On the evidence of what we saw in this slightly embarrassing defeat against Sinner,any dream Djokovic may have of winning that final Grand Slam title are forlorn.

If he reaches that conclusion himself, it won’t take him long to conclude his career has run its course, but Djokovic insisted this was not his final match at Wimbledon.

“I would be sad, but hopefully it’s not my last match on the Centre Court. I’m not planning to finish my Wimbledon career today,” he insisted.

“So I’m planning to come back definitely at least one more time, play on the Centre Court for sure.”

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Former British No 1 Dan Evans has given his verdict on this year’s Wimbledon Ladies’ singles final – and he is backing the underdog to come out on top.

Iga Swiatek heads into her first Wimbledon final looking to win her sixth Grand Slam title, with her thrilling return to form on a surface she has struggled on before this year, earning her the tag of favourite heading into her showdown with America’s Amanda Anisimova.

Yet in an exclusive interview with Tennis365 as he prepares to join the TNT Sports team for their live coverage of finals weekend at Wimbledon, Evans has told us that he is backing Anisimova to claim her first Grand Slam title.

“We’ve seen so many shocks in the women’s event this year, but you could say the cream has risen to the top here to give us a final between Swiatek and Anisimova,” said Evans, speaking exclusively to Tennis365.

“You’ve got one of the best players in the world over the last few years in Swiatek, who maybe wasn’t in the best form coming into Wimbledon. So her story has been great to watch as she has got back on top.

“Then you’ve got probably the best player on grass this year in Anisimova. She made the final at Queen’s and I watched that match when she was beaten by Tatjana Maria. That was an interesting match as Maria was using tactics we don’t always see and Anisimova didn’t have her best day.

“Now she has done so well to get through to the final at Wimbledon and I have her down as my favourite. I think she’s going to win it.”

Surprise results have dominated the women’s event at Wimbledon, with Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula among the big names to crash out in the opening round.

Evans suggests those shocks have allowed tennis fans around the world to get to know players they were less familiar with.

“I’ve really enjoyed the women’s event,” he added. “It’s been good that so many seeds have lost and you can see the press coverage of the shock results and they have stirred up the interest.

“It’s also been good for people to see some of the other players showing what they can do. We’ve see the strength in depth in the women’s game.

“We’ve seen a few different winners at Wimbledon in recent years in the women’s event and that’s different to the men’s, where we’ve tended to have the same players winning most years. I think it’s good to have some new names in there.”

Watch both singles’ finals from Wimbledon live on TNT Sports and its streaming platform discovery+ this weekend with Nick Kyrgios, CoCo Vandeweghe and Dan Evans offering their own insights and analysis during both matches. Coverage for the ladies’ and the gentlemen’s singles finals begins at 3:30pm.

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Novak Djokovic fought back from his worst-ever start to a match at Wimbledon to defeat Alex de Minaur in the last 16 of the 2025 Championships.

The seven-time Wimbledon winner prevailed 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 against world No 11 de Minaur after three hours and 19 minutes on Centre Court.

De Minaur broke a struggling Djokovic three times en route to winning the first set in just 31 minutes.

The 26-year-old Australian made history with this scoreline as Djokovic had never previously lost an opening set 6-1 or 6-0 in a match at Wimbledon.

Djokovic twice surrendered a break advantage in the second set, but a third break in the seventh game was decisive as he levelled the match.

The 38-year-old Serbian secured the only break of the third set in the ninth game, but he looked on the brink of being pushed to a fifth set.

The world No 6 crucially saved a break point at 1-4, 30-40 in the fourth set before winning five straight games to complete a battling victory.

In his on-court interview, Djokovic said:  “I don’t know how I’m feeling to be honest. I’m still trying to process the whole match and what happened on the court. It wasn’t a great start for me, it was a great start for Alex de Minaur obviously.

“He broke my serve three times in the first set. We had very windy and swirly conditions on court. He was just managing the play better from the back of the court and I didn’t have many solutions, to be honest.

“I kind of reset myself in the second set. It was a tough game to close out the second set and I think that was maybe a momentum shift where I felt I was back in the game. There was a lot of cat and mouse play. There were a lot of slices and he is so good at that.

“He is one of the quickest players, if not the quickest player, we have on the tour. On the grass, where the ball bounces very low, it is extremely difficult to play someone like him if you’re not feeling the ball really well. He exposes all of your weaknesses.

“I was very pleased to hang in tough in the right moments and win this one.”

