Serves, strawberries and shadows: Tom Jenkins’ best shots of Wimbledon 2026 - in pictures

Novak Djokovic was back at SW19 on the trail of his 25th grand slam title, the racket’s shadow falls on the face of Felix Gill during his defeat to Rafael Jódar, ball kids scamper around as new balls are served on Centre Court.

David Beckham, in the front row of the Royal Box, sheepishly gets up to join in a Mexican Wave, along with his mother Sandra (centre) and Mary Berry (right), spectators eat strawberries on Centre Court, the fruit was also seen on Court 5, in the form of face stickers on Oleksandra Oliynykova.

Serena Williams was back at SW19 for the first time since retiring in 2022 and her husband Alexis Ohanian, daughters Adira River Ohanian (held by her dad) and Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr were there on Centre Court to watch her take on Maya Joint. Unfortunately it wasn’t a victorious return for the seven-time Wimbledon singles champion as Joint won in three sets.

With the World Cup not being shown on any big screens at the tournament, spectators who wanted to follow the football were left to their own devices.

As spectators sit on benches having lunch, Lorenzo Sonego serves in his match with Gabriel Diallo on Court 14, Marta Kostyuk shows frustration in the final set of her victory over Anna Blinkova.

A ball boy gives three balls to Jan Choinski in the final set of his match against Francis Tiafoe which Tiafoe won in four sets.

Contrasting fortunes for former Wimbledon champions with Venus Williams, and partner Kevin Krawietz, losing their mixed doubles first-round match to Lloyd Glasspool and Tereza Mihalikova, while Novak Djokovic defeated Arthur Rinderknech in four sets.

Two differing emotions on Centre Court – Jelena Ostapenko looks dejected during her loss to Aryna Sabalenka, and Grigor Dimitrov celebrates his victory and jumps the net to shake hands with Matteo Berrettini.

Two differing styles of multi-exposure images during Alexandra Eala’s defeat to Jasmine Paolini on Centre Court - firstly Eala serving to Paolini, then Kris Budden, the ESPN “whispering” courtside reporter, which is a new TV initiative this year, commenting as Eala prepares to hit a return.

Karolina Muchova stretches to return in her victory over Naomi Osaka, Arthur Fery celebrates his quarter-final victory over Flavio Cobolli on Centre Court, which meant he was the first wildcard to make the men’s Wimbledon semi-finals since 2001, the crowd on Centre Court watching the Sinner v Djokovic semi-final.

Alfie Hewitt (left) celebrates match point by jumping into the arms of his partner Gordon Reid as they win their men’s wheelchair doubles final over Tokito Oda and Gustavo Fernández, Linda Noskova celebrates winning the women’s singles final over Karolina Muskova.

Linda Noskova receives the Venus Rosewater Dish from the Princess of Wales and then shows the trophy to fans from the balcony after the all-Czech final.

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