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Czech tennis participant Markéta Vondroušová within the first spherical of Wimbledon in London, July 2, 2024. AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth
London – Tennis participant Markéta Vondroušová was eradicated within the first spherical whereas defending her title at Wimbledon. The event’s high six unexpectedly misplaced on the grass on the All England Membership to the world’s 83rd participant Jessica Bouzasová from Spain 4:6, 2:6. Qualifier Vít Kopřiva didn’t succeed both, he was not sufficient for the favored Novak Djokovic and misplaced to the present world quantity two 1:6, 2:6, 2:6. Marie Bouzková, who defeated Argentina’s Julia Riera 6:2, 6:1, and Kateřina Siniaková, who defeated Canada’s Marina Stakusic 6:4, 6:2, superior to the second spherical. World No. 1 Polka Šwiatek began Wimbledon victoriously and has her twentieth win in a row.
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Vondroušová, a local of Sokolovská, is the second tennis participant within the so-called “open period” who, whereas defending her title on the London Grand Slam, didn’t succeed within the opening match. To date this has solely occurred in 1994 to the German Steffi Graf.
Twenty-five-year-old Vondroušová began the primary match lower than two weeks after injuring her hip in Berlin. Within the match, she paid for 28 unforced errors, misplaced serve 5 instances. She misplaced the match on the middle courtroom in a single hour and 9 minutes. Twenty-one-year-old Bouzasová superior to the 2nd spherical of a Grand Slam for the primary time in her profession.
“It was a troublesome match. I believe she performed nice, whereas I did not carry out my greatest,” mentioned Vondroušová on the press convention. “I used to be high-quality in apply. I used to be a bit nervous about my leg in the present day, however I do not assume that was the rationale I misplaced. I used to be nervous from the beginning, whereas she performed nice. Total it was tough. I assumed, that everybody expects me to win once more. However in the present day it did not go in accordance with plan,” mentioned Vondroušová.
Vondroušová, who received Wimbledon final 12 months as the primary unseeded participant within the “open period”, didn’t have an excellent begin. She misplaced her serve within the opening sport, and though she leveled later, Bouzasová broke her serve as soon as once more and took the lead 5:3. Vondroušová diminished, however then made a number of unforced errors on her opponent’s serve and misplaced the primary set.
Even within the second set, coach Jan Hernych’s shopper didn’t get comfy. Bouzasová took two extra serves from her to start with and took a 3:1 lead. From that second on, she didn’t supply the Czech tennis participant a single break level, quite the opposite, Vondroušová misplaced serve within the seventh sport. The Spaniard then served out the duel for victory.
“It is one of many largest moments in my life. I actually shocked myself,” Bouzas mentioned in an on-court interview. “I advised myself that I am not below stress and to benefit from the second and the event. I attempted to play with a transparent head and I succeeded. I am very blissful for that,” she added.
The earlier 12 months’s quarter-finalist Bouzková confirmed her position as the favourite towards Riera. Her opponent took serve six instances, she misplaced solely two. The Argentinian made 34 unforced errors, Bouzková 18. Within the subsequent spherical, the Czech tennis participant will face Anna Kalinska from Russia, the event’s seventeenth participant.
“I am glad that I received the match in two units. The start was harder, I had break factors towards me immediately, however I held on. Then issues developed nicely, I attempted to push my sport. I did not know my opponent very nicely and first I needed to she performed loads of clay tennis with a lifted forehand,” Bouzková advised Czech journalists.
Siniaková was additionally profitable, knocking out Stakusicová from the place of twenty-seventh within the event in a single hour and 47 minutes. She made 25 break factors within the match, however transformed solely 4. She outscored her opponent within the ratio of profitable balls 34:22. The Czech tennis participant received the seventh out of eight matches this 12 months on grass and can face Julia Putintseva from Kazakhstan within the subsequent spherical.
“I do not know if the rating seems so clear-cut. It was actually a tough match. I anticipated it, however I am glad I managed it. Confirming the position of the favourite isn’t simple,” Siniaková identified.
Twenty-seven-year-old Kopřiva confronted Djokovic, the holder of 24 Grand Slam titles, for lower than two hours in his debut in the primary competitors of Wimbledon. He performed 5 video games towards the seven-time winner of the event on middle courtroom. He didn’t work out a single break level, he himself misplaced serve six instances. Djokovic, who returned to the courts lower than 4 weeks after knee surgical procedure, superior to the second spherical of Wimbledon for the nineteenth time in his profession.
