Crowd favorite Andy Murray lost to the Greek Thiem conqueror Stefanos Tsitsipas in a thrilling duel in five sets. Daniil Medvedev, Holger Rune and Olympic champion Alexander Zverev, on the other hand, bought the ticket for the third round, while Andrei Rublev had already qualified for the round of 16.
Alcaraz showed an entertaining performance on the well-filled center court, but had to fight harder than expected due to a total of 41 unforced errors against Müller, who at times played strongly. In the decisive moments, such as in the tie-break of the second set, the Spaniard showed his class. In the third round, Alcaraz meets Chilean Nicolas Jarry.
Record Grand Slam champion Djokovic is still in contention for his eighth Wimbledon title, which would see him level with Roger Federer. The 36-year-old Serb had no problems with Stan Wawrinka for two sets, but had to tie-break against the 38-year-old Swiss in the third. After 2:06 hours, Djokovic used his first match point.
Exactly ten years to the day after his first title in the classic lawn, Murray had to beat the Greek Tsitsipas 6: 7 (3), 7: 6 (2), 6: 4, 6: 7 (3), 4: 6 give. Tsitsipas converted his third match point after 4:40 hours.
Medvedev didn’t have to wait long in the continuation of the game against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, which had been abandoned the night before because of darkness, and won 6:3.6:3.7:6(5). Rune also only had to go into the tie-break once before he was the 6:3,7:6(3),6:4 winner over Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP). Zverev prevailed against the Japanese lucky loser Yosuke Watanuki in four sets, as did Rublew in a duel with the Belgian David Goffin.
Swiatek delivered a rock-solid performance over long stretches. Only when the score was 5: 4 in the second set did the Pole falter and gave up her service game to zero. However, the rebreak followed promptly, and the number one in the world served as a result. In the duel with the Swiss Belinda Bencic, Swiatek now has the chance to reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon for the first time in her career.
Second seed Aryna Sabalenka had a hard battle with France’s Varvara Gracheva for a long time, but in the end the Belarusian emerged victorious with a score of 2:6,7:5,6:2. The two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic qualified for the third round, as did the Tunisian Ons Jabeur, while the American Jessica Pegula is already in the last 16 after her clear two-set win against Elisabetta Cocciaretto.
