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Akula Sreeja poses with the winners trophy.

Table Tennis Championships: Akula Sreeja is champion; Snehit second...

Sreeja became the first paddler from Telangana to win this championship.

11 July 2018 1:43 AM IST

During his Wimbledon fourth-round victory over Adrian Mannarino on Monday, with the ball having already been called out, Federer played a stroke that was more akin to cricket than tennis. (Photo: AP)

Video goes viral: When Roger Federer showed off his cricketing skills...

Federer will resume his title defense on Wednesday when he faces eighth-seeded Kevin Anderson.

10 July 2018 6:59 PM IST

While Nadal has found grass difficult of late, he insists some of those results were misleading. (Photo: AFP)

Wimbledon 2018: Rafael Nadal reaches quarterfinal after 7 years, beats...

Nadal hit 37 winners to only 12 unforced errors and erased the only break he allowed by breaking back immediately in the...

10 July 2018 1:21 PM IST

The All England Club has come under increasing pressure to rethink its 2pm (1300GMT) start time for Sundays mens singles final with the football showpiece in Moscow kicking off at 4pm in the UK (1500GMT). (Photo: AFP)

England in final or not, Wimbledon won't budge on FIFA World Cup 2018...

Should England beat Croatia in Wednesday's semis then they will feature in a World Cup final for the first time since...

10 July 2018 10:23 AM IST

The 36-year-old faces Italian world number 52 Camila Giorgi on Tuesday for a place in the semi-finals. (Photo: AP)

18 in a row! Serena Williams extends Wimbledon winning run to make...

Williams, who won the Wimbledon title on her last two visits in 2015 and 2016, is now on an 18-match winning streak at...

9 July 2018 9:15 PM IST

Federer has now won 32 consecutive sets at Wimbledon to move within one straight-sets victory of breaking his previous longest streak at the All England Club, when he won 34 in a row between the third round in 2005 and the final in 2006. (Photo: AP)

Wimbledon 2018: Roger Federer advances to 16th quarterfinal, beats...

Mannarino became the first man to earn a break point against Federer at this Wimbledon, but was unable to take any of...

9 July 2018 7:55 PM IST

While former champions Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic continued their march, Alexander Zverev and womens world number one Simona Halep wilted in 33-degree heat and crashed out of Wimbledon in round three. (Photo: AP / AFP)

Wimbledon 2018: Halep, Zverev crash out, Nadal, Djokovic move on

French Open champion Halep lost to Taiwan's Hsieh Su-Wei 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 which leaves just one of the top 10 seeds in the...

8 July 2018 12:18 PM IST

Venus, a five-time champion, had slumped to a 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 8-6 loss to Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands over on Court One. (Photo: AFP)

Wimbledon 2018: Advantage Serena as sister Venus joins seeds exit,...

While the women's draw was being blown wide open, it was business as usual for defending men's champion Roger Federer.

7 July 2018 10:41 AM IST

Only two of the top eight seeded women are still in the field after four days of action. (Photo: AFP)

Wimbledon: 2017 champion Garbine Muguruza; Marin Cilic dumped out

Muguruza was stunned in the second round 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 by 47th-ranked Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium.

6 July 2018 9:24 AM IST

Roger Federer delivered a Centre Court masterclass lasting 89 minutes as the Swiss star hit 48 winners and 16 aces in his 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 victory while seven-time winner Serena Williams routed Bulgarian qualifier Viktoriya Tomova 6-1, 6-4. (Photo: AP)

Wimbledon 2018: Absolute masterclass! Federer, Serena sail into round...

Caroline Wozniacki suffered fresh Wimbledon woe as the world number two suffered a shock 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 defeat against...

5 July 2018 9:34 AM IST

Nadal, the Wimbledon champion in 2008 and 2010, also managed to avoid falling victim to a player ranked outside the world top 100 for what would have been the fifth time in his last six visits to the All England Club.(Photo: AFP)

Wimbledon 2018: Former champs Sharapova, Kvitova bow out; Nadal,...

Sharapova, the 2004 champion, was joined at the exit by 2011 and 2014 winner Petra Kvitova.

4 July 2018 11:29 AM IST

Roger Federer gave his headband to a young female fan in the crowd after completing a straight-sets win in the first round of Wimbledon 2018. (Photo: )

Watch: How Roger Federer made a young female fan's day at Wimbledon...

Federer, the eight-time Wimbledon winner, beat Dusan Lajovic 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 on Day 1 of the tournament.

3 July 2018 3:48 PM IST