“It was an expertise for the remainder of my life. Nothing about it. The environment of the middle courtroom instantly blew me away. From that standpoint, it was unreal. I type of hoped that Novak might give me just a few lighter balls, but it surely was terribly tough to play towards him. Each ball I gave him got here again even quicker. He returned each serve. Now I felt it by myself, and it was one thing unreal, how he returned every thing,” mentioned Kopřiva.
Tomáš Macháč didn’t end his match in the present day because of the darkness, who performed towards the Belgian David Goffin after the withdrawal of the British Andy Murray. The duel will proceed at 3:6, 2:4 from the standpoint of the Czech tennis participant. Earlier, the organizers additionally postponed Barbora Krejčíková’s match towards Russian Veronika Kuděrmětová to Wednesday.
World No. 1 Šwiatek obtained off to a profitable begin and has her twentieth win in a row
World tennis primary Iga Šwiateková managed to enter Wimbledon and knocked out forty ninth ranked participant Sofia Keninová within the first spherical. The 23-year-old Polish favourite, whose highest level at a grass Grand Slam was final 12 months’s quarter-final, received 6:3, 6:4 and along with her American opponent she managed even the fourth mutual duel with out shedding a set.
In her first match on grass this 12 months, Šwiateková continued her profitable streak from the clay Roland Garros, which she received for the third time in a row and fourth time total. With the previous world quantity 4 and Australian Open champion from 2020, she misplaced serve within the first set, however at the moment she already had the benefit of a break and in the remainder of the course, in contrast to her opponent, she remained one hundred pc on serve. Total, she celebrated her twentieth victory in a row in 79 minutes after the primary match level.
“It was a stable begin in a not-so-easy draw. You’ll be able to’t enter a Grand Slam lukewarm, it’s important to be prepared immediately. On this floor (in my case) it isn’t concerning the consequence, it is about enhancing, so I am going to see if I can do nicely higher than final 12 months,” mentioned Šwiateková, who will subsequent face Croatia’s Petra Martičová, the 89th participant within the WTA rankings.
Jelena Rybakinová, the earlier 12 months’s winner, additionally entered Wimbledon with a easy win. The event 4 defeated Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6:3, 6:1 in a single hour and ten minutes. Within the second spherical, the 25-year-old native of Russia, who has been representing Kazakhstan since 2018, will face Laura Siegemundová, who’s 11 years older. The German participant initially spent just one sport and fewer than 1 / 4 of an hour extra on the courtroom in a duel with Ukrainian Kateryna Baindlova (6:4, 6:1).
This system of the third Grand Slam event of the 12 months was repeatedly interrupted by rain, and the organizers postponed some matches to Wednesday. Earlier than the primary rain and an hour-long break adopted, fifth-seeded American Jessica Pegula managed to advance, defeating compatriot Ashlyn Krueger 6-2, 6-0 in simply 49 minutes.
Not like Markéta Vondroušová, final 12 months’s second finalist Uns Džábirová returned victorious to Wimbledon. The Tunisian tennis participant, who unsuccessfully performed for the title on the All England Membership in 2022, didn’t give Mojuca Uchidzima an opportunity and received 6:3, 6:1.
Fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev additionally skilled a sure entry into the event, who, like Šwiateková, continues to be ready for a breakthrough on the London grass. Wimbledon is the one Grand Slam the place he hasn’t performed a semifinal but, and he is by no means even been to the quarterfinals. In his eighth look, the finalist of the latest Roland Garros knocked out Spaniard Roberto Carballés after a concentrated efficiency and a 6:2, 6:4, 6:2 win.
“I’ve had my issues right here for years, however now I really feel totally different. Prior to now, for some cause, I mentioned that I do not like grass courts. Now I’ve determined that I like them,” mentioned the happy Olympic champion on the courtroom.
Then again, the sixth-seeded Andrey Rublyov from Russia met a shocking finish, who was not sufficient for his Argentine opponent from the second hundred of the rating, Francisco Comesana. The 23-year-old debutant on the Grand Slam occasion received over final 12 months’s quarter-finalist 6:4, 5:7, 6:2, 7:6. Within the match, Rublyov repeatedly misplaced his mood, confronted himself and his staff, and even injured his knee with a racket in anger.
“Taking part in right here was my dream. I am blissful and I do not know what to say,” Comesana mentioned on the courtroom.
