At Wimbledon,
TOPS
Overthrowing Holger Rune, who beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (6-3 4-6 3-6 6-4 7-6), in almost four hours of play. Rune gave in but did not break after a one of the most beautiful fights since the beginning of the tournament. He saved two match points on his serve at 4-5 in the decisive set and trailed 6/2 and 8/5 in the super-tie break. The 6th in the world, however, had the last word with the panache that characterizes him. Not bad for a 19-year-old who had never won a match on grass before this year, before reaching the semi-finals at Queen’s and therefore the round of 16 at Wimbledon.
She had reached the semi-final of the last Roland-Garros. Here is Beatriz Haddad Maia, in the round of 16 on the London lawn. The Brazilian left-hander had won just two career matches in the main draw. Very comfortable, she outclassed the Romanian Sorana Cirstea (6-2, 6-2) to give herself the right to face defending champion Elena Rybakina.
The revenge of the banished. Russians and Belarusians, banned from playing the tournament last year due to the invasion of Russia in Ukraine with the complicity of the Belarusian, will be no less than 6 present in the round of 16, men and women combined. Medvedev, Safiulin Rublev in the men’s draw. Azaenka, Sabalenka, Potapova or Andreeva in the female table. The British and the French have already said goodbye to the tournament…
FLOPS
She hadn’t been missed. The Wimbledon tournament was heavily disrupted by rain for the first three days, but the program resumed on Saturday. But that was the return of the rain. She made new of hers interrupting the matches of the sixth day of Wimbledon for two and a half hours on Saturday, only the games scheduled on the Central courts and number 1 took place normally under the roof. Started at 11 a.m. local time, the games were suspended from 12:35 p.m. to 3 p.m. And a heavy downpour once again interrupted the proceedings at 7:25 p.m., ending the day on the outdoor courts. Those of the Central and number 1 courts took a long time to resume. Their roofs being open at the time of the downpour…
What did the Spaniard do in the 5th set super tie-break? The 34th-ranked player in the world who led Holger Rune 6-2 and then 8-5 in the super tie-break decided to attempt an underarm serve at 8-8 in a crucial moment of his superb fight against Rune. A very curious choice which did not surprise the Dane at all. The latter perfectly anticipated to offer himself a match point and conclude behind on his service. The Spaniard will be able to curse his funny choice… “I didn’t expect him to serve like that, but I was quick to get it”, commented hot Rune, just as surprised by the option taken by his opponent.
