Wimbledon news: Two players withdraw as Andy Murray waits to make decision

Reigning women's Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova insists she feels fine despite a nasty fall at the Berlin Open recently.

Midway through her match against Anna Kalinskaya, she landed awkwardly on her right leg and stayed down clutching her knee for some time.

But she said today: "I had couple of great practices here. We came on Wednesday. It's fine now.

"But, yeah, it was really scary. I didn't play for a couple days. Yeah, I'm feeling good. I hope it's going to be okay."

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Dominik Koepfer and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina have both this evening withdrawn from the Wimbledon men's draw.

German Koepfer pulls out with a left ankle injury and is replaced by lucky loser Luca Van Assche.

The Frenchman will face Fabio Fognini on Court 16 tomorrow.

Davidovich Fokina is out due to a back injury and in the Spaniard's place is another lucky loser.

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard plays the 20th-seeded American Seb Korda.

Andy Murray has revealed he wants “a bit of closure” and to feel “the buzz” of Wimbledon a final time.

The Brit is battling to get fit to play in the singles but will not make his mind up until the last minute.

Asked what he wanted to achieve by playing one final time at his home Grand Slam, Murray said: “The opportunity to play here again. I mean, for the last time.

“This is a place that's obviously been really good to me over the years.

“I'm hoping for, when it comes to the end, maybe a bit of closure. Yeah, I just want the opportunity to play one more time out there hopefully on Centre Court, and feel that buzz.

“Like last year, I wasn't planning on it being my last year on the tour. I wanted to come back and play again.

“Whereas this year I have no plans to do that. Yeah, it's coming to the end of my career and I want to have that opportunity to play here again.”

Tennis star Frances Tiafoe has heaped the praise on Andy Murray by revealing that he has more respect for the Brit than he does for Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

Murray is set to retire at the end of the season and thus this Wimbledon will be his last. The 37-year-old has struggled with injuries during the latter stages of his career, and it is his determination that has prompted Tiafoe to sing his praises.

He told The Telegraph: “It’s going to sound crazy but out of all the big four, I probably have the most respect for that guy. When you think about his career, his love for the game, being resilient, staying with it – this guy has lost in semis, finals and continued to come back – until he did it. He won the Olympics [2012 and 2016], won two Wimbledons.

"Before he won the US Open, everyone was saying ‘Is he ever going to win a slam? Is it really a big four?’ You guys should worship the ground this guy walks on. He’s put his body on the line, played with a metal hip. He doesn’t need to do it. He’s got millions in the bank but he just loves the game and can’t live without it.”

Jannik Sinner has, once again, insisted that he has no interest in being famous and would rather enjoy playing tennis than focusing on his global appeal.

The Italian has progressed markedly over the past few years which has shunted him into the public eye and seen him recognised as one of the best in the business at this stage.

But despite the new-found followers and fame, Sinner has remained humble throughout his rise and reiterated on several occasions that he does not really care about being famous at all.

In an interview with L’Equipe, he said: “Being famous doesn't interest me. Whether I have tens or millions of followers, I will always have my family and the people who love me close to me, my friends who have known me since I was a child.”

Novak Djokovic believes that Andy Murray deserves a ‘great farewell from his favourite tournament’ at Wimbledon.

The Brit is expected to retire at the end of the season meaning that this Wimbledon will be his last, and Djokovic is hopeful of seeing his long-term rival compete at the event.

He told Sky Sports: "I heard he underwent a surgery a week ago or less than a week ago. That was worrying, but the fact that he can hit the ball is a great sign, and he definitely deserves a great farewell from his favourite tournament, a tournament he won twice.

“We all hope that he is going to be physically fit enough to finish on his own terms and I wish him all the best.”

Andy Murray is set to speak this afternoon, and the Brit is expected to confirm his plans for Wimbledon amid concerns about his fitness.

Murray is expected to retire at the end of the season and thus, this year’s Wimbledon is likely to be his last.

The 37-year-old is yet to confirm whether he will compete in men’s singles, though he and his brother Jamie have been awarded a wildcard for doubles.

Carlos Alcaraz has revealed that he has been watching videos of his Wimbledon success last year as part of his recent preparation.

The Spaniard enjoys watching footage of the ‘Big Four’ to assess their footwork and develop, and last year’s victor has now revealed that he has added his own clips to his showreel.

He explained: “I'm still watching videos of Roger, of Andy, of Rafa. Novak. I put in videos of myself last year - I'm not going to lie - just to see what I did or how I did it Just moving, hitting shots, to do the same as I did last year.

“Right now I had a great practices with great players just to see how is my level. I'm excited to start the tournament and hopefully have the same result as last year.”

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Alexander Zverev believes that Wimbledon is the most open it has been in the last 20 years.

The German is confident that he can go all the way and land the spoils over the coming weeks, explaining: “It’s the first time I really feel like I’m here to be a competitor, to maybe win the title. “I didn’t feel like that previous years when I came here. I didn’t feel like I was capable. I didn’t believe I was capable.

“I also do think this is the most open Wimbledon Championship that we maybe had in 20 years in terms of favourites, in terms of potential winners. I think there’s multiple guys who have a very decent chance of going deep and very decent chance of winning the tournament.

“I don’t think it has been like that for maybe 20 years since before Roger started playing, right? After Roger came Rafa, Novak, Andy. It was always a very limited amount of guys who were actually able to compete and to win the tournaments.”

Ajla Tomljanovic and Jelena Ostapenko are set to come face to face again at Wimbledon, three years after their on-court bust-up.

The pair came to blows during their fourth-round clash in 2021 when Ostapenko was accused of faking an injury as she was being beaten by her Australian opponent.

A rematch is scheduled on the opening day of Wimbledon following Friday’s draw, and Ostapenko may be keen to prove that she truly was injured three years ago by righting the wrongs of that performance.

After claiming that Ostapenko was faking the injury after calling a medical timeout, Tomljanovic said: “I hope you feel better.” Ostapenko did not take the response well, responding: “Your behaviour is terrible, terrible. You have zero respect.”

Tomljanovic replied: “You’re one to talk. Honestly, you’re one to talk.” Ostapenko hit back: “What? You’re the worst player on the tour.”

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Novak Djokovic has admitted that competing at Wimbledon will impact his preparation for the Olympics.

The Serb is set to be battling out for a gold medal in a few weeks but has raced to be fit to play at SW19 next week, despite the competition potentially impact his road to recovery following knee surgery.

He explained: “37 years old, you want to maybe have less risk and prepare yourself for Olympic Games. So from that perspective, I don't have an answer to that, but I do have something that is described as a feeling of not missing out at a Grand Slam while I can still play and while I'm still active and at this level.

"I wouldn't call it a fear of missing out. I would just say it's this incredible desire to play, just to compete. Particularly because it is Wimbledon, the tournament that always has been a dream tournament for me when I was a kid. I always dreamed of playing Wimbledon. Just the thought of me missing Wimbledon was just not correct. I didn't want to deal with that.”