Wimbledon, 1st round – Ugo Humbert and Nick Kyrgios cut in the middle of the 5th set by curfew

Ugo Humbert and Nick Kyrgios met to set Wimbledon on fire. It was a few days ago on social media. Well, the two men have kept their promise, but their superb duel will not find an end until Wednesday. It’s heartbreaking as this match was fun to watch.

As they battled each other in the heart of the fifth and final act, Gerry Armstrong, the tournament umpire, came to play the ominous birds. At 11:55 p.m., when the score was 3-3, the man with white hair pointed the tip of his nose on the lawn of court n ° 1 to come and say: stop, we pack up the rackets. At 11:57 p.m., Humbert and Kyrgios therefore packed up and said goodbye to the public. The offending ? The Wimbledon curfew, no longer present to you.

Domineering Humbert

Before this late cut, Humbert and Kyrgios offered a disjointed match, but of very good scope if one appreciates the energetic and grass-like duels. Kyrgios, who had not played since his exit in the 3rd round of the Australian Open last February, grabbed the first round. Then he began to understand why Humbert had won the tournament in Halle.

Very good behind his serve, the Frenchman recited a specialist tennis on grass for two rounds. A tennis sufficiently framed and solid to allow him to lead two innings to one. Then there was the switch: Humbert lowered his level and Kyrgios regained his juice after a good crossing of the desert.

In the 5th set, the two men offered their best tennis or almost at the same time. In this little game, Kyrgios almost lost feathers to 1-2, but he managed to save two break points on his serve. Two games later, officials called the end of recess. Rendezvous Wednesday in 2nd rotation on court n ° 1 for the end of the show. A show in two acts therefore.