David Goffin lost to Russian Andrey Rublev in the third round. Public favorite Andy Murray was also unable to stunt against Stefanos Tsitsipas.
David Goffin (ATP 123) was unable to stunt in the third round of Wimbledon. He lost in four sets (3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-7 (5-7) and 2-6) against Russian Andrey Rublev (ATP 7).
For a while it looked like Goffin would take a 2-1 lead. In the third set he quickly broke through Rublev’s service twice to lead 4-1. He gave up that lead completely and eventually lost in the tiebreak. In the fourth set, Goffin seemed unable to fight back.
Crowd favorite Murray out
We will also no longer see public favorite Andy Murray (ATP 40) in Wimbledon. He lost in the second round to the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (ATP 5) in five long sets (6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, 6-7 (3-7) and 4-6).
On Thursday, the match was suspended after three sets because the curfew started ringing. All matches at Wimbledon must end at 11 p.m. local time. Murray was not happy with the decision as he felt he had gained momentum, leading 2-1. He may have been right, as he lost the next two sets.
“Obviously I’m very disappointed at the moment. Of course, you never know how many chances you’ll get to play here,” Murray told reporters.
“It’s never easy with Andy. Everyone loves him here,” Tsitsipas said after the game. “It was a very tough game and I am impressed with how well he is holding up after his hip surgery. It was nerve wracking.’
Tsitsipas plays in the third round against the Serbian Laslo Djere (ATP 60). The two have played against each other twice, twice the Greek came out on top.
Home player Andy Murray thanked his vociferous fans as he had to leave the ground due to curfew. Photo: REUTERS
The other matches that await on Center Court: the Polish Iga Swiatek (WTA 1) will play against the Croatian Petra Martic (WTA 29) in the third round. The evening closes with a match between the Serbian Novak Djokovic (ATP 2) and the Swiss Stan Wawrinka (ATP 88).
The number 1 Carlos Alcaraz easily qualified for the third round. He won in three sets (6-4, 7-6 (7-2) and 6-3) against the Frenchman Alexandre Muller.
Busy day in doubles
Our compatriots are still numerous in the doubles. For example, Elise Mertens (WTA 8) and her doubles partner the Australian Storm Hunter (WTA 7) defeated the Ukrainian Nadiia Kichenok (WTA 55) and the Polish Alicja Rosolska (WTA 57) in two sets (6-0 and 6) in the first round. -2).
Mertens won the tournament in 2021 with the Taiwanese Hsieh Su-Wei (WTA 29) and was a losing finalist last year with the Chinese Zhang Shuai (WTA 36). Her doubles partner Hunter reached the semi-finals in 2021, but could not win before.
Greet Minnen (WTA 56) and Kirsten Flipkens (WTA 49) also won their match in the first rounds. Flipkens and the Hungarian Timea Babos (WTA 61) won in two sets (6-3 and 6-4) against the American Asia Muhammad (WTA 35) and the Mexican Giuliana Olmos (WTA 16). Minnen plays alongside Hungarian Anna Bondar (WTA 50). They beat the American duo Makenna Jones (WTA 107) and Sloane Stephens (WTA 336) in two sets (6-2 and 7-6 (7-4)).
Two more Belgians are currently playing in the first round of the mixed doubles, we see three Belgians again: Sander Gille (ATP 23) and Flipkens again.
Gille and the Japanese Miyu Kato (WTA 31) play against the Croatian Mate Pavic (ATP 17) and the Ukrainian Lyudmyla Kichenok (WTA 15). Flipkens is on the side of the Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin (ATP 10). The British Jonny O’Mara (ATP 128) and Olivia Nicholls (WTA 72) are their opponents.
The Belgian duo Ysaline Bonaventure (WTA 319) and Maryna Zanevska (WTA 459) is eliminated in the first round. They lost to the Taiwanese Wu Fang-Hsien (WTA 60) and the Chinese Zhu Lin (WTA 115) in two sets (4-6 and 4-6).
Our compatriot Joran Vliegen (ATP 25) and his double partner Yifan Xu (WTA 27) have also been eliminated in the first round of the mixed doubles. They lost to the Briton Neal Skupski (ATP 2) and the American Desirae Krawczyk (WTA 1) in straight sets (3-6 and 5-7).
2023-07-07 19:04:00
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