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The 2025 Wimbledon women’s singles draw is over, with Iga Swiatek beating Amanda Anisimova in the final.

It was a tumultuous and chaotic Championships at times, with plenty of chaos and a lot of big surprises across the entire fortnight.

Here, we look at what prize money and ranking points the biggest names will take home after a dramatic two weeks of action.

Prize Money

For winning her first Wimbledon title, new champion Swiatek has won a staggering £3,000,000 after a brilliant fortnight in SW19.

That is a new record for prize money at the All England Club, a notable increase on the £2,700,000 won by Barbora Krejcikova for her triumph back in 2024.

Runner-up Anisimova will not go home empty-handed, taking home an impressive £1,520,000 for her run to the final.

World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka was beaten in the semi-final by Anisimova, dashing her hopes of a fourth Grand Slam singles title.

However, Sabalenka and fellow semi-finalist Belinda Bencic will be awarded a tidy £775,000 for reaching the last four.

Beaten quarter-finalists Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Liudmila Samsonova, Laura Siegemund, and Mirra Andreeva will all take home £400,000 in prize money from this fortnight.

After her defeat to world No 1 Sabalenka back in round three, home favourite Emma Raducanu has earned £152,000.

There were plenty of big casualties earlier in the tournament, with second seed Coco Gauff, third seed Jessica Pegula, and fifth seed Zheng Qinwen all beaten in round one.

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They, and every other player beaten in the opening round, will be awarded £66,000 in tournament prize money.

After her shock second-round exit, 2024 finalist Jasmine Paolini will take home £99,000.

Ranking points

For her triumph, Swiatek is rewarded with a staggering 2,000 points in the WTA Rankings.

The Pole will move up to world No 3 on Monday, with only Sabalenka and Gauff ranked ahead of her.

After finishing as the runner-up, Anisimova will take home 1,300 ranking points, ensuring she will make her top-10 debut and move up to world No 7.

After reaching the semi-final, Sabalenka and Bencic will be awarded 780 ranking points, a significant both for both women, who missed the Championships in 2024.

Sabalenka withdrew from the tournament last summer due to injury, and her 780 points will push her above 12,000 ranking points in the WTA Rankings.

Meanwhile, on her comeback from maternity leave, Bencic is set to return to the top 20.

Quarter-finalists Pavlyuchenkova, Siegemund, Samsonova, and Andreeva are all awarded 430 points for their respective runs.

That will be a significant boost for German star Siegemund, who is set to rise from world No 104 to world No 54.

After losing in the third round, Raducanu won 100 ranking points.

That is down on the 200 points she attained for reaching the fourth round in 2024, with Brit set to fall five places to world No 45 as a result.

After their opening-round defeats, the likes of Gauff, Pegula, and Zheng all earn just 10 ranking points from this summer’s Championships.

While, for her round two exit, Paolini takes home just 70 ranking points.

The Italian had 1,300 runner-up points to defend from 2024, meaning she will drop down to world No 9 on Monday.

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Former British No 1 Dan Evans has fired a warning to Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner as they talk up their chances of matching the game’s all-time greats.

Alcaraz has made no secret of his desire to move past Novak Djokovic with the most Grand Slam titles in tennis, with the remarkable young Spaniard winning his first five finals in the biggest tournaments in tennis.

Sinner has won three Grand Slams since picking up his first at the Australian Open last year, with the duo contesting an epic final at the French Open last month that was instantly hailed as one of the best matches of all-time.

Tennis legend John McEnroe told TNT Sports at the French Open that Alcaraz and Sinner would be ‘favourites’ to beat prime Rafael Nadal on a surface he dominated more than any player in tennis history.

Yet Evans has told Tennis365 that such platitudes are misplaced, as he suggested 22-year-old Alcaraz and 23-year-old Sinner have a long way to go before they can be compared to the game’s all-time greats.

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“It’s easy after that kind of stuff and their amazing match in Paris, but Sinner and Alcaraz have to win a lot of Grand Slams before they get anywhere near the records Novak has set,” Evans told Tennis365, as he joined the TNT Sports panel for their live coverage of the Wimbledon finals.

“They are doing great at the moment, but they need to keep this up and their body has got to stay fit for a long time before they can start thinking about winning the number of Slams Novak has won.

“It’s an interesting debate and we can’t give a definitive answer on whether Sinner and Alcaraz are playing at a higher level than the previous generation, but I am still sticking with Roger, Rafa and Novak as they have the trophies on their list and the other two are still at the start of their careers.

