After the second round of the Wimbledon Championship, only Djokovic is still in the draw from last year's top eight men's singles. A series of upsets and the interference of the epidemic have made the All England Club's situation a bit bleak.
In the early morning of July 1, Beijing time, the competition for the fourth match day of the Wimbledon Championships ended. The second round of singles ended, and upsets became the focus of the topic.
Men's singles No. 2 seed Nadal overcame the impact of the rain interruption and the opponent's crazy counterattack after the rain, defeated Birankis 6-4, 6-4, 4-6 and 6-3, scoring for the 11th time The third round of Wimbledon lasted 3 hours and 7 minutes.
Women's singles top seed Swiatek didn't win easily. It took her 2 hours and 4 minutes to defeat the lucky loser, Dutch player Patinama Kerkhov, 6-4, 4-6 and 6-3. , this is also her second set loss after French Open was ended by Zheng Qinwen in 37 days without losing a set. The Pole has now locked in a 37-game winning streak in women's singles on the WTA Tour. After setting the longest winning streak record in the 21st century, she began Explore the edge of the 20th century record and equal the winning streak set by Hingis from January to May 1997.
In other matches, the women's singles No. 6 seed Ka Pliskova lost to the British player Bolt in 3 sets, and the 11th seed Gauff html eliminated Buzanescu 22-0; in the men's singles, 4 The No. 1 seed Tsitsipas html defeated Thompson in 23 sets to advance. He will face the Australian "bad boy" Kyrgios in the next round.
Following Cilic and Berrettini, Agut, the 17th seed in the tournament, also withdrew from this Wimbledon tournament due to being infected with the new crown. Colombian player Garland won without a fight and advanced to the third round. Garland will play against Brandon Nakajima across the net in the next round. The latter eliminated last year's Wimbledon semi-finalist and No. 13 seed Shapovalov 3-1 in a four-set battle.
Among the 2021 Wimbledon men's singles semi-finalists, only Djokovic is still in the draw. Last year's Wimbledon men's singles semi-finals encountered Waterloo this year. Federer, who is recovering, was absent, and Russian player Khachanov was eliminated. Wimbledon is suspended, Berrettini is infected with the new crown and withdraws. Fucsowitz, Aliasim and Hurkac are all out of the first round this year; Shapovalov is eliminated in the second round.
text/Guangzhou Daily·New Flower City reporter: Sun Jiahui
picture/Wenzhou official website
Guangzhou Daily·New Flower City editor: Du Juan
