Riya Bhatia makes doubles final with Sada Nahimana

Wimbledon: Naomi Osaka loses to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the 3rd round

LONDON: Naomi Osaka might be more comfortable on grass courts these days but she will once again leave Wimbledon in the third round after a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 loss to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Friday. Osaka is a former No. 1 now ranked 50th and a four-time Grand Slam champion, all on hard courts she won the U.S. Open and Australian Open twice apiece. Osaka arrived at the All England Club this year having lost three of her last four matches at the place and with a career record of 5-4 there. Her best showing was getting to the third round in 2017 and 2018; she missed the tournament in 2021, 2022 and 2023. From 4-all in the third set, Pavluchenkova grabbed eight of the matchs last 10 points, holding at love, then breaking in the final game with the help of a trio of forehand unforced errors by Osaka. A majority of you were cheering for Naomi, but thats OK, Pavlyuchenkova, who turned 34 on Thursday, told the crowd at Court No. 2. Im mentally tough, so that didnt bother me at all. The opposite: It gave me energy. Pavlyuchenkova, who is ranked 53rd, was the 2021 runner-up at the French Open, and Fridays victory moved her into the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first time since she was a quarterfinalist nine years ago.

Wimbledon 2025: Its not just Novak Djokovic, Marin Cilic and other over 30-year-olds make their mark

Gael Monfils, who was born about eight months before Djokovic and is the only player in the men's draw who's older, was waiting for the start of his second-round match.

Djokovic steps up bid for Wimbledon history, Sinner strolls into round three

Djokovic avoided becoming one of the host of big names eliminated in week one in south London as the Serb needed just one hour and 47 minutes to dispatch Evans in a 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 victory on Centre Court

At Wimbledon, a players lament about loneliness revives a conversation about mental health

LONDON: When Naomi Osaka opened up about her anxiety and depression at the 2021 French Open, it sparked a conversation in sports and society at large about mental health and the importance of addressing such issues. In the time since, more and more players have spoken about the topic and seeking help, and whatever taboos there were seem to have faded. Still, the way three-time Grand Slam finalist Alexander Zverev discussed his state of mind after a first-round exit at Wimbledon this week revived the conversation. I feel very alone out there at times. I struggle mentally. ... Im trying to find ways to kind of get out of this hole. I keep kind of finding myself back in it in a way, said Zverev, who was the runner-up at the Australian Open in January but then went through a rough stretch of results this season when he had a chance to overtake Jannik Sinner at No. 1 in the rankings. Alexander Zverev says at Wimbledon he feels quite alone in life I feel, generally speaking, quite alone in life at the moment, which is a feeling that is not very nice, Zverev said. Its not a feeling on a tennis court, its just a life feeling in general. Players at the All England Club were asked Wednesday about Zverevs words. They could empathize, some said. Others offered advice. Amanda Anisimova was a French Open semifinalist as a teen in 2019, then announced two years ago she was taking time off because of burnout. Shes been back for a while now and reached the third round at Wimbledon with a victory Wednesday. Its definitely tricky. Each and every one of us goes through something at some point in our lives. We have our bouts of negative times. It honestly takes some self-reflecting, figuring out whats going wrong or how can I create a lifestyle that I enjoy. I feel like there are so many factors. For me, personally, it was finding people that I could confide in and I trusted. People that I could talk to, Anisimova said. What Alex said about feeling lonely ... a lot of people struggle with being lonely, especially on the pro circuit, she said, adding that taking a break from tour life really helped me and Im happy I did that, because I came back with a new perspective, felt refreshed, and I feel like I learned a lot about myself. Wimbledon athletes talk about turning to therapy for help Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka, who owns three major trophies, said that she worked with a therapist for five years. Its really important to talk openly about whatever youre dealing with. ... Its really important to be open and to talk about what are you experiencing, because if youre going to keep it inside, its just going to destroy you. I think thats kind of like something happening to him, Sabalenka said. I think (Zverev) just needs to open up to whoever is close to him. At the Australian Open, title winner Madison Keys addressed her reliance on therapy and the ways in which it both allowed her to be happier, in general, and more successful at tennis a sport in which losses are frequent and expectations can be a burden. On-court losses in tennis can affect off-court identities Our identity becomes very wrapped up in being a tennis player. Thats great, but when you have the tough kind of weeks, months, years on tour, that can really take a toll on how you think about yourself as a person, Keys, a 30-year-old American, said Wednesday. So being able to kind of dive into that and figure out how to separate the two and know that youre not just a tennis player, youre a full person that has all of these other really great attributes and other interests and just different things in your life. When a reporter asked the No. 3-seeded Zverev after his loss to unseeded Arthur Rinderknech on Tuesday whether he might consider trying therapy, the 28-year-old German replied: For the first time in my life, Ill probably need it. This is how he described his current mindset: Ive never felt this empty before. Just lacking joy, just lacking joy in everything that I do. Its not necessarily about tennis. Just lacking joy outside of tennis, as well. Andrey Rublev, a 10-time Slam quarterfinalist from Russia who is seeded 14th at Wimbledon, said after his win Wednesday that life on tour, in and of itself, is not the problem for someone like Zverev. Tennis is just the trigger point, Rublev said. Its something inside of you that you need to face.

