Before Wimbledon, Tennis finally gets some love in Apple Sports

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Apple has released version 3.0 of the Sports app for iOS, with the new version introducing tennis for the first time, just in time for Wimbledon.

Smartphone displaying sports app with upcoming Wimbledon event, tennis ball on a sandy tennis court in the background.
Tennis is now represented in the Sports app



The Sports app covers quite a few different sports types, including soccer, ice hockey, Formula 1, and others, providing the latest scores and results to its users. In a Wednesday update, the app now supports tennis.

There are two new listings under My Leagues, with Men's Tennis accompanied by Women's Tennis. Each offers users the tennis scores for major events, including the upcoming Wimbledon tournament in the UK.

The sections also include the WTA Singles Rankings, complete with the ranking scores of each player.

Two smartphone screens displaying sports scores; left shows a Wimbledon match and a NASCAR race, right shows detailed Wimbledon match scores and previous results on a green background.
View of tennis scores and results in Sports for iOS - Image Credit: Apple



As with other sports, tennis fans will be able to track every point in singles matches, starting from Wimbledon, including live score updates. This will also apply to all Grand Slam and 1,000-level tournaments.

Results will also appear as a Live Activity on the iPhone Lock Screen and Apple Watch.

While tennis is the main introduction this time around, Apple has made a few other smaller quality-of-life changes.

That includes a new home screen layout, which displays all of the upcoming events grouped by league. Furthermore, you can also rearrange the order that which the leagues are shown, under the Edit menu, so your preferred sport is higher up the list.

Lastly, MLB fans will be able to see the pitcher and batter matchups at the top of every scorecard, so they can quickly review opposing pairings.

Other recent updates to the Sports app include details of the Bundesliga relegation play-off, rankings on league pages, the highlighting of NHL goal scorers, and game card sharing.

Sports is free to download from the App Store, and requires an iPhone running iOS 17.2 or later.



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  • Reply 1 of 3
    anthogaganthogag Posts: 98member
    I like the Sports app. If the event is televised you get results 30 seconds before what you see on the TV. 
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  • Reply 2 of 3
    mike1mike1 Posts: 3,501member
    anthogag said:
    I like the Sports app. If the event is televised you get results 30 seconds before what you see on the TV. 

    Yep. LOL Great for when I am not home, but I do turn off the alerts while I am watching on TV for that very reason.
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    comcastsuckscomcastsucks Posts: 84member
    I feel bad for the single programmer they have working on this app. He deserves more thanks and praise.
    appleinsiderusermuthuk_vanalingam
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