Wimbledon 2026 LIVE: Latest scores, results and order of play as Serena Williams injury puts doubles in doubt and Dan Evans loses in final tournament – UK Times

Serena Williams’ doubles comeback at Wimbledon is in doubt after she sustained a knee injury during her first competitive singles match in four years.

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 where she won seven of her 23 major titles.

She did not take part in the obligatory post-match press conference and The Times reported that that was due to her picking up a knee issue during the match, which required lengthy treatment from the physio.

Four-time major winner Naomi Osaka has made serene progress to the third round, winning 6-3 6-2 against Russian Anastasia Gasanova.

And former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko has seen off Antonia Ruzic 6-2 6-0.

If those two win their third round-encounters they’ll face off in the fourth round – what a match that would be!

Evans acknowledges the crowd and takes a moment on his chair to absorb the enormity of the moment, fighting back tears.

Elsewhere, another couple of British men’s doubles players are out:

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.

Not too be on the second match point, however, and that brings an end to Dan Evans’ and Henry Searle’s doubles campaign, as well as Evans’ career.

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.

At the business end of this doubles match now, with Searle serving to stay in it at 5-4 down.

Nys and Roger-Vasselin earn a match point but the Brits dig themselves out of it for deuce.

There’s 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.

They’re even happier a moment later as he clinches the first-set tiebreak 10-8.

Next door, Evans and Searle trail 4-3, on serve.

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.

Next to Evans’ and Searle’s doubles match, big-serving Hubert Hurkacz and Sebastian Ofner are locked in a first-set tiebreak.

Nys and Roger-Vasselin have wrapped up the first set 6-2 without too much bother and it looks like Dan Evans’ last Wimbledon may be coming to an untimely end.

The veteran duo earn two break points on Searle’s serve but send a return long before Evans whacks down a smash to save the second.

Roger-Vasselin fires another second serve return long and the Brits get out of trouble. It’s 1-1 in the second set.

Elsewhere on day three, four-time major winner and fashionista supreme Naomi Osaka is 5-3 up against Russia’s Anastasia Gasanova.

21st seed and recent Queen’s runner-up Tommy Paul is 5-2 up against Soonwoo Kwon, and Jelena Ostapenko – slayer of Harriet Dart – leads Antonia Ruzic 5-2.

It’s not been the best of starts for the Brits as Nys and Roger-Vasselin race to a 4-1 lead inside the first 20 minutes.

That hasn’t dampened the crowd’s enthusiasm, with plenty craning their necks to look over the walls surrounding Court 15.