Joao Fonseca on Federer: “He’s my idol, so before going to the grass season, I’ve been watching some highlights of him in Halle and here at Wimbledon. The way that he played so simply is just amazing. You think it’s easy to play like that but it’s not. It was good to inspire me how to play. Hopefully in the future, I can meet him.”
Djokovic: “I want to reflect fully on everything I have been through but I will do that one day… sitting on a beach with Federer and Nadal.” … but will Fedal accept the invite?
WTA no. 88 Zeynep Sonmez is the first player from Turkey to reach the third round in singles at a Grand Slam in the Open Era, today she beat Xinyu Wang 75 75. Sonmez had never won a Grand Slam match before Wimbledon. She lost in qualies at both Eastbourne and Queens.
Rumors of the demise of Novak Djokovic were greatly exaggerated. He routed Dan Evans today 63 62 60 and is one match away from recording his 100th match win at The Championships.
Taylor Fritz after beating Diallo in five sets: “You guys did it to me last match with the curfew when I had the momentum, now you want to ice me by closing the roof? Like, I’m starting to think Wimbledon just hates Americans. This is bullshit.”
Grigor Dimitrov on beating Corentin Moutet. Question: How annoying is he to play?
Super G: “I was just telling him how crafty he is at the net. To some extent I actually like that a lot.” Q: When you win. Super G: “Yes but other than that.. I like that type of game at times. Of course, lobbing me with a Tweener is no fun. But you gotta suck it up. I didn’t see many underarm serves, which is very unlike him. But I appreciate that. I’m gonna thank him later.”
Ons Jabeur: “My heart always goes out to Gaza because their situation is getting worse and worse and I feel like people are forgetting about them.”
Elena Rybakina after beating Maria Sakkari 63 61 at The Championships: Question: It hasn’t been an easy ride for the seeds here at Wimbledon. It bodes well for you though going forward. You’re still here.
Rybakina: “It’s very unexpected to see so many seeded players lose. But also, the grass is very special. The season is quite short. Not everyone can adapt so quick. I like this surface a lot. It really suits my game. For now it’s going well. Hopefully I can continue like this.”
Rybakina is 18-2 at Wimbledon since 2022.
Wimbledon’s debenture program is a license to print money. They sold 2,520 Centre Court debentures – a guaranteed ticket to every match on Centre Court for 5 years – for $160,000 each. 2,520 tickets x $160,000 … that’s $403.2 million in revenue.
Elena Rybakina · Grigor Dimitrov · Novak Djokovic · Taylor Fritz · The Championships · Wimbledon
Scoop Malinowski · July 3, 2025 at 11:51 am
Novak Djokovic scores a 50th 6-0 set at grand slam level vs Evans to tie Andre Agassi for most sets won 6-0 at men’s grand slams in the open era.
Agassi – 50
Djokovic – 50
Federer – 46
Connors – 44
Nadal – 44
Scoop Malinowski · July 3, 2025 at 11:55 am
Sinner on his doping case: “I think people in a way have already forgotten a bit what happened.” Wishful thinking or predictive programming?
Steve · July 4, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Nico Jarry!!! So much potential all these years coming together as a veteran.
Hoping Munar can squeak by Cilic.
Scoop Malinowski · July 4, 2025 at 5:38 pm
Jarry and Machrjzak are the surprises of the first week.
Sam · July 6, 2025 at 4:16 am
Sinner on his doping case: “I think people in a way have already forgotten a bit what happened.”
Well, if Sinner was completely innocent, then why would he even care?
Duh . . . even Jessica Simpson could figure this one out. 😹
Scoop Malinowski · July 6, 2025 at 9:12 am
I think everyone has had enough of Sinner’s BS. Even his team and Cahill. And especially tennis fans.
Sam · July 13, 2025 at 11:36 pm
It will be interesting to see what happens to Sinner from here. I imagine he can’t be too popular with the other players either. 🧐
Scoop Malinowski · July 14, 2025 at 7:41 am
Sam, All I care about Sinner is his drug testing schedule and results.
Sam · July 22, 2025 at 12:00 am
Scoop, good luck with finding that—I think you’re gonna need it. 😉
Scoop Malinowski · July 22, 2025 at 8:28 am
Still not one word about Sinner being tested for drugs since he returned to competition. He is probably banned from being tested ever again. BJK has gone silent on her phony “equality” crusade.