| ISTOMIN | Uzbekistani who beat Djokovic at the 2017 Australian Open, Denis ... (7) |
| GOLDMEDAL | Honor won by Novak Djokovic at the Paris Olympics yesterday for the first time, as he defeated Carlos Alcaraz 7-6, 7-6 |
| SUM | Word for an arithmetical problem; an Uzbekistani coin; a quantity of money; or, with "dim", a selection of steamed or fried Chinese dumplings, served to "touch the heart" (3) |
| MIRJANA | 2017 Australian Open tennis semifinalist, ... Lucic-Baroni (7) |
| ROBERTO | ____ Bautista Agut, tennis player who beat Andy Murray at the 2023 Australian Open (7) |
| OCONNOR | Irish golfer who beat Fred Couples at the 1989 Ryder Cup, Christy ... (7) |
| INGEMAR | Swede who beat Floyd Patterson for the world heavyweight title, ... Johansson (7) |
| GRENADA | Anderson Peters, who beat Neeraj Chopra in the World Athletics Championships, belongs to this country. (7) |
| WEMBLEY | (Also 21ac) Scotland's football team who beat England 5-1 away in 1928 (7,7) |
| TEYMOUR | Eric ?, fighter who beat Nathan King in 2004 to become WBU Super Middleweight champion (7) |
| AGRIPPA | General who beat Mark Antony at Actium |
| SAMPRAS | Pete -------, tennis player who beat Roy Emerson's record of 12 Grand Slam wins (7) |
| WARNOCK | Raphael ___: Senator who beat Hershel Walker in 2022 (7) |
| JOHN | 2017 Australian Open tournament men's doubles tennis title winner with Henri Kontinen (4) |
| PEERS | 2017 Australian Open tournament men's doubles tennis title winner with Henri Kontinen (5) |
| GOLFERS | Sportsmen who beat up monarchs (7) |
| KVITOVA | Former Hobart International tennis winner who beat Maria Sharapova in 2011 Wimbledon women's singles final (7) |
| PATCASH | Aussie who beat Ivan Lendl to win 1987's Wimbledon |
| CAMACHO | Boxer who beat Leonard and Durn in their final fights |
| SERENA | 2017 Australian Open winner Williams |
