Since the start of the Great Lawn Tennis tournament in 1877 the Wimbledon tennis tournament has been so popular in the world of the great sport. We have seen a lot of legends who played the game and here in this news article, we will be discussing Wimbledon latest: Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev, and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
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Wimbledon latest: Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas.
DJOKOVIC PASSES WITHOUT CONVINCING:
He had a bad day. But Novak Djokovic will be in the third round of Wimbledon. The world number 2, who left a good impression for his return to competition on Tuesday, seemed much more awkward on Centre Court on Thursday, heckled by Scot Jacob Fearnley, world number 277, who had not won a single match on the ATP before this game. But the Serb was able to get through in four sets (6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5) and three hours of play. For a place in the second week, he will face Alexei Popyrin.
Novak Djokovic suffered. In every sense of the word and first of all physically. On the London grass, the seven-time winner of the tournament displayed certain limitations in his movements and adjustments. This was particularly the case in defence on the backhand side: he hesitated at times to plant a strong support with his right leg which still sports a knee pad, a few weeks after his meniscus operation. The Serb had so much margin that he logically won the first two sets, but when Fearnley caught fire a little at the end of the third act, he had difficulty in responding.
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Result: a set lost for the Serb and the feeling sometimes given in the fourth set of playing on a wire. Faced with a hard-hitting opponent (42 winning shots for the Scot), he wiped out two break points in the sixth game, then found himself two points away from embarking on a 5th set of all dangers at 5-4 against him, 15/30 on his serve. Djokovic finally held and took advantage of Fearnley’s gifts in the process (two double faults) to make the fateful break. He continues his fortnight therefore, but some doubts seem to have crept into his mind.
Alexander Zverev, Still Impressive and Amazing:
What if he was the most prominent player since the start of the fortnight? Of course, Alexander Zverev did not have to challenge Matteo Berrettini like Jannik Sinner did in the 2nd round, but on Thursday, he made a strong impression, as in his 1st round, leaving only crumbs to his opponent Marcos Giron, 46th ranked player in the world. The German, seeded 4th in the tournament, swept aside the American in three sets (6-2, 6-1, 6-4) in just over an hour and a half (1h34 precisely).
As is often the case, Zverev relied on a great quality of first serve (88% of points won behind including 12 aces), not conceding the slightest break point in this match. He hit 34 winners and was at ease at the net (15 points scored on 18 rises). In the 3rd round, he will face the British Cameron Norrie.
Stefanos Tsitsipas still in the way of Quater-Finals :
It is no coincidence that Stefanos Tsitsipas has not yet reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon. As in his six previous appearances at the British Major, the Greek, world number 11, showed glaring limitations on Thursday to go far on grass and the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori, world number 87, exploited them perfectly to win in four sets (7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3) and 2h47 of play in the second round on court number 3.
Although Tsitsipas still hit 51 winners, including 20 aces, he lacked edge in the hot moments, letting three set points slip away in the second-set tie-break in particular. His backhand weaknesses were exposed in great detail, such as his inability to use the backhand slice to good effect. Despite a great revolt in the third set, he gave up his serve one too many times at 3-2 in the fourth set to logically lose.