Taylor Fritz gets through another late-night five-setter to reach 3rd round at Wimbledon

LONDON: Late-night finishes and five-set matches are becoming a habit for Taylor Fritz at this years Wimbledon. This time, though, he managed to wrap up his win over Gabriel Diallo before the match was suspended making sure the fifth-seeded American wont have to come back on court for a fourth straight day. Fritz overcame a bloodied elbow to win 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (0), 4-6, 6-3 on No. 1 Court on Wednesday. That was a day after he finished off another five-set win over Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in a match that was halted on Monday night at about 10:15 p.m. after Fritz forced a fifth set, with Wimbledons 11 p.m. curfew looming. He completed the win over Diallo a little later than that on Wednesday. Thats an incredibly hard match, Fritz said. The fourth set that I lost, I really dont think theres much I did wrong at all. Fritz sustained a cut to his elbow after diving to reach a ball when he had break point while trailing 3-2 in the fourth set. While he returned the ball, Diallo won the point and went on to hold serve. Now Fritz is looking forward to finally getting a day off. Tomorrow is going to be a very, a very light hit. I think Ive played plenty of tennis, he said. Im very due a nice, relaxing day.

Seeds keep tumbling at Wimbledon as No. 4 Paolini loses to Rakhimova in second round

LONDON: Last years runner-up Jasmine Paolini became the fourth top-five seed to exit the womens bracket at Wimbledon, losing 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday to unseeded Kamilla Rakhimova in the second round. The fourth-seeded Paolini joins No. 2 Coco Gauff, No. 3 Jessica Pegula and No. 5 Zheng Qinwen in making a quick departure from the All England Club, with the other three having all lost in the first round. A total of 23 seeds 13 men, 10 women failed to get to the second round, equaling the highest total at any Grand Slam tournament since they began assigning 32 seeds in each singles bracket in 2001. The upsets kept coming in the womens bracket Wednesday, with No. 12-seeded Diana Shnaider losing 6-4, 6-1 to Diane Parry and No. 22 Donna Vekic, who lost to Paolini in the semifinals last year, going out 6-1, 6-3 to Cristina Busca. Paolini lost in the final of both the French Open and Wimbledon last year but has not been past the fourth round in the four majors since. Rakhimova is making her second Wimbledon appearance, having lost in the first round in 2023. In all, the 23-year-old Russian has only made the third round twice in 13 previous majors. This was her first win against a top-10 ranked player. I try not to think about the opponent and try to focus on my game. It worked for me, Rakhimova said. I just pretend like Im playing a normal girl, not the No. 4 in the world.

Alcaraz ends Tarvet's Wimbledon adventure, Paolini crashes out

Defending champion Alcaraz needed two hours and 17 minutes to subdue world number 733 Tarvet, who produced flashes of his emerging talent to delight the partisan crowd.

Karan Singh enters second round

Raducanu Stalker Prevented from Buying Wimbledon Tickets

The BBC and others reported that the man tried to apply for tickets through the public ballot for the Grand Slam tournament that starts June 30.