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Coco Gauff banished memories of her 2023 Wimbledon nightmare with a 6-1, 6-2 first-round destruction of fellow American Caroline Dolehide on Monday.

Coco Gauff wins all-American showdown, buries 2023 demons

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Emma Navarro made her Centre Court debut at Wimbledon a memorable one on Wednesday. The 23-year-old American made quick work of Naomi Osaka, dispatching the former No. 1 player 6-4, 6-1 in just under an hour.  "Definitely a special experience playing out on Centre Court," Navarro said after ...

American Emma Navarro Destroyed Naomi Osaka At Wimbledon Today

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LONDON (Reuters) -Coco Gauff did not look at her imperious best under the roof on Wimbledon's Court One on Wednesday but she was always in control of an error-strewn second-round 6-2 6-1 victory over Romanian qualifier Anca Todoni.

Tennis-Gauff crushes qualifier Todoni to reach Wimbledon third round

Day 3 of Wimbledon sees the start of the women’s second round. This half of the draw was absolutely crushed in Round 1, and who knows what surprises await us in Round 2. There are 16 matches on Wednesday, and we here at LastWordOnTennis share our predictions on all of them for you. We split the 16 matches between four articles. The other three articles feature Coco Gauff vs Anca Todoni, Naomi Osaka vs Emma Navarro, and Emma Raducanu vs Elise Mertens. Predicting these matches are Jordan Reynolds, Nurein Ahmed, and Manuel Traquete. Who do you think will win?

Wimbledon Day 3 Women’s Predictions Including Madison Keys vs Yafan Wang

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Reigning Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova joined Steffi Graf in the history books after she suffered a shock first-round exit, but Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina cruised into the last 64.Vondrousova was a surprise winner at the All England Club last year and returned to Centre Court on Tuesday to begin the defence of her crown, but she struggled physically in a 6-4 6-2 defeat to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in 67 minutesIt made Vondrousova only the second defending women’s Wimbledon champion to crash out in the first round after Graf did in 1994 to Lori McNeil.The rarest of first round victories...

Marketa Vondrousova follows in Steffi Graf’s footsteps with early Wimbledon exit

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 The last time Carlos Alcaraz failed to make it into the third round of a Grand Slam, Daniil Medvedev sent him packing at Wimbledon on Court One.For Aleksandar Vukic to do likewise three years later, on the same Wimbledon court but against a very different model of the Alcaraz machine, felt mission improbable pre-match and, after a decisive missed opportunity, near enough impossible.Vukic served for the opening set, having won four games in a row through some big serving and punishing forehands, but Alcaraz hit back, won the tie-break and from there stormed into the third round with a...

Wimbledon: Carlos Alcaraz cruises past Aleksandar Vukic in second round to keep title defence on track at SW19

The 17-year-old boy died in hospital after the incident at West Wittering beach, police say.

Boy, 17, dies during school trip to the beach

Mexican officials investigating videos shared on social media showing bodies in a dumper truck have found 19 corpses in La Concordia, in the southern state of Chiapas. The victims were all male, dressed in black and wearing tactical vests, as worn by members of Mexico's powerful criminal gangs. Most of...

Mexican gang fight leaves pile of bodies

A transgender woman and darts player from Hull who has faced a wave of abuse and exclusion from competitions says she has been questioning her future within the game. Samantha Lewis's passion for darts runs deep, and the sport has spanned generations in her family. "Darts has been in my...

Transgender darts player shaken by abuse and bans

Arlene Mitchell, from West Lothian, defied odds of 700,000 to one by giving birth to Ben, Noah, Harrison and Rory.

Mum overwhelmed after rare birth of quadruplets

People pay their respects to Wilfred Peddle, who passed away in June, aged 74.

Hundreds attend funeral for 'legendary Egg Man'

Winning ugly? Not here, not as Emma Raducanu beamed to the Court No 1 crowd and skipped to the net after this ruthless destruction of Elise Mertens. It would be wrong to declare this a vintage victory, given Raducanu still has relatively little grand slam experience behind her, but a fabulous 6-1 6-2 victory in just 75 minutes against the world No 33 felt a little reminiscent of a couple of famous weeks as an 18-year-old in New York three years ago.Raducanu was happy to emerge with a scrappy opening win on Monday but this was a performance to be...

Emma Raducanu races into Wimbledon third round with throwback victory

Two brothers who launched a "brutal" attack on a stranger on the street have been jailed after their initial sentence was deemed too lenient. Kenneth Brown, 27, and Shaun Brown, 25, had initially been spared jail for the attack in Carlisle city centre, which left their victim with a broken hand, fractured nose and black eyes.

Brothers jailed for 'brutal' attack after review

A painting described as a masterpiece which was found in a plastic bag after being stolen has sold for £17.6m at auction. Rest On The Flight Into Egypt, painted by Venetian master Titian when he was aged just 20 in 1510, was sold by London auction house Christie's. The...

Masterpiece found in plastic bag sells for £17.5m

A clergyman said he felt "called toward" a new role at St Paul's Cathedral in London. Reverend canon Philip Banks will move there from St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds in the autumn. The King approved his new role of residentiary canon and precentor - a position to inspire...

St Paul's Cathedral role for 'exceptional' clergyman

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Coco Gauff continued her strong performance at Wimbledon by advancing to the third round with a decisive 6-2, 6-1 victory over qualifier Anca Todoni on Wednesday. This victory on No. 1 Court, a venue that holds special significance for Gauff, moves her another step away from last year's disappointing first-round exit.

Coco Gauff’s latest Wimbledon win leads to revelation about stunning 2023 loss

Iga Swiatek made a strong start to her bid for a maiden Wimbledon title at the 2024 Championships with a straight-set win over Sofia Kenin. The world No 1 downed 49th-ranked Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open champion and a former world No 4, 6-3, 6-4 in the opening round at Wimbledon on Tuesday. Kenin upset Coco Gauff in the first round at the All England Club in 2023.

Wimbledon: Iga Swiatek becomes second player to achieve feat that eluded tennis legends

Former England captain Sir Geoffrey Boycott has been diagnosed with throat cancer for the second time and will have surgery. Boycott, 83, was told last week the cancer had returned, having been treated for the illness in 2002 with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Boycott will have surgery to remove the cancer...

Boycott reveals second cancer diagnosis

Anna Blinkova is about to kick off her campaign in the draw in Wimbledon. The previous year in Wimbledon, Blinkova lost in the 3rd round to Aryna Sabalenka 6-2 6-3. In the previous edition of this tournament, she conquered Yanina Wickmayer 6-2 4-6 6-3 and Irina-Camelia Begu 7-5 6-3. Draw...

WIMBLEDON DRAW. Anna Blinkova’s prediction with Garcia next. H2H and rankings

Brahim Saadoun left Morocco to study in Ukraine in 2019 and when the Russians invaded in February 2022 he joined the Ukrainian army. He was captured by pro-Russian forces and sentenced to death for being a mercenary. In an agreement mediated by Saudi Arabia, Mr Saadoun was released in September 2022 and returned to Morocco.

The Moroccan man sentenced to death for fighting for Ukraine

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Osaka beaten by Navarro as Gauff goes through

Naomi Osaka pays the price for too many errors as she loses in straight sets to Emma...

Osaka beaten by Navarro as Gauff goes through

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