Wimbledon 2025 live: Novak Djokovic suffers injury scare plus Swiatek vs Bencic score and result

Report from Centre Court:

Swiatek: “Same as every time, I like to keep my routines, so there’s some AC/DC, Guns ‘N’ Roses, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones.

“Yeah, I mean, before the match [I like rock music]. Everybody’s asking me if I listen to that all the time, they keep buying me vinyl records and everything.

“And I’m like, ‘Guys, if I would listen to that all the time, I wouldn’t be able to sleep,’ so it’s just pre-match, just to pump myself up.

“But off the court, when I don’t compete, I’m more of a pop, jazzy, something, I don’t know…”

Swiatek: “Honestly, I never even dreamt that it’s gonna be possible for me to play in the final.

“So, I’m just super excited and just proud of myself, and I don’t know… Tennis keeps surprising me.

“I thought I lived through everything, even though I’m young. I thought I’d experience everything on the court, but I didn’t experience playing well on grass, so that’s the first time, so I’m just enjoying it.

“Every opponent is different, so every match I also need to adjust my game, but for sure I feel like I improved my movement, and I’m serving really well.

“And I feel really confident, so I’m just going for it – and for sure it’s working, so I’ll keep doing that.”

Bencic gets ahead at 15-0, but Swiatek turns the game around for 15-30.

The former world No 1 then drags a forehand into the net, 30-30.

But she brings up match point on the next go…

Saved! Credit to Bencic, who bravely takes on a forehand. Somehow, Swiatek gets it back, and the next shot, but Bencic eventually slams home a smash. Deuce.

A slight slip from Bencic, and she nets a backhand. Another match point for Swiatek…

TAKEN! A winner, past a stranded Bencic, and Swiatek reaches her first Wimbledon final!

She bagels Bencic in the second set, wow.

Swiatek races up to the net, then pings a forehand just inside the baseline. Bencic’s return effort is valiant, but the ball floats narrowly long. 0-15.

Bencic with a better serve this time, and Swiatek’s return is nowhere. 15-15. Same again! 30-15.

The pair exchange backhands on the next point, before Swiatek puts a forehand near Bencic in the corner. Although it’s close to her, it slightly wrongfoots her, and Bencic bows her head as she’s beaten. 30-30.

Swiatek’s next return fails to beat the net, though. 40-30.

Swiatek saves one game point by pushing Bencic into the corner, where the Swiss stretches and can’t get much on her backhand. Deuce.

Double fault, and Swiatek has a break point on advantage… Saved! Swiatek’s forehand in the corner is just wide.

But more poor serving gives Swiatek a break point again, which she takes with a powerful forehand in the corner. Again, Bencic just can’t get anything on it.

For the second set in a row, Swiatek rushes to 3-0.

It would take a tennis miracle for Bencic to pull this one back.

But stranger things have happened, it’s why we love this sport.