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"Yesterday the match started so bad for me because he was playing so well, very solid from the baseline with big serve, and I could do almost nothing," said Pella. "Then the rain came, and today it was a very different day because I started feeling very good."
Cilic acknowledged that he had lost some of his accuracy after the rain. "I was missing just a few balls, a few easy balls, giving him a chance to come back," said Cilic, who was considered the most formidable challenger looming in the top half of Roger Federer's eighth-seeded draw. Wimbledon
Now the best-seeded Federer should beat en route to the finals will be No. 8 Kevin Anderson. John Isner, number 9, avoided a premature exit with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-7 (3), 7-5 win. on Ruben Bemelmans from Belgium. This match was also suspended by the rain Wednesday.
Isner saved two match points and hit 64 Aces, the third highest number in a Wimbledon match. He holds the record for the number of aces in a Wimbledon match, which will certainly never be broken. He hit 113 aces in his three-day epic match against Nicolas Mahut in 2010, which ended with a fifth-set score of 70-68. (Mahut happens to be No. 2 on the Ace List, with 103.)
It was Isner's first win in a five-set at Wimbledon since Mahut's match. He never reached the fourth round at the All England Club.
"I think that today it was very comforting, a bit like a monkey in my back, because I've lost a lot of matches in five sets since that of 2010 "He said, adding," This, of course, weighs on you, especially at this event.It's not just the fifth set in general.It's this event. good side of what feels incredible. "
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