Persistent rain over the first three days at Wimbledon tested the nerves of the tennis players, with many more to lose in the frenzy of matches for the more hopefuls at the All England Club.
Delays, delays, postponements, cancellations. The normal meeting schedule was blown up for most players, including the world number one Carlos Alcaraz. Four exhausting days of the tournament, and the Murcian is still in the second round, hoping to play this Friday against the French Alexandre Muller.
Russian roulette of track entrances and exits, of arriving and leaving the club without doing your homework. A nightmare except for those who come to dispute their commitments to Central and Track 1, both of which have retractable roofs.
From the mess, some got results and others, more popular and with a greater distance to cover the theory in the event, were surprised by a priori lesser opponents.
On Thursday, a recovery day with a waterfall of matches, two top-10 players left the men’s draw. Norwegian is on the road early Casper RuudNo. 4 and recent finalist at Roland Garros, and the American taylor fritzvictim of a Rafael Nadal who was injured in their quarterfinal match in 2022.
The stumble was more logical for the Scandinavian, who did not prepare grass because he plans to compete again on clay, although he did not give up at 0-6 in the fifth set against the world 142 and was invited to the tournament because of being British, Liam Broady29 years old.
Expect more from No. Fritz was 9, but he relinquished a two-set lead against the Swede mikael ymerleaving an open field in his side of the Italian box Jannik Sinnerhypothetical opponent of Novak Djokovic in the semifinals.
With them, a hurried farewell from the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (12), a candidate for a lot dropped due to a knee injury, and the inconsistent Croatian Borna Coric (14), who does not always take advantage of his talent. like american Sebastian Korda (22), who declared himself a candidate for the title despite losing to Carlos Alcaraz at Queen’s and couldn’t even save the first obstacle in the rocky Czech Jiri Vesely. Rest due to a wrist ailment is taking a toll on him.
A parenthesis for Roberto Bautista (20), beaten by the Russian romain safiullin. I miss seeing the man from Castellón, who has a semifinal as the best result and has ATP finals on grass to his credit.
The number of victims was higher among the 32 seeded teams in the women’s draw. Equality prevails throughout time. Among those who have not reached the fifth day of competition, especially the American Coco Gauff, no. 7, at 19 years old suffering another unexpected setback. As an alibi, that he did it against a former Grand Slam champion like his countryman Sofia Kenin.
Greek also fell Maria Sakkarinº 8, for whom it costs little to dominate the Ukrainian 6-0 Martha Kostyukwho wept with emotion in the court.
the czech Barbora Krejcikova (11) retreated as he clearly surrendered to the stunning 16-year-old Russian girl Mirra Andreeva. Another check that fell right away was Karolina Pliskova (18), Wimbledon 2021 finalist.
Aspirants like the Russians Veronika Kudermetova (12 and Liudmilla Samsonova (15), as well as Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (17) immediately leave the box.
Even the favorites live on: Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcarazin masculine, and Iga Swiatekfor being number 1, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakinain the feminine.
Another weighty will fall when the Andy Murray-Stefanos Tsitsipas, suspended on Thursday with two sets to one in favor of the two-time Scottish champion. Not finished either Daniel Medvedevalthough he has the advantage of two sets to nil with Adrian Mannarino.
Source: La Verdad
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