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Hewitt, 41, the famously combative two-time grand slam champion spent 80 weeks as world’s No 1 player and is the 34th Australian player to be inducted.

There is something seductive about going out on top. Few things in sport are more shrouded in legend than the walk-off home run, the last-minute winner or the champion who retires undefeated. Always leave them wanting more, the thinking goes. Except, I’m almost certain this is horribly wrong.

In Jon Wertheim’s latest mailbag, we revisit a few hot topics from Wimbledon, including the Big Three, Elena Rybakina’s celebration and tiebreakers.

While chatting to Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic, Kate Middleton revealed that her youngest son Prince Louis has been learning how to play tennis just like his siblings Prince George and Princess Charlotte

Serena Williams was dumped out of the first round of Wimbledon on her return this year, and Roger Federer has been warned about facing something familiar if he is to return

John McEnroe has leapt to the defence of Novak Djokovic following his seventh Wimbledon title win on centre court this past Sunday after he defeated Nick Kyrgios on four sets

Anybody who had the pleasure of watching the Wimbledon men’s final Sunday morning surely shared the sentiments of runner-up Nick Kyrgios, who said of seven-time winner Novak Djokovic: “He is a bit of a god.”

Roger Federer has dropped out of the ATP rankings entirely for the first time in a quarter-century

The Serb has long been seeking the missing ingredient to make him an equal of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the hearts of tennis fans

Federer was 97th before play began at the All England Club but now has zero points because the rankings are based on a player’s results over the previous 52 weeks — and he has not competed at all since reaching the Wimbledon quarterfinals a year ago.

Flying Djokovic, furious Kyrgios, Jabeur’s shotmaking and Tan’s defeat of Serena made for a memorable fortnight