Novak Djokovic at one point can go from drying the court with a towel to sweeping his opponent with his racket. The Serbian, unconditional favorite for the title, beat Argentine Pedro Cachín 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (4) in a surreal match that was stopped by the rain for more than an hour and a half at the Wimbledon tournament .
Despite the center court having a roof, the organization made the controversial decision to allow both, with a fine rain falling on the grass, to continue playing, despite Djokovic’s protests, who saw his stability on the grass in danger.
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Once the first set was over, with 6-3 in favor of Belgrade, the match stopped and the court was covered, first with the canvas and later with the roof, but the damage had already been done; the grass was sodden.
After repeating the 6-3 in the second set, Djokovic finished off Cachín with a third set in which he could not convert any of the two ‘break’ points available to him and had to go to the tiebreaker to avoid getting into trouble.
With the first hurdle cleared, Djokovic’s next opponent will be Jordan Thompson. The Australian needed five sets to beat Brandon Nakashima and will face the winner of 23 Grand Slams for the first time in his career.
Venus Williams says goodbye to Wimbledon
The Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, who had a mother at the end of last year, said goodbye to Venus Williams, who played her twenty-fourth Wimbledon, with a 6-4, 6-3 victory.
Svitolina received an invitation from the organization, due to the drop in her ranking due to maternity, and she did not miss it, defeating a five-time Wimbledon champion, who at just turned 43 says goodbye to her most successful Grand Slam.
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The American showed her face, especially after getting a good scare in the third game, when she slipped near the net and sprained her left knee, on which she already wore a cumbersome bandage that she has worn all week prior to the tournament.
Venus, applauded before, during and after the game, said goodbye in an hour and a half of the match, but pressing until the last moment, going from 5-1 to the final 6-3.
2023-07-03 21:37:19
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