liveUpdated 32s agoFollow live from Day 6 of The 2026 Championships at the All England Club.The Athletic Live TeamJuly 4, 2026 at 4:20 AM EDTIga Swiatek celebrates advancing to the third round of Wimbledon. Getty ImagesWimbledon Day 6 — LatestThe 2026 Wimbledon Championships continues with Day 6 action at The All England Club. Iga Świątek (3), the defending Wimbledon champion, will play first on Centre Court against 29th seed Alexandra Eala. On U.S. Independence Day, a lot of Americans are playing today, including Amanda Anisimova (6) and Madison Keys (26) squaring off with Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz also in action. Follow our writers for news, updates and analysis on all the matches at SW19. Time: 11 a.m. BST | 6 a.m. ETWatch: ESPN (U.S.), BBC (U.K.); Fubo (try for free)Join our Discuss tab here or email us: live@theathletic.comListen to The Tennis Podcast and watch their live streams hereLISTEN: The Tennis Podcast The AthleticWe 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, right now, to catch their latest daily episode and follow their YouTube channel here. Enjoy!Subscribe to The Athletic The AthleticWimbledon 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 the knockout stage. 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.Join the conversation! Getty ImagesWhich top seeds are going to advance? What upsets are coming? And what's your favorite thing about watching Wimbledon?The Wimbledon Championships continue today, and we want to hear your thoughts and opinions.Feel free to join the conversation in the Discuss tab here or email us at live@theathletic.com.We will take some of the submissions and publish them in our live coverage. So what are you waiting for? Get involved in our discussions and coverage.How to watch Wimbledon? Getty ImagesU.S. broadcaster ESPN has announced a significant change to its coverage this year. There will still be 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.An ESPN Unlimited subscription, obtained either directly through ESPN or through a pay-TV provider, costs $30 per month.Select round-of-16 matches will continue to be aired on ABC. 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.What time do the matches begin? Getty ImagesMatches at Wimbledon begin at 11 a.m. BST, local time in London. That is 6 a.m. ET on the east coast in the United States and 3 a.m. PT on the west coast.Welcome to our live coverage! Getty ImagesGreetings tennis fans! Welcome to The Athletic’s live coverage of Day 6 at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships from The All England Club. It’s a busy day of tennis as the round of 16 looks to take full shape. Slam champions Iga Świątek (3), Alexander Zverev (2) and Elena Rybakina (2) are in action. There’s an all-American matchup of Amanda Anisimova (6) and Madison Keys (26). Don’t forget about Americans Frances Tiafoe (17) and Taylor Fritz (6), who look to advance to the second week of Wimbledon.There’s no better place than The Athletic for providing wall-to-wall coverage. So join us for the pre-match buildup, play-by-play commentary and reporter analysis on the ground at SW19.