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A record day at Wimbledon ends with the second men's semifinal between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, who suffered a 23-hour curfew
. After the epic encounter between Kevin Anderson and John Isner, Nadal did not first hit his match until 8:29 pm. This gave two players who played some of the most grueling matches in the history of tennis less than three hours or the prospect of finishing the game on Saturday.
Finally, and to no one's surprise, they did not come to the finish. And so, with Djokovic leading 6-4 3-6 7-6 (11/9), it became the first match since the roof of the Center Court was added in 2009 to be stopped due to the curfew imposed by Merton Council to avoid disruption to local residents
To be continued … #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/bgmIxkKaPB
– Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 13, 2018
The third of Andy Murray The match against Marcos Baghdatis in 2012 pushed the limit to 23:02, and the time was exactly the same when Nadal scored a final setback.
The announcement of the reduction of the game was met with an understandable disappointment by the crowd, the majority of them had remained as a tournament more than worthy of a Wimbledon final played in front of them.
But only one of these men can move to face Anderson on Sunday, and they will resume Saturday, when the ticket holders of the women's final will receive unexpected treatment.
The match will be back en route at 1 pm, the tournament organizers said, and it will be played under the roof again, no matter how the weather seems out, since it started in these conditions.
The semifinal between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic resume at 1 pm tomorrow on the central court under the roof #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/FaorKt010q
– Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) ] July 13, 2018
The question since his defeat Sam Querrey, two years ago, was there when the tennis would return to the real Djokovic. The answer was now.
Djokovic gives Nadal a challenge that no other player can meet. Pinning the Serb into his backhand corner, Nadal's No. 1 tactic, only plays Djokovic's strength, and his speed and ability to not only pick up the pace but send him back with interest provokes impatience. of his opponent
five-hour match against Juan Martin del Potro Wednesday in his legs and, having saved two break points in the fifth match, it was not surprising to see Djokovic move 4-3 before serve the plateau to love.
Seven of their last 51 games had been won by the player who had lost the first set, which had greatly boosted Djokovic's hopes, but he knew that he was not taking any of the three breaking points in the beginning of the second period that he had given to Nadal. return to play.
Djokovic recovered from a bad match with excellent return to return to 2-3 but forehan from Nadal Approaching from 10pm it was highly unlikely that there was a winner on Friday, and both players knew how much
Momentum was with Nadal but Djokovic's service, which was so disturbed by the elbow problems that prompted him to undergo surgery in February, kept him pretty much out of control. danger
A superb tie-break was a good conclusion for the day. After recovering from a poor volley that left him 4-2, Nadal did his best to beat Djokovic from the ground with his forehand, but the Serb would not give in.
Nadal will miss two returns, while he has a taste Djokovic cursed himself for missing a comeback while the clock was beating at 23:00, but at the last anti-lung rally it was Nadal stumbled first.
– Press Association
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