Following Serena Williams ' first-round defeat to Harmony Tan at Wimbledon, some tennis fans have called on the 23-time Grand Slam champion to retire. The match was Williams' first singles match ...

Serena avoided ... seed has underwhelmed in 2016. He played just one match on grass this year before withdrawing in Halle and has never been past the fourth round at Wimbledon.

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Serena Williams was ordered by her father to let her sister Venus win their Wimbledon semi-final clash last summer, it was alleged last night. Richard Williams is said to have rigged the result ...

There will be a different feel about Wimbledon this year ... no more obvious than it is in the absence of Venus and Serena Williams, with the two all-time greats not in action this fortnight.