Dave James

Victory on Sunday will put the 36-year-old just one major away from completing the first men’s calendar Grand Slam since 1969

The ATP and WTA tours last week removed ranking points from Wimbledon after the All England Club banned Russian and Belarusian players.

The 23-year-old world number two, and four-time major winner, said she will now take a break from tennis, putting her participation at Wimbledon and even her home Olympics at risk

Whoever emerges as champion on Sunday, it will yet again confirm the dominance of the ‘Big Three’ of Federer, Djokovic and Nadal

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal battle for a place in the Wimbledon final on Friday

The 37-year-old is setting his sights on becoming the oldest man to win a Grand Slam singles title

Williams won her most recent major at the Australian Open in 2017 while pregnant

Naomi Osaka won the final 6-2, 6-4 to delay Williams’s bid for a record-equalling 24th major title.

With the notable exception of Alex de Minaur, the US Open has been yet another Grand Slam to forget for the widely-hyped ‘NextGen’

Maria Sharapova was trying to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2012

Friday’s match will be the earliest the sisters have met at a Slam since the 1998 Australian Open

Patty Schnyder, the oldest ever player to make the main draw of a Grand Slam via qualifying, was outgunned by ​Maria Sharapova

The 31-year-old former world number one won the last of his 12 majors at the 2016 French Open when he completed the career Grand Slam

Despite being a three-time champion, Djokovic has featured just once on Centre Court in the opening four rounds

Sharapova, playing Wimbledon for the first time in three years, gave up the match on her 11th double fault