Smitková – Haasová 7: 6, 6: 3, Kvitová and Siniaková waited in vain for the quarterfinals. Smitkova is one step away from Wimbledon

Kateřina Siniaková – illustration photo

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After Azarenková’s resignation, Sara Sorribes of the Spaniards advanced to the semifinals without a fight, for whom participation in the top eight was the biggest success on the grass so far. Her next opponent may be Siniak, who is waiting for a match with the home Laura Siegemund.

The number one Kvitová, whose opponent will be Nadia Podoroská from Argentina, will also play for the semifinals.

Macháč will not play Wimbledon, Smitková is missing another win

Twenty-year-old Czech tennis player Tomáš Macháč has to wait for the premiere start at Wimbledon. In the last round of qualifying for the grass grandslam, Australian Christopher O’Connell was not enough, and only Jiří Veselý will complete the men’s singles in the All England Club. The last win separates Tereza Smitková, a sensational Wimbledon eight-finalist from 2014.

Macháč did not win a set against O’Connell and lost all three in which the final round of qualifying is played. The Australian won 7: 6, 6: 4 and 7: 6.

Twenty-six-year-old Smitková took the second of three steps to advance by winning 7: 6 and 6: 3 over the Austrian Barbara Haasová. Wang Sin-yu will play for the place in the main competition. “It’s definitely a great motivation for those who wouldn’t want to be there,” Smitková told the Tennis World, who had a life tournament at the All England Club seven years ago and also advanced from the qualifiers to the round of 16.

“If you qualify here in Roehampton, then the main club is a reward. I’d like to get there,” added the tennis player who last played the main grand slam competition three years ago.

Giorgio acquired a scalp from Sabalenko after Plíšková

Italian tennis player Camila Giorgio won another valuable victory at the tournament in Eastbourne after Karolína Plíšková’s scalp and eliminated the highest-ranked Aryna Sabalenková in the quarterfinals. She defeated the Belarusian favorite on the grass 7: 6, 0: 6, 6: 4 and advanced to the semifinals from the qualification. In it, he will face the Estonian Anett Kontaveit.

After the second set, it seemed that the world number four Sabalenková got the match under control, but the Italian, as in the first round against the defending champion of 2019 Plíšková, won in the end with an aggressive game. “It was a great match, at a decent level. In the end, I think it was more about the psyche than the physicist,” said Giorgio, Wimbledon’s quarterfinalist from 2018. She managed to beat two players from the top ten in one tournament for the first time in her career.

In men’s singles, for the first time in the history of the ATP circuit, two players advanced to the semifinals, who initially failed in qualifying, but then entered the main competition as so-called lucky losers. Korean Kwon Sun and Australian Max Purcell took care of the unique entry.

Kwon Sun, who ranks 77th in the world rankings, defeated Belarusian qualifier Ilya Ivaška 6: 4, 7: 5 and is in the semifinals for the first time in his career. He failed in the previous seven quarterfinal matches. His next opponent will be Australian Alex De Minaur.

Purcell, who is up to 283rd in the ATP standings, eliminated another lucky loser, Italian Andreas Seppi, in his first quarterfinals after sets 6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 4. The Australian, who beat former Wimbledon and US Open finalist Kevin Anderson and French number one Gaël Monfils in previous rounds, will play for the finals with tournament trio Italian Lorenzo Soneg.

Djokovic also rolled in the doubles

Defending champion Novak Djokovic was close to coming to Wimbledon as the recent doubles winner. On the grass in Mallorca, where he is completing an unusual general for a tennis grand slam at the All England Club, he reached the finals together with his home Carlos Gómez, but due to an ankle injury to his Spanish partner, he will not compete for the title in the end.

Champion’s kiss. Clay King Novak Djokovic with a trophy for the winner of the French Open.

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Djokovic and Gomez won the third match as holders of the wild card on Thursday. The third seed Oliver Marach and Ajsam Kurouší defeated 6: 3, 7: 6. “I don’t think we expected to reach the finals,” admitted one of the best tennis players in history, Djokovic.

The 34-year-old Serb already has 84 single trophies from the ATP circuit, the only doubles so far. 11 years ago, he dominated the Queen’s Club with the Israeli Jonathan Erlich. His new partner Gómez is a newcomer. “So far, we are doing great. We are returning well, serving and playing solidly on the net. We are excited,” Djokovic said before resigning.

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic on Roland Garros.

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He will attack the sixth single title at Wimbledon. If he wins it, the 20th grand slam trophy will match Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. The Spanish clay specialist will skip the grass grandslam. The All England Club will come to life after last year’s cancellation of the tournament due to covid from Monday.