Wimbledon 2024 LIVE: Tennis scores and latest results as Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz return today
After Jack Draper’s dramatic win overnight under the Centre Court roof following Andy Murray’s withdrawal, Raducanu returns today to face Elise Mertens
Emma Raducanu is back at Wimbledon today and faces Elise Mertens for a place in the third round at SW19.
Carlos Alcaraz, who raced into the second round to begin his title defence on Monday, now skips over to No.1 Court to play Australian Aleksandar Vukic.
On Tuesday night, British No 1 Jack Draper embraced the spotlight vacated by Andy Murray after he withdrew from the men’s singles due to injury, earning a gritty five-set win over qualifier Elias Ymer under the roof on Centre Court. While Murray, who was scheduled to face Tomas Machac in the first round, will now focus on the men’s doubles with his brother Jamie in what is his Wimbledon swansong.
World No.1 Jannik Sinner is back today, too, in an all-Italian affair with former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini, while Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka are also scheduled to take to court.
Follow all the latest updates and live scores from Wimbledon below:
Andrey Rublev responds to wild behaviour at Wimbledon in first-round defeat
Andrey Rublev has responded to his wild behaviour in defeat yesterday, where he thrashed his racquet repeatedly against his own body.
He said: “I would not do it if I was able to hit the racquet on the floor. Because we're not allowed to hit them with the grass. I don't know why in that moment, I couldn't take it any more. I needed to let emotions out.
“But thanks, everything is fine. Again, I was a bit lucky.”
The meme of Wimbledon 2024?
After a rain delay on Day 2 at Wimbledon, this umpire’s bumpy ride has sparked a series of memes on social media after being taken off court following the downpour.
Jack Draper responds to huge win on Centre Court
“I really enjoyed it, to play in front of you guys, I missed it last year. You probably wanted to see Andy out here but you were stuck with me instead.
“It really helped me out here, there were some nervy moments, I appreciate the support it means a lot.
On filling in for Andy Murray: “What an honour, honestly! I wouldn’t be here without Andy, such a guy off the court, so genuine, so kind, what a champion and what a competitor.”
Nick Kyrgios addresses Wimbledon job backlash: ‘I am at a good stage in life’
Tennis player Nick Kyrgios has addressed the backlash he has received for joining the BBC’s Wimbledon punditry team at this year’s tournament.
Australian Kyrgios pled guilty to assaulting his ex-girlfriend Chiara Passari in Canberra in 2021.
The injured tennis player’s appointment by the BBC has sparked controversy, with Caroline Nokes, Conservative MP, and women and equalities committee chair, saying that Kyrgios’s appointment is insulting towards women.
Kyrgios addressed the backlash when he appeared on Piers Morgan Uncensored on Monday (1 July),
“These things have all been sorted and dealt with,” he said.
“I am in a beautiful relationship with my partner and I am at a good stage in my life.”
Jelena Ostapenko invites Lil Wayne to watch her play at US Open
Jelena Ostapenko has invited Lil Wayne to watch her play in her box.
The Latvian made the offer after reports that she is the US rapper's favourite player.
"I hope so, I'd love to see him in my box, US Open? Or when I'm in the US, I'd love to see him watch me play."
Wimbledon day 3
‘It should be his last Wimbledon’: Nick Kyrgios thinks it’s time for Andy Murray to retire
Nick Kyrgios believes that this year’s Wimbledon finals should be the last one Andy Murray plays in as he does not like watching the 37-year-old Scot continue pushing his body to its limits.
Murray, who has hinted that he would be hanging up his racket this summer, is a doubt for Wimbledon after undergoing surgey to remove a spinal cyst last month. He is set to make a decision over whether he plays in the singles tomorrow morning where he will face Tomas Machac in the evening session.
At the start of the year, Murray had two goals in mind before he steps away from tennis. Playing on Centre Court one last time to “feel the buzz” of the crowd and have some closure was one of them.
However, his recent surgery is the latest setback and Kyrgios says it “pains him” to watch Murray struggle with potentially ‘life-affecting’ injuries.
