Author: Paul Lagan

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Well the crowd favourite Ons Jabeur will just have to endure another year of agony as she slipped to successive singles defeats in the final at Wimbledon this afternoon, going down 4,6, 4,6 to unseeded Marketa Vondrousova.

Ons Jabeur is back in the singles final after a three setter that showed the partisan nature of the Wimbledon crowd but also an appreciation of some scintillating play by both players.

Marketa Vondrousova made it into the final with a straight sets win over Elina Svitolina.

Carlos Alcaraz is through to his first Wimbledon semi-final after a straight sets victory over his contemporary Holgar Rune.

Ons Jabeur came from a set down to dispose of third seed Elena Rybakina after one hour and 53 minutes in a pulsating, often error-strewn but nevertheless captivating match that sees the Tunisian face Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-final.

British duo Naiktha Bains and Maia Lumsden were dumped out of Wimbledon, at the quarter-final stage, by Australian Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens from Belgium in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1.

Number one seed Carlos Alvarez, who has already put a marker down in this tournament, but proved tonight why he is the man to beat after dispatching tough Italian Matteo Berrettini in four sets under the lights and closed roof of Centre Court.

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It was all over with 27 minutes as reigning champion Elena Rybakina helped injured Beatriz off Centre Court.

A fit Andy Murray can still be a potent force on grass and it proved as he took a 2-1 set lead over No 5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in a pulsating Centre Court tonight.

It must be tough to face a Williams sister but that’s what Elina Svitolina had to do on Centre Court on day one of the championships and she came through it unscathed.

Novak Djokovic won in straight sets, but it was an awkward game for him, not helped by a needless break in play for more than an hour for rain interruption and a wet court.

It’s always a nervous time, the first match on a show court in a slam – Wimbledon makes it extra nervous.

For the next two weeks, SW19 will be out of bounds to anyone who dislikes tennis.
Yep, the Championships are happening and many 10s of thousands will be descending on Church Road in the hope of witnessing some sporting history for the next 14 days.