The program, this Sunday
Center Court (start 1:30 p.m.)
Andrey Rublev (RUS / seeded N.7) – Alexander Bublik (KAZ / N.23)
Iga Swiatek (POL/N.1) – Belinda Bencic (SUI/N.14)
Hubert Hurkacz (POL/N.17) – Novak Djokovic (SRB/N.2)
Court N.1 (start 1:00 p.m.)
Jessica Pegula (USA/N.4) – Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)
Jannik Sinner (ITA/N.8) – Daniel Galan (COL)
Victoria Azarenka (BLR/N.19) – Elina Svitolina (UKR)
Court N.2 (start 11:00 a.m.)
Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) – Marie Bouzkova (CZE/N.32)
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) – Frances Tiafoé (E-U) (fin du 3e tour)
Roman Safiullin (RUS) – Denis Shapovalov (CAN/N.26)
Quiet like Iga Swiatek and Novak Djokovic. The Polish and the Serb did not suffer from the disruption of the program linked to the rain. On the Center Court, they play their round of 16 this Sunday. As expected. Three-time Roland-Garros winner Iga Swiatek has already equaled her best result at Wimbledon with her qualification for the round of 16. She will try to confirm that she has a green thumb against the dangerous Belinda Bencic.
Djokovic – Hurkacz Everything is going well for the master of the house who signed against Stan Wawrinka a 31st consecutive success in his Wimbledon garden. Hubert Hukacz stands up to him in the round of 16 on Sunday. An opponent against whom he has never lost in five games but against whom he had given up a set in the second round in 2019 at Church Road: “He is a very complete player, he is very comfortable on the grass. I don’t see too many shortcomings in his game, so I know this will definitely be the toughest challenge for me since the start of the tournament.” Semi-finalist in 2021, the Pole remains the last player to beat Roger Federer. Faced with the new master of the place, at the height of his art at 36, the challenge promises to be even greater.
Quarter-finalist at Roland-Garros, eight months after giving birth to her first child, the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, qualified for the round of 16 against Viktoria Azarenka, confirms her return to business also on grass. To her great surprise obviously since she had bought a ticket to go see Harry Styles in concert in Vienna. On Instagram, the young mother sought to restore her two places. Solid 3rd round faller Sofia Kenin, 7-6(3), 6-2, the Ukrainian, semi-finalists in 2019 could upset Victoria Azarenka, this Sunday on Center Court in the last rotation in a particular match due to the war in Ukraine…
The player to watch
Seeded No. 23, Kazakh Alexander Bublik, recent winner of the Halle tournament, has won eight in a row and is playing his first round of 16 in a Major this Sunday. The unpredictable right-hander can cause problems Russian Andrey Rublev, seeded No. 7, but not a grass specialist. Surface on which Bublik excels this year.
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The presence of the French and the British in the round of 16. A sad habit for France, which still had three representatives last year at this stage of the competition. Great Britain had been able to count on Cameron Norrie, semi-finalist in 2022.
The Irishman Thomas Saint-Léger Gould, finalist of the 1879 edition, marked the history of the tournament. Because a few years later, he and his wife will be accused in 1907, of having killed a wealthy Danish heiress and of having cut her into small pieces. His corpse will be found in the player’s suitcase. This is a funny after career.