‘It should be his last Wimbledon’: Kyrgios thinks it’s time for Murray to retire
The 29-year-old says Murray has nothing left to achieve with the Scot a doubt for Wimbledon following back surgery
Carlos Alcaraz’s first step shows he’s ready for tennis immortality at Wimbledon
Carlos Alcaraz’s summer won’t be defined by a first-round win at Wimbledon over Mark Lajal but it may prove instructive as he attempts a feat only ever accomplished by tennis royalty.
Any list comprising solely of Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic is one worth being on and, at the age of just 21, Alcaraz is aiming to join them as the only men to win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year. On the evidence of this opening salvo in the first match on Centre Court at Wimbledon 2024, he is ready to complete the “Channel slam”.
There may be only so much you can read into a straight-sets win over the world No 262 making his grand slam main-draw debut, but the final scoreline of 7-6, 7-5, 6-2 in two hours and 23 minutes gives some indication that this wasn’t a bog-standard first-round triumph. That had almost nothing to do with Alcaraz and everything to do with Lajal.
Carlos Alcaraz’s first step shows he’s ready for tennis immortality at Wimbledon
Alcaraz was incredibly impressive but made to work hard in a scintillating first-round match with Mark Lajal
Wimbledon favourite Jannik Sinner passes first-round test to set up intriguing clash
Jannik Sinner is an altogether different player from the one who left the All England Club on Friday 14 July, 2023. When the Italian made his exit from Wimbledon after a straight-sets defeat by seven-time champion Novak Djokovic, he was the world No 8 and a grand slam semi-finalist. Fifty weeks on, he entered SW19 as the world No 1, a grand slam winner, and the betting favourite to lift the gentlemen’s singles trophy.
In his Wimbledon campaign last year, there were plenty of positives for the 22-year-old: He had reached the final four of a major for the first time, and there was no shame in losing to a king of Centre Court, no less with a display of great promise – despite the straight-sets scoreline. But where last year there was promise, this year there is pressure.
Such are expectations midway through the most successful year of Sinner’s career. January brought his first slam, as he showed steep progress with a banishing of Djokovic in the semi-finals. If the Serb is a king of Centre Court, he is a deity Down Under, yet Sinner was a non-believer that day. But a final against Daniil Medvedev required enormous reserves of belief, and Sinner plundered them to fight back from two sets down, claiming the trophy.
Wimbledon favourite Jannik Sinner passes first-round test to set up intriguing clash
The world No 1 required four sets to see off Yannick Hanfmann, and former finalist Matteo Berrettini awaits in the second round
Emma Raducanu evokes spirit of England at Euro 2024 after ‘winning ugly’ on Wimbledon return
It’s been two years since Emma Raducanu – 2021’s breakthrough British sporting star – strode out onto the Wimbledon stage with the weight of an expectant crowd on her shoulders. Back then, she was impacted by a side strain and was outplayed in the second round. Last year, she spent her SW19 fortnight away from the courts, entertaining guests in the hospitality areas in a role she insisted pre-tournament “really stung”. Yet after 24 months of setbacks and surgeries, the 21-year-old was back on the pristine grass of the All England Club.
Drawn to face 22nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, her second-match Centre Court billing promised to be a genuine litmus test of where her game is right now. Yet a late withdrawal from the Russian due to illness handed the wild card a lucky loser in the form of Mexico’s Renata Zarazua. On paper, it seemed a gift from the tennis gods as she eyed a smooth progression to round two.
But the reality was quite the opposite: this was no cakewalk. Under the gloomy skies of southwest London, Raducanu misfired and miscued. One minute she found her rhythm, the next she lost it. The ebbs and flows were continuous; however, ultimately, Raducanu staggered through an awkward test of nerve, perseverance and 30 unforced errors in straight sets, 7-6(0), 6-3.
Raducanu evokes spirit of England at Euros after ‘winning ugly’ on Wimbledon return
Raducanu, returning to SW19 after her absence through injury last year, found it tough going and was patchy against lucky loser Renata Zarazua but battled through to round two
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