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Emma Navarro has defeated Coco Gauff in a Wimbledon upset

3:35am July 08, 2024

by Ayana Archie

This is the first time Navarro has reached the quarterfinals at one of the tennis majors, while Gauff's loss was the latest in a string of exits by top-seeded women at the tournament.

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Naomi Osaka wins her first Wimbledon tennis match in 6 years

2:13am July 02, 2024

by Ayana Archie

Osaka will next play American Emma Navarro in the second round of the tournament.

Carlos Alcaraz with his shiny new trophy.

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Carlos Alcaraz' Wimbledon win and a new era of tennis

5:00pm July 17, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

The match between the young Alcaraz and the seasoned Novak Djokovic symbolizes what many say is a changing of the guard.

Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova in action against Tunisia's Ons Jabeur during the Wimbledon women's singles final in London on Saturday. Vondrousova became the lowest-ranked woman to win the tournament.

Marketa Vondrousova, ranked 42nd in the world, wins Wimbledon

11:24am July 15, 2023

by The Associated Press

Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic became the lowest-ranked and first unseeded woman to win Wimbledon, defeating 2022 runner-up Ons Jabeur of Tunisia.

Barbora Krejcikova, top right, and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic, celebrate after beating China's Shuai Zhang, bottom left, and Belgium's Elise Mertens during the final of the women's doubles at the Wimbledon tennis championships in July. Wimbledon is relaxing its requirement for all-white clothing to allow female players to wear colored undershorts.

Wimbledon will allow women to wear colored undershorts, in nod to period concerns

4:06pm November 17, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

The tournament will make an exception to its strict all-white clothing rules, after female players described altering their menstrual cycles to not stress about leaking onto their tennis whites.

John McEnroe competes at Wimbledon in 1980.

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John McEnroe grapples with his legacy as tennis' bad boy

1:35pm September 06, 2022

by Dave Davies

McEnroe reflects on his career in a new Showtime documentary: "I was very taken aback, actually, when I went to Wimbledon in London for the first time, and I was like, 'Wow, they're so polite here.'"

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Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina holds the trophy as she celebrates after beating Tunisia's Ons Jabeur to win the Wimbledon women's single final Saturday.

Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina wins her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon

3:28pm July 09, 2022

by The Associated Press

The 23-year-old is bringing her adopted country its first singles trophy at a major tournament.

Australia's Ashleigh Barty poses with the winner's trophy on Saturday after winning the Wimbledon women's singles final against the Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova.

Barty Is First Australian To Win The Wimbledon Women's Singles Title Since 1980

4:21pm July 10, 2021

by Matthew S. Schwartz

The 25-year-old Ashleigh Barty beat 29-year-old Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic in three sets, bringing home the first women's Wimbledon trophy in more than four decades.

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Week In Sports: Rerouting Resources, And Planning For Fall Football

8:00am April 04, 2020

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Howard Bryant of ESPN about the NFL's plans to start its season in September and Wimbledon being canceled for the first time since World War II.

Wimbledon, the oldest tennis tournament in the world, will not be played this summer because of the coronavirus.

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Wimbledon Canceled Because Of Coronavirus

1:43pm April 01, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

It's yet another major sports cancellation or postponement because of the pandemic. The NBA, MLB and the Summer Olympics have also called off games.