A French tennis player has seen his ban from the sport for match-fixing extended to three years following an appeal, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) confirmed on Wednesday.

Samuel Bensoussan, 34, had initially received a ban of one year and 11 months for his involvement in fixing singles and doubles matches in lower-tier tournaments.

These illicit activities were carried out on behalf of an organised crime syndicate based in Belgium.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) increased the ban, noting that investigations had "uncovered a criminal organization that corrupted at least 181 players worldwide and involved the manipulation of at least 375 tennis matches."

The leader of this syndicate was previously sentenced to five years in prison in a Belgian criminal case.

Bensoussan's career high ranking was World No 405 in June 2018.

Bensoussan had appealed to Cas to overturn his original sanction, while the ITIA had sought a longer ban of six-and-a-half years.

The three Cas judges, however, declined to order Bensoussan to repay the €1,000 (£850) that tennis investigators claimed he received for fixing a match in 2018.

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Fast-rising Spaniard Rafael Jodar will get another big spotlight to showcase his talents.

Jodar is joining Team Europe as the fifth member of Yannick Noah’s powerful side for the 10th edition of the Laver Cup to be held Sept. 25-27 at The O2 in London. Team Europe already has commitments from Alexander Zverev (World No. 2), Carlos Alcaraz (World No. 3), Flavio Cobolli (World No. 9) and Jakub Mensik (World No. 19).

The 19-year-old, who will turn 20 just before the competition, has seen his World ranking skyrocket in the past year after playing as a freshman at the University of Virginia in the spring of 2025. He is currently the World No. 25, two spots ahead of 2025 Laver Cup participant Joao Fonseca, who is also 19. They are the only two teenagers in the current top 100.

MORE:Laver Cup coming to Los Angeles in 2027

2026 Laver Cup rosters

Team World

Team Europe

Jodar enjoyed an amazing clay court season, winning the tournament in Morocco, then reaching the semifinals in Barcelona and the quarterfinals in Madrid, Rome and Roland Garros. He also won his first two career matches at Wimbledon and has a 7-3 record in his 10 Grand Slam matches this year.

“Rafael has had an outstanding season and has earned this opportunity,” Noah said. “He's one of the brightest young talents in our sport and has shown he belongs on the biggest stages. What I like most is the way he competes. He’ll bring energy, belief and a real hunger to Team Europe, and I’m excited to welcome him into the group."

Team World, which has won three of the last four Laver Cups, has its six-man roster set. Alex de Minaur (World No. 5), Ben Shelton (World No. 6), Taylor Fritz (World No. 11), Alexander Bublik (World No. 11), Learner Tien (World No. 15) and Tommy Paul (World No. 24) are lined up for Andre Agassi, who will captain the team for the second straight year.

“"The Laver Cup is unlike anything else in tennis and I can't wait to be part of Team Europe," Jodar said. "Growing up, you watch players like these and dream of one day sharing a team with them. To have that opportunity is incredibly special. I’ll do everything I can to contribute and help Team Europe bring the Cup back."

There is one spot remaining on Team Europe, and Noah may need an additional player if Alcaraz is not healthy enough to return to the team. He has been battling a wrist injury since April. Wimbledon champion Jannik Sinner has never participated in the Laver Cup. Some potential names to keep an eye on for Team Europe are Jiri Lehecka, Casper Ruud, Lorenzo Musetti, Andrey Rublev and Luciano Darderi.

MORE: Laver Cup history and all-time results

Local tennis

Rochelle tennis tournament still taking registrations: The seventh annual tournament at Rochelle High School is taking registrations through July 15. The tournament takes place from Friday, July 24, to Sunday, July 26.

Last year, there were 164 players from ages 11-84 who came from 58 cities.

The cost is $40 per adult and $20 for students, which includes unlimited divisions. Players also need to bring one can of new balls per division they are playing in. All proceeds go to the Rochelle HS tennis programs.

You can register and find more information at https://sites.google.com/view/rochelle-tennis-tourney. Registration fees can be paid at the tournament with cash, check or Venmo.

Questions? Contact Kristy Eckardt at (815) 677-1473 or kristyeckardt@hotmail.com, along with Lizzie Cartwright at (217) 979-9879 or lcartwright@rthsd212.org.

Jannik Sinner has conquered Wimbledon for the second time in his professional career, and his victory has got the sports world gushing in excitement. Applauding the young Italian were Coco Gauff, Carlos Alcaraz, Jude Bellingham, Charles Leclerc, and a host of other global stars who erupted with joy on Instagram to celebrate Sinner’s title defense.

On Sunday, Sinner faced Zverev at the Centre Court of the All England Club and fought the German in a grueling four-set war. After splitting tie-breaks in the first two sets, the Italian held his nerve to win 6-7(7), 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-4.

Shots and snippets from the final have gone viral on Instagram, and celebrities and elite names from the sports fraternity did not hold back from showering the reigning champion with praise. Coco Gauff congratulated Sinner, writing:

English footballer Jude Bellingham wrote:

Racing driver Charles Leclerc wrote:

Sinner’s longtime rival, Carlos Alcaraz, also posted a story on Instagram with Sinner holding the trophy. Alcaraz wrote:

With this win, Sinner has extended his absolute dominance over Alexander Zverev and pushed their head-to-head record to a staggering 11-4.

Jannik Sinner Gets a Shout From Rolex For his Wimbledon Victory

As global sporting elites from around the world praised the Italian for his title defense, Rolex has also joined the chorus of admiration by dedicating a note to Sinner’s triumph. Posting a picture of the defending champion on their Instagram, the multi-billion-dollar brand wrote:

Rolex has had a history with Wimbledon that dates back to 1978 and has been a timekeeper for the All-England Club since.

Sinner himself has been associated with Rolex since 2020 and has regularly sported their accessories on the court, especially during major tournaments.

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This week, Wimbledon concluded with two very different finals.

On the women’s side, Linda Nosková won an all-Czech contest against Karolína Muchová. The 21-year-old surged toward victory, but then faltered as the Venus Rosewater Dish swam into view. Just as it seemed Muchová, 29, would produce an unlikely and devastating comeback, Nosková reset, beating back the demons she had met just an hour or so before to win the title 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.

