Wimbledon 2026 live updates: Women's final latest as Karolína Muchova faces Linda Noskova in all-Czech clash

live Updated Wimbledon 2026 live updates: Women's final latest as Karolína Muchova faces Linda Noskova in all-Czech clash Wimbledon women's final — Latest The women's singles final takes place at Wimbledon today, with a new name set to be added to the trophy in 2026. Karolína Muchová and Linda Nosková, both from Czechia, will go head-to-head for a first Wimbledon title. Muchová advanced after a thrilling semifinal win against Coco Gauff, while 21-year-old Nosková sealed a comfortable win against Marta Kostyuk. - Start time: 4 p.m. BST/11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. PT - Watch: BBC (UK)/ESPN (U.S.) - Get involved in the conversation via the Discuss tab above or by emailing live@theathletic.com Looking after Wimbledon’s courts — a much bigger job than you’d expect At the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), better known as Wimbledon, grounds staff have 88 grass courts across three venues to maintain. The 18 match courts at Wimbledon are quiet until the tournament starts, but three miles to the north west, the 34 courts at the qualifying tournament complex in Roehampton are full of players bidding to make the main draw in the build-up to the main event. Then there are the 16 extra practice courts at AELTC Community Centre in Raynes Park, and the 20 practice courts at Wimbledon itself. Plus there’s the added task of maintaining flowers in borders and general planting around the site. It’s a mammoth task. How Wimbledon’s grass courts are maintained Neil Stubley, Wimbledon’s head of courts and horticulture, is the man in charge of keeping the tennis courts pristine as he enters his 30th tournament. He and his team of 18, which grows to 31 during the event, are responsible for “anything that grows” — including weeds. “Every day we test the ball bounce height and the hardness of the surface,” Stubley says. “If they’re getting too hard, we can add a little more water. If they get too soft, we can just hold off on irrigation and let Mother Nature dry it out a little more. “Last week, it got its final liquid fertilizer on to give it the right color that we need.” Top seeds beware Since Serena Williams' last Wimbledon title in 2016 as the No. 1 seed (she won in 2015 as the No. 1 seed, too), only one No. 1 seed has won at Wimbledon on the women's side: Ashleigh Barty (2021). The other seeds for the champion since Williams' win: - 2025: Iga Świątek (8) - 2024: Barbora Krejčíková (31) - 2023: Markéta Vondroušová (unseeded) - 2022: Elena Rybakina (17) - 2019: Simona Halep (7) - 2018: Angelique Kerber (11) - 2017: Garbiñe Muguruza (14) That trend will continue today. Why do players wear white at Wimbledon? Here's The Athletic's Ava Wallace to explain. The characteristics, challenges of playing on a grass court The grass-court season is short — meaning it brings additional challenges for players to master the surface. Two years ago, multi-Wimbledon winner Carlos Alcaraz said, “Every time I step on a grass court I have to learn how to move better, how to play better.” Quite the statement. The issue for players is the constant change of surfaces throughout the year and that so few tournaments are played on grass. Grass requires sometimes-staccato movements and rewards players with clean ball striking and effective serves, as well as being an ideal surface for a variety of strokes, using slices and drop shots. Iconic Wimbledon: Centre Court Arguably, it’s the most famous tennis court in the world. It is the main showpiece court, only ever used at the Wimbledon Championships (apart from the 2012 London Olympic Games) and has a capacity of 14,979. Distinguished guests sit in the Royal Box, with a 3,000-tonne retractable roof installed in 2009. The inscription above the entrance quotes Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If”: “If you can meet with triumph and disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same.” Wise words for anyone playing on it. Another final happens today ... The women's singles final is not the only one taking place today at Wimbledon. Starting at 1 p.m. BST/8 a.m. ET, the men's doubles will be decided as Harri Heliovaara (1) and Henry Patten (1) go up against Marcelo Arevalo (6) and Mate Pavic (6). LISTEN: The Tennis Podcast We have our own tennis podcast at The Athletic these days with The Tennis Podcast (featuring Catherine Whitaker, David Law and Matt Roberts) now part of our audio stable. Listen and subscribe by simply clicking right here to catch the latest daily episode and follow the YouTube channel here. Enjoy! Join the conversation! As we near the conclusion of this year's Championships at Wimbledon, we want to hear from tennis fans. Who is going to win today? And will it be the start of a reign of dominance in the women's singles? Send in your contributions in the Discuss tab or email us at live@theathletic.com — we will take the best submissions and publish them in our live coverage. Join the conversation, tennis fans. Subscribe to The Athletic Wimbledon continues today with more exciting tennis action to come, but there is plenty more going on in the sports world. The World Cup has reached its latter stages. Major League Baseball is nearing its All-Star Game, while the NBA and NHL offseasons are in full swing. Plus, the college football, NFL and Premier League seasons are coming soon. We will have all that, and more, covered at The Athletic. Get your subscription here to make sure you can read all of our terrific coverage. Our venue: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Church Road, Wimbledon, London. Postcode: SW19, another way of referring to the tournament itself. The private members’ club, established in 1868 (156 years ago), has a green and purple color scheme and is one of the most exclusive and prestigious in the country. How to get in, I hear you ask? You need letters of support from four full members, two of whom must have known you for at least three years. How to watch the action at Wimbledon U.S. broadcaster ESPN is featuring a significant change to its coverage this year. There is plenty of action on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes — but the ability to select individual matches to watch has now been moved to ESPN Unlimited. In the United Kingdom, the situation is far more straightforward. The BBC will once again show all of the action across BBC One, BBC Two, iPlayer and its website. When does the action get underway? Today's women's singles final at Wimbledon begins at 11 a.m. ET. That is 4 p.m. BST, local time in the U.K. or 8 a.m. PT on the West Coast of the United States. Welcome to our live coverage of Wimbledon 2026! Hello everyone, and welcome along to The Athletic, where today, we have live coverage of the women's singles final at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships. It promises to be a stellar occasion as we will see a new name engraved on the trophy — but will it be Karolina Muchová or her compatriot Linda Nosková? Follow our live coverage from pre-match buildup, through play-by-play commentary, analysis, opinions and reporting on the ground at SW19.