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The Independent
28 minutes ago
- The Independent
Cameron Norrie roars into third round by downing 12th seed Frances Tiafoe
Cameron Norrie battled back from a set down to triumph in his second-round Wimbledon clash against the American 12th seed Frances Tiafoe. The British number three hit top form to beat Tiafoe 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-5 and reach the third round for the fourth time in five years. Norrie was broken in the fifth game of the first set to put him on the back foot. But the 29-year-old seemed energised by a vocal Court One crowd in the second, which saw his rival fail to follow through on three break points at 4-4 – a shortcoming that allowed the 2022 semi-finalist to rally and get a break of his own to level the match. Norrie's forehand began to cause the American plenty of problems in the third set, but after breaking Tiafoe's serve he was swiftly broken back as the bog-serving American relied on his ability to gain points via aces. The tables were then turned once again when Norrie broke serve, again courtesy of his huge forehand, and proceeded to successfully serve for the third set. Tiafoe then disappeared off court for a lengthy comfort break, coming back in a fresh outfit to face a fourth set with an opponent who was clearly warming to the task. Though trailing, the American did not fold easily and break points were passed between the pair, with the momentum looking at times to be favouring Tiafoe as he threatened to regain control of the match. Norrie held his nerve, however, and blips from his adversary meant he was able to pull off a mighty victory and book a likely clash with Queen's finalist Jiri Lehecka in the third round.


BBC News
30 minutes ago
- BBC News
'We've been rash' - fans on Quansah sale
We asked for your thoughts on the decision to sell Jarell Quansah to Bayer is a selection of comments:Eug: Good business for Liverpool. He has a lot of potential but he's not there yet. Maybe he won't realise his full potential, you never know. The money the club got for him is more than I This is a mistake. He was outstanding for England Under 21s recently, especially in the final. He's a big-time Would have personally kept Jarell. In my opinion, he is as good as any centre-half. Alright he makes a few mistakes, but who doesn't? He also makes a lot of tackles. I personally think he is equal to or better than Ibrahima Konate, who let it be known has made many errors himself over a few I'm not sure if we would be upgrading on Quansah if we signed Marc Guehi. Yes stats can be misleading. Palace had far more defensive pressure to cope with than Liverpool FC. But this is a big step up from Palace and the expectation of win at all costs, every week, is always the litmus test for any new signing. Konate doesn't appear to want to extend his contract with Real Madrid looking to steal another Red for free. The club are rolling the dice here and with a year to go on Konate's contract the club are right to gamble now rather than 12 months down the The moment Slot took him off at half-time in the first Premier League game away at Ipswich, the writing was on the wall for Jarell and as the season went on the likes of Harvey Elliott, Federico Chiesa and Darwin Nunez got the same treatment. They weren't trusted by the new coach and got limited minutes. I personally think it's a mistake letting him go if he can just cut out the silly mistakes he occasionally makes. He could have been the natural successor to Virgil van Jarell has potential, but is far from the need right now. £35m is good business and I'm sure we've negotiated a decent buy-back I think we've been rash to get rid of Quansah and I'm not sure Guehi will be an improvement. Quansah was still improving and his front-footed style suits Liverpool far better.


The Sun
31 minutes ago
- The Sun
Wimbledon 2025 LIVE RESULTS: Alcaraz vs Tarvet ON NOW, huge Norrie win, Raducanu on TONIGHT and Fritz also in action
WIMBLEDON is well underway at the All England Club - with Oliver Tarvet facing Carlos Alcaraz RIGHT NOW after play was delayed for two hours because of rain. Cam Norrie pulled off one of the biggest wins of his career to move into the third round after a stunning victory over 12 seed Frances Tiafoe. Reigning men's champion Alcaraz is taking on British star Tarvet, while the likes of Katie Boutler and Taylor Fritz are also in action on a star-studded Day Three. Later, Emma Raducanu features on Centre Court this evening as she faces Marketa Vondrousova in round two. 30th Jun 2025, 08:58 By Connor Greaves Xu on finding out Raducanu draw 17-year-old Brit Mimi Xu revealed that she and her mum, Wendy, started receiving messages about the draw before they found out the news themselves. Xu explained: "It was funny because we were moving at like 10:05am and I got a message from my coach saying what an exciting draw. "And then my mum's getting messages saying 'that's so good and so exciting', but they weren't saying the name. "So I'm like, 'oh my gosh, what is the draw? Who am I playing?' so I went onto the Wimbledon website and it wasn't there. Eventually someone told me. "I feel like I'm really ready and excited for it. It's going to be a really good test for me - a good opportunity to go out, play and have fun." 30th Jun 2025, 08:25 By Connor Greaves When will play begin? The first matches of Wimbledon 2025 will get underway at 11am BST. Two Brits feature in the opening set of matches with Oliver Crawford facing Mattia Bellucci on Court 16 and Oliver Tarvet playing Leandro Riedi on Court 4. Centre Court action begins at 1.30pm BST as reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz goes head-to-head with Italian Fabio Fognini. 30th Jun 2025, 08:14 By Connor Greaves Brit watch Here are all the timings for the key British names in action on opening day: Centre Court: Katie Boulter vs Paula Badosa - from 3.30pm Court One: Jacob Fearnley vs Joao Fonseca - from 3pm and Emma Raducanu vs Mimi Xu - from 4pm Court 3: Sonay Kartal vs Jelena Ostapenko - from 11am Court 4: Oliver Tarvet vs Leandro Riedi - from 11am and Henry Searle vs Ethan Quinn - from 3.30pm Court 12: Hannah Klugman vs Leylah Fernandez - from 3.30pm Court 15: Arthur Fery vs Alexei Popyrin and Billy Harris vs Dusan Lajovic - from 1pm Court 16: Oliver Crawford vs Mattia Bellucci - from 11am Court 17: Harriet Dart vs Dalma Galfi and Mika Stojsavljevic vs Ashlyn Krueger - from 3.30pm Court 18: Cameron Norrie vs Roberto Bautista Agut - from 12.30pm By Connor Greaves Good morning and welcome to SunSport's live blog of Wimbledon! The iconic British tennis tournament gets underway today at the All England Club, and some huge names are in action! A whopping FOURTEEN Brits will begin their campaigns with the likes of Emma Raducanu, Katie Boulter, Jacob Fearnley and Cameron Norrie all competing in SW19 on opening day. Carlos Alcaraz headlines on Centre Court as he starts his bid for a third title against Italian Fabio Fognini. The likes of Jack Draper and Novak Djokovic will have to wait until Tuesday to get their tournaments underway. SunSport will bring you all the action from SW19 over the next 14 days right here.