Wimbledon, England (AFP) – From Lockheed until Thursday
Rafael Nadal and Coco Gauff, 2021 runner-up Karolina Pliskova, are scheduled to play their second-round matches on Center Court on day four at Wimbledon. The top-ranked Iga Swiatek also works. Sixth seed Pliskova will meet Britain’s Katie Poulter in the first match on the main court. Then is the second seed Nadal against Ricardas Beranques. The Spaniard has won the last two Grand Slam tournaments as part of 22 major titles. Then Gauff, seeded 11th, faces Romania’s Mihaela Buzarnescu. The 18-year-old American was a runner-up at the French Open earlier this month. Swiatek, the Roland Garros champion, sets her winning streak in 36 consecutive matches against Leslie Patinama Kerkhove of the Netherlands. They will play on Court No. 1.
Thursday forecast
cloudy. High 68 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius).
Wednesday’s main results
Women’s First Round: 6th seed Karolina Pliskova beat Teresa Martinkova 7-6 (1), 7-5; 8th seed Jessica Pegula defeated Donna Vekic 6-3, 7-6 (2). Great Menin beat 9th seed Garbine Muguruza 6-4, 6-0.
Women’s second round: Julie Niemeyer defeated second seed Annette Kontaveit 6-4, 6-0. The third seed, Ons Jaber, defeated Katarzina Kawa 6-4, 6-0. Fifth seed Maria Scari beat Viktoria Tomova 6-4, 6-3. Caroline Garcia beat 10th-placed Emma Radocano 6-3, 6-3. 12th seed Yelena Ostapenko defeated Yanina Wiekmai 6-2, 6-2. 15th seed Angelique Kerber defeated Magda Linnet 6-3, 6-3.
Men’s Second Round: 1st seed Novak Djokovic beat Tanase Kokinakis 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. Ugo Humbert defeated third seed Casper Ruud 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4. 5th seed Carlos Alcaraz beat Talon Grixpur 6-4, 7-6 (0), 6-3. 9th seed Cameron Norrie beat Jaume Munnar 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-0, 6-2; No. 10 Yannick Sener defeated Mikael Ymir 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2. Tim van Reethoven beat Riley Opelka No. 15 6-4, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4); No. 20 John Isner beat Andy Murray 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-4; 23rd seed Frances Tiafoe beat Maximilian Martier 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (3). No. 30 Tommy Ball beat Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 6-4, 6-1.
Today’s status
0 – The number of times double Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has lost before the third round at the All England Stadium in the previous 13 matches.
Quote from today
“It breaks my heart to see what is happening to him. I can only imagine how difficult this must have been for his family members.” – Djokovic talks about former coach Boris Becker, who was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in Britain for illegally transferring large sums of money and hiding assets after declaring bankruptcy.
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