In the men’s final, defending champion Jannik Sinner had to accept a secondary role against French Open winner Alexander Zverev. The 24-year-old Italian hung in with his serve and his scrambling as Zverev unleashed wave after wave of unreturned serves and laser forehands, before clicking into gear to come from a set down and lift the trophy again, 6-7(7), 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-4.

Here, Ava Wallace, Charlie Eccleshare, Charlotte Harpur and Matthew Futterman present their takeaways from the third Grand Slam of 2026, from the best matches and biggest upsets to their abiding memories.

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Best match?

Ava Wallace: Karolína Muchová playing like she’d never lost to Coco Gauff in her life — when she in fact had a 1-6 record against the American — made for a magnificent semifinal. It was exactly the type of grueling, three-set match in which Gauff shines, but Muchová refused to do anything but play her game. Watching a player exhibit that level of trust in their own ability — and have it work out — was special.

Charlie Eccleshare: A toss-up between the Muchová vs. Gauff thriller, and Novak Djokovic outlasting Félix Auger-Aliassime in five sets, and five hours and 15 minutes, at the quarterfinal stage.

The former wins, because the ending was so tense and spectacular. It felt inevitable from the start of the deciding tiebreak that Djokovic would ultimately get the better of Auger-Aliassime.

There was nothing inevitable about the latter’s conclusion, as both players missed match points in unbelievably dramatic ways. Gauff netted a forehand sitter (below), before Muchová slipped as a Gauff passing shot whizzed past her.

Like any truly great match, the outcome was in the balance until the final point was over.

Charlotte Harpur: Djokovic beating Auger-Aliassime. It was approaching 11 p.m. local time. Both players were panting, keeled over, leaning on their rackets after a gruelling rally to set up match point in the fifth-set tiebreak.

Momentum had swung back and forth throughout the five-hour-plus thriller, the quality of tennis had remained high and the sense of jeopardy never dissipated. The roar of the crowd hit me to my core in those final moments. Djokovic’s performance at 39 was superhuman.

Matthew Futterman: Gauff vs. Muchová. There was nothing like that accelerated tension of a match-deciding tiebreak with a spot in the final on the line.

Favorite match?

Wallace: Naomi Osaka and Aryna Sabalenka’s match at the French Open was a teaser. It was played at such high quality, but it was also over far too quickly as Sabalenka started overwhelming Osaka with her power. Expectations were tempered since Sabalenka had won their three meetings in 2026, but Osaka pulled out a vintage performance, thumping groundstrokes and bounding around the court like she was in the heyday of her Grand Slam-winning years.

After years of wondering whether she could, or even wanted to, win major tournaments again, it was cool to watch what felt like a turning point in the second half of her career.

Eccleshare: Being on Centre Court for Serena Williams’ singles return against Maya Joint after four years out was always going to be special, but it might have felt like a testimonial, even a letdown, if Williams was not competitive.

Watching her fight back to win the second set after trailing by a break is something that will stay with me. She may have ended up losing, but the noise and atmosphere on Centre Court when Williams claimed that second set was as if she had just won a final.

Harpur: Osaka defeating Sabalenka.

Osaka had not beaten the world No.1 since 2018, and said her run against Sabalenka “sucked.” But the prospect of a more comfortable and confident-looking Osaka on grass set up an intriguing contest.

The world No. 14 bullied Sabalenka from the back of the court in the first set before counterpunching her power to great effect in the second, and serving formidably throughout. Sabalenka’s grunting was so visceral, as she put all of the fight within her into coming back, but Osaka nullified her weapons.

Futterman: I loved watching the Grigor Dimitrov wins. He was so thrilled to be there after his horrible injury last year. Seeing him in the semifinal against Zverev would have been great, but even Dimitrov’s loss to Arthur Féry was magic.

Favorite quote?

Wallace: “It’s really tough to find any words, but I’ll start with Linda. My ex-friend.”

Karolína Muchová’s ability to find humor through her tears after losing the Wimbledon final to friend and fellow Czech Linda Nosková was impressive — and the line was perfectly delivered.

Eccleshare: “10 years ago maybe.”

A quote that came not in an interview or news conference, but on Centre Court as Novak Djokovic watched another Jannik Sinner ace fly past him. Djokovic summed up the challenge he has at 39 of trying to live with the outstanding world No. 1 who is 15 years his junior.

Harpur: Muchová’s quote to Nosková, followed by: “I’m kidding, obviously. … Kind of. You’re so young. This was your first final of a Slam. The way you handled it and how you played were really unbelievable. Beyond all this, you’re a very kind person and human being.”

When Muchová was hurting so much, the kind of hurt that has your heart in a vise, she showed a sense of humour and humility. A class act.

Futterman: “Thousands of people would love to lose the semifinals at Wimbledon on match point,” Gauff said after loss to Muchová.

Best moment?

Wallace: During the break after the second set of Williams’ and Joint’s first-round match, one woman in the crowd stood and screamed, “YES, SERENA!” Then immediately turned to everyone sitting around her and very calmly apologized for being so excited. All her neighbors laughed. Only at Wimbledon.

Eccleshare: Only a tennis fan with a heart of stone could not have felt devastated for Dimitrov last year, when he tore his right pectoral muscle playing the match of his life against Sinner and leading two sets to love.

So to see Dimitrov back this year and beating the No. 15 seed Jakub Menšíkin the second round was hugely uplifting. Especially as Dimitrov celebrated the win with a sort of jig on No. 1 Court, genuinely giddy with joy at what he’d just achieved. 

Dimitrov then beat Matteo Berrettini in the third round, before ultimately falling to Féry, the British breakout star, in the last 16.

Harpur: “Please do not climb on the bins,” warned a Wimbledon steward. On Court 18, the home crowd was trying to find a way to catch a glimpse of the last Brit standing, Féry. I’ll never forget the image of bodies poking through the surrounding hedges to cheer on the world No. 114. The fans’ fervent energy seeped into the wild card’s weary legs as he came back from 4-1 down in the fifth set to beat Zizou Bergs 2-6, 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5).

Futterman: Nosková walking to the bench with her fingers in her ears after she had spurned championship points in the second set of the final. Never saw that before.

