Roger Federer gave one-word response to news of Serena Williams retirement at Wimbledon

Serena Williams and Adrian Mannarino both had to withdraw from Wimbledon with injuries they sustained on Centre Court on Tuesday.

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Andy Murray lays into Wimbledon after Serena Williams and Adrian Mannarino suffer injuries

Andy Murray has criticised the Wimbledon Centre Court playing surface after Serena Williams and Adrian Mannarino both suffered injuries on Tuesday.

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Shapovalov Fights Past Kohlschreiber In Five Sets

Denis Shapovalov worked hard for his place in The Championships second round on Tuesday, which was heavily affected by rain. The 10th-seeded Canadian overcame Philipp Kohlschreiber, who is returning from a hip injury, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in three hours and 35 minutes on Court 12.

Shapovalov squandered a 5-3 lead in the fourth set, shortly prior to a four-hour rain delay at the All England Club. But the 22-year-old bounced back to break in the seventh game of the decider courtesy of four unforced errors from Kohlschreiber.

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“It’s a great feeling to win this match especially against a great player like Philipp, who I watched a lot growing up,” said Shapovalov. “I am a huge fan of his game. It’s great to see him back in good form.

“It’s a huge weight off my back, going in the first round of a major and not knowing how the courts will play, especially as you can’t practise too much on it. I am really happy that I was able to pull through and come up with big points when I needed them. Philipp is a really, really tough competitor so it’s a good win for me."

Shapovalov struck 16 aces among his 58 winners, and will next face France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert or Pablo Andujar of Spain in the second round.

Shapovalov is now 19-13 on the season, which includes a runner-up finish at the Gonet Geneva Open (l. to Ruud). Prior to coming to the grass-court major, the World No. 12 reached the cinch Championships semi-finals (l. to Norrie).

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Medvedev Takes Struff 'Revenge' In Wimbledon Opener

Second seed Daniil Medvedev overcame a tricky first-round test as he opened his Wimbledon account with a 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(3) victory over Jan-Lennard Struff on Tuesday. 

The Russian, No. 2 in the FedEx ATP Rankings, arrived at the All England Club after a confidence-boosting run to the Mallorca Championships trophy, his 11th tour-level title and his first on grass courts. He has a chance to rise to World No. 1 for the first time after Wimbledon if he wins his second grass-court title here – his first Grand Slam crown – or if he reaches the final and Novak Djokovic does not.

Medvedev continued his momentum even as the German, who knocked him out of the NOVENTI OPEN in Halle in the first round, took the third set. The second seed bounced back in the fourth set to claim his revenge and improve to 4-1 in his ATP Head2Head over Struff.

“When I saw the draw the week before in Mallorca, I was like, 'Okay that’s not going to be an easy match,'” Medvedev said in an on-court interview. “But that’s what tennis is about, rematches and revenges.”

Medvedev, who has reached the third round here in 2018 and 2019, will next face the winner of #NextGenATP Carlos Alcaraz and lucky loser Yasutaka Uchiyama as he seeks to equal his best Wimbledon result. Alcaraz and Uchiyama’s match was cancelled due to rain. 

The second seed took an early lead against Struff in the first set. Medvedev broke the big-serving German in his first service game as his rock-solid defending and low-bouncing groundstrokes forced errors off Struff’s racquet. Medvedev saved the two break points he faced in the first set to maintain his lead. 

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Medvedev reeled off the first four games of the second set to lead 4-0, and closed out the set comfortably with his fourth break of the match. Medvedev won 100 per-cent (16/16) of his first serve points in the first set and 78 per cent (7/9) in the second set as he raced ahead to a two-sets-to-love lead. 

But a sloppy service game in the third set had Medvedev on the ropes, as Struff took advantage of a few looks at second serves to earn a break to love and lead 4-3. Struff, who came to net 72 times in the match (winning 63 per cent of those points) as he employed the serve-and-volley, did well to close out the set and fight off three break points in the fourth set as he worked his way back into the match. Just two mini-breaks made the difference in the tie-break, and both went Medvedev’s way as he sealed the victory after two hours and 35 minutes.

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Serena Williams cries on Wimbledon Centre Court as ankle injury forces retirement

Serena Williams was in buckets of tears as she tried to fight off an ankle injury she picked up early in the match.

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Nick Kyrgios calls Gael Monfils 'filthy' after stunning Wimbledon shot goes viral

Nick Kyrgios has clearly been watching plenty of action at Wimbledon ahead of his opening match against Ugo Humbert.

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Dan Evans sails through Wimbledon opener with strong win over Feliciano Lopez

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