Tennis Grand Slam Wimbledon in London
(grass, £50 million endowment):
Males:
Singles – 1st spherical:
Djokovic (2-Serbia) – Nettle (ČR) 6:1, 6:2, 6:2, Zverev (4-German) – Carballes (Šp.) 6:2, 6:4, 6:2, Comesana (Arg.) – Rubljov (6- Rus.) 6:4, 5:7, 6:2, 7:6 (7:5), Hurkacz (7-Pol.) – Albot (Mildew.) 5:7, 6:4, 6:3, 6 :4, De Minaur (9-Austria) – Duckworth (Austria) 7:6 (7:1), 7:6 (7:3), 7:6 (7:4), Tsitsipas (11-Řec. ) – Daniel (Japan) 7:6 (7:5), 6:4, 7:5, Fritz (13-USA) – O’Connell (Austria) 6:1, 6:2, 6:4, Shelton (14-USA) – Bellucci (It.) 4:6, 6:3, 3:6, 6:3, 6:4, Rune (15-Dan.) – Kwon Solar-u (Korea) 6:1 , 6:4, 6:4, Mpetshi Perricard (Fr.) – Korda (20-USA) 7:6 (7:5), 6:7 (4:7), 7:6 (8:6), 6 :7 (4:7), 6:3, Musetti (25-It.) – Lestienne (Fr.) 4:6, 7:6 (7:4), 6:2, 6:2, Draper (28- USA) – E. Ymer (Sweden) 3:6, 6:3, 6:3, 4:6, 6:3, Etcheverry (30-Arg.) – Nardi (It.) 6:1, 6:4 , 6:2, Nišioka (Japan) – Borges (Portuguese) 6:2, 7:6 (8:6), 2:6, 6:3, Popyrin (Austria) – Monteiro (Braz.) 6: 4, 6:7 (8:10), 6:3, 6:4, Munar (Sp.) – Harris (Brit.) 6:4, 6:4, 3:6, 6:3, Darderi (It. ) – Choinski (Brit.) 7:5, 4:6, 2:6, 7:5, 6:2, Seyboth Wild (Braz.) – Jubb (Brit.) 1:6, 3:6, 7:6 (8:6), 6:4, 7:5, Walton (Austria) – Coria (Arg.) 6:3, 6:3, 7:5, Fearnley (Brit.) – Moro (Sp.) 7: 5, 6:4, 7:6 (14:12), Fils (Fr.) – Stricker (Switzerland) 6:3, 6:2, 3:6, 6:4, Giron (USA) – Searle (Brit .) 3:6, 6:3, 6:4, 6:4, Cobolli (It.) – Hijikata (Austria) 7:5, 4:6, 6:4, 6:4, Norrie (Brit.) – Diaz (Arg.) 7:5, 7:5, 6:3.
Girls:
Singles – 1st spherical:
Siniakova (27-CR) – Stakusicová (Can.) 6:4, 6:2, Bouzkova (CZ) – Rieraová (Arg.) 6:2, 6:1, Bouzasová (Sp.) – Vondroušová (6-Czech Republic) 6:4, 6:2, Šwiateková (1-Pol.) – Keninová (USA) 6:3, 6:4, Rybakinová (4-Kaz.) – Ruseová (Roman) 6:3, 6:1, Pegulaová (5-USA) – Kruegerová (USA) 6:2, 6:0, Džábirová (10-Tun.) – Učidžimová (Japan) 6:3, 6:1, Ostapenko (13-Lot. ) – Tomljanovicová (Aust.) 6:1, 6:2, Samsonovová (15-Rus.) – Masárová (Sp.) 6:3, 4:6, 6:2, Kalinská (17-Rus.) – P. Udvardy (Germany) 6:3, 6:2, Garcia (23-Fr.) – Blinkova (Russia) 6:4, 7:5, Fernandez (30-Can.) – Bronzetti (It.) 6:4 , 6:3, Boulter (32-Britain) – Maria (Germany) 7:6 (8:6), 7:5, Dart (Britain) – Pai Chuo-süan (China) 6:4, 6: 0, Siegemundová (Germany) – Baindlova (Ukr.) 6:4, 6:1, Wang Sin-yü (China) – Tomovová (Bulgaria) 7:6 (7:4), 3:6, 6:0 , Bucsaová (Sp.) – Bogdanová (Romania) 6:4, 4:6, 7:6 (7:5), Avanesyanová (Russia) – Kalininová (Ukraine) 6:2, 6:3, Peraová ( USA) – Potapova (Russia) 6:7 (4:7), 6:4, 7:6 (8:6), Gálfiová (Germany) – Sharifová (Egypt) 6:1, 6:2, Montgomery (USA) – Gadecka (Aust.) 6:4, 6:4, Putintseva (Kaz.) – Kerberová (Germany) 7:5, 6:3, Wozniacka (Den.) – Parksová (USA) 6:2, 6:0, Snigurová (Ukr.) – Dodinová (Fr.) 6:4, 6:0, Martičová (Croatia) – Jonesová (Brit.) 3:6, 6:1, 6:2.
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