The third round of Wimbledon got its start this morning, with the victories of Novak Djokovic (6-4, 6-3, 7-6 vs Denis Kudla) and Andrey Rublev (6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 vs Fabio Fognini ) and the losses of Andy Murray (4-6, 2-6, 2-6 vs Denis Shapovalov) and Diego Schwartzman (3-6, 3-6, 7-6, 4-6 vs Márton Fucsovics) in the men’s draw and the outstanding performances of Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek and Karolína Plisková in the female category.
These players are already guaranteed a second week in London and it remains to define what will happen in the lower keys, where Roger Federer will seek to reach the round of 16 and meet one of his objectives, recently mentioned in the press conference prior to his debut against Adrian Mannarino Last Tuesday.
At that time, The Swiss was asked if he was going to participate in the Tokyo Olympics and he said that everything would depend on whether he passed the first week in the london tournament, which he believes is his goal to consider that he still has the potential to compete at the highest level, despite the fact that he is far from being at his best after so long as a tennis player.
A complicated victory over Mannarino in his debut, which was facilitated by the Frenchman’s fall in the fourth set that forced him to retire, was followed by Richard Gasquet, against whom Roger Federer had the best match since he retaken the racket at the ATP 250 from Doha, so now he must keep up the pace against Cameron Norrie, his next rival in Wimbledon.
It will be the first time that His Majesty faces the South African representing Great Britain, who this season reached three finals, although he could not win any: Estoril against Albert Ramos-Viñolas, Lyon with Stéfanos Tsitsipás and, most recently, Queens against Matteo Berrettini.
Federer and Norrie will play in the second shift of the All England Center Court, but the day Wimbledon It will also feature Alexander Zverev’s featured matches with Taylor Fritz on Court 2, while on Court 1 will be Marin Cilic and Daniil Medvedev.
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