Think we’ll see if Draper can do anything on grass - I’m optimistic

incredible final, nearly 6 hours wasn't it

as team Alcaraz, it was very nerve-wrecking

overall I think he played much much better (but Im biased)

Sinner was saved a thousand times by his better serve

like all those tens of times Alcaraz could have broken in the first 2 sets

glad Alcaraz won, I still cannot believe it

Crazy to remember Carlos came back from this position against the world number 1

On 08/06/2025 at 20:08, Herbs said:

Think we’ll see if Draper can do anything on grass - I’m optimistic

We are READY

ATP Rankings Update:

⬆️4. Jack Draper (Great Britain)

⬆️5. Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

⬆️6. Lorenzo Musetti (Italy)

⬇️7. Taylor Fritz (USA)

⬆️8. Tommy Paul (USA)

⬆️9. Holger Rune (Denmark)

⬇️10. Alex de Minaur (Australia)

⬆️12. Ben Shelton (USA)

⬆️13. Frances Tiafoe (USA)

⬇️16. Casper Ruud (Norway)

⬆️17. Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic)

⬇️19. Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria)

⬆️20. Ugo Humbert (France)

WTA Rankings Update:

⬆️5. Qinwen Zheng (China)

⬇️7. Iga Swiatek (Poland)

⬆️9. Paula Badosa (Spain)

⬇️ 10. Emma Navarro (USA)

⬆️13. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)

⬇️14. Karolina Muchova (Czechia

⬆️15. Amanda Anisimova (USA)

⬆️16. Daria Kasatkina (Australia)

⬇️17. Barbora Krejcikova (Czechia)

⬆️19. Ekaterina Alexandrova

⬆️20. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia)

Total prize money at this year's Wimbledon will increase by 7% to a record £53.5m.

The prize pot, worth £50m in 2024, is double the £26.5m on offer in 2015.

Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova each took home £2.7m for winning the men's and women's singles titles respectively last year.

This year's winners will receive £3m, an increase of 11%.

Players knocked out in the first round will receive £66,000, an increase of 10%.

There will be a 4% increase for the men's and women's doubles winners, who will earn £680,000, and a 3% increase for the mixed doubles winners, to £135,000.

The All England Lawn Tennis Club also confirmed the full introduction of live electronic line calling.

Never knew there was such a disparity between same sex and mixed sex prize money in the doubles!

So the mixed doubles winners only pocket twice as much as a single player who could get double or triple bageled in round 1.

Double Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has announced that she will retire from tennis at the end of this summer.

The Czech player won the ladies' singles titles in 2011 and 2014 and also reached the final of the Australian Open in 2019.

In recent years she has fallen down the rankings and last made the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam in 2020.

She missed the whole of 2024 to have her first child and only returned to action in February.

Jacob Fearnley's run at Queen's came to an end when the British number two was beaten by Jiri Lehecka 7-5 6-2 in the quarter-finals.

The 23-year-old was playing in his first last-eight match of an ATP Tour event after producing a brilliant display against French qualifier Corentin Moutet on Thursday.

But Czech world number 30 Lehecka proved too much for him on another hot day in west London.

Some interesting stats from the past couple of days

Carlos Alcaraz is now on the longest winning streak of his career (think it's 16 following today's victory at Queen's) - surprised that it's now, not at a time when he's world #1

Alexander Bublik's victory in Halle yesterday was the first time that Jannik Sinner has lost to someone not named Carlos Alcaraz since last August (although we must remember he had three months earlier this year when he didn't have the opportunity to be losing to anyone!), and the first time he's lost to someone ranked outside the top 20 since August 2023

ATP Rankings Update:

⬆️4. Taylor Fritz (USA)

🔽5. Jack Draper (Great Britain)

🔼9. Ben Shelton (USA)

🔼10. Andrey Rublev

🔼11. Frances Tiafoe (USA)

🔽12. Alex de Minaur (Australia)

🔼13. Casper Ruud (Norway)

🔽14. Daniil Medvedev

🔼15. Arthur Fils (France)

🔽16. Tommy Paul (USA)

🔼17. Karen Khachanov

🔽18. Jakub Mensik

🔼19. Flavio Cobolli

🔽20. Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina)

WTA Rankings Update:

🔼3. Iga Swiatek (Poland)

🔽4. Jessica Pegula (USA)

⬆️5. Mirra Andreeva

🔼7. Amanda Anisimova (USA)

🔽9. Jasmine Paolini (Italy)

🔽10. Paula Badosa (Spain)

🔽11. Emma Navarro (USA)

🔼12. Karolina Muchova (Czechia)

🔽13. Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)

🔽14. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)

🔼16. Ekaterina Alexandrova

🔼17. Liudmila Samsonova

🔼19. Clara Tauson (Denmark)

🔼20. Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)

Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen is taking a "short break" from the WTA Tour after having arthroscopic surgery on her right elbow.

The 22-year-old Chinese player was fifth seed at this year's Wimbledon, but lost in the first round and said she had been "dealing with persistent pain".

"Now begins the recovery journey," the world number six wrote on Instagram.

"Over the next few weeks and months, I'll be focusing entirely on rehab - doing everything I can to come back stronger and healthier.

"This is just a short break and I see it as a necessary step toward a better version of myself on court."

British number one Jack Draper has withdrawn from forthcoming tournaments in Toronto and Cincinnati because of an arm injury.

But the 23-year-old is targeting a return at the US Open, which begins on 24 August.

Draper, who reached the US Open semi-finals in 2024, said on social media: "After Wimbledon I picked up an injury in my left arm, nothing serious.

"I have to make sure it recovers fully for the rest of the season."

The Canadian Open gets under way on 26 July, while the Cincinnati Open starts on 4 August.

Emma Raducanu has been beaten 6-4 6-3 by Russia's Anna Kalinskaya in the semi-finals of the Washington Open.

The 22-year-old, whose run in the United States has ensured she will regain her British number one spot from Katie Boulter, served five aces early on, but could not convert any of her four break point opportunities.

Kalinskaya, ranked two places below Raducanu at 48th in the world, capitalised with a break in the ninth game on her way to clinching the first set.

The two exchanged early breaks in the second set before the 26-year-old Russian pulled ahead once more, taking a lead that proved decisive and breaking again to seal the win.

"It was an interesting match. It's nice to play against Emma," said Kalinskaya, who is aiming to win her first WTA 500 title. "I'm proud of myself. I stayed aggressive and stuck to my plan."

Kalinskaya will face Leylah Fernandez in Sunday's final after the Canadian edged out third seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan in an epic encounter that included three tie-breaks.

Grigor Dimitrov will not play at the US Open due to the injury he suffered during Wimbledon 2025.

Mboko up to 55 in the live rankings now- 65 at the start of the match.

Zhu or Bouzas next.

Victoria Mboko, ranked 89 in the world, wins Montreal at the age of 18. Another one to add to the list of promising players coming forward.