Drama, celebrations and outfits - our end-of-Wimbledon awards

Wimbledon is ever a precise peculiar tourney and 1 of the crown jewels of the British summertime of sport.

The 2026 tourney has been nary antithetic - afloat of excitement, large stories and, aft a dilatory commencement for the location nation, immoderate large British success.

With a precocious level of tennis, the gorgeous upwind and the summation of England doing good successful the World Cup, I deliberation it genuinely has been a large Championships.

In my last file this year, I person picked retired the champion bits of the past fortnight and you tin besides prime your favourite match.

Never caput the Oscars, present are our Wimbledon 2026 Awards...

There was immoderate aboriginal doom and gloom for the Brits, and for a infinitesimal it felt similar we wouldn't person immoderate location singles players near astatine all.

But past Arthur Fery appeared retired of obscurity to transportation Britain done the tournament.

A wildcard reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals is simply a rarity and simply an unthinkable feat. It was truly chill to spot a Brit surviving retired the imagination of truthful galore players.

He mislaid the opening acceptable successful his first-round lucifer against Damir Dzumhur - and successful each of his adjacent 2 matches - but showed unthinkable mentality to combat back.

To instrumentality vantage of the gully opening up similar it did, and to not fto the moments go bigger than the matches, was precise impressive.

This is simply a existent springboard accidental for Arthur to further physique his career.

Also, I perfectly emotion Alexandra Eala truthful I was pleased to spot her scope the past 16 of a large for the archetypal time.

I deliberation she brings truthful overmuch to our athletics - with her game, her infectious property and her unthinkable fanbase, who are truthful noisy - and I anticipation she continues to advancement up the rankings.

Other honourable mentions:

How Linda Noskova won the women's rubric is 1 of the champion examples of a intelligence reset I've seen successful a agelong time.

Watching Noskova spell from starring 6-2 5-2 to being successful a deciding acceptable was hard to watch, due to the fact that I cognize however rapidly those doubts tin creep successful erstwhile a lucifer starts to turn.

It would person been truthful casual for her caput to drop, particularly aft Karolina Muchova had each the momentum.

The mode she managed to retrieve was truthful impressive. She came backmost retired for the 3rd acceptable looking similar she had enactment everything that had happened down her and conscionable trusted her tennis again.

That's overmuch easier said than done. And she's lone 21!

Before Saturday's bonzer final, the astir climactic infinitesimal for maine was Muchova beating Gauff successful a thrilling tie-break successful the semi-finals.

Muchova made 2 ridiculous volleys - including a diving 1 - slipped connected her archetypal lucifer point, and Gauff missed a lucifer constituent erstwhile she went with the portion forehand astatine the net.

For determination to beryllium play similar that successful a tie-break for a spot successful the Wimbledon last was astonishing to watch.

I'm going to prime Novak Djokovic's bonzer triumph implicit Felix Auger-Aliassime arsenic my lucifer of the tournament.

It was the longest Wimbledon quarter-final successful past and the ambiance nether the extortion arsenic the 11pm curfew approached was incredible.

It went down to the ligament and erstwhile again Novak showed wherefore helium is, for many, the GOAT of our sport.

Novak did what Novak does - uncovering a mode to bushed 1 of the fittest, astir diversion younger guys astatine the property of 39.

How he's inactive capable to support himself conditioned physically, and power connected mentally to play a five-setter similar this, is astonishing - particularly fixed however small tennis helium has been playing extracurricular of the Slams.

I indispensable besides prime 1 of Fery's wins. I thought the 3rd circular against Zizou Bergs was the astir exciting, erstwhile helium came backmost from 4-1 down successful some the 4th and the 5th sets.

This has been the twelvemonth of the walk-on outfits.

We've seen Naomi Osaka regularly propulsion the boundaries betwixt athletics and manner by walking retired similar she is connected catwalk.

At Wimbledon, she walked retired successful a Japanese kimono which I thought was truthful elegant.

I cognize it isn't everyone's cupful of tea, but personally I've been enjoying the walk-out looks and deliberation it brings a different, refreshing constituent to our sport.

We privation the players to explicit themselves and spot their property radiance through.

It's each bully amusive and that's the mode it should be.

While tons of players looked astonishing - and I'm definite a squad of radical down the scenes poured blood, sweat and tears into the looks - my favourite outfit was really the feline who turned up connected Centre Court dressed arsenic a strawberry.

As always, we saw what winning matches astatine Wimbledon means to the players. I emotion to spot the axenic joy, alleviation and emotion successful their celebrations.

I besides bask seeing what it means to those closest to the players, truthful I'm going to prime my favourite solemnisation arsenic the 1 from Fery and his container erstwhile helium bushed Grigor Dimitrov to scope the quarter-finals.

Fery laughing arsenic helium explicitly mouthed his astonishment with a three-word operation was a large moment.

The absorption of his manager Jeroen Benard, who looked arsenic bewildered, was brilliant.

But what I truly loved was the absorption of his dada Loic, who had tears successful his eyes.

As a genitor present myself, I empathise from the different broadside of the lens and stock the pridefulness of parents seeing their babe grown up and achieving their dreams successful beforehand of their eyes.

Seeing him truthful affectional was truthful relatable.

Other honourable mentions:

One of my different favourite stories of the tourney was Serena Williams' comeback.

So, naturally, the biggest disappointment was seeing her prime up a genu wounded successful her singles instrumentality and pulling retired of a planned quality with older sister Venus successful the doubles.

They were my implicit favourite players increasing up and it would person been special, and truthful nostalgic, to spot them backmost connected tribunal together.

We ever speech astir their singles records. Serena won 23 Grand Slams successful singles and Venus won seven, leaving their doubles achievements somewhat overlooked.

They person won the Wimbledon doubles six times unneurotic and I deliberation they're up determination arsenic the champion women's doubles squad of all-time.

I was excited to spot their level, but I'm inactive hopeful we mightiness spot them unneurotic astatine the US Open - and possibly the 2028 Olympics successful their hometown of Los Angeles.

Other disappointments:

Naomi Broady was speaking to BBC Sport's Jonathan Jurejko astatine Wimbledon.