Wimbledon 2025: Norrie keeps British hopes alive

British number three Cameron Norrie has made it through to the quarter-finals

Wimbledon 2025 is well and truly underway and it's been a very eventful first week of tennis on London's famous grass courts.

This year's competition started with 23 British players competing in the men's and women's singles, the most in nearly 20 years.

But despite high hopes for success on home turf, only one British player still remains in the running for the Wimbledon singles title.

Cameron Norrie made it through to the quarter-finals after beating Chile's Nicolas Jarry in an intense five set match on Sunday.

British number three Norrie started out strong with a two set lead, but Jarry fought back securing two sets of his own, leading to a fifth set decider.

It was a fierce battle for both players, lasting a gruelling four hours and 27 minutes.

The final result was 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (7-9) 6-7 (5-7) 6-3.

"Honestly, I don't know," Norrie said when asked how he'd gotten through the round.

"Nico did an unbelievable job of sticking with me. I had to keep fighting."

23-year-old Sonay Kartal was knocked out of the competition by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Norrie's win came just a few hours after fellow British player Sonay Kartal, who was the final home player in the women's singles, was beaten on Centre Court by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6 (7-3) 6-4.

"I think I have definitely had a bit more attention on me this week from people recognising me to fans around the grounds to my social media. It's kind of blown up a bit," 23-year-old Sonay said.

"The better in tournaments I do, I guess the more exposure I get. I think it will naturally come. But I'd say that people have gotten to know me a little bit better this week."

Emma Raducanu was beaten by world number one Aryna Sabalenka

Meanwhile, British number one Emma Raducanu's Wimbledon journey came to an end on Friday.

She was beaten 7-6 6-4 by top seed and world number one Aryna Sabalenka.

Cameron Norrie will face defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the next round

Norrie is currently ranked 61st in the world after struggling with an injury last season, but is now one more victory away from getting to the semi-finals once again, following his last advancement to the final four in 2022.

But, he'll first need to beat world number two and defending Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz.

Spain's Alcaraz extended his career-best winning streak to 21 matches by beating Russian player Andrey Rublev in their fourth-round match on Sunday.

Hope for British success will also come in the doubles and wheelchair tournaments - Alfie Hewett had an amazing Wimbledon last year and will be hoping to repeat his success this summer.