“There is such a long way to go in the careers of Sinner and Alcaraz and we know that all five of these players are going to be all-time greats of the game. I guess we will find out at the end of their careers who ends up with the most Grand Slams.

“The only guy winning this debate at the moment is Novak. He got the most Grand Slams, he’s just won his 100th title. It’s all in his favour at the moment.

“We have to wait a few years to get the answer on how these five great players will be ranked.”

Evans was beaten by Djokovic in the second round at Wimbledon last week and while he has come up short in his recent battles with Sinner, Evans suggests his desire to fight on and beat the new generation of champions can only be admired.

“The other guys from that era may have been playing at a good level at the end of their career, but they didn’t have two generational players coming through and that’s where Djokovic is having a problem,” he added.

“I’m not saying they (Federer, Nadal and Murray) could not have competed with them, but Novak is trying to hang with Sinner and Alcaraz, go toe-to-toe with them. What Novak is doing is impressive, but it’s tough.”

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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Amanda Anisimova could not hold back the tears after what can only be described as a desperately disappointing first Grand Slam final that ended with a 6-0, 6-0 defeat at the hands of Iga Swiatek, but he embarrassment at that scoreline will be compensated by a huge windfall of prize money and a massive boost in her ranking.

The magnitude of the occasion and a brilliant performance by ‘Bagel Queen’ Swiatek, in only the second double-bagel in the Championships’ history and the first in 114 years, when Dorothea Lambert Chambers beat Dora Boothby in an era long before professionalism.

It was hard to avoid the reality that this was not a good advert for the women’s game, but the equal prize money rules in place for all Grand Slam ensured Swiatek and Anisimova will collect big cash rewards for their efforts in what was, up to this point, a spectactular women’s singles event at Wimbledon.

Swiatek’s bank balance will be boosted to the tune of £3m as she won Wimbledon for the first time, with Anisimova’s tears at the end of the match likely to be dampened a little with prize money of £1,520,000.

The rankings points both players collected are also a huge boost their respective careers, with Swiatek bouncing back to form as she won her first title at any level of the game since the 2024 French Open.

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Swiatek had slipped down to No 8 in the WTA Rankings after her defeat at the French Open last month, but she has jumped back up to No 3 after what she admitted was a suprise win.

“It seems super surreal,” said Swiatek, whose had struggled at Wimbledon prior to this year. “Honestly, I didn’t even dream of winning Wimbledon because it was way too far.

“I feel like I’m an experienced player, having won other Slams, but I didn’t expect this.”

There were rumours last month that Swiatek might take some time away from tennis and skip Wimbleodn, but that theory was banished in the most spectacular manner possible.

While Anisimova will take time to get over the shock of her hammering against Swiatek, she will be boosted by a huge rankings boost on Monday as she will be a top ten player for the first time with a stunning rise to No 7.

That is a suitable reward for a player who has enjoyed a stellar grass court season that included a run to the final of the new WTA 500 tournament at the Queen’s Club and a win against world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-finals at Wimbledon.

“It’s been an incredible fortnight for me – even though I ran out of gas,” said a tearful Anisimova. “I wish I could have put on a better performance for you today.”

Anisimova will need to dust herself down and take confidence from her Wimbledon run and if she can find her best form ahead of the north American hard court swing next month, she may get another crack to win a Grand Slam final at the US Open.

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Few could have predicted just how dominant Iga Swiatek would be in Saturday’s Wimbledon women’s singles final.

After a tricky few months, the eighth seed needed just 57 minutes to dispatch 13th seed Amanda Anisimova, attaining just the second 6-0, 6-0 Grand Slam final win of the Open Era.

No woman in the Open Era had ever won a Wimbledon final without dropping a game before Swiatek, who now holds a perfect 6-0 record in Grand Slam finals.

Here, we look at the list of the five most dominant SW19 finals, which she now tops.

=3) 2014: Petra Kvitova def Eugenie Bouchard, 6-3, 6-0 – Three games dropped

Two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova played her final SW19 match in 2025, 11 years on from arguably the finest hour of her career.

Having beaten Maria Sharapova to win the 2011 title, Kvitova was a hesitant favourite to beat Bouchard when she returned to the final three years later.

However, the Czech barely allowed Bouchard time to breathe, dropping just three games and needing just 55 minutes to regain the Venus Rosewater Dish.

