Alexander Zverev’s first round game in Wimbledon has ended without a result for the time being. The opening game of the Tennis World Ranglist third against the Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech was canceled at 6: 7 (3: 7), 7: 6 (10: 8) because of the curfew at the Grand Slam tournament in the late evening at 10:54 p.m. The game has to be continued on Tuesday.
The two previous games on the Center Court took a long time. Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz from Spain prevailed after 4:37 hours against the Italian Fabio Fognini. With that, Zverev started the duel with Rinderknech until 8:53 p.m. local time.
In the tiebreak of the first sentence, Zverev was quickly 0: 4 behind, did not reach a stop of his opponent and also received a fine praise. The passage was lost after 57 minutes. In the second set, both players kept their serve. The decision was made again in the tie break. This time Zverev had the better nerves.
The blocking time is a special feature in Wimbledon
The chance for Zverev to get out of the round of 16 in Wimbledon for the first time and to attack its longed for the first Grand slam title is as big as it has not been for a long time. In half of the draw of German number one, some well-known potential later opponents said goodbye: the former US Open Champion Daniil Medvedev lost against the Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi, former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini from Italy.
In contrast to the other three Grand Slam tournaments, Wimbledon is not played until early morning. The curfew at 11:00 p.m. local time was introduced in 2009 when a closable roof was installed above the Center Court. In an earlier statement, the organizers founded the end of the tennis day in the late evening with noise protection for the residents. In addition, visitors are to be made possible for a safe return with public transport.
Struff prevails
Different as zverev Jan-Lennard Struff already celebrated a first round victory. It was his first success in a Grand Slam this year. He prevailed 6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 3 against the Austrian Filip Misolic and entered the second round. Now he has to prove himself against the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliasime. Last year Struff had left London in the third round.
Eva Lys could also look forward to a successful start. The 23-year-old German prevailed 6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 2 against Chinese Yuan Yue and thus reached the second round in Wimbledon for the first time in her career.
Afterwards, Laura Siegemund-also in eighth place-also managed her first exam at the Grand Slam tournament in the southwest of London. The 37-year-old defeated the American Peyton Stearns 6: 4, 6-2 in a good two hours.
All tennis professionals had to fight, especially with the heat. Almost 30 degrees were measured on the first day of the tennis tournament, and on Tuesday it should get even hotter at 34 degrees. During the game, Siegemund kept cooling his head and neck with ice cream.
Wimbledon for Medvedev over
Led by Zverev, a total of only seven German professionals in Wimbledon are there – as little as it has not been in 43 years.
The former world number one DANIIL Medvedev caused a surprise. The Russian lost to the Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi 6: 7 (2: 7), 6: 3, 6: 7 (3: 7), 2: 6.
