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Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic celebrated the expected victories at the Wimbledon Grand Slam on Thursday, but third-seeded Marin Cilic was surprisingly eliminated in the second round. Defending champion Garbine Muguruza was also eliminated in the second round.
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The finalist of last year Cilic of Croatia, who was One of the contenders again this year, was beaten by Guido Pella 6: 3.6: 1.4: 6.6: 7.5: 7. The first two sets, which had was played Wednesday before a break, went to favorites. Thursday, however, the wire broke in the world ranking Fifth.
Pella easily got the third round. In a thrilling fourth set, both players each managed a breakaway, the outsider had in the tiebreak with 7: 3 the best end for himself. In the final set, the South American finally used his fourth match point. For Argentina, it was the first victory against a top-five player. The rain had played in his cards. "I played more aggressively today and he did not feel well anymore, I tried to fight for every ball and I think that was the reason for my victory," he said. is happy the world number 82.
The Spanish Rafael Nadal Missing only a victory match on Church Road, thanks to the 6: 4,6: 3,6: 4 win over Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin, to take the place to the throne of the ATP ranking even after the clbadic Wimbledon grbad. The 32-year-old had problems with his opponent's unorthodox style, which found 13 chances to score. In the third round, Kukushkin was even 3: 1 ahead, the triumph of the Grand Slam 17 times could still avoid defeat. In the third round, Nadal played Australian Alex de Minaur, 19, who beat Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert in four sets.
Unexpectedly, the former world number one Novak Djokovic was 6: 1.6: 2 Win 6: 3 against Argentine Horacio Zeballos. On the way to his 60th win at Wimbledon, the Serb has six breaks. Twelve months after having had to finish his season prematurely as a result of an elbow injury last year, Djokovic, now ranked 21st in the ATP rankings, supported his co-favorite role at Lawn's Grand Slam. The only concern was that Djokovic needed treatment on the left thigh towards the end of the third set.
For Switzerland, Stan Wawrinka finished his second round match with a disappointment. The 33-year-old, who dropped to 224th place in the world ranking after two knee operations, lost to Italian Thomas Fabbiano 6: 7.3: 6.6: 7. finished Wednesday night with a 6: 5 lead for Wawrinka in the third set, but he left two unused balls in the pursuit on Thursday.
The day before, Wawrinka had awarded two balls in the first round and two in the third. While the use of luck was low, the triple Grand Slam winner can complain very little. "I played well and I just needed to get to the point where I can chain several wins."
Female title-holder Garbine Muguruza was eliminated Thursday in the second round. The 24-year-old Spanish has been beaten by her Belgian Alison van Uytvanck 7: 5.2: 6.1: 6. Van Uytvanck, 47th in the world rankings, has moved for the third time to Wimbledon against number 3.
Of the top five in the clbadic grbad, only Romanian Simona Halep has reached the third round. Before Caroline Muguruza, Caroline Wozniacki (DEN-2), Sloane Stephens (USA-4) and Elina Switolina (UKR-5) also lost.
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