Wimbledon The number one had a difficult debut on the London lawn
NIt’s never easy to debut at Wimbledon and debut on the grass of the All England Club headquarters, that wears out as the days go by, but in the initial days it is a challenge to balance.
Lo experiment Novak Djokovic. From not slipping even once on the green carpet of the Country Club in Calvi to doing it repeatedly in the debut with unknown Jack Draper, junior finalist in 2018. It also didn’t help that it was played indoors because of the rain, which increased the humidity levels.
Guest of the organization as a local player in his first ‘major’ and in position 253 of the ranking, Draper woke up until he scored the opening run. He had managed to break his rival’s serve and excite a crowd that could not quite believe what they saw.
Another Djokovic, in similar circumstances, would have thrown the racket and cursed his luck in every possible language. Not now. The confidence that the recent title of Roland Garros has given him has made him feel like a tennis player superior to the rest. His was the triumph, with a slight fright, for 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 and 6-2, with 22 ‘aces’.
Start as you mean to go on…@DjokerNole‘s pursuit of a third consecutive Wimbledon title is off to a winning start, beating Jack Draper 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2#Wimbledonpic.twitter.com/soTVGWBze4
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With a decent serve and under the condition of left-hander, like Rafael Nadal, the 19-year-old tennis player, a native of Sutton, at times disturbed Nole’s game. The 19-great champion and double defender of the Wimbledon crown I wasted the first seven breaking balls.
Slo Manolo santana, in 1967 before Charlie Pasarell, and Lleyton Hewitt, against Ivo Karlovic, in 2003, they had been fired the first time in the year of defending the title.
It never gave the impression that Draper dressed as Pasarell or Karlovic. The British balloon was deflated as the minutes passed. He lost his serve for the first time in the second game of the continuation and Djokovic put one more gear to sign the tables on the scoreboard.
All the facility that Jack has for the serve lacks in the rest. Goran Ivanisevic’s pupil, finer in return, gradually seized the grass with greater security on the supports. Choose to be the fourth player in the Open Era capable of scoring three consecutive crowns in the tournament. Before Bjrn Borg, Roger Federer and Pete Sampras did it.
The first favorite of the draw awaits in the second round on Wednesday the winner of the match between Kevin Anderson and the chilean Marcelo Toms Barrios Vera, from the previous phase.
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