Aryna Sabalenka d. Laura Siegemund, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
Wimbledon quarterfinals
Come for Siegemund’s maddening array of slices, drops, angles, lobs, passes, volleys, and delay tactics; stay for Sabalenka’s Herculean effort to overcome them.
Coco Gauff d. Zheng Qinwen, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (4)
Rome semifinals
The numbers—3 hours, 32 minutes; 156 unforced errors; 44 break points—were staggering, even if the level of play in this anti-epic wasn’t. Gauff’s comeback win, from 3-5 in the third, helped launch her to a Roland Garros title.
Alexandra Eala d. Clara Tauson, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (11)
US Open first round
Two of the pleasant surprises of 2025 in a berserk Big Apple epic. Eala’s Filipino fanbase helped her slug her way back from 1-5 in the third, and pulverize a final winning forehand on her fifth match point.