Simona Halep won the Wimbledon final after two sets (6:2, 6:2) against Serena Williams. It is her second Grand Slam victory and the first in Wimbledon.
The most captivating modern rivalry in men's tennis returns to the scene of its most dramatic episode when Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal meet for a place in the Wimbledon final.
America's Serena Williams to face Romanian tennis player Simona Halep in Wimbledon final on Saturday.
Federer and Nadal each won their quarter-finals to set up an epic semi-final between the two, whilst world number 1 Djokovic will face Bautista Agut for a place in the final.
Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal eased into the Wimbledon quarter-finals as the sport's Grand Slam heavyweights continued to deliver blow after blow to their wilting lightweight rivals.
The 15-year-old American exhibited remarkable maturity and poise to fight back from a set and 5-2 down in her third-round 3-6 7-6(7) 7-5 defeat of Slovenian Polona Hercog.
The three-times Grand Slam singles champion's management team confirmed the news on Tuesday.
The 33-year-old Spaniard becomes the first player, man or woman, to win the same Slam 12 times after seeing off a brave challenge from a weary Thiem of Austria in a repeat of the 2018 final.
Ashleigh Barty ended Australia's 46-year wait for a French Open singles title by thrashing nervous Czech teenager Marketa Vondrousova in a one-sided women's final.
Switzerland's tennis star Roger Federer, a four-time finalist in Rome, returns to Italy after skipping the clay season for the last two years as he concentrated on his grass game.
Tsitsipas had never won a set in his previous three meetings against claycourt specialist and 11-times French Open champion Nadal, but the Greek drew first blood by saving a break point to hold in the 10th game and take the first set.
Simona Halep, world number two, says she will withdraw from the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart due to an ongoing hip injury in the Fed Cup over the weekend.
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