Evans, 36, was controversially not awarded a singles wildcard<\/a> into Wimbledon despite a career that featured a Davis Cup title in 2015, a Washington Open title in 2023, a career-high ranking of 23 and a memorable doubles partnership with Andy Murray<\/a> at the 2024 Olympics. <\/p>\n Evans, who lost in the second round of Wimbledon qualifying, was also denied the chance to wave farewell to the sport in front of a show-court, with his doubles opener against ninth seeds Hugo Nys and Edouard Roger Vasselin on Court 15. <\/p>\n Later, Novak Djokovic<\/a> battles Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a> as defending champion Jannik Sinner<\/a> and world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> also return to action. There\u2019s also an eye-catching contests between two French Open winners, current champion Mirra Andreeva<\/a> and Barbora Krejcikova<\/a>, who is also a former Wimbledon champion. <\/p>\n Last night, Serena Williams<\/a> said she \u201crelished and enjoyed\u201d her return to Centre Court as the 23-time grand slam champion played her first singles match in four years. Williams went down fighting as she was beaten by Maya Joint in a thrilling three-set battle<\/a>.<\/p>\n Follow latest scores and updates from Wimbledon, below <\/p>\n Wimbledon LIVE: Latest tennis scores and updates<\/a>BREAKING: Serena Williams\u2019 Wimbledon doubles comeback in doubt after injury scare<\/p>\n Serena Williams<\/a>\u2019 doubles comeback at Wimbledon<\/a> is in doubt after she sustained a knee injury during her first competitive singles match in four years.<\/p>\n The nearly two-and-a-half hour match, which ended at 10pm local time, brought an early end to a much-anticipated singles comeback at the grand slam<\/a> where she won seven of her 23 major titles.<\/p>\n She did not take part in the obligatory post-match press conference and The Times<\/a> reported that that was due to her picking up a knee issue during the match, which required lengthy treatment from the physio.<\/p>\n Flo Clifford1 July 2026 12:51<\/p>\n <\/a>Grand slam champions move through the draw<\/p>\n Four-time major winner Naomi Osaka has made serene progress to the third round, winning 6-3 6-2 against Russian Anastasia Gasanova.<\/p>\n And former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko has seen off Antonia Ruzic 6-2 6-0.<\/p>\n If those two win their third round-encounters they\u2019ll face off in the fourth round – what a match that would be! <\/p>\n Flo Clifford1 July 2026 12:36<\/p>\n <\/a>Evans out of Wimbledon for last time<\/p>\n Evans acknowledges the crowd and takes a moment on his chair to absorb the enormity of the moment, fighting back tears. <\/p>\n Elsewhere, another couple of British men\u2019s doubles players are out: <\/p>\n Ben Jones and Joshua Paris lost 6-4 6-3 to fourth seeds Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, while Luke Johnson and Polish partner Jan Zielinski lost to Jakub Paul and Ryan Seggerman 6-4 6-4.<\/p>\n Flo Clifford1 July 2026 12:27<\/p>\n <\/a>Evans out of Wimbledon for last time<\/p>\n Not too be on the second match point, however, and that brings an end to Dan Evans\u2019 and Henry Searle\u2019s doubles campaign, as well as Evans\u2019 career.<\/p>\n He still has a smile on his face though as the players shake hands and he waves in acknowledgement to the crowd, who give them a standing ovation.<\/p>\n Flo Clifford1 July 2026 12:16<\/p>\n <\/a>Evans v Searle face match point<\/p>\n At the business end of this doubles match now, with Searle serving to stay in it at 5-4 down.<\/p>\n Nys and Roger-Vasselin earn a match point but the Brits dig themselves out of it for deuce.<\/p>\n Flo Clifford1 July 2026 12:13<\/p>\n <\/a>Around the grounds<\/p>\n There\u2019s an enormous queue to get onto Court 14 for the big-serving slugfest between Hurkacz and Ofner, and the crowd – largely pro-Hubi – go wild as the Pole dives onto the grass at full stretch to somehow win the point, with Ofner stranded beyond the baseline. <\/p>\n They\u2019re even happier a moment later as he clinches the first-set tiebreak 10-8.<\/p>\n Next door, Evans and Searle trail 4-3, on serve. <\/p>\n Flo Clifford1 July 2026 12:02<\/p>\n <\/a>Around the grounds<\/p>\n Naomi Osaka and Tommy Paul have both clinched their first set 6-3 against Anastasia Gasanova and Soonwoo Kwon respectively, and both trail 2-1, on serve, in the second. <\/p>\n Next to Evans\u2019 and Searle\u2019s doubles match, big-serving Hubert Hurkacz and Sebastian Ofner are locked in a first-set tiebreak.<\/p>\n Flo Clifford1 July 2026 11:54<\/p>\n <\/a>Evans\/Searle trail in second set<\/p>\n Nys and Roger-Vasselin have wrapped up the first set 6-2 without too much bother and it looks like Dan Evans\u2019 last Wimbledon may be coming to an untimely end.<\/p>\n The veteran duo earn two break points on Searle\u2019s serve but send a return long before Evans whacks down a smash to save the second. <\/p>\n Roger-Vasselin fires another second serve return long and the Brits get out of trouble. 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