4 match balls fought! Bencic saves against Riske in the third set

Finally Wimbledon! Along with the World Cup, the most important tennis tournament of the year will be held in South West England. Here, as for the FIFA World Cup, we keep you informed of the most important events with a ticker.

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The most important games of the day

Bencic claimed by Riske

Belinda Bencic plays her second round against Alison Riske of the USA after her furious start against world No. 6 Caroline Garcia. Against the world number 60, the Swiss played and won once before.

Three-point wins for Nadal and Djokovic

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic successfully completed their second-round match almost simultaneously. Nadal again made a strong performance against Mikhail Kukushkin, beating the Kazakh in two hours and 23 minutes. Small consolation gain for Kukushkin: He scored the most spectacular point of the game.

It took Novak Djokovic just under 90 minutes to win a three-goal victory over Argentine Horacio Zeballos. At the end of the last sentence, the Serb was treated briefly for an aggressor, but he does not seem to have any major complaints afterwards.

The finalist of last year Cilic failed

Marin Cilic must cancel after the second round. After the Croatian (ATP 5) won the first two sets against Guido Pella (ATP 82) on Wednesday, but the match had to be stopped because of the rain, Cilic did not do much together Thursday. The finalist of last year lost in five sets 3: 6, 1: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6 (3), 7: 5 and eliminated. The Argentine Pella meets Mackenzie McDonald of the United States in the third round

The completely useless Tweener in the middle of a rally is generally only seen by Nick Kyrgios. At what point this can be confusing, the Australian has now experienced first-hand. His opponent Robin Haase shows his legs banging on the net – and quickly force Kyrgios to make a mistake. The result of the match did not have any impact. The Ausstralier won with confidence 6: 3, 6: 4, 7: 5.

Wawrinka must cancel his sails

Off in round 2 for Stan Wawrinka. After his great feat in the first round against Grigor Dimitrov, the Lausanne is subject to the Italian qualifier Thomas Fabbiano in three sets 6: 7, 3: 7, 6: 7. The match was interrupted Wednesday night on the score of 6:05 and 40:40 of point of view of the Swiss and resumed this afternoon. There, the Swiss had a ball, but he forgave. Fabbiano then used his first match point – thanks to a mistake by Wawrinka. In the following interview, Wawrinka is very disappointed and still finds positive aspects: "My opponent played well, I knew he was a good lawn player." After all: "Fitness is back. Now, I still need self-confidence. "

Kohlschreiber the King Tiebreak [19659007] Philipp Kohlschreiber beats Luxembourg's Gilles Muller in a tight match. Throughout the match, neither opponent managed to take a break. The break in equality had to be decided at the end of the sentence. There Kohlschreiber succeeded in each case the first mini-break and after 2 hours and 34 minutes he used his second match ball at 7: 6 7: 6 7: 6.

In the third round, the German meets South African Kevin Anderson, who in turn eliminated Andreas Seppi of Italy in four sets.

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"It's ridiculous!" – John Isner on the paths of John McEnroe

John Isner, the American 2.08 meters tall, is actually known as a soft giant. In his second-round match against the Belgian, however, he burned the backups.

In the tie-break of the fourth set, Bemelmans claims the Hawk Eye after a given ball, which proves that he is right. The ball was still on the line according to the computer system, which Isner simply does not believe: "It's ridiculous, why do I have to accept such a thing?". "That's Hawk Eye. We must accept the decision, "said referee Mohamed Lahyani.Isner shows no insight:" It is obvious that the system does not work. "

The American loses his nerves so the breakup of The whole set of decision was interrupted in the state of 3: 4 from Isner's point of view because of the rain.The entire scene recalls the legendary rage of John McEnroe. from 1981, which you can see in the second video below

Federer: Splendid stop ball and stress due to Uniqlo

Roger Federer is one of the finest winners of the fourth day of Wimbledon. beautifully built with pe RF ektem graduation.In the meantime Federer is being called on social media channels by petition, something to take care of the unfair working conditions of some employees of his new clothing sponsor. The story can be found here [19659028] Wimbledon in World Cup fever

The quarter-final qualification of the English national team at the World Cup also infected Wimbledon. Every Wednesday morning, fans, journalists and even officials hear the "Three Lions song" lagging behind.

Even American Madison Keys was infected. According to her own statement, she and her colleague, the English Laura Robson, watched the match against Colombia. "She sang" It comes home "for about two and a half hours." She also lives near a pub where hell was unleashed on Tuesday.

"At first I heard screams from the pub and five seconds later from Laura, that infected me one way or another. fan of England, "said the finalist of the US Open in 2017. Men's football seems to interest them, things are different with men's tennis.

Madison Keys: "Men's tennis is boring"

Grand Slam tournament competitors also love to watch Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Co., the world's number 11 says they can not do much thing with men's tennis. "I have to be honest now: I think it's a bit boring, sorry," said Keys, who meets Russia's Evgeniya Rodina in the third round.

Male tennis is too dependent on her to serve, says the American. "It seems to me that they are touching 312 aces per game," says Keys.

Speaking of as: Milos Raonic unleashed a real fire against John Millman on Wednesday. Here again all 34 in the fast race.

That brings the day

The matches of the second round of Belinda Bencic and Stan Wawrinka, whose match had to be canceled Wednesday, will start around 14:00 Swiss time Thursday at Wimbledon. Wawrinka faces a two-set deficit against Italian Thomas Fabbiano, Bencic (WTA 56) against American Alison Riske, ranked four times.

Rafael Nadal, winner of the French Open, returns for the second time on field year and is expected to face Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin before entering the third round. In addition, Nick Kyrgios, Novak Djokovic, Juan Martin del Potro and Alexander Zverev other tournament favorites are at stake.

In women, the world premiere Simona Halep wants to save an unpleasant result after a few surprises. His opponent is the Chinese Zheng Saisai

The best games of the day

Federer on Fabbiano: "He is really good"

After Vavrinka has defeated Dimitrov in the first inning, it was also against the supposedly simple Los Fabbiano would not be easy rde, also knew Roger Federer. The eighth Wimbledon champion had often been training with the 29 year old Italian in Dubai during the winter. "It's really good, it'll be very difficult" he warned.

Above all, Federer was pleased with the successful return of Wawrinka. He had seen most of the match against Dimitrov. "It was obvious from his emotions how much this victory meant to him." Precisely because it was on the central court against a good player. "I'm delighted for him.If he wins the second game is almost secondary."

Roger Federer's press conference after defeating Lukas Lacko

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