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Michael Venus and his partner Raven Klaasen managed to win in two sets on Saturday
Artem Sitak and Michael Venus secured New Zealand's interest for the second week at Wimbledon, with both players winning Saturday with their respective partners. Sitak and Divij Sharan of India played in a five-set marathon that lasted three hours and 22 minutes, coming from two sets to beat Julio Peralta of Chile and his Argentinian partner Horacio Zeballos 6-7 4-6 6 -3 7-6 6 -4-
For Venus and South African Raven Klaasen, the win was much more straightforward, with a 6-4 6-3 6-4 win over Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador and the Chilean Hans Podlipnik-Castillo.
DAVID LONG / STUFF
Artem Sitak entered the third round of doubles at Wimbledon for the following years.
"It was very tight, the first set, we were playing a little better and were 5-2 in the tie-break," told Sitak
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"There was a good service from them and then we did two first services at 5-4 and they connected on two returns and we ended up losing 7-5. "19659007" So it was a bit frustrating In the second, they started with a break in the first match and at from there, it was very difficult to recover because they served a very high level.
"Even though we were down two sets, we decided to keep pushing and they needed to win another set."
"Maybe they'll be tired and give us something, which is exactly what happened in the third set.
" The fourth was epic, especially in the tie -break. The fifth set, it was a physical battle and as I said earlier in the week, I like our chances when a match lasts a long time. "
For Sitak, the win means that he matched his Wimbledon results last year." He is unlikely to give up his current position and more wins brings him closer to him. ATP Masters 1000.
"It was important to defend the points," said Sitak
"We did it and now we" We play Jonathan Erlich and Marcin Matkowski, two field players on turf very experienced.
"We practiced with them earlier in the week and I thought they were really hard"
"So we will have to develop a good game plan.
In the junior category, Lulu Sun, born in New Zealand, beat Marta Custic of Spain 6-1. 6-3
In mixed doubles, Marcus Daniell and Nadiia Kichenok of Ukraine lost their second round match a) Juan Sebastian Cabal of Colombia and American Abigail Spears, 7-6 6-3 [19659007] But Venus and Katrina Srebotnik defeated Anastasia Rodionova and Andrei Vasilevski 6-3 6-7 6-3. – Tips and Tricks
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