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Djokovic, who was seen holding and applying ice to his stomach, brushed off concerns when asked about the issue.

“No, no, no. It was all good,” he insisted. “Just trying to manage sometimes the breathing, obviously, after 30-plus shots rallies from back of the court, you need a breather and don’t have much time, so maybe that was the case.”

Asked about the difference between winning comfortably as he had in the previous rounds and surviving a tough match like this, Djokovic said: “Well, I obviously love winning in straights, to be honest, if I can.

“But on the days like this, as you progress in the tournament, the matches are only gonna get tougher.

“Alex has been an established top 10, top 15 player for the last couple of years, and he’s very tough to play against on this surface. I’ve never faced him on this surface, so I was slightly more nervous coming into this match and that reflected in my game in the first set.

“It was a very difficult encounter, a lot of challenging moments for me. Sometimes I wish I had a serve and volley and a nice touch from the gentleman that is standing right there (gestures towards Roger Federer in the crowd), that would help (smiles).

“But hey, I can’t complain. But I still have to run a lot and that’s fine. It’s part of my game. I was trying to mix it up.

“I didn’t feel the ball so well in the first set, but as the match progressed, I was getting used to conditions and his pace. And I was starting to find my forehands and making more winners from that corner.”

The 24-time major winner finished the interview by addressing what it is like to play in front of his former rival Federer.

“Well, I mean it’s probably the first time he’s watching me and I won the match. The last couple I lost, so good to break the curse (laughs),” Djokovic joked.

“It’s great, obviously. Great to have Roger, huge champion and someone that I admired and respected. We shared the stage for so many years and it’s great to have him back in his most successful and his favourite tournament, no doubt.”

Djokovic will face world No 24 Flavio Cobolli in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon after the 23-year-old Italian downed Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6(3). He is aiming to tie Federer’s record of eight Wimbledon men’s singles titles.

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Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are two of the greatest champions in Wimbledon history, with a combined 15 men’s singles titles between them.

And, perhaps unsurprisingly, they are the two men to have reached the most men’s singles quarter-finals at the All England Club in the Open Era.

Only five men in the professional age have reached 10+ quarter-finals at SW19, with the two tennis greats out in front as things stand.

5) Andy Murray – 10

Murray well and truly made his mark at Wimbledon across his career, with the home favourite triumphing in both 2013 and 2016.

And, during the peak of his career, he reached a staggering ten straight quarter-finals at his home Slam.

The former world No 1 reached the last eight for the first time in 2009 and reached that point at the very least until 2018, when he missed the event due to injury.

4) Boris Becker – 11

Few players are as synonymous with one tournament as Becker is with Wimbledon, the German reaching seven of his ten Slam finals at the All England Club.

And the German reached an impressive 11 quarter-finals at his favourite tournament, starting with his back-to-back triumphs at the tournament in 1985 and 1986.

Following an early exit in 1987, he reached eight straight quarter-finals from 1988-1995, before reaching the last eight for the final time in 1997.

3) Jimmy Connors – 14

One of the greats of the 1970s and 1980s, two-time Wimbledon champion Connors had a long and hugely successful career, including at SW19, where he was twice a champion.

The American ace reached the last eight on his debut in 1972 and then progressed to that stage for 11 seasons in a row, a run that was halted by a surprise fourth-round exit in 1983.

Connors then returned to the final in 1984 and reached two further semi-finals to bring his total quarter-finals up to 14.

2) Novak Djokovic – 16

A seven-time Wimbledon winner, the All England Club has become one of the happiest hunting grounds of the Serbian’s career, and he has reached his 16th quarter-final at the tournament in 2025.

Djokovic reached his first quarter-final at the tournament in 2007, and then progressed to seven straight quarter-final matches from 2009-2015.

He suffered a shock defeat in round three in 2016 but has made at least the last eight every year since then – winning the title four times during that run.

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1) Roger Federer – 18

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Federer was just 19 when he reached his first quarter-final in 2001, famously downing Pete Sampras in the fourth round.

He then reached ten consecutive quarter-finals from 2003-2012, and after a shock round two loss in 2013, progressed to at least the last eight in his final seven SW19 appearances.

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Goran Ivanisevic has claimed it will be “easier” for Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner to dominate at Grand Slams than the Big Three because he feels the duo have “no competition” besides Novak Djokovic.

Alcaraz secured his fifth Grand Slam title at the French Open last month, while Sinner won his third major at the Australian Open in January. The pair have shared the last six Grand Slam titles between them, winning three each.

