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Barbora Strycova, former semi-finalist in singles and champion in doubles, wins the first set of Wimbledon 2023. The 37-year-old Czech star win the set 6-1 against Ukrainian-born Belgian player Maryna Zanevska. Six of her eight matches so far in 2023 have come against players named Maria...

Andy Murray says there is "a good chance" Wimbledon will be disrupted by a Just Stop Oil protest - and while he supports the climate group's cause, he has urged activists against targeting The Championships, warning it would be "dangerous". "I think there is probably a good chance of something...

Disaster for Harriet Dart who gets bageled by Diane Parry in the second set. The 26-year-old from Hampstead will need to re-adjust and prepare for a battle in the third set now with the score currently 7-6 (7-4) 0-6 1-1* and going with serve.

Seventh seed Andrey Rublev is through to the second round of Wimbledon after defeating Max Purcell 6-3 7-5 6-4. Rublev is one of 17 Russian and Belarusian players in the men's and women's singles draws after they were banned in 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Italian Lorenzo...

Harriet Dart has been dumped out of this year's Grand Slam in the first round by Diane Parry. The Brit won the first set but then fell in three, losing 6-7 (4-7) 6-0 6-4.

Women's world No 1 Iga Swiatek has continued where she left off at the French Open. The Pole wins the first set 6-1 in 35 minutes against China's Zhu Lin. She won 69% of her first serves and 73% of her second serves, hitting 10 winners.

The seven-time defending champion Novak Djokovic is currently in action against World No 68 Pedro Cachin in the opening match on Centre Court. Cachin from Argentina is holding his own as well - 3-2* to Djokovic and going with serve in the first set.

Roger Federer will be at Wimbledon on Tuesday for a "special celebratory moment" on Centre Court, Sally Bolton said. "We are pleased to say that Roger will be with us tomorrow and we will have a special celebratory moment on Centre Court before play starts just to honour him as the man holding...

Max Verstappen is congratulated by his engineer Gianpiero Lambiase and team principal Christian Horner. But Verstappen has other things on his mind after nearly colliding with team-mate Perez on the first lap. The championship leader says: "Good race. Just the exit of Turn One, that was not...

Sergio Perez on P2 "It was a good start. A bit of a fight with Max - ended up losing a place to Nico. He was very strong in the first few laps and it was hard to get by him. On his near collision with Verstappen during the first sector of Lap One "I think Max was angry that I went into Turn...

"We want to see entertainment. If you are a team boss you might have a quiet word and say, 'what are you doing. That was a little bit too overaggressive, do you mind not doing that in the future'. It was very feisty from Sergio." Naomi Schiff adds: "I understand it slightly more from Max's...

Max Verstappen leads Sergio Perez in a Red Bull one-two after a thrilling battle between team-mates on opening lap of the Sprint. Here's Sam Johnston's report on all action from a frenetic race.

Ferrari's race pace was very strong last time out in Montreal, but they started out of position, so their performance went under the radar. They brought a new floor and front wing to Spielberg and, if Canada is anything to go by, could stick with Verstappen for the whole race. "Race pace...

Verstappen will start on pole position for the Austrian GP - which begins at 2pm live on Sky Sports F1 - while Perez begins the race from 15th after having all of his lap times deleted in Q2 on Friday. The Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz will be second and third on the grid, so...

There have been some tense moments between Verstappen and Perez over the last 12 months, but the pair have largely enjoyed a harmonious relationship. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner also played down the incident as both drivers quickly spoke about the near-collision just moments after...

"And again in the back of my mind with what happened today [Dutch driver Dilano van 't Hoff being killed in a Formula Regional crash at Spa] had I been stationary there or sideways it could have been a big shunt so at the time of course I wasn't very happy. "Then after the race you talk about...

Top seed Iga Swiatek takes on China's Zhu Lin, while defending women's champion Elena Rybakina will face American Shelby Rogers. Two standout draws saw wild cards Venus Williams and Svitolina paired together, and Coco Gauff taking on former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin. Second seed...

British No 1 Katie Boulter will take on Australia's Daria Saville in the first round of Wimbledon. Three British players drew seeds - Heather Watson, who reached the fourth round last year, plays former French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova, Katie Swan meets 14th seed Belinda Bencic and Sonay...

Unseeded Andy Murray drew fellow Brit Ryan Peniston following the draw for the first round of Wimbledon with wild cards Venus Williams and Elina Svitolina paired together. The winner of the match between Murray or wild card Peniston, will face either fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas or former US...

Bairstow begins the over with a single of Cummins, who then sends down a bouncer at Brook which hits him on the helmet. Play is briefly halted while the England batter is checked over by the team doctor, but he's okay to continue and then steers one into the leg side to bring up his fourth...