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The 2021 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom, the first since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Novak Djokovic successfully defended his gentlemen's singles title to claim his record-equalling 20th major title, defeating ...
TNT Sports (United Kingdom) require Needlessly long lists of presenters in the Programming section. TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport) is a group of pay television sports channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and BT Group, they first launched on 1 August 2013.
Ashleigh Barty defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final, 6–3, 6–7 (4–7), 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. [1] [2] It was her first Wimbledon title and second major singles title overall. She became the first Australian to win the title since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980, the first ...
Longest matches by duration. John Isner (top) defeated Nicolas Mahut (bottom) 6–4, 3–6, 6–7 (7–9), 7–6 (7–3), 70–68 in a record 11 hours and 5 minutes. Only two professional competitive matches have lasted longer than seven hours and 14 matches have lasted longer than six hours. [ 1] #. Duration.
In November 2021, Raducanu was named Sportswoman of the Year by the Sunday Times. [215] The Guardian ranked the 2021 US Open final number 47 on their 50 best TV shows of 2021 list. [216] Raducanu won Sportswoman of the Year and the Peter Wilson Trophy for international newcomer in December 2021, awarded by the Sports Journalists' Association. [217]
Matches on main courts Matches on Centre Court; Event Winner Loser Score Gentlemen's singles 1st round: Novak Djokovic [1] Jack Draper [WC] 4–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 Ladies' singles 1st round: Sloane Stephens: Petra Kvitová [10] 6–3, 6–4 Gentlemen's singles 1st round: Andy Murray [WC] Nikoloz Basilashvili [24] 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 ...
Tom Pidcock stepped down from the top step of an Olympic podium for the second time, the British anthem giving way to cheers from even the French fans, and spotted a blown-up cardboard photo of ...
In June 2018, Argentinian tennis player Nicolas Kicker was banned from the sport for at least three years for match-fixing. According to an investigation by the Tennis Integrity Unit, Kicker knowingly participated in at least two fixed matches in 2015. The ruling prohibits Kicker from competing in or attending a sanctioned tennis match. [158]