Global Courant
Day 5 at the All England Club has several great games for the fans. And he, the only Argentine who is still in the singles race, jumps onto the grass again.
Carlos Alcaraz against Alexandre Müller, for the second round, and then Iga Swiatek-Petra Martic and Novak Djokovic-Stan Wawrinka, both for the third round, will be the highlights of day 5 of Wimbledon on Center Court, where they will also will complete the gripping duel between Andy Murray and Stefanos Tsitsipas, which was suspended due to the “curfew” rule.
For her part, the number two in the world, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, will play the pending second round match on court No. 1, against the French Varvara Gracheva. Meanwhile, Guido Pella, the only Argentine who is still in the race in the singles draw, will appear in the third round of court 11 against the Russian Roman Safiullin in search of a place in the round of 16.
The rain seriously complicated the first three days of the British Grand Slam and forced to improvise loaded programs to compensate for the delay. This caused, for example, that the great game that Murray dominated by two sets to one, by 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-2) and 6-4, over Tsitsipas, was interrupted due to the late hour .
Murray was playing a great game until they took him off the field because it was too late. Photo: AFP
Due to the regulations in force and the neighborhood rest, the matches cannot continue beyond 11:00 p.m. local time and it was 10:30 p.m. when Murray (40th in the world, former number one) won the third set.
The game was played on the Central Court, indoors, unlike that of the Russian Daniil Medvedev, who was interrupted an hour and a half earlier, when night fell, due to lack of light. The Russian, number three in the world, surpassed the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino (35th) 6-3, 6-3 and 4-4.
Another match was also interrupted due to lack of light, in which the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (67th) was beating the American Marcos Giron (65th) 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 and 4-6.
— Friday’s main matches at Wimbledon:
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP/N.1 seed) – Alexandre Müller (FRA)
Andy Murray (GBR) – Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE/N.5)
Iga Swiatek (POL/N.1) – Petra Martic (CRO/N.30)
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) – Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Varvara Gracheva (FRA) – Aryna Sabalenka (BLR/N.2)
Cameron Norrie (GBR/N.12) – Christopher Eubanks (USA)
Ons Jabeur (TUN/N.6) – Zhuoxuan Bai (CHN)
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) – Petra Kvitova (CZE/N.9)
Alexander Zverev (GER/N.19) – Yosuke Watanuki (JPN)
Denis Shapovalov (CAN/N.26) – Liam Broady (GBR)
Marie Bouzkova (CZE/N.32) – Caroline Garcia (FRA)
Roberto Carballés (ESP) – Holger Rune (DEN/N.6)
Jannik Sinner (ITA/N.8) – Quentin Halys (FRA)
Jessica Pegula (USA/N.4) – Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA)
Elina Svitolina (UKR) – Sofia Kenin (USA)
Viktorija Golubic (SUI) – Madison Keys (USA/N.25)
Lorenzo Musetti (ITA/N.14) – Hubert Hurkacz (POL/N.17)
Daria Kasatkina (RUS/N.11) – Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
Andrey Rublev (RUS/N.7) – David Goffin (BEL)
Matteo Berrettini (ITA) – Alex De Miñaur (AUS/N.15)
Alexander Bublik (KAZ/N.23) – Maximilian Marterer (GER)
Jason Kubler (AUS) – Nicolas Jarry (CHI/N.25)
Magda Linette (POL/N.23) – Belinda Bencic (SUI/N.14)
Irina Begu (ROM/N.29) – Anna Blinkova (RUS)
Alejandro Davidovich (ESP/N.31) – Botic of the Sand Scallop (NED)
Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) – Dona Vekic (CRO/N.20)
Bianca Andreescu (CAN) – Anhelina Kalinina (UKR/N.26)
Madison Brengle (USA) – Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS/N.21)
Fuente: AFP
