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Rain, records, royals: Wimbledon in 10 highlights

Rain pain: Downpours brought scheduling problems in the first few days

LONDON – Wimbledon saw Carlos Alcaraz dethrone Novak Djokovic, Marketa Vondrousova take a surprise women’s title while there was also rain, records and royals.

AFP Sport looks at 10 highlights from this year’s Grand Slam tournament which wrapped up on Sunday:

– Dry hard! Djokovic mops up –

Heavy rain brought havoc to the schedule on the second day with just an hour’s play possible on the outside courts, which meant 69 of the planned 77 matches were unable to be completed.

Novak Djokovic helped dry Wimbledon’s Centre Court with his towel on the first…

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