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This compulsive break came just at the right moment. The match of the second round between Alexander Zverev and the American Taylor Fritz at Wimbledon was interrupted at 6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 7 from the German point of view because of the darkness. 19659003] Zverev was released after a good start, while Fritz always found a better match with playing time. The tie break in the third set Fritz won from scratch. The match will continue on Friday. Zverev will not be allowed to make another set, otherwise the third Grand Slam tournament of the year for the number four seedling will be finished early.
Cilic is sensational after a 2-0 lead
Guido Pella could hardly believe it. He put his hands on his head and looked incredulously at the ranks: after a total of 3:13, the world number 82 in the second round had dismissed the finalist last year, Marin Cilic.
The match started Wednesday as scheduled. Cilic had the game under control. A first rain did not change anything at first, the Croatian decided clearly the first two sets for themselves. But when the match of the third set to 3: 4 due to rain and darkness was interrupted, the spell was broken: Whatever happened overnight, the player of 28 Pella's years was shown powerful, Cilic was no longer in the game, The Argentinian won 3: 6, 1: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6 (3: 7), 7 : 5.
"The rain helped a lot, yesterday Cilic played so well that I could not do anything," Pella told the BBC. "Today, I felt much safer in my game, I started playing more aggressively and fighting for each ball." Cilic, meanwhile, had only lost one game of Wimbledon against a less well placed player. Ten years ago, he was beaten by number 145, Arnaud Clément. And now Pella.
The early exit of Cilic is the next favorite fall of the biggest turf tournament in the world. Three other top 10 players, Grigor Dimitrow, finalist of the French Open Dominic Thiem and David Goffin, have already lost against the men.
Dying favorite continues – defending champion Muguruza is out
Women have even eliminated six top-ten players in the world rankings. After two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, Maria Sharapova and Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki, defending champion Garbiñe Muguruza was also eliminated. The Spanish, born in Venezuela, lost 7: 5, 2: 6, 1: 6 against Alison van Uytvanck of Belgium
winner of the Open of France Simona Halep a first struggled, but found himself in the match, when she was in the first set 3: 5 against the shift Saisai Zheng Chinese. The world's number one player won ten games in a row and won his second round match 7: 5, 6: 0.
Also Angelique Kerber struggled to clear a path in the third round. The American teenager Claire Liu gave a hard fight to the Germans. While the previous year's winner had given up junior nervousness, Kerber saw more and more push on the defensive. Only with the beginning of the second round Kerber found in the track. In the end, the 30 – year – old man sat down with a lot of fighting spirit, but mostly thanks to the greater experience. "It was a tough match," said Kerber: "I'm just happy that I managed to do it in the end."
Nadal and Djokovic continue their work – Kohlschreiber keeps his cool in the thriller tie-break
Without too much difficulty, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal reached the third round. Only minutes after the winner of the French Open Nadal did not give Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin a 6: 4, 6: 3, 6: 4 chance in his second match, Serb Djokovic was in his duel with the Argentinian Horacio Zeballos 6: 1, 6: 2, 6: 3.
For the first time in six years, Philipp Kohlschreiber reached the third round. The 34-year-old has won the overtime of his previous game 7: 6 (8: 6), 7: 6 (7: 4), 7: 6 (7: 3) against Gilles Muller. Against the Luxembourger, who surprisingly surprised the superstar Nadal the year before, Kohlschreiber has benefited above all from the strength of his nerves. Once demolished because of the darkness, he had been in the tiebreak of the second set 5: 3 for Kohlschreiber
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