Sinner, the world No 1, has collected two Australian Open titles and a US Open crown. Alcaraz, who is ranked second, has triumphed twice at both Wimbledon and the French Open, while he won his maiden major at the US Open.

At the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, Alcaraz is vying for his third successive title, while Sinner is seeking a maiden crown.

In an interview with Clay Tenis and RG Media, Ivanisevic was asked how many Grand Slam titles he thinks Alcaraz and Sinner can win.

“A lot, because they’ll share it between them,” said the 2001 Wimbledon champion.

“The question is how much longer Novak will play — he’s the only one who can make their lives difficult. But they’re young, they’ll play ten more years. And they have no competition.

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“Now it’s a matter of numbers — I don’t know if they’ll catch the Big Three, but anything is possible — records are there to be broken.

“And as I said, they have no competition, so it will be easier. The Big Three had to play each other, plus [Andy] Murray, [Stan] Wawrinka, [Juan Martin] del Potro… Who’s the competition for Sinner and Alcaraz?”

Ivanisevic, a former coach of Djokovic who currently works with Stefanos Tsitsipas, then gave his thoughts on two rising ATP stars: Jakub Mensik and Joao Fonseca.

“Of course, someone will appear. Someone will break it in five or six years, when these two are around 30 and who knows how many Slams they’ve won.

“[Jakub] Mensik is very good, although still a bit inconsistent. [Joao] Fonseca is fantastic, starting with his attitude — he believes he can be the best, and plays with that mentality.

“He goes for his shots, like Alcaraz, without fear — in tense moments he doesn’t push the ball, he goes all out. He plays with style, has all the shots, and he’s going to learn more.

“He can improve his serve, but he’s young — he’ll learn through matches, wins, losses. He has time, although it’s a difficult era because of Sinner and Alcaraz. It will be tougher, but one day he’ll win a Slam.”

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Tennis icon John McEnroe was left in disbelief by Novak Djokovic’s level in the first set of his Wimbledon encounter with Alex de Minaur.

In his fourth round clash with 11th seed de Minaur, a badly out-of-sorts Djokovic lost the first set 6-1 in just 31 minutes.

Djokovic, the current world No 6, hit twice as many unforced errors as winners in the set: 16 to eight.

The 38-year-old Serbian landed only 48% of his first serves and won just two of 11 second serve points as he hit four double faults.

The seven-time Wimbledon champion was broken three times — in the first, fifth and seventh games of the match — while he was unable to convert the single break point he had on de Minaur’s serve in the second game.

Statistically, it was not a vintage set from de Minaur either, with the 26-year-old Aussie making only 40% of his first serves and registering four winners to five unforced errors.

Commentating on the match for the BBC, McEnroe asserted that Djokovic was “disgusted with himself” and claimed the24-time Grand Slam winner would retire if he continued to play at this level.

“It is hard to believe we are watching this right now. De Minaur is making it look easy,” said the seven-time major singles champion.

“I can’t remember him ever play a worse set than this. I mean, it’s literally been years.

“He’s absolutely disgusted with himself. This is pleasantly surprising for De Minaur. He didn’t have to do anything he didn’t want to out there.

“It’s not gonna happen that he continues to play this badly. If he did, for two more sets, he’d quit on the spot.”

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Todd Woodbridge, a nine-time Wimbledon champion in men’s doubles, asked McEnroe: “What do you mean, career wise?”

McEnroe replied: “I would predict [that Djokovic will retire], if he played like this for two more sets.

“I don’t think it’s gonna happen. I don’t think there’s a prayer that it’s going to happen. But this is incredible to see him play like this.

“You know, he’s won… Look, let’s hang on here a second. That’s why they have best of five.

“Roger Federer took the shades off ’cause he can’t believe… He was like, ‘Wait a minute, I can’t believe what I’m watching here. Where was this when I played him in the three finals?’”

After Djokovic broke de Minaur in the first game of the second set, McEnroe said: “I would have bet most of my life savings on Novak getting that first break in the second set.

“It is nice to see someone use the court coverage and their speed as Alex De Minaur did in that game. He has put that one-handed slice to good effect early.

During a marathon second game of set two where de Minaur broke back, the American added: “Djokovic seems to be having trouble with the low ball here in the first 40 minutes or so.

“His serve percentage has been poor at only 54% so far. That is pretty unheard of for him.

“The crowd are a bit stunned at what they are seeing so far.”

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