Let the record reflect that the rain-logged first round of Wimbledon 2023 finally concluded at 3:23 p.m. local time on Thursday, Day 4 of the tournament, 48 hours later than originally planned, when Alexander Zverev finished off his 6-4, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) victory over Dutch qualifier Gijs Brouwer.
Zverev was supposed to start and, naturally, finish, on Tuesday. Instead, he didn바카라t take the court to play his first point of the fortnight until about 17 1/2 hours after Novak Djokovic already had made his way into the third round.
바카라Took me three days,바카라 Zverev joked, 바카라but I바카라m here.바카라
For once this week, the sun was out at the All England Club, and the showers were nowhere to be found.
Instead, there was plenty of play, plenty of results 바카라 56 in all 바카라 and plenty of drama, perhaps none more than in one much-hyped showdown that did not conclude: Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray vs. two-time major finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas was suspended at 10:40 p.m. and will resume Friday.
Played with the roof closed at a loud Centre Court filled with 바카라Let바카라s go, Andy! Let바카라s go!바카라 chants from fans, that one was stopped just after Murray took a two-sets-to-one lead. Tsitsipas took the opening set 7-6 (3), but Murray took the next two 7-6 (2), 6-4. Murray, 36 and with an artificial hip, slipped and fell behind a baseline but arose and finished that third set just before play was halted.
There were tears for Alizé Cornet, who slipped to the turf and hurt her leg at 5-all in the second set of what would become a 6-2, 7-6 (2) loss to defending champion Elena Rybakina.
There were tears for Donna Vekic, too, and she won. She came back from a set and 5-2 down in the second to eliminate 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens.
바카라I was losing,바카라 Vekic said later. 바카라Not that I was just losing 바카라 I felt like I was getting killed.바카라
There was realism for Stan Wawrinka, a three-time Grand Slam champion who is now 38, coming off years of injuries and operations, and, while he was pleased to defeat Tomás Martín Etcheverry 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, knows what comes next: a matchup against Djokovic, who has won seven of his men바카라s-record 23 major championships at this event.
바카라There바카라s zero opportunity to win Wimbledon for me, I think,바카라 Wawrinka acknowledged.
바카라It바카라s an honor to play Novak here. ... Hopefully I can make a competitive match,바카라 he continued, 바카라but if you will look at recent results, I don바카라t really stand a chance.바카라
There was new ground for a group of men who won to reach the third round at the All England Club for the first time: No. 14 seed Lorenzo Musetti, qualifier Maximillian Marterer, Mikael Ymer, Quentin Halys and Roman Safiullin.
Ymer came back from a two-set deficit to knock off No. 9 Taylor Fritz of the U.S. 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
Two American men stuck around for the next round by winning: No. 10 Frances Tiafoe, a semifinalist at the U.S. Open last September, and No. 16 Tommy Paul, a semifinalist at the Australian Open in January.
They were joined in the third round by two American women, No. 4 Jessica Pegula and 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin.
There was familiar disappointment at the grass-court major tournament for Casper Ruud, who was the runner-up at three of the past five majors but lost to British wild-card Liam Broady on Centre Court 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0. Ruud has never been past the second round in four appearances at Wimbledon.
바카라I바카라m going to keep trying. I have a goal, of course, in my career to try to do well here at some point,바카라 said Ruud, who was seeded No. 4 in the men바카라s bracket. 바카라It didn바카라t happen this year. I바카라ll come back. I honestly love coming here. It바카라s such a special place.바카라
There was the end of the line for Anett Kontaveit. She was the last player to lose to Serena Williams 바카라 at the U.S. Open last year while ranked No. 2 바카라 and said before Wimbledon she would be retiring because of a chronic bad back.
And there was the latest sign of promise from Mirra Andreeva, a 16-year-old qualifier from Russia.
Andreeva made her way into the third round at the second consecutive major when 2021 French Open singles and doubles champion Barbora Krejcikova quit because she was hurt while trailing 6-3, 4-0.
바카라For sure, it바카라s not the way I wanted to win the match,바카라 Andreeva said. 바카라But still, I advance to the next round, so I바카라m happy with that.바카라