Worst prediction?

Wallace: I thought the heat wave was only going to last for a week. I did not pack as well as I could have for this Grand Slam.

Eccleshare: I thought that after the disappointment of the French Open, Ben Shelton would rebound and play with a renewed focus and purpose at Wimbledon. Especially as he came into the tournament as the No. 4 seed, and was in the bottom half of the draw, away from Djokovic and Sinner.

Instead, he went out in the first round to world No. 140 Otto Virtanen.

Harpur: Féry was born in Paris to French parents, speaks fluent French and has a French coach. But he grew up attending a school and his first tennis club a stone’s throw from the Wimbledon grounds. I tried to capture this intersection and had been given a tip-off that there may be some French tennis fans at a pub in the southwest London borough of South Kensington.

Alas, there were none.

Futterman: That Taylor Fritz would beat Zverev in the quarterfinals. The American’s knee tendinitis flared up and Zverev thumped him.

Biggest letdown?

Wallace: I begrudge no player for skipping a news conference after an injury, but I was so disappointed not to get to hear from Williams after her first-round loss to Joint.

Williams is always fascinating to listen to, and now that she’s back I want to hear from her as much as possible. But she also played a great match after four years away, and I would have loved to get her thoughts — or even observe how she was feeling — about the loss. She said before she played that she would be all right with any outcome, but it sure looked like she still burned with her usual competitive fire after the match.

Eccleshare: Féry aside, this was a dismal tournament for British players. The luckless Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu were forced to pull out before their first-round matches because of injury, while only four of the 19 home singles players even won a match. Of those four, only Féry won another.

Féry provided the home fans with a wild ride, but otherwise they had precious little to shout about.

Harpur: I was disappointed when an ankle injury prematurely ended French Open finalist Maja Chwalińska’s tournament. She was holding match point in the first round when she slipped and could not recover, despite finishing her match and losing.

Futterman: Men’s semifinals day. Two dog’s dinner matches.

Abiding memory?

Wallace: I didn’t get to watch too much of Féry’s magical Wimbledon run, but I did get to experience plenty of the home fans’ excitement about him. I was standing on the roof of the media pavilion during his fourth-round match against Dimitrov when I happened to look over at The Hill and see the masses crammed in to cheer him on. Centre Court and the Royal Box and the all-white dress code are lovely traditions, but a jam-packed hill, to me, is Wimbledon at its best.

Eccleshare: The way Nosková mentally reset after missing five championship points and blowing a 5-2 lead in the second set to beat Muchová.

I found Nosková’s implosion pretty painful to watch, and was in awe of how she turned it around in the decider. It was a staggering achievement given how utterly devastated she must have been at the end of the second set.

This memory will stay with me for a particularly long time as I’m now on paternity leave for a few months. Time away will only reinforce the fact that there really is nothing like Grand Slam tennis.

And yes, I will be naming my daughter Linda.

Harpur: People talk about the spectacle of Wimbledon but witnessing it for the first time is something else. The whole vicinity is geared towards the tournament. It’s like a pilgrimage. The tube station is decked out in Wimbledon colors; businesses come up with punny marketing slogans like “Bake, Set, Match”; hawkers selling hats, coffee and fans line the roads leading to the entrance. Everything has a process: lines painted, plants pruned, uniforms checked. Wimbledon has an aura that you will not find anywhere else.

Futterman: Gauff’s drop shot. The most relatable tennis moment ever.

Shot of the tournament

With a word for Nosková’s impeccable drop shot, lob, slice sequence in the final:

And for Coco Gauff’s ludicrous backhand flick against Solana Sierra in the second round:

The winner has to be not a shot, but a collection of them, as played by Auger-Aliassime and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the fourth round:

🏆 The winners of the week

🎾 ATP: 

🏆 Jannik Sinner (1) def. Alexander Zverev (2) 6-7(7), 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-4 to win Wimbledon in London. It is the Italian’s fifth Grand Slam title.

🏆 Harri Heliövaara / Henry Patten (1) def. Marcelo Arévalo / Mate Pavić (6) 7-6(4), 7-6(3) to win the Wimbledon men’s doubles in London. It is their second title at the All England Club.

🎾 WTA:

🏆 Linda Nosková (9) def. Karolína Muchová (10) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 to win Wimbledon in London. It is the Czech’s first Grand Slam title.

🏆 Kristina Mladenovic / Guo Hanyu (10) def. Luisa Stefani / Gaby Dabrowski (2) 6-3, 7-5 to win the Wimbledon women’s doubles in London. It is Guo’s first Grand Slam women’s doubles title and Mladenovic’s seventh.

📈📉 On the rise / Down the line

📈 Karolína Muchová and Linda Nosková hold career-high rankings after their Wimbledon runs. Nosková moves up five places from No. 12 to No. 7, while Muchová rises three places from No. 9 to No. 6.

📈 Alexander Zverev replaces the injured Carlos Alcaraz as world No. 2, rising one spot from No. 3.

📈 Daria Snigur ascends 21 places from No. 77 to No. 56, a career high.

📈 Arthur Féry rises 78 spots from No. 114 to No. 36.

📉 Iga Świątek falls five places from No. 3 to No. 8 after her title defense ended in the third round.

📉 Taylor Fritz moves down three spots from No. 7 to No. 10.

📉 Laura Siegemund tumbles 47 spots from No. 40 to No. 87.

📉 Kamil Majchrzak drops 21 places from No. 45 to No. 66.

📅 Coming up

🎾 ATP 

📍Bastad, Sweden: Swedish Open (250) featuring Andrey Rublev, Grigor Dimitrov, Moïse Kouamé, Nuno Borges.

📍Gstaad, Switzerland: Swiss Open (250) featuring Alexander Bublik, Casper Ruud, Valentin Vacherot, Stefanos Tsitsipas.

📍Umag, Croatia: Umag Open (250) featuring Flavio Cobolli, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Alexander Blockx, Dino Prižmić.

📺 UK: Sky Sports; U.S.: Tennis Channel 💻 Tennis TV

🎾 WTA

📍Iaşi, Romania: Iaşi Open (250) featuring Jaqueline Cristian, Oleksandra Oliynykova, Paula Badosa, Elena-Gabriela Ruse.

