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<!–qv q:id=6q q:key=vcaa: Arthur Fery is trying to be the new Emma Raducanu. The latter won the US Open in 2021 after working through qualifying and didn't take on a player ranked higher than No. 12 throughout the event. Fery also had to work through qualifying at Wimbledon 2026, and he has mostly faced players…

<!–qv q:id=6q q:key=vcaa: Marta Kostyuk was trying to become the first Ukrainian woman to reach a Grand Slam final, but standing in her way of reaching the Wimbledon 2026 final was 21-year-old Linda Noskova, a player beginning to emerge on the WTA tour. Noskova was trying to create a situation where the London finale would…

<!–qv q:id=6q q:key=vcaa: Coco Gauff is the master of comebacks. In three-set matches at major events, she has a record of 23-7 and has won 17 after losing set one. Her reason for success is that her elite athleticism allows her to stay in matches that many players wouldn't, which can also frustrate opponents who…

<!–qv q:id=6q q:key=vcaa: Sports can be a great experience for fans, of course, but nothing offers the poetry of tennis. Matches ebb and flow, and the players themselves are living their own experiences, both past and present. At Wimbledon 2026, for instance, Arthur Fery offers both the greatest hope for British fans and the bitterest…

<!–qv q:id=6q q:key=vcaa: Victoria Mboko, as well as tennis fans everywhere, was given a gift. Serena Williams chose to return to professional tennis, and that began with a partnership with Mboko at the HSBC Championship, a lead-up to Wimbledon. The problem was that one match after playing next to Williams, the Canadian suffered a brutal…

<!–qv q:id=6q q:key=vcaa: Arthur Fery seemingly had no business even being in the main draw of Wimbledon. He only entered the major as a wild card participant, which was due to the kindness of his being 23 years old and British. The decision-makers at Wimbledon likely had no hope he would make it far in…

<!–qv q:id=6q q:key=vcaa: As great as Alexander Zverev has been over the past several years, he just couldn't find a way to defeat Taylor Fritz. The American is good, of course, but nowhere near as accomplished as the German. Yet, every match since Wimbledon 2024, a stretch of seven, had gone toward Fritz. –> As…

<!–qv q:id=6q q:key=vcaa: Jasmine Paolini has carved out a nice niche for herself on the WTA tour. She isn't tall, but she definitely has a good amount of power on her first serve. It is her second serve that can be an issue, and it definitely was against Marta Kostyuk in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon…

<!–qv q:id=6q q:key=vcaa: Tennis fans might wonder what Aryna Sabalenka is doing during the second week of Wimbledon. She knew she wasn't going to be playing for the title after she was bounced out in the fourth round by Naomi Osaka. This caused the Belarusian to once again fall short of her goal to win…

<!–qv q:id=6q q:key=vcaa: The miracle of the current state of Novak Djokovic is that he doesn't play all that often and can mostly sustain a high level of massive –> The miracle of the current state of Novak Djokovic is that he doesn’t play all that often and can mostly sustain a high level of…