Dallas shooting: Serena Williams says US gun attacks 'very painful'
Serena Williams describes this week’s US gun attacks as “very painful”, after winning her seventh Wimbledon title.
Serena Williams describes this week’s US gun attacks as “very painful”, after winning her seventh Wimbledon title.
Watch the best of the action as the Williams sisters Serena and Venus beat Timea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3 6-4 to claim their sixth Wimbledon doubles title and 14th doubles Grand Slam.
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Wimbledon champion Serena Williams proves that she is human during the Women’s doubles final on Centre Court.
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Hamburg seeking first home champion since 1993
Top seed Philipp Kohlschreiber and #NextGen star Alexander Zverev spearhead German hopes at next week’s German Tennis Championships 2016. Not since Michael Stich in 1993 has a homegrown player lifted the trophy at this ATP World Tour 500 clay-court tournament in Hamburg.
The 32-year-old Kohlschreiber opens his campaign against Argentine Carlos Berlocq as he bids to win his sixth ATP World Tour title on home soil, adding to three Munich crowns and victories in Dusseldorf and Halle.
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The 19-year-old Zverev is seeded fourth as he looks to win his first ATP World Tour title. The Hamburg native reached the semi-final of his hometown tournament in 2014 (l. to Ferrer). The right-hander comes into Hamburg on the back of a strong showing on grass, reaching his second ATP World Tour final in Halle, where he beat Roger Federer in the semi-finals, and advancing to the third round at Wimbledon (l. to Berdych).
France’s Benoit Paire is the second seed in Halle, with Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas seeded third and taking on Halle champion Florian Mayer in the first round.
Main draw play at the 110th edition of the tournament begins on Monday at Rothenbaum.
Britain’s Heather Watson and partner Henri Kontinen beat Oliver Marach and Jelena Ostapenko to reach the mixed doubles final at Wimbledon.
In winning 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 alongside Finland’s Kontinen, Watson becomes the first British female mixed doubles finalist since Jo Durie won the event alongside Jeremy Bates in 1987.
Watson, who is playing with Kontinen for the first time, said: “I’m very happy. We played so well today. I’ve said it a thousand times – I’m having so much fun on the court with Henri.”
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Wimbledon men’s wheelchair singles finalist Gordon Reid says the thing he loves most about tennis is the “one-on-one battle”.
“It’s just you against the other person on the other side of the net – and it’s up to you to find a way to beat them,” said the Scot.
Reid and fellow Britons Jordanne Whiley and Lucy Shuker have all benefited from the Tennis Foundation’s performance programme.
“Since Beijing, when we’ve had UK Sport funding, we’ve been able to get a programme that concentrates on our performance to help our players, maximise their potential and compete against the world’s best,” said Geraint Richards, head of disability player performance.
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Former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash takes an in-depth look at the powerful service game of Serena Williams, as she she prepares to defend her women’s singles title against Angelique Kerber on Saturday.
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