=3) 1983: Martina Navratilova def Andrea Jaeger, 6-0, 6-3 – Three games dropped

Navratilova’s nine Wimbledon titles remains the record for a female or male player in the Open Era, and the former world No 1 won six straight titles from 1982 and 1987.

That includes a dominant 1983 final triumph over former world No 2 Jaeger, who was also runner-up at the French Open in 1982.

Much like Swiatek, Navratilova bagelled her rival in the opening set, and dropped just three games in the second to win the title for a fourth time.

=3) 1992: Steffi Graf def Monica Seles, 6-2, 6-1 – Three games dropped

Graf and Seles’ rivalry is one of the greatest in tennis history, though their 1992 Wimbledon final was certainly not the high point.

Seles had beaten former champion Navratilova to reach the final but was swept away by Graf, who conceded just three games to win her fourth SW19 title.

The German would go on to win the title thrice more, while it was the only major that eluded Seles’ grasp; she never returned to the final.

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2) 1975: Billie Jean King def Evonne Goolagong, 6-0, 6-1 – One game dropped

Until now, tennis icon King’s rampant win over Goolagong five decades ago was the most one-sided Wimbledon final in terms of games dropped in the Open Era.

The American had already lifted the title five times, including three times in the Open Era, though Goolagong herself had triumphed in 1971.

But, the American needed just a staggering 38 minutes to triumph inside Centre Court, dropping just one game in the process.

1) 2025: Iga Swiatek def Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 – Zero games dropped

Taking three minutes shy of one hour, Swiatek’s triumph over Anisimova is not quite the quickest final in terms of time.

However, she has now eclipsed King by becoming the first woman in the Open Era to win a Wimbledon singles final without dropping a single game.

Swiatek dominated throughout, breaking her opponent’s serve six times and not facing a single break point on her own serve.

It is the first double bagel at Wimbledon since 1911, when Dorothea Lambert Chambers beat Dora Boothby.

And, it is just the second double bagel of the Open Era, after Steffi Graf’s famous 6-0, 6-0 triumph versus Natasha Zvereva at the 1988 French Open.

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A rampant Iga Swiatek stormed past Amanda Anisimova to make history with her first Wimbledon title and sixth Grand Slam title overall.

Ending a 13-month wait for a tour-level title, eighth seed and world No 4 Swiatek was in cruise control as she thrashed Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to triumph at the All England Club.

Swiatek had rounded into form across her campaign at the All England Club, not losing a set since dropping the opener against Caty McNally back in round two.

And, after a dominant semi-final win over Belinda Bencic on Thursday, the eighth seed continued her scintillating form out on Centre Court.

The former world No 1 broke three times on her way to winning a bagel opening set in just 25 minutes, with Anisimova struggling to settle in her maiden Grand Slam final.

And, in just 57 minutes, the Pole wrapped up an astonishing double bagel triumph to claim the title for the first time.

Swiatek is just the second woman in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam final 6-0, 6-0, following on from Steffi Graf, who beat Natasha Zvereva 6-0, 6-0 at the 1988 French Open.

It is the first 6-0, 6-0 win in a Wimbledon final since 1911, when Dorothea Lambert Chambers beat Dora Boothby.

Victory for Swiatek makes her the first Polish player to ever win Wimbledon, and makes her just the eighth woman in tennis history to complete the ‘Surface Slam’, winning major titles on grass, clay, and hard courts.

She is also just the second woman in the Open Era to win her first six Grand Slam finals, following in the footsteps of fellow former world No 1 Monica Seles.

And, the eighth seed dropped just 35 games on her way to the title, the fewest games dropped by any woman at Wimbledon this century, and the fewest since 1990.

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“It seems super surreal,” said Swiatek in her on-court speech.

“I want to congratulate Amanda for an amazing two weeks. No matter what happened today, you should be proud of the work you’re doing. I hope we’re going to play many more finals here and other tournaments. You have the game for that.

“Honestly, I didn’t even dream [of winning Wimbledon]. It was just way too far, you know. I feel like I’m already an experienced player after winning the Slams before, but I never really expected this one.

“I want to thank my team, because I feel like they believed in me more than I did. I want to thank my coach [Wim Fissette] who joined this year. Obviously, with ups and downs, but right now we showed everybody that it’s working.

“Also to the team that has been with me for many years, I would be nowhere without you.”

Swiatek dropped down to world No 8 after losing in the semi-final of the French Open, but is now set to rise back up to world No 3 on Monday.

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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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What have the players said about each other before the final?

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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