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Novak Djokovic snaps at Wimbledon chair umpire en route to Week 2

LONDON – All it took was a couple of questionable calls for Novak Djokovic to snap at the chair umpire in the second game of his third-round match at Wimbledon. “That’s two points...

DATE: Jul 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic wonder if Wimbledon courts can improve

LONDON – With a week still to go, Wimbledon’s grass courts already are not the lush lawns players — and TV viewers — are accustomed to seeing early in the tournament. Novak Djokov...

DATE: Jul 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

At 37, Venus Williams tops 1 teen at Wimbledon, faces a 2nd

LONDON – Venus Williams beat one 19-year-old opponent at Wimbledon on Friday. She’ll face another on Monday. Both of those players were born months after Williams made her debut a...

DATE: Jul 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Police: Venus Williams legally entered intersection before crash

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Tennis star Venus Williams legally entered an intersection but was cut off by another car, setting off a chain of events that seconds later resulted in a fatal crash ...

DATE: Jul 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Venus Williams’ lawyers obtain emergency protective order in lawsuit over fatal crash

Venus Williams obtained an emergency protective order Wednesday in the lawsuit filed against her after a fatal car crash. The family of Jerome Barson was seeking to download information from...

DATE: Jul 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal get through to 4th round at Wimbledon

Murray seeking a title at home

DATE: Jul 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Startling screams as Mattek-Sands injures knee at Wimbledon

LONDON – The screams were startling. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, a 32-year-old American who came to Wimbledon eyeing a fourth consecutive Grand Slam doubles title, fell to the grass wh...

DATE: Jul 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic win in 3 sets at Wimbledon

Pair of top men move on with ease

DATE: Jul 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Tomic's Wimbledon words draw $15K fine, racket sponsor loss

LONDON (AP) — Bernard Tomic was fined $15,000 at Wimbledon and dropped by his racket sponsor Thursday — not for something he did during his first-round loss, but for what he said during a ne...

DATE: Jul 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Novak Djokovic remains calm amid questions about John McEnroe comments

Star compared to golf’s Tiger Woods

DATE: Jul 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Tennis player tosses coins at umpire after Wimbledon loss

LONDON — Daniil Medvedev threw a handful coins in the direction of chair umpire Mariana Alves after his second-round loss at Wimbledon on Wednesday. The 49th-ranked Russian repeat...

DATE: Jul 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

2-time Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova stunned by American Madison Brengle

LONDON — Madison Brengle knew, of course, that her opponent, Petra Kvitova, was a two-time Wimbledon champion and a popular pick to win the title again this year. Brengle also was...

DATE: Jul 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports