Pella gathers to stun Cilic in the second round at Wimbledon

The Argentinian Guido Pella came out of two sets to stun Thursday's Marin Cilic, third seeded at Wimbledon, beating Finalist last year 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-5 in the second round.

Cilic headed for a routine victory before the match was suspended by rain in the third round. Wednesday, but the former champion of the US Open did not find the same pace on Thursday.

"Yesterday he was playing so much, so good, and hit the ball so hard that I could not do anything," the 82nd said Pella. "The rain has helped me a lot."

Cilic was vice-champion last year with Roger Federer and showed a great form by defeating Novak Djokovic in the Queen's Club final last month. His early exit paves the way for Federer to the final even more, with No. 8 Kevin Anderson, the highest ranked player in the half of the table, after the defeat of No. 6 Grigor Dimitrov in the first round.

I did not feel as comfortable as yesterday by hitting, "said Cilic." I was not so precise. I was missing just a few balls, a few easy balls, giving him a chance to come back.

Stan Wawrinka also came out, losing to Italian qualifier Thomas Fabbiano 7-6 (7), 6-3, 7-6 (6), which was also suspended on Wednesday with Wawrinka leading 6-5 in the tournament. third set, but Fabbiano quickly took the win to equal his best Grand Slam result by reaching the third round.

Wawrinka, whose ranking fell to 224th The win goes to Grigor Dimitrov, sixth seed, for his second Grand Slam win since Wimbledon last year

Former champions Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have remained in the semi-finals 19659006] Djokovic overcame a knee problem to beat Horacio Zeballos 6- 1, 6-2, 6-3, while Nadal defeated Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4, 6-3, 6-4

Djokovic called for a coach and had his left leg mbadaged leading 4-3 in the third set, but he easily held the service in the next game and again broke Zeballos to close the match.

"I have been doing checks now, it seems like nothing major," said Djokovic about the injury. "When I say" no major ", it was major I would go out of the tournament, what I'm saying is that it's probably a muscle contraction, or something like that, which has affected the knee a bit. "

Nadal won only 64 percent of points in his first serve 13 break points – including three in the first match of the match – but he saved 11 of them and converted five of his opponents to win the victory in less than 2 and a half hours on the Central Court.

The defending champion is looking for his third title at the All England Club and the first since 2010.

Anderson hit 34 aces to beat Andreas Seppi 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 and set up a third round match with Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany.

John Isner, ninth seeded, scored 64 aces and saved two points to beat Ruben Bemelmans 6-1, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-7 (3) , 7-5 in a ma tch who was also suspended during the night.

Isner's total of ace was the third highest ever at Wimbledon – behind his own record in a three-day epic against Nicolas Mahut in 2010, the longest tennis match in history. Isner had 113 aces in that match and Mahut hit 103.

Isner faced two match points against Bemelmans at 5-4 in the fifth series but held, and then broke in the next game.

Simona Halep # 1 also advanced, winning the last 10 games to beat Saisai Zheng of China 7-5, 6-0. Saisai led 5-3 in the first set but Halep beat 5-5 and beat the rest of his opponent 126th.

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