📍Athens: Athens Open (250) featuring Maria Sakkari, Zheng Qinwen, Clara Tauson, Ann Li.

📺 UK: Sky Sports; U.S.: Tennis Channel

Tell us what you noticed this week in the comments below as the men’s and women’s tours continue.

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Wimbledon 2026 is completed.

After weeks of tennis at arguably the most elite location in the world, it feels like a letdown that we have to wait over 340 days until next year’s event.

Here are the surprising storylines from this year’s Wimbledon Championships.

1. Serena was the early story

Serena Williams return to professional tennis did not turn out as she hoped, but that did not stop the world from watching her singles match against Maya Joint to see what her level was after four years away and at 44 years of age.

Maya Joint played the match of her life against Serena but subsequently lost in the next round.

MORE: Jannik Sinner’s girlfriend Laila Hasanovic steals Wimbledon spotlight

2. Weather was a non-factor

The French Open headlines were dominated by the crippling heat. Thankfully, the heat wave hit Wimbledon the week before main draw play began.

There was also no rain during the two weeks of play.

3. Linda Noskova and Jannik Sinner are about to be dance partners

We cannot wait to see footage from the Wimbledon Ball to see this year’s singles champions, Noskova and Sinner, dancing with each other, per tradition.

MORE: Should Linda Noskova have said ‘Let me get drunk’ at Tennis Channel post Wimbledon interview

4. Cruz Hewitt fell short in junior boys final

Juniors were followed a bit closer this year as Lleyton Hewitt’s son Cruz Hewitt was in the final.

He lost to American wildcard Jordan Lee in three sets, but Aussie fans are hopeful that his time is coming.

After two hours and 42 minutes of play in a Wimbledon final that felt as dry, slow and wind-swept as a desert, Alexander Zverev finally sensed his opportunity. At long last, the 29-year-old German’s immaculate, imposing serving and brave attacking play paved the way to a first break point, midway through the third set. By then, Jannik Sinner was past the stage of looking hot and tired, and his Wimbledon defence felt on the edge.

But from his toolbox, Sinner produced a drop shot that swept Zverev’s legs from underneath him. He held serve, then rose from the dust. On the very next game, Sinner scrambled to his right but fell to the grass, only to spring back up and stay alive in the point long enough for Zverev to make the crucial error. It was one of only two breaks in a three-hour 46-minute final that was dominated by serve, and which will hardly be remembered as a classic, but was gripping in stages - especially as Sinner brought some touches of magic in the closing moments.

It was the 24-year-old Italian who endured, who responded to countless moments of potential danger by firing unerringly powerful, clean serves past his opponent at speeds of up to 134mph. Anything the 6ft 6in Zverev could do, Sinner could do too. Then, in the biggest moments, Sinner defied Zverev on the defence. He eventually ground down the second seed on the return, and then struck for the finish line. A 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-4 victory secures a second consecutive Wimbledon crown and fifth grand slam title.

This time, Sinner fell to his back onto the grass. Last year, he stood with arms aloft when beating Carlos Alcaraz, but this was a marathon effort and he had been pushed all the way. The defending champion had always expected to face a “different” Zverev in the Wimbledon final even though he had won nine matches in a row against the German, and his last six without dropping a set. Their previous grand slam final, at the 2025 Australian Open, left Zverev at one of his lowest points and remarking Sinner felt in a “different universe”.

Yet he had not stood across the net from Zverev since ended his long wait to win a grand slam title at last month’s French Open and received an injection of confidence. Could Zverev take that into the Wimbledon final and turn a new page in their rivalry? Even though the result remained the same, the answer was yes. This was a gruelling, almost suffocating barrage of serving from both sides, an onslaught of power and accuracy. The wind swirling around Centre Court ensured that almost every game was its own battle, with the final prolonged by both players firing almost 50 per cent unreturned serves throughout the match.

Zverev was playing in his first Wimbledon final having previously failed to advance past the fourth round in nine attempts. He was aiming to become the first man in the open era to win his second grand slam title immediately after his first, but his appearance in the Wimbledon final was also clouded by the domestic abuse allegations he has faced from two former girlfriends, Olya Sharypova and Brenda Patea, who is also the mother of his daughter. Zverev had strenuously denied all the accusations and reached a financial settlement with Patea in 2024, while a 15-month investigation from the ATP concluded in 2023 after finding “insufficient evidence to substantiate” Sharypova’s allegations.

The final began under a gorgeous blue sky, with the scorched grass behind the baseline a dusty shade of brown after a dry fortnight. In the throwback final of two massive servers, the first two tiebreaks felt inevitable - but the margins remained razor thin. Zverev roared as he found the breakthrough to win the first, a thunderous forehand winner flashed down the line. The second tiebreak felt pivotal for Sinner, who was growing increasingly agitated, but, from nowhere, he found his moment as Zverev served into the wind and he pinged a return onto the baseline to draw the forehand error. Suddenly, Sinner had something to work with. He looked alive.

Two hours in, with the sun setting and the shadows creeping across Centre Court, Zverev managed to quell some of Sinner’s momentum. He faced three consecutive games where he lost the first point on serve but came through them all. Then, at 3-3 in the third, after two hours and 42 minutes, Zverev finally saw a break point. Sinner, though, did more than keep his cool. He pulled the rug from Zverev’s feet to save. Then, on the very next game, as errors from Zverev left him in a hole, Sinner lost his own footing as he scampered wide to his right. Somehow, he kept the point alive to find the crucial break. Zverev flung his racket away in disgust.

“If he serves like this, it's so tough to get into the rally,” Sinner said later. “I had my chances, I felt like, in the third set in the beginning, was 0-30, where I made a couple of wrong choices. That's tennis, because you cannot be perfect for four hours, five hours. Honestly, I just tried to accept the situation and be as present as possible with the right attitude. I think this today was the biggest key, to be honest.”

As the wind picked up and gusted around Centre Court, Sinner denied Zverev again as he pounded two excellent serves down 0-30 early in the fourth. Then, at 3-3, Sinner played his best point of the match, turning defence into attack by playing a subtle lob over Zverev’s head and then showing the softest of hands at the net. It moved Sinner ahead and although Zverev saved two more break points, he could not hold on following consecutive forehand errors. Sinner pinned a return return onto the baseline and advanced to put the winner down the line.

