Tennis: After surviving a 5-set epic against Fabio Fognini, Carlos Alcaraz led the standing ovation for his opponent.
‘Couldn’t play two balls in a row’: Villain’s swipe at rival as seeds tumble in brutal Wimbledon heat Carlos Alcaraz survived a major scare in his Wimbledon opener while Aryna Sabalenka kept her cool to cruise into the second round on the hottest opening day in the tournament’s history.
“I don’t know why it is probably Fabio’s last Wimbledon because the level he has shown shows he can still play for three or four more years,” said the Spaniard. The five-time Grand Slam champion is bidding to become the fifth man in the Open Era to win at least three consecutive Wimbledon titles after Bjorn Borg, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and seven-time champion Djokovic.
The world number one has never been beyond the Wimbledon semi-finals and missed last year’s tournament with a shoulder injury. Wimbledon has a heat rule to safeguard the health of the players. The rule allows a 10-minute break to be taken between the second and third sets for women’s matches and between the third and fourth sets for men’s matches, when the heat stress index is at or above 30.1 degrees Celsius.
“Honestly, I didn’t feel that hot out there. It was hot. I was sweating, but I didn’t really feel like it was that hot, you know,” Tiafoe said. “I would be very worried if it weren’t for the Halle tournament, where I played well and reached the final at a high level. That’s why I can compare today’s match with that tournament. The court is a bit different, a bit slower with the heat, too. Every shot I played today, even for the good shots, he had an answer.
And his limp Wimbledon loss at the hands of 109th-ranked Majchrzak means Berrettini has failed to get past the second round in his past five Grand Slam appearances. Tsitsipas and his girlfriend will at least be able to leave London together as ninth seed Paula Badosa was beaten by Brit Katie Boutler, the fiancee of Australia’s Alex de Minaur, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 on centre court.“This court is the epitome of every British child’s dreams of playing on and winning on. It’s a dream come true.”
“It was a first. Pretty entertaining. I’m glad they were having a good time,” Raducanu said with a chuckle.Four men’s matches will continue into the second day of the championships as they hit the 11pm local time curfew on Centre Court and No.1 Court, while darkness descended on the outside courts.
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