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Imagine
before, Angelique Kerber moves in the second round and no one goes:
In Wimbledon, public interests collide – many decide
to watch football.
By Gerald Kleffmann Wimbledon
The Wimbledon Court Center is one of the holiest places in the sport. Fans in the queue stand for hours, only once in his life to see a match at the famous grbad tournament. Professionals dream of playing there once, at least professionals who are not random, Roger Federer. He always plays in the biggest stadium anyway. But even for Angelique Kerber, after all, twice Grand Slam winner, it's something special to play in this area. At this year's event, for example, she did not arrive at the Court Center until Saturday
when Kerber arrived in the afternoon to confront the Japanese Naomi Osaka in a duel. involving the entrance. went to the round of 16, many seats in the stands were empty. Scary a lot of places. Half of the stadium. Also in the Royal Box, where according to the announcement Sir Bobby Charlton, athlete Mo Farah, golfer Sergio Garcia and Tommy Fleetwood as well as senior representatives of the army should sit: Empty, largely. Philip Brook, the head of the All England Club, ironically held first place.
Few spectators? "I've always loved it," says Kerber
It was a very weird photo. Wimbledon is in principle simply cut off from the world, which is very much about football, which is due to the fact that the World Cup is taking place in Russia. But now, even inside the factory, there was an encapsulation. There were those who saw Kerber against Osaka. And there were those who were there somewhere on the club grounds, in the hope of seeing a football match at least 90 minutes on mobile phones, iPads, or other devices. England against Sweden, the semifinal, which moved people to this country. Wimbledon Wimbledon ” clbad=”badet-image__image-tag”/>
sneeze in the next round: Angelique Kerber beats the Japanese Naomi Osaka at Wimbledon
(Photo: Ben Stansall / AFP)
Kerber denied his match, so unfortunately only a small part of the game humanity was aware of how good it was that day. With 6: 2, 6: 4 in just 1:03, she swept Osaka, who is actually a very good player, last fall she won at the US Open in the first round against the Germans. But Kerber was also released, completely different than in the second round when she was tortured against 18-year-old Claire Liu of the United States in three sets to progress.
"I'm happy, like me the game played against them," said Kerber. The fact that the Center Court was half full did not bother her at all. "I've always loved it," Kerber said, "I've never thought of that." She knew the situation even though she said that she did not want to look "left or right". That, in turn, meant only in the sense that she wanted to focus in the tournament only on her way. Her next opponent is Belinda Bencic. However, the odds of Kerber improved significantly as the ninth of the top ten seeded players dropped out. Simona Halep of Romania, first in the world, defeated Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan with 6: 3, 4: 6, 5: 7.
A man holds up a sign: "I would rather watch football"
The last time football and tennis clashed at Wimbledon twelve years ago. In 2006, Andy Murray, 19, fought Andy Roddick in the third round and the English football team had to play Portugal at the same time at the World Cup in Germany. In Gelsenkirchen, the Three Lions lost – as one can easily guess: on penalties. They could not do this discipline until they convinced the world of the contrary at this World Cup. "We are a tennis tournament," said Richard Lewis in Daily Telegraph a few days ago, the powerful word of the general manager of the All England Club left no doubt about the rigid implementation of the plan . to show on one of the video screens. And it happened. So, if you wish, those who have banded together and watched tiny mobile phones have infiltrated the strictly conservative club authority. But no one has been ousted or punished. During Rafael Nadal's victory against young Australian Alex De Minaur, an old man lifted a sign on the center court saying "I would rather watch football". It was an almost subversive resistance to the violence of tennis.
Rare Saturday: In the Royal Lodge of the Wimbledon Central Court, only 20 of the 70 seats are occupied. It is better to watch the English match against Sweden.
[Photo: Matthew Lewis / Getty Images]
The debate, especially in the British media, that the schedule of the men's final at Wimbledon comes up against the end of the final match, should increase in intensity. Wimbledon starts at 14:00 on July 15, Moscow only two hours later.
There was also an impressive tennis move that Bobby Charlton played. The now 80-year-old legend has refused to continue the last 20 minutes of the most successful match of an English football team since 1990 (World Cup semifinal) and has reappeared in the Royal Box. The 1966 world champion preferred the unilateral duel with Kerber and Osaka in the heart. But everyone did not recognize it. "Ah, okay," Kerber said, bewildered when she was later informed that a high-level attendance had attended her match.