Sinner had still not dropped serve as he entered his 22nd service game of the match and stood four points from the title. For one last time, Zverev threw everything he had at the 24-year-old and stretched him wide to his backhand corner. Zverev thought he had done enough, and yet there Sinner was, sprinting to his right to flick the angled volley over the net.

This was a cathartic victory for Sinner. He has been the dominant force on the men’s tour this season, setting records for winning five Masters titles in a row and building a 31-match streak. Yet two of his three defeats came at the most important stages, in five sets to Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of the Australian Open and, shockingly, from two sets up against Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the second round of the French Open. Sinner had been the overwhelming pre-tournament favourite in Paris. After Sinner’s early exit and in Alcaraz’s absence, Zverev swept up the title.

But over the past four weeks, Sinner has once again demonstrated his ability to reset from disappointment. His victory over Alcaraz in last year’s final came after blowing three championship points to the same opponent at the French Open. After his glaring weakness was exposed so publicly in the heat at this year’s Roland Garros, Sinner simply got back on track and did what he does best. “For me this one means a lot because was a tough one after Paris again,” Sinner later confirmed.

The wins came after Sinner made the bold choice to not play a warm-up tournament on grass before Wimbledon. In the first round, he had to fight from two sets to one down to avoid a major scare against Miomir Kecmanovic. But Sinner ensured he peaked when he needed to, with his destruction of Djokovic in the semi-final, and in the closing moments of a titanic battle on Centre Court. He proved why he is the best in the world once again.

Tim Henman paid tribute to Andrew Castle after the veteran commentator’s final match as part of the BBC team at Wimbledon.

It was confirmed ahead of the Championships that the 2026 edition would be Castle’s last on commentary, with the former British No 1 electing to step away entirely after being told he would not be commentating on next year’s final.

Castle has spent 23 years working for the BBC at SW19 having forged a successful career in television and radio since concluding his playing career.

His final match at Wimbledon was the men’s final between Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev, won in four sets by the Italian, with Henman and Andre Agassi alongside Castle in the commentary box.

And Henman felt it was a fitting match to farewell his departing, long-time colleague.

“I want to take this opportunity of thanking you so much for sharing the commentary box for so many years,” Henman said. “You’ve been an absolute star, you’ve taught me so much and I’ll miss you a lot. What a great way to finish off.”

Castle and Henman were on commentary together when Andy Murray ended a 73-year wait for a British winner of the men’s grass court grand slam – and the former revealed that the pair had had a mishap as the Scot sealed victory over Novak Djokovic.

“I knew you when you were an annoying 14-year-old and I’ve known you that whole time,” Castle said to Henman. “Thanks for your company, Tim, all the best and take care.

“I shall never forget Tim Henman standing up, shooting up when Andy Murray won in 2013 and elbowing me right in the head on match point because he was so excited.”

Andrew Cotter is expected to take on lead commentary duties for the men’s final at Wimbledon next year. John Lloyd will also leave the BBC team.

“That’s that from me, thank you very much for your company.” Castle signed off. “What a pleasure and privilege it has been to watch [Sinner] and [Carlos] Alcaraz and [Roger] Federer and Djokovic and [Rafael] Nadal and Andy Murray – perhaps in particular – over the years. Take care and thank you."

Alexander Zverev was seen taking an injection during the men’s Wimbledon final clash against Jannik Sinner as he looks to win the tournament for the very first time.

Having won the first set 7-6, Zverev was leading the second set 3-2 when he sat down on a courtside chair, at the switch of ends, and unveiled a medical pouch. He took out an insulin pen and injected it into his leg before resuming the match.

The French Open champion was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of four and the injection was a dose of insulin to manage his glucose levels both on and off court. His diagnosis is also the reason he can also use a phone during matches despite a ban on players doing so.

That is due to a medical exemption so that he can track his glucose monitor on his phone instead of using constant finger-prick checks which is quite common for people with diabetes.

An interview with BBC Sport in the build-up to the Wimbledon final saw Zverev talk about the reasons behind his phone use the German explaining “that’s why the umpires allow me to check my phone, so I don’t have to poke my finger every changeover”.

Tennis Grand Slam tournaments have a list of players that are diabetic and those players are permitted to use their phones during matches in order to monitor their glucose and inject insulin if needed.

Noting Zverev’s need to balance his blood sugar levels, Andre Agassi and Andrew Castle addressed his medical condition on BBC’s coverage of the match.

“As if there’s not enough to worry about out there in a grand slam final,” said Agassi while on commentary duty. “He doesn’t claim victim when it comes to his diabetes. It’s not a subject he cares to discuss a whole lot but at the same time he holds his head up high and goes about his work daily.”

Castle added: “It’s quite inspirational that he’s able to handle that aspect of his health and still produce this level of physical performances.”

Yet despite the close monitoring of his condition, Zverev has previously had issues on court.

A malfunctioning glucose sensor left him feeling unwell during a match against Taylor Fritz in June’s Halle Open as the French Open champion injected a higher dose of insulin than he required.

On that occassion, Zverev lost 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 and explained the problem he’d had with his glucose monitor after the match.

He said: "I had huge problems with ​the sugar because the sensor I use gave me ⁠a completely incorrect reading. It indicated very high values ​when they were actually low, so I injected much more insulin ​than I should have.

"During the match, or rather during the first 45 minutes, I had to ​consume about 350 grams of sugar. I felt absolutely terrible.

"This ​is the first time something like this has ​happened ⁠to me. I've been using these sensors since 2016 or 2017, and in nine years, I had never seen such a ⁠big error."

Jannik Sinner is targeting a 10th consecutive win over Alexander Zverev when the pair clash in the men’s final of Wimbledon 2026 on Sunday.

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World No. 1 Jannik Sinner is one win away from successfully defending his Wimbledon title, but needs to dispatch Alexander Zverev in Sunday’s decider to do so. The top two seeds will contest the men’s final at SW19 for the second straight year as No. 2 Zverev aims to add to his haul.

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Unlike Sinner, Zverev already has Grand Slam silverware in the bag this season after finally breaking his duck at the French Open last month. By progressing to the last hurdle in London, the German has now reached the finals of all four majors, but his crown at Roland Garros remains his only reward for those efforts.

Sinner, meanwhile, has already become a veteran at these business ends of the Grand Slams and demonstrated that with a straight-sets win over Novak Djokovic in Friday’s semifinals. Zverev had an even more straightforward run past Arthur Fery, setting the stage for a true clash of giants in the final match of the tournament.

It was only three years ago that Zverev boasted a 4-1 advantage in the head-to-head record between these two, but Sinner has since gone on a tear of nine straight wins in the rivalry. This will be the first time the tennis titans have met on grass, however, adding an element of unpredictability to proceedings.

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Wimbledon will crown two more champions on Sunday morning as Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani go up against Guo Hanyu and Kristina Mladenovic in the ladies’ doubles final.

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Twelve years on from her first appearance in a Wimbledon final, Kristina Mladenovic will look to upset the odds alongside Guo Hanyu in Sunday’s ladies’ doubles decider. The No. 10 seeds have navigated a difficult run to Center Court and face one more mammoth task as they take on second seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani.

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Mladenovic, 33, and Guo, 28, have already surprised the bookmakers this year and knocked No. 1 seeds Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova out of the running. The devastating duo has dropped a single set in five matches together thus far at SW19, though there’s one team still out there with an even better record.

Brazil’s Stefani and Canadian Dabrowski, each of whom already has doubles Grand Slam titles to their name, have yet to lose even one set in the competition. Stefani can also complete her set of major gongs on Sunday, with two U.S. Open titles (ladies), a French Open, and an Australian Open (both mixed) already in her cabinet, while Dabrowski has finished runner-up in this fixture in both 2019 and 2024.

That being said, while Guo may be the least prolific of the bunch at this level, partner Mladenovic is the most decorated with six major doubles titles under her belt, along with two WTA Finals. Guo has played a critical role in getting their team to this point, however, and now stands on the verge of possibly becoming just the fourth Chinese athlete to be crowned a Wimbledon winner.

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On Sunday, Alexander Zverev will attempt to win his first Wimbledon and second grand slam title when he plays world No 1 Jannik Sinner in the men’s singles final. The 29-year-old German is also bidding to became the first man in the open era to win a second grand slam title immediately after his first, having ended his long wait to win a major crown at last month’s French Open.

After years of trying to break through, Zverev arrives into his first Wimbledon final in the best form of his career, with the powerful world No 2 finally playing the style of aggressive, attacking tennis that many observers in the sport believed his 6ft 6in frame was always capable of producing on Wimbledon’s grass courts. Winning his first grand slam has appeared to have released Zverev, relaxing his shoulders.

But while Zverev’s journey to fulfilling his potential and attempting to become Germany’s fifth Wimbledon champion is one element of Sunday’s final against reigning champion Sinner, he continues to hold an uncomfortable position at the top of the sport. Zverev’s victory at the French Open was his biggest title since he has faced allegations of domestic abuse from two former partners, allegations which Zverev has repeatedly denied.

In October 2023, Zverev was issued with a penalty order and fined almost £400,000 for committing bodily harm against a previous girlfriend and the mother of his daughter, Brenda Patea, after she accused him of strangling her. Under German law, a penalty order is issued by a public prosecutor’s office when a trial is considered to be unnecessary, for example, in situations where there is compelling evidence to support one side.

Zverev eventually reached out-of-court settlement with Patea in June 2024, days before he played in the French Open final against Carlos Alcaraz. The settlement meant legal proceedings were discontinued without a finding or admission of guilt, and Zverev, who described the allegations as “bulls***”, has repeatedly and strenuously denied them.

The prospect of a trial hung over that year’s Roland Garros, with the decision to settle arriving before Zverev played Casper Ruud in the semi-finals. After that match, Zverev was asked about the settlement and said: “They’re not going to drop the case if you’re guilty at the end of the day. Done. We move on. I never ever want to hear another question about the subject again.”

Zverev had previously been accused of domestic abuse by another former girlfriend, Olga Sharypova, who alleged in October 2020 and August 2021 that he had physically and emotionally abused her while they were together. Zverev denied the claims and said they were “unfounded”. A 15-month investigation by the ATP resulted in the body saying there was “insufficient evidence” to substantiate Sharypova’s allegations, and it announced it would not sanction the player.

Zverev continued to play on the tour while legal proceedings rumbled on but the ATP has rules which allow it to “provisionally suspend” players “from further participation in ATP tournaments pending a final determination of the criminal or civil proceeding” should they be charged under criminal or civil law in any jurisdiction.

Zverev maintains the presumption of innocence, but has faced persistent scrutiny over his continued presence on the tennis tour, while the ATP has been heavily criticised for its lack of policy on domestic violence and abuse. It only brought in a safeguarding policy in December 2025, more than five years after the allegations first surfaced, while the ATP came under fire when he was appointed to the Players Advisory Council in January 2024.

Before this season, Zverev’s biggest title of his career arrived at the Olympics in 2021. He lost his first three grand slam finals, against Dominic Thiem in the 2020 US Open, against Alcaraz at the 2024 French Open, and against Sinner at the 2025 Australian Open. Following that defeat in Melbourne, Zverev was heckled by a woman in the crowd who shouted “Australia believes Olya and Brenda!” during his runners-up speech.

Zverev was asked about the incident following the trophy ceremony and said: “I believe there are no more accusations. There haven’t been for, what, nine months now. Good for her, I think she was the only one in the stadium who believed anything in that moment.”

While Zverev’s French Open title brought the allegations he has faced into the wider consciousness, the Wimbledon men’s final carries an even larger audience and is the most-watched tennis match of the year around the world.

Zverev was not asked about the allegations in his press conference following the French Open final, but he did cut short an interview with the French sports daily L’Equipe the following day after he was asked about the allegations. The previous day, L’Equipe took the unusual step of not putting Zverev’s French Open win on its front page.

“Hold on, first of all, this isn't that kind of interview,” Zverev told the journalist Quentin Moynet. “Secondly, you know that the accusations have been proven false?” The discontinuation of Zverev’s case, however, was not “a decision about guilt or innocence,” the Tiergarten District Court in Berlin said at the time, and which continues to cast a cloud over what is the biggest match of Zverev’s career in the Wimbledon final on Sunday.

Wimbledon will be a quieter place this year without the talents of two-time champion Carlos Alcaraz.

The 23-year-old Spaniard is not playing this year’s tournament as he continues to recover from a wrist injury.

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Alcaraz initially made the decision to skip the defence of his French Open title after withdrawing from the Barcelona Open in April due to pain in his right wrist.

He then confirmed he would be missing the entire grass-court season, with a possible return planned ahead of the US Open later this summer.

But given the severity of wrist injuries for tennis players and the dangers of developing long-term conditions, Alcaraz has taken a patient approach to his recovery.

While he has not undergone surgery, the seven-time grand slam champion and world No 2 has spent several weeks with his wrist immobilised in a cast.

Alcaraz is reportedly dealing with inflammation in his wrist tendons, which has likely developed from the stress that comes from repeatedly hitting forehands with top-spin.

Former US Open champions Dominic Thiem and Juan Martin del Porto both had their careers derailed by wrist injuries - so Alcaraz is right to be cautious.

The Spaniard won his two Wimbledon titles by beating Novak Djokovic in both finals, dethroning the Serbian in a five-set epic in 2023 before defending his title with a destruction in 2024.

Last year, in his third consecutive Wimbledon final appearance, Alcaraz lost to rival Jannik Sinner in four sets. It was his first defeat in a grand slam final and came just weeks after beating Sinner to win Roland Garros.

This season, Alcaraz became the youngest man to complete the career grand slam when he beat Djokovic to win the Australian Open for the first time.

With Alcaraz absent from the French Open, No 2 seed Alexander Zverev triumphed at the end of a chaotic tournament to win his first grand slam title.

Despite ranked No 3 in the world, Zverev will become the second seed for Wimbledon, with defending champion Sinner returning as the top seed.

Record prize money is on offer at this year’s Wimbledon, with the eventual winners of the men’s and women’s singles titles each receiving £3.6m.

Prize money was a contentious subject ahead of the 2026 Championships, leading Wimbledon to announce its biggest ever single-year uplift in an attempt to appease unhappy players.

The All England Club revealed a 20 per cent increase, with the total prize pot rising to £64.2m from last year’s £53.5m. Prize money for qualifying also increased to £6.2m.

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The world’s leading players welcomed the prize money announcement as “genuine and significant step forward”, but it did not stop protests from the players over the weekend.

The players have long argued that they should be receiving a greater percentage of the overall revenues generated by the grand slams.

And they stood down from their direct action following just two days, following “constructive meeting” between player representatives and Wimbledon.

See below for round-by-round prize money figures for Wimbledon 2026

Men’s and women’s singles

First round - £80,000

Second round - £126,000

Third round - £185,000

Fourth round - £300,000

Quarter-finals - £480,000

Semi-finals - £900,000

Runner-up - £1.8m

Winner - £3.6m

Overall increase from 2025: 22%

Men’s and women’s doubles (per pair)

First round - £18,000

Second round - £29,000

Third round - £48,000

Quarter-finals - 95,000

Semi-finals - £190,000

Runners-up - £380,000

Winners - £760,000

Overall increase from 2025: 10%

Mixed doubles (per pair)

First round - £5,200

Second round - £10,000

Quarter-finals - £19,000

Semi-finals - £37,000

Runners-up - £74,000

Winners - £148,000

Overall increase from 2025: 10%

Men’s and women’s wheelchair singles

First round - £12,800

Quarter-finals - £20,000

Semi-finals - £29,000

Runner-up - £43,000

Winner - £82,000

Overall increase from 2025: 21%

Quad wheelchair singles

Quarter-finals - £20,000

Semi-finals - £29,000

Runner-up - £43,000

Winner - £82,000

Overall increase from 2025: 21%

Men’s and women’s wheelchair doubles (per pair)

Quarter-finals - £6,500

Semi-finals - £11,000

Runners-up - £18,000

Winners - £36,000

Overall increase from 2025: 20%

Quad wheelchair doubles (per pair)

Semi-finals - £11,000

Runners-up - £18,000

Winners - £36,000

Overall increase from 2025: 20%

Wimbledon is braced for another heatwave, with high temperatures set to be a significant factor once again across the fortnight at the grand slam tournament.

The Met Office are predicting conditions will remain above 30C for the rest of the Championship, although the humidity and intensity of the weather is not as punishing as the recent London heatwave.

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Extreme heat has played a part in both of this season’s grand slams, with temperatures of 46C at the Australian Open and a heatwave hitting the French Open, too.

Defending Wimbledon champion Jannik Sinner has at times struggled in the heat, and was knocked out of the French Open during a sweltering second round.

It means there is likely to be renewed focus on Wimbledon’s heat rules, as well as an eye on the upcoming forecasts at SW19.

What is Wimbledon’s heat rule?

Wimbledon has a heat rule in place for this year’s tournament and players are allowed to request a 10-minute break when the heat stress index is at or above 30.1C.

The heat stress index accounts for air temperature, humidity and surface temperature - creating a ‘feels-like’ reading that is also known as the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature [WGBT].

The heat stress index will be measured 30 minutes before the start of play, then at 2pm and then at 5pm. The 10-minute break would take place between the second and third sets for women’s singles matches and between the third and fourth sets for men’s matches.

Wimbledon states once a match has started with the heat rule in place, it cannot be lifted if the weather conditions change. It adds that the heat rule cannot be introduced for matches that were suspended overnight and are midway through.

The heat rule was triggered during Wimbledon qualifying, as London experienced an “extreme heat” red weather warning and the hottest June day on record. The high temperature may have had a part in a brief power outage at the qualifying tournament.

The start of last year’s Wimbledon was played out in temperatures reaching 33C and brought the sight of players attempting to cool themselves with ice towels.

How does it compare to other grand slams?

The Australian Open uses a heat stress scale. A 10-minute cooling break is enforced if the scale reaches 4.0, while play was suspended at this year’s tournament when the scale reached 5.0, its highest level.

The French Open uses Wet Bulb Globe Temperature and the heat rule is enforced when it hits 30.1C, triggering a 10-minute cooling break. There is then a suspension if the WGBT reaches 32C.

Despite cramping and suffering a physical breakdown during his shock French Open defeat to Juan Manuel Cerundolo, the WGBT did not reach the threshold required to trigger a stoppage during Jannik Sinner’s exit.

Afterwards, Sinner did not blame the heat and said he felt ill earlier in the day. "It was warm, but not crazy warm,” Sinner said. “I feel like it was quite OK to play. It was nothing against the heat, nothing against the weather. It was just me today, but it happens."

What about the fans at Wimbledon?

Wimbledon has worked to introduce more shaded areas and water points around the grounds. Fans are also advised to keep hydrated, apply sunscreen, wear light clothing and a hat, as well as taking time off court if sitting directly under the sun.

There were several instances of fans struggling in the heat last year. Both Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka brought water over to fans who had to receive medical attention during their matches.

All England Club chief executive Sally Bolton assured that Wimbledon is well-prepared for the heat spike, with comprehensive plans in place to safeguard guests, staff, and players.

"We’ve had a bit of practise, particularly last year, but over the week before the championships (as well), and we’ve got our usual measures in place. There’s the heat rule present for the players, although I think, looking at the temperatures, we don’t anticipate getting close to that over these next few days."

Wimbledon is the only grand slam tennis tournament where there are rules against late-night finishes due to the tournament’s strict 11pm curfew.

Andy Murray’s 4am finish against Thanasi Kokkinakis at the 2023 Australian Open remains the latest grand slam match on record, while singles matches concluding well after midnight is not uncommon at the French Open and US Open, either.

The All England Club operates on a different set of rules, however, and has done so since the construction of Centre Court roof in 2009. A roof over Court No 1 was then completed in 2019, allowing play on two courts to be staged under the lights.

Wimbledon is based in a residential area, so the curfew exists out of consideration for local residents as fans travel home at the end of the day’s play.

So although the roofs on both Centre Court and No. 1 Court allow extra tennis to be played into the evening, there can still be disruptions of matches approaching the curfew.

When is the Wimbledon curfew?

The Wimbledon curfew is at 11pm local time (6pm ET) and has been in place since 2009 when Centre Court’s roof opened, introduced by Merton Council in order to obtain planning permission for the roof.

A statement from Wimbledon in 2018 read: “The 11pm curfew is a Planning Condition applied to balance the consideration of the local residents with the scale of an international tennis event that takes place in a residential area.

“The challenge of transport connectivity and getting visitors home safely is also a key consideration.”

What are the curfew rules?

The rules state that a match is not permitted to go beyond 11pm (6pm ET). In the fourth round, Coco Gauff raced against the curfew, sealing her three-set win over Belinda Bencic at 10:58pm and two minutes before a possible suspension.

Matches that have been paused include Novak Djokovic against Rafael Nadal in their 2018 semi-final after the third set, having started at 8pm. Andy Murray’s last ever singles match at Wimbledon, against Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2023, was also held overnight due to the curfew.

Last year, Alexander Zverev’s match on Centre Court was paused after two sets while, more controversially, Taylor Fritz’s first round clash against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard was suspended at 10:18pm with one final set left to play.

Fritz was furious to be dragged off court, and appeared to place the blame at the feet of his opponent afterwards: “They would’ve let us play if my opponent agreed to, I said I wanted to, he didn’t,” Fritz posted on Instagram.

Is there any exception to the curfew?

The curfew was pushed slightly back in 2012. Andy Murray beat Marcos Baghdatis with the clock striking 11:02pm local time. Murray was just one game from victory at 11pm.

Merton Council’s leader Stephen Alambritis commented at the time, stating: “flexibility and common sense prevailed”.

“We were in touch with the All England Club from 10pm onwards and there were discussions between our planning officers and the tournament director,” he said.

“We have always said these prearrangements were to be used with discretion, so I was pleased flexibility and common sense prevailed, because we have a duty to both the residents as well as the tennis.”

The next latest match to finish was in 2010 when Novak Djokovic beat Olivier Rochus with two minutes to spare, finishing at 10:58pm.

Wimbledon will bid farewell to one its best-known voices as commentator Andrew Castle leaves the BBC.

Castle, a former British No 1 with a career-high ranking of 80, produced the commentary for several iconic moments in Wimbledon history, including Andy Murray’s 2013 title.

The BBC announced that this will be his last Wimbledon, after more than 20 years with the broadcaster, while unveiling several new pundits for this year’s Championships.

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They include two-time Wimbledon mixed doubles champion Jamie Murray, who becomes the BBC’s “dedicated analysis expert”, as well as former British No 1 Laura Robson.

Along with the usual cast of pundits that includes Tim Henman, Annabel Croft, John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova, Pat Cash and Tracy Austin, the BBC also confirmed the arrivals of eight-time grand slam champion Andre Agassi and former Wimbledon runner-up Eugenie Bouchard.

Clare Balding and Isa Guha will present live coverage throughout the Wimbledon fortnight.

Pundits

John McEnroe

Martina Navratilova

Billie Jean King

Pat Cash

Tracy Austin

Tim Henman

Kyle Edmund

Annabel Croft

Eugenie Bouchard

Laura Robson

Andre Agassi

Jamie Murray

Commentators

Andrew Castle

Chris Bradnam

James Burridge

Naomi Cavaday

Matt Chilton

Andrew Cotter

Katherine Downes

Paul Hand

Abigail Johnson

Robbie Koenig

Nick Lester

Ronald Mcintosh

Nick Mullins

Pete Odgers

Simon Reed

Andy Stevenson

Jayant Mistry

Louise Hunt

Co-commentators

Pat Cash

Annabel Croft

Jo Durie

Colin Fleming

Dom Inglot

Anne Keothavong

Alicia Molik

Ryan Harrison

John Lloyd

Nick Monroe

Arvind Parmar

Louise Pleming

Sam Smith

Liz Smylie

Mel South

Todd Woodbridge

Presenters

Clare Balding

Isa Guha

Andy Stevenson