Wimbledon came to an end on Sunday and it was a tournament in which surprising and remarkable results kept coming.

Novak Djokovic and Angelqiue Kerber were champions and there were some classic matches throughout the tournament.

Here, Press Association Sport takes a look at five of the best.

An unhappy return

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Maria Sharapova’s Wimbledon return ended in a defeat inflicted from the brink of victory as she crashed out against fellow Russian Vitalia Diatchenko. The 31-year-old was making her first appearance at the All England Club in three years having served a doping ban and then withdrawn from qualifying through injury 12 months ago. The 2004 champion was a set and 5-2 up, serving for the match and looking set for a smooth passage into round two. But a tense Sharapova allowed Diatchenko to break back, and the world number 132 took the ensuing tie-break before prevailing in the third to win 6-7 (3/7) 7-6 (7/3) 6-4.

World number one dumped out

Simona Halep losing to Hsieh Su-wei should not have been too much of a surprise given the world number one had questioned her own ability to win Wimbledon. But even when it happened, it still came as a shock given the Romanian’s form this year and the disparity in the rankings. But world number 48 Hsieh’s style of tennis is unusual, with a two-handed forehand slice, and is conducive to entertaining tennis. That is what we got against Halep as the Taiwanese saved a match point to win 3-6 6-4 7-5.

Murray calls a classic

The quarter-final between Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin del Potro was so highly anticipated that Andy Murray handpicked it for his BBC commentary debut. Unsurprisingly the Scot was wise in his choice as they served up a classic. After falling behind, Argentinian Del Potro became the first man to take a set off the Spaniard at this year’s tournament and he soon followed it up with a second to move ahead. But, at the same time that England lost their World Cup semi-final, Nadal made it through to the Wimbledon last four by outlasting Del Potro and winning the final two sets to complete a near five-hour win.

History-making semi-finalists

Many expected the semi-final between Kevin Anderson and John Isner to go the distance, just because of their prowess on serve. But no one will have expected them to have been still thumping aces down six and a half hours after the first ball was struck. They headed into record-breaking territory, contesting the longest semi-final in Wimbledon’s history, and although it was not tennis for the purists, a mammoth final set brought drama and intensity. Anderson eventually won the set 26-24 in two hours and 55 minutes, with the entire match lasting six hours and 36 minutes.

Renewing a rivalry

If the first men’s semi-final was not particularly pleasing on the eye, the second between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic more than made up for it. Renewing a lasting rivalry, the pair put on a thrilling show over two days. The first part, in the aftermath of the Anderson-Isner marathon and before an 11pm curfew, saw Djokovic edge ahead by two sets to one, finishing with a brilliant tie-break success. Nadal took it to a decider on Saturday when they resumed before the women’s final, and then a simply awe-inspiring final set ensued, which Djokovic eventually got the better of to seal a 6-4 3-6 7-6 (11/9) 